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the members to renewed efforts and there
has been constant Improvement ever
since.
When the school hall became too small
to accommodate those who wished TO hear
its concerts or public rehearsals, as they
were then called, the Congregational
coin Hall. National Rifles Hall and Metz
erotts Music Hall. Then the different
theaters were utilized and this practice
has obtained for several years.
Its Lofty Aim.
The orchestra has always aimed to give
the best class of music, and in its earlier
career it sometimes selected works the
perfect performance of which was beyond
its power, but such instances were rare
and the rapid progress made by the or
chestra in interpretative skill soon placed
IL upon a footing with professional organi-
ZationS. Years ago it abandoned its anna
teur designation, and although il still is
called the Georgetown Orchestra that dis
tinction is retained only because the or
ganiZation originated in that section of
the District. Its members now come from
all sections. and but few are from the
other side OF Rock creek, but to change
its title now would be to confuse it's dis
tinctive character.
To show the class of music it has PLAYED
it may be stated that of symphonies it has
performed Haydns 1, =, 3, 4. B. IL and 10
T. o.
and 10 and the unfinished work IN B mi
nor; MozarUs in c and c minor; Mendels-
sohn's Scotch; Raffs Lenore, op. III and
Lents in b fiat major. OvertureS by Mo
zart. Rossini, Auber, Won Suppe, Reissinger
Gluck, Cherubini. Boieldieu Herold Won
Weber, Mendelssohn, Flotow, Gade, Am
broise Thomas, Beethoven MaSSenet Las
sen, Nico1ai and Wright have been played
as well miscellaneous compositions by
Myerbeer BargiI, Gounod, Chopin. Gyhs
Dvorak. Berlioz, Moszkowski Hoffman
Brahms. SOdermann, Neswadba, Golfer
mann, Jensen. Svendsen. Schumann Saint
Saens, Wagner, Reinecke, Bockelmann, Bi-
yet, Michels, Grieg. Handel. Maseagni Volk-
mann, Gfllett, Schmelz, Depret, Scharwen-
ka, Rubinstein, Lacome, kretchmer and
Campa.
Some soloists both instrumental and
vocal, of high reputation have appeared at
the concerts of the Georgetown Orchestra.
Some of the instrumental performers have
been r. c. Bernays, Herman Rakemann, E.
Szemelenyi, Mamie Sfmons Leonora Won
Stosch. Jules Dieudonne, Mrs. q. A. Pear
son, Paul Miersch. George Iseman, E. T.
Markees. Henry Jaeger, Flora Freyhold
Anton StreleZki, Ernest Lent, Henry Kan
der Roberta Allen, Anton Gloetzner, Morris
Baar Lotta Mills, Alice Stier, Bertha Lu-
cas-, Johannes Miersch, John Porter Law
renee, Anton Kaspar. Arthur D. Mayo.
Alice Burbage and Anita Cluss. The vocal
soloists have been Harvey A. Kolher, Mrs.
Chas B. McCartee. Francis Fl. Noyes. War
rem s. Young. Mrs. 7. s. Chappell, the
Franz ADt CLUB, T. j. W nipple, Mrs. Annie
Roemer Kaspar. Kate n. Scott. Miss Hirsch
of New York, Fielding. Roselle Mrs. j. Es-
puta Daily. Mollie Byrne, Emil Mori.
Mary Wilson. Herndon Morsell, DR..
B. Merrill Hopkinson Of Baltimore.
Bertha Lincoln Margaret Nolan. Mary
Howe, of Vermont. James Savage.
Elizabeth Hamlin of Boston. Clemen-
tine De We're of New York. Emma Jueh
of New York. Carlotta Nicolai of New
York. Ruth Thompson, Sophia Church Hall,
Mrs r. Ortmann. Leta Stakely, Mrs. Thos.
c. Noyes. Mary Helen Howe and Mrs. HI.
c. Browning.
Fortunate I'm It's Leaders.
The Georgetown orchestra has been fortu-
nate in the selection of it's conductors.
Most of them have been men of high musi-
cal culture and broad and Catholic read
ing. and SO the members have been well
directed. They have not been many Robt
c. Berrays was the first conductor and
following him have been A A. HAYES
Ernest Lent, E Szemelenyi, Herman c.
Rakemann, Aubon Gloetzner and Josef
Kaspar. Mr.. Kaspar has had three terms
of service. first, from December 1886 TO
to January, 1895 and he is now serving his
third term. which began last year. Alto
gether he has welded the baton over this
orchestra about ten years, and 1t Is assert
that the greatest Improvement has been
made under his direction. He Is a man of
large experience, enthusiastic temperament
well-rea0 musician and was at one time
q solo violinist of high reputation. He has
executive ability in marked degree and