Evening star., 1901-11-02
M U S CAL NJ ENTlO N

son at Its club house on street tomorrow
evening. The musical director. Mr.. Henry
Hander, has secured soloists Mrs. A r.
Benson, soprano; Miss Rebecca Behrend,
pianist; Mrs. William T. Reed contralto;
Leon Reizenstein. basso; Charles b. Kan
| ten, tenor. and William H Scholz, violin
| list Mr.. Scholz will play a Ran cavatina
and Brahms Hungarian Dance:" Mrs.
Benson will sing DeIrAcqa's ''Chanson
Provencale;" Miss Behrend viii play Schu-
! mann's "Nachstuck" and a Chopin valse;
| Mrs. Reed will sing schubert's Der Lin
denbaum" and the aria from Samson and
| Delflah; Mr.. Reizenstein's number will
be The Silesian Topper and the Devil' and
| that OF Mr.. Xanten will be Schubert's
| ''Schafer's Kagelied." The Saengerbund
| will sing Spicker's 'Serenade"
The Euterpe Club Qncorporated), OF which
| Mr.. Angelo g. Fronani is musical director
| held its second musicale at the Washington
| Club, 14l0 1 street, Thursday evening and
presented an unusually attractive program,
| which was enjoyed by a highly cultured
| audience. There were a piano duet by Miss
| Mitchell and Angelo c. Fronani, piano So
los, by Miss Marie Howe and Mr.. Fronaui,
| vocal solos by Mrs. VIM. T. Reed, Mrs. Ivy
Harriet Shade, Charles F. Roberts and
John Duffy, a violin solo by Miss Florence
! Stevens and a violin, cello and piano tao
| by Misses Stevens, Weiser and Mr.. Fro
| mani.
The choir of the Asbury NJ. E. Church.
| corner Eleventh and X streets, has ar
ranged an attractive program for the pre-
| liminary evening service each Sunday,
which begins at 7:30 o'clock. In addition
to this chorus Of fifty voices has been
organized to present Arthur Suliivan's
'Prodigal Son." The rehearsals for this
are held each Thursday evening IN The
auditorium of the church.
| Last Monday evening the Euterpe Musi-
| cal Club gave its fourth musicale, present.
| ing a program consisting OF songs by
| Misses Elizabeth Tyler, Kate Miller La
| than and Berthe Thompson and Mrs w.
| b. Hollifield and Mr.. b. Frank Meyers:
| violin solo, by Raphael Koester; piano
| solos, by Mrs. Wilma Benton-Smith and
| Harry Patterson Hopkins, and the Noe
| turne and Wedding March from Mendel-
ssohns Midsummer Nights Dream" by
| w. III. Scholz, violin; John Bryan, violin:
! S. I. Exley, flute: Anna Ulke, cello and
Jennie Glennan. piano.
A call has been issued by persons inter-
| ested in music to form permanent organ
| ization here. that will be known as "The
! S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society,"" in
| honor of the eminent Angio-African musi-
cal composer of London, who has volun-
| teered to come to America to personally
conduct in this city the public presentation
| of his celebrated cantata, "Hiawatha's
Wedding Feast" founded on the we'll
known poem by II. W. Longfellow. The
| meeting for permanent organization will
| be held at the residence of A f. Hilyer
2s56 9Th street northwest, Tuesday evening.
| at O'Clock. The call is signed by Prof. ].
| Henry Lewis, Messrs. Benz Washington,
| Arthur S. Gray. A. +. Hilyer and Mrs.
| Robt. Pelham, jr Mr.. r. w. Tompkins is
| the president pro tenn.
The program furnished in the reading
| room for the blind last week by Miss Amy
Law, soprano, and Mrs Frank Byram, pi-
anist. was greatly enjoyed by those preesnt.
Miss Law sang fourteen songs among
them being Liza Lehmans Mirage"
| Meyer-Helmud's "Daiy Question" Fair
lambs 'Minuet' and april Girl Allitt-
sens Love is a Tyrant'' and always do
as people say you should Ellen Wright's
"Violets' and Luckstone's Delight" Mrs.
