Evening star., 1901-08-31
MUSICAL MENTION.

AohorfoW Oelng the hrSt Sunday in Sep
| tember. most of the church choirs will re-
| sumo their duties. In st. Patrick's Church
| Mrs Annie Grant Fugitt will take the
| place OF Mrs. Rogers as leading soprano
and Mr. Goodchild will succeed MIR. Bcr-
| nard Ryan as bass soloist.
There are comparatively few changes in
| the different choirs
Miss Estelle Liebling, the young prima
donna soprano who enjoyed remarkable
success in the royal opera at Dresden,
Germany last winter, and was later heard
| in number Of operate concerts L. Berlin,
arrived last week from Hamburg. She
comes to this country to sing under the
management Of Mr.. Henry Woifsohn, who
has been following her career for the past
two years. He Is arranging for her series
| of fifty concerts, which will be given i'm the
| principal cities throughout the country and
| in Canada. Negotiations are also pending
FOR her to appear with the Maurice Grau
Opera Company in the beginning of the
| season, as well as in series of concerts
with Josef Hoffman,.
The Misses Minke have returned from a
very ENJOYABLE trip to Niagara Falls and
the Pan-Amerfcan exposition.
Josef Hofmann, who comes to this coun-
| try in November next for his first extended
| tour, Is now in Sweden preparing himself
Tor ms coming visit, and incidentally ex-
perimenting with a new motor for his
automobile The latter he intends bringing
with him to this country For his motor
patent he has already made application to
the patent office. After hofmann makes
| his first appearance with the New York
philharmonic Society on November 49, he
| Will be heard in two piano recitals after
| which his tour will take him through Can
ada. west as far as the Pacific coast, into
Mexico, and thence through the south He
| VIII remain in this country until late in
| April.
Harry l.. B. Sheetz of this city has lust
oarf No,
piano composition. which will rank high
with the other works of this industrious
and talented writer.
AT a concert given in Betsville Md
! Wednesday evening, the program included
bass solos by Arthur Middleton n soprano
solo by Mrs Bruce Hare rectations by
Miss Hattie Marine of Baltimore. and
shadow pantomimes by Hattie and Frances
Marine and Mrs. Middleton. The audience
was large and enthusiastic. and every num-
ber was encOred
letter received from Mr.. Geo. Law
renee states that he has visited the prin-
cipal cities in England and Scotland and Is
now on the continent. He is now in Paris
and Will visit Rome and Florence. Italy.
On the way over he gave successful con-
cert on the boat for the benefit of the
Scottish Orphan Home. which netted a.
good sum for that institution. The trip, he
says. has greatly benefited him, and he
with renewed vigor.
That Washington talent is preferred to
that of other cities is shown by the selec-
ton for the fifth consecutive season of the
Lafayette Square Theater orchestra under
the personal direction of Professor Victor
II. Johnson, for furnishing the music at
the lseswOrth Hotel. Atlantic City Prof
Johnson's orchestra has the reputation of
being the largest and rendering the best
programs in the finest manner at that sea-
shore resort.
The guests at the Stockton Hotel. Cape
May. N. j., were treated to another fine
concert last Sunday night in the spacious
music hall. The sOlOists were Mrs Hattie
Meads Smith and Mr.. H. s. Whitney both
of this city. Mrs. Smith sang the Mag
| netic Waltz Song" and for an encore the
"Chickadee Song" Mr.. Whitney, sang Paul
Rodney's Forging the Anchor and Shelly's
Loves Sorrow" Both received warm
sion with the large audience present Nor
gan's Philadelphia Orchestra was in at
tendance.
Miss Laura Black. formerly of Waynes-
burg. Pa, soprano. will sing during the
| month of September at the Church of Our
Father. in place of Miss Bates. the rekuIar
soprano. who is in Maine A fine program
has been arranged for the opening Sunday.
under the direction of Louis c. E. Beatty
Mr.. and Mrs. Jaspar Dean McFall have
returned from their summer outing at As
bury Park While away Mr.. McFall did
some singing, and always with great sue
cess At one concert at the Auditorium
he sang with Nine. Ogden Crane soprano.
Of New York. and Lillian Cloyd- Williamson
soprano. Of Brooklyn and easily carried
off the honors of the evening. Mr.. McFan
returns much benefited In health