The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-12
MUSICAL NOTES.

evening. Gunton Memorial Chapel was
/ crowded with an audience which exhib-
| tied appreciation and pleasure by strict
attention and hearty applause The pro-
| gramme showed judicious arrangement.
! inasmuch as over twenty members of the
club were enabled to appear without de-
tracing from it's general effectiveness.
| This is the policy of the anagement of
| the club, which aims to avoid the featur-
| ing of any one member. giving all an
| equal chance to appear during the sea-
son. The programme follows:
| Concerto No. Z for violin. Rode, Will
| lam II. Scholz; Il Live anG Love Thee"
| Campana. Mrs. Blanche Muir Dalgleish,
contraito. and Melville Hensey, tenor;
''Spanische Taenze No. s." Moszkowski,
Miss N. Z. Law; tenor solo, Fred Seibold;
''Diviner Light" Allitsen. Mrs. Charles
b. Bayley. Miss Salome Wingate; THE
Red Scarf Bonheur. B. Frank Meyers:
'NachtstUck' No. 4. Scnumann: Pos
luminous Waltz" E minor. Chopin. Miss
| Rebecca Bshrend: "Ballatella," from
"Pagliacci." I.eoncavallo, Miss Matte
Gibson; The Refractory Monk Fred
rick Ross. Henry Staham; I'll Prego. .
PADRE Nicolai. Mrs. Fanny Atlee-Gage,
soprano: Mrs Blanche Muir-Dalgieish,
| contralto. and Melville Hensey, tenor;
Faust Fantasia" Gounod-Alard. Miss
Florence Stevens: "Phreghira," Mascagni,
Miss Florence Dudley, violin obligato by
William H. Scholz; Trio" d minor.
Menielssohn, Miss Florence Stevens, vio-
lin; Miss Florence Wiser. cello: Mrs
l Irark By E; piano; accompanies. Ar
Harry Davis. and William f. Worcester.
Among those present prominent in mu-
steal circles were Miss Alice L. Burbage,
Miss Amy Law Miss Lillian Haley, An
| ton Kaspar. Percy Foster. William Caul-
field, Harry Wheaton Howard. and Ar
thur Mayo. The club will give a similar
evening of song and instrumental music
with an entire change of programme May
20, and Will close the season with a con-
| cert at Gunton Memorial Church on May
81. when Miss Alice Burbage, pianist, of
this city, and Victor Sorlin, 'celist. OF
New York, will assist. AS the close of
| the season is so near. the management of
the club has decided not to select a new
| director until the autumn.
Two brilliant and Interesting musical
events took place recently at the Ma
donal Cathedral School. Miss Ruth Mar
tin. the vocal teacher at the school, gave
song recital, and Miss Dyas, the in
structor of instrumental music, gave a
piano recital, which was attended by
| large audience, consisting of friends and
parents of the pupils and the trustees of
tne schooi some OF the students acted as
ushers. carrying wands decorated with
the school colors of purple and gold.
Mrs. Melvin delighted a large audience
Wednesday afternoon by singing Annie
| Laurie" and several other songs, in the
room for the blind at the Congressional
Library. Miss Beulah Beverly Chambers
played some selections for the piano. from
the works OF List, Chaminade. and other
composers. with the crisp touch and brill
| liant execution which brings to mind her
distinguished teacher, Nine. Theresa Car
| reno.
The Doubleday Sunday Night Club met
last week at Miss Alice Harvey's resi-
| dence. The programme of the evening
was BeethOvens First Symphony"
Beethoven's Quartette No. s. opus Is. and
| the 'Andante" c'Death and the Maiden'O
from the Schubert Quartette. The meet
ing tonight will be held at Mr.. UIkes
house.
| A concert will be given at St Johns
Parish Hall. on Sixteenth Street. the
evening of May %, for the purpose of
| raising funds to defray the expense of the
trip down the river annually taken by the
| choir boys of St Johns Church The pro-
| gramme viii include solos and choruses
| by the choir boys some piano music by
Miss Agnes Alden. violin solo by Joseph
Finckel, and readings by David c. Bangs.
!
| Band began the musical programme of
the Pan-American Exposition last Mon
| day and will play in Buffalo for the re-
| mainder of the month. The famous band
master is citizen of the United States,
although an Italian by birth. He has
| been in America twenty-five years and
while filling an engagement organist in
| Brooklyn met Patrick Gilmore, who rec
| ogniZed his talent for composing and en-
| gagged him to write descriptive music.
which Gilmore and his band played
| throughout the continent. Through Gill
| more's recommendation he was appointed
| leader of the United States Marine Band
| in this city. where he served five years.
| While here he brought the band to high
state of proficiency and was instrumental
| in having the membership increased from
| forty to fifty-two. At the close of his
services in Washington he went to New
| York. which afforded larger field for his
| work. He was then GrPointed leader of
| the Seventy-first Regiment Band. Be
sides his marches, patriotic music, and
compositions he has written many sacred
| works, masses, vespers, motets. and sew
| eraI grand and light operas. His greatest
| effort is the opera Priscilla, or the Land
| He is also at present working upon g.
| opera to be called 'Melnchen." His con-
cert programmes include the elaborate
works of masters, well as the popular
numbers that are in vogue.
A musical entertainment will be given
| in the New National Theatre on June II
| by Flynn's Business College. Some of the
best local talent has been engaged and
| the entertainment promises to be better
than past entertainments under the au-
spices of the institution.
William II. SchoIz. the Secretary of the
Euterpe Musical Club. states that if those
persons holding cards of admission, who
were unable TO attend the musicale
last Monday evening on account of
lack of room, will apply to him at 1927
North Capitol Street, or to Mr.. Much
leisin, 1915 Princeton Street. they Will be
furnished new cards for the musicale to
be given the evening of the 10th.
4 very elaborate programme of music
Will be performed this morning at 1918
o'clock at st. Aloysius Church, when Car
dinal Martinelli will celebrate a solemn
high pontifical mass. The occasion is one
of unusual interest, as this is his first
high mass since he was created Cardi-
nal. The music will consist of the Pro
cessionai March," "Rheinberger's Mass in
c." '.Ecce Sacordos Magnum." GLORIA"
for bass chorus. as an o3ertory, and
'Recessional March," by Eckert. The
entire service will be accompanied by all
orchestra, led by 5. Minister, in addition
to the organ. Eric Rath will officiate at
the organ and 5. j. -Kubel, the organist
| of the church will direct the choruses
| The soloists are Miss Cecilia V. Murphy