Byram played sinding's "Fruhlingsrau-
schen," Nevin's "Barcarole," Mendelssohns
| ''Rondo" and Chopin's c sharp minor
waltz, besides all the accompaniments for
Miss Law.
A new organization, the Young Ladies'
| String Quartet, has been formed, which
proposes to give series of three concerts,
| beginning Wednesday, December T. at the
Washington Club. The quartet consists Of
| Miss Florence Stevens. first violin: Miss
Marie Bashanelh, second violin; Miss Mabel
| Montgomery, viola; Miss Florence Wieser.
violoncello. Ernest Lent is the director and
| acconpanist.
At the Church of the Epiphany tomorrow
| evening the choir will sing "Magnificat'
and ''Nunc Dimittis' in G, by ]. Baptiste
Calkin the anthems Sweet is Thy Mer-
| cy," by Joseph Barnby. with soprano solo,
| and 20 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem"
by Jas. c. Knox, with baritone solo. The
| choir is composed of a solo quartet Mss
Haley, soprano; Miss Wight. contralto:
Mr.. Caulheld, tenor, Mr.. Luebkert, bass,
a chorus of thirty voices Mr.. John Theo-
pnll, OrSanlSt, ana Mr. hern0on MOrSell,
choirmaster. Mr.. Morsell has brought this
choir to high degree of excellence slace
| he has had charge of it and mas been
warmly congratulated by many of the con-
gregation on the result of his eff )rts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Torney Sifnol have
| removed from the Portner and taken a
house at ITO p street northwest. The lat
4 ter part of this month their advanced pu-
pills will give a recital at the Shoreham,
when an attractive program will be offered
| including selections from Beethoven, Han
AL C2l Af~
| some exquisite songs of Won Fielitz never
before sung here There will be arias.
duets, male quartets and possibly part
| songs for female voices. Among those who
will sing are: Mr.. John Duffy. Mr.. Nc
Farland. Mr.. Horatio Rench. Mr.. Charles
| Roberts. Miss Rowland and Mrs. Clyde
Shade.
Sig Mariana Mama, who was for many
| years the director of st. Patrick's Church
| choir. is now holding the same position at
the Church of Our Lady Of Sorrows in Chi
cago. where his wife, who was formerly
| Pauline Montegriffo, is contralto soloist-
| Mr.. Mama has a studio in the Kimball
building and is meeting with success in the
windy city.
Chicago people are the same hustlers in
music that they are in everything else.
Mrs. French who is the editor of the
Musical Leader, the chief musical publica-
ton in that city, has a half dozen other
| things on hand and she is kept busy all
| the time Her advice is sought by man.
| ayers and artists constantly and she alway
| The Chicago symphony Orchestra will
start on long tour next month, taking E.
| c. Towne, tenor, as the vocal soloist. Mr..
| Beach, who has successfully handled many
| musical ventures, will have the manage
ment.
Mr.. Rufus Putnam has received a very
| good offer to join the Castle Square Opera
| Company. Mr.. Putnam is the great-grand-
| son of Gen. Israel Putnam Of the American
revolution and has been stdying for sew
eral years with DIR. Bischoff in this city.
Prof. Edwin Hart is preparing his pupils
for another piano recital. to be given at his
studio, at Mt Vernon place, some time this
month.
Much interest is being manifested In q
new mandolin club which has just been or
ganzed by Mr. William Edward Todd, jr.,
called the Columbia Mandolin Octet The
following officers have been elected: II. (.
Galleher president; George Miller. secre-
tary: NJ S. Snyder. treasurer, and VIM.
Edw. Todd, jr-, director and business man.
ager The other members of the club are
Mr.. VIM. II. Stewart. Maurice NJ. Cleeves.
Eugene welch and H. Z. Doyle. The club
intends giving several concerts this winter