Evening star., 1901-02-09
M USlCAL M EN- tt O N
INAUGURAL CHORUS DOING GOOD
WORK AT REHEARSAL.
Prizes OGered for Original Compost
.ti"n>-AInny Items of Interest
10 Local Musicians.

re-- i'm .he works rehearsed. lie has the
happy faculty of keeping every one inter
ested throughout the entire evening. Dr.
Frank +. Howe. vice chairman of The m
aUgural comiuI. ce on music, made d very
Interesting address. consratulatinS the
chorus on b, hait OF the committee on It's
splendid progress. The anthem "freedom'
Our queen. specially composed by FRED
erick Il. Burton Tor the occasion, was
taken W for The frs. time. The work mas
numerous aimcutIe=. but under Mr.. Fos-
t-r's able direction much advance was
made The composition. while marked by
sound musiciau-h,p, IS extremely melodious
and souorous. ana will he very effective
when another evening work is put upon
it,
The recital announced by Miss NJ. Ru h
Martin AT the " Na~hIngton Club, 1Il0 l
Street. next FrudS afternoon at 4;l'
O'Clock. IS tNclu.5 considerable interest
both in muS-taI and fashionable circles.
Mis- Marliu since sne mas had charge of
the vocal department OF ne National "a
thedra Schuoi, has made many friends, who
have become Interested ia her work, and
who are now ANXIOUS 10 hear her in recital
OF Miss Mardns assistants Mr.. Iheouor
Biorksten Is one Ut tne most artistic tenorS,
Cf handsome sage presence, IN the Iul
maturity ut his powers, and one VINO Is 900
rarely heard on tne concert stage. Mrs.
Shut is an excellent piauISt, as we'll as a
good aCCompanlst. ana viii add 10 the at
tTactiVeucSs of the program. 1t Is under
stood that songs VIII be sung in EnsHSh
Italian, French. German and Norwegian,
which Will give a wiue range to the recli'u.
Mr.. George Lawrence VII assume entire
charge of the music of the First PreSbyte-
nan Church Sunday, February To- Mr.. Law
ICnce Will organize quartet and a chorus
choir Of forty voices. 1t l. his intention 10
sing music OF a high order, and bring the
choir NJ to a standard that VIII compare
with any in the Guy. The quartet Will he
selected with care, and he Will have none
but the most earnest workers IN the
chorus. The choir will sing Praise fe the
Father. by GOunud, ana God of Israel,
by Sossini. and the solOIsts will be Miss
Mary Mackenzie Byrne, soprano; Miss
Marie Rousseau, cOntralto; Mr.. George
Lawrence, tenor; MIR. George Wright bati-
tone. Mr. John Duffey viii sing during The
offertory at the evening service. The mem-
bers of the choir already selected Include
Mrs Thomas c. Mcconnell, second soprano;
Airs. Frank Rosseau. the Misses Mabel
Murphy, katherine Byrne Pauline Mars
teia. Lillian Riley, Helen Baiiinger, Miss
Isabella Lapini, Mrs. h. NJ Scott. second
cuntraltO: Mrs Robert Murphy, Mrs +.
Sewell. Mrs. George Lawrence; tenors Mr..
BarrowS. Mr. Archie Wieser, MIR. Arthur
u Page. Mr.. Thomas Hendren: bassos, Mr.
Randall Cox, MIR. h c. Ihyson, Mr. Fred.
Austin. Mr.. L. 7. Leary.
The Epiphany choir, under the direction
of MIR. Edmund y. Varela, will render the
following special musical service Sunday
evening dl liit LOU SttNltt 1dHldld III Il,
Holden; Benedic in L fiat. Dudley Buck:
anthem, Blessed Is He Saint Saens;
offertory anthem, 40 Pray for the Peace
uf Jerusalem" J. c. Knox.
The judges for the 81 900 in prizes for
original compositions offered by the New
England Conservatory of Music, Boston.
Will De George W. Chadwick, director OF the
Worcester festival Mr. Frank Van der
Stucken of Cincinnati, Ohio. director of the
Cincinnati symphony Orchestra. and Prof.
Iloratio W. Parker of Yale University.
1t has been decided to extend the time
curing which compositions may be sent in
10 June /. 1901. in order to allow COM
p"sers to compete for the prizes offered by
the New England Conservatory of Music, as
well for those by Mr.. Paderewski.
The awards will he made solely on con-
stderations of originality, effectiveness and
serious musicianship.
pianofOrte score and full orchestral
Score OF the choral work must be sent in.
The composer must furnish correct and
complete orchestral parts in case the con-
servatory arranges to give public per-
IDrmanco of the work.
The choral work for which prize of $500
will be awarded must be composed for
mixed chorus and for original text. The
restriction 10 solo voices applies to principal
parts, not to small parts which might be
assigned to choral singers. In case of an
opera, no objection is made to change of
scene.
The prize of 800 to be awarded for SYM
phontc work refers to symphony, suite,
f,rje. violin. or Violoncello with orchestra
accompaniment.
a pianoforte score must accompany all
choral works, but not necessarily those for
orchestra alone.
Miss Anita Cluss, an eminent harpist, who
has been doing solo work in New York and
Boston during the last five years, has been
engaged as permanent harpiSt of st. Johns
Church. Miss ClusS began her engagement
last Sunday. Her many friends in this city
Will he glad to welcome her back to her
former home.
.'Pinafore." the ever-popular opera which
Pr"fS. ~. +. SALESMAN and William Ge
Ford have been rehearsing with their
classes for the past few weeks will be pro-
diced next Thursday in the Soldiers Home
Theater. and Friday evening in National
Rifles Armory Hall The company mas
been carefully selected. and rehearsed un-
der the personal direction of Prof de Ford
and the entire performance promises to be
ole of unusual merit. The cast includes
Misses Lourita Reiner, Evelyn Forsyth
Stella Scala. Elsie Worth. Messrs. Alfred
Terry. Chas. +. Bell, Saunders Winthrop
r. VIM. Ernst. c. f. Clements w j. Bel
shaw. Harry Lerch. Emerson and Moriarty
Mr. Howard o. Cook acted as precentor
at the Harvard Club banquet last Thurs
day night IN a most efficient manner. His
one solo, The Kings Highway" was well
received, his clear tenor voice ringing out
TO good advantage. Mr.. Cook is the tenor
koloist in the choir of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception.
Mr. Ed F. Guzman is in the city today.
looking 10 the booking of THE Kilties."
the band Of the 18th Highanders of Toron-
To. This band is said TO be an excellent
organization. and to have reached a great
success i'm a tour in the west. The members
all wear the Highland costume and make
a picturesque appearance. II IS probable
the band VIII come to the Columbia Theater
FOR a Sunday night concert the last of this
month.
The Euterpe Musical Club will hold rs
next meeting Monday night at its hall, 516
9th street northwest. The musical director
Angelo c. Fronani, has prepared an excel
lent program.
The rehearsals for the production of the
oratorio Emmanuel" are conducted Thurs
day evening OF each week I'm the auditorium
OF the Asbury Church. corner 11th and X
streets northwest. The meeting this week
was largely attended. and with a few more
additions the chorus Will be complete
Tosell the Italian pianist is said to be
only eighteen years old. but TO possess a
maturity of thought and a facility of execu-
ton far beyond his years. His tone volume
j. said 10 be extraordinary, while the esthetic
refinement OF his touch and nicely and deli
cacy of his phrasing and rhythm are pro-
nounced the height of artistic excellence
Toselli Is handsome. courteous, refined and
sympathetic In demeanor a good linguist
and an interesting personality.
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