The times., 1901-04-07
MUSICAL NOTES.

mUOIUAL NUIES.
The second instructive programme in
the interesting musical series arranged by
the Columbian omen was recently given
in the post graduate room of Columbian
University. 1t consisted of an explana-
tion, in lecture form. by Frau Hoegeis-
berger, of Richard Wagner's music drama
The Nibehngen Cycle Frau Hoegels-
berger comprehensively guided her hear
ers through the perplexing labyrinth of
the NEUROLOGICAL and legendary theme
and clearly demonstrated how the music
expresses the meaning of the poem. Miss
Clara Willenbucher gave the musical in
depreciation on the piano by playing
most eXpressively the different motifs
which symbolic the action of the drama
She also played some of the more promi-
nent melodies, as The Song of the Rhine
Maidens,' the beautiful love song, Thou
Art the Spring and Siegfried's Fun
eral March. y large and remarkably
attentive audience completely filed the
room The next event in the series will
be talk by Miss Leavitt on Orchestral
Instruments: Characteristics and Uses, -
to take place April ~.
Mr. T.. Francis Hyde, President OF the
New York Philharmonic Society. has
W i4AAIh "'ti AiAltttSAiiiE ittOuAll VI AIlc u
chestra, which recently celebrated its
hfty-ninth birthday In addition to being
the Oldest orchestra in America, it is the
largest regularly performing orchest ra
in the world. 1t never numbers less than
100 players, and Somtimes is much larger
1t habitually has seventy-eight perform
ers in the string quartette, equal to the
total number OF most regularly establish
ed OTcheStraS. The society has had among
it's honorary members nearly all the great
composers contemporary with it's exist
ence, such as Felix MendelssOhn Louis
Spohr, Franz List, Richard Wagner, Jo-
achim Raff, Anton Rubinstein. and An
tonin Dvorak. Among the conductors
have been Theodore Thomas, Anton Seidl,
and Emil Paur.
Miss Clara Moran and Miss Lucia Nola
viii furnish music for the blind at the
Congressional Library. Wednesday after
noon. April II, instead Of Wednesday, the
Cd, as stated last week. Miss Nola will
then sing from manuscript the song, I'm
Come Unto Thee composed by Mr. Rob-
ert Cary Stearns, of this city.
\ portrait of Miss Mary Helen Howe,
dramatic soprano. whose home is in this
city, appears on the cover of the current
number of the 'Concert-Goer."
An interesting organ, violin, and song
recital was given at the First Presby-
terian Church last Tuesday evening by
Jenny Lind Mulier-Green. concert organ
list; William f. Green, violinist; Mary
Mackenzie Byrne, and Mrs. T. c. McCon-
nell, sopranos, Alexander MoSher, tenor;
George Wright. baritone, assisted by the
First Presby terIan Church choir Of forty
voices. The concert was given under the
direction of Mr.. George Lawrence.
MI
recital has been postponed to avoid con
fiicting with other previously arranged
musical affairs The recital will take
place Saturday afternoon. April %, at the
Washington Club, 17l0 l Street.
At the celebration of mass this morning
at the Soldiers Home Chapel the choir.
under the direction of Miss Mary Agnes
Browne. organist. will have the assist
ance Of Miss Mamie Donnelly. soprano,
and Miss Lena Zimmerman, yiolnist.
Mrs. Blanche Muir-DaIgleish will sing
Geibers Easter song. From Gloom to
Glory" at the 1 o'clock service at the
Soldiers Home this afternoon.
Sliyinsld, the distinguished Polish pian-
ist who came to this country with the
Leipsic Philharmonic Orchestra is to
make a short supplementary recital tour
OF the Eastern and Middle West cities.
Wherever Slivinski has played this sea-
son he has had very great success, and
his recitalS are looked forward to by
those interested In music with pleasant
anticipations
At the services at St. Aloysius Church
today the choir viii be accompanied by
an orchestra directed by Mr.. Sol Minister.
and Mr.. Erik Rath will ohiciate at the
organ during the II o'clock mass
Miss Anita Cluss. harpist of ST. Johns
Church and late Of New York. will play
at Calvary Baptist Church this evening.
Miss Cluss will play the harp. as usual.
at the services at st. Johns this morning
and afternoon.
The Doubleday Sunday Night Club
spent last Sunday evening in reading the
overture from lie Domino Noir," Auber;
the Mozart Qunrtette. No 10, and the
allegro from Beethoven's Quartette opus
II. No. 3. Miss Lucia Nola sang one Of
Mr.. Stearn'S new songs and 1T is not
Always May by Gounod. Miss Moran
acted as accompanist.
Some very beautiful sacred music has
been rendered during the past week, in
one iuStdHce tHIlfely new 10 TINS city,
At the three hours service on Good Fri
day at ST. Aloysius Church, ii has been
the custom for many years TO sing the
seven last words to Mercadantes COMPOST
tions. but this year Gounod's lovely SER
vice was substituted. In spite of the
fact that Gounod was the composer of
many operas and had a peculiarly worldly
career, he was religious enthusiast all
his life. and the feeling manifested in his
compositions OF sacred works is never
anything but religious, and the hearer is
always surrounded by an atmosphere of
devotion. This service Is sometimes sung
without an accompaniment of any kind,
but last Friday the large choir was as
sisted by strings and the organ. In ad-
dition to the service, the choir sang with