The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06
MUSICAL NOTES.


Twelfth Night Club in New York city. at
which Nine. Bernhardt and N. coeuelin
were the guests OF homer.
The opera on which Paderewski has
been working for several years is nearly
finished. 1t is on Polish theme. and is
called ''Mauru.'' There is a possibility
that Il may soon be produced a. Dresden
Nearly all the churches in the city ush-
cred in the new century with solemn SER
vices. most of them of a musical char
acter At St Johns the music was fur
nished by the volunteer choir Mr.. Free
man. the organist. and the vested choir
not being in attendance.
At St Andrews Church midnight ser
vice for New Year eve, The Vigil of the
Circumcision" by Dudley Buck. was rem
dered by the vested choir, under the di-
rection of Miss Virginia Powell Goodwin.
The choir was assisted by Miss Beatrice
Goodwin. of St PaulPs choir.
At the vigil services held New Year
eve at the New York Avenue Presbyte
rian Church, the beautiful singing By Mr..
Frank s. Pierce OF my Ain Countrie"
has been much commented upon. His dis
tinct pronunciation of the difficult Scotch
dialect was particularly admirable.
The Marquis de Souza who arrived in
New York last week. has had decidedly
varied career. extendias from the court
circles of Portugal to the concert stage.
1t was when training TO become a diplo-
mat that de Souza's voice was discover
ed and its owner persuaded 10 cultivate it.
This was done SO successfully that hs
soon after appeared incognito in the Royal
Opera at Lisbon, scoring complete src-
cess. To the disgust of his father he
gave up his diplomatic career to becoDis
an opera singer. His voice is fine BARI
tone and he created the role Of Tonic in
Leoncavello's Il Pagliacci" The mar
quiS is highly connected. being second
cousin to no less important parsonage
than the King of Portugal. The Portu-
guese Minister. Vicomte de ThJrso. is
also his cousin. and it is probable that
de Souza will make his debut in this city.
Mrs. Berenice Thompson. the correspon-
dent of the Musical Courier" Is forming
two classes, one for the study Of har-
mony and one for sight-singing. which
will meet at the studio of Mr.. Jasper
Dean MeEEa.i. on Sixteenth Street. The
method in the harmony class will be
that used by Edward A. Mcdowell. the
weii-known American composer. and the
method in the sight-reading class will re-
semble that used by Frank Damrosch.
Mr.. Santelmann and the members OF tbs
Washington Philharmonic Orchestra are
working hard rehssrsing for the next con-
cert to be given the evening OF February
. They have decided not to play the
Beethoven Symphony" at present, but to
give instead a suite by Msssenst. They
are also practicing the '+Tannhauser Over
ture," one OF Liszt's Hungarian rhapso-
dies, and Won we6er's Invitation TO the
Waltz"
The second entertainment offered by the
Choral Society, the latter part Of January,
will bring David Bisphsm in a programme
OF selected songs. including Brahms four
serious songs and three numbers by the
society-"Gipsy Life by Schumanu:
Mendelssohn's Thanks Be to God" from
Elijah and Parker's "Pars mea. rex
meus,'' from ''Hora Novissima-"
Mr. Ernest Lent has yioloncello for
which he would not take $1,000. Original
Is 1t was a small old one which he wished
enlarged. He took it to sir. Heck. vio-
lin maker OF this city, and the result was
immensely successful The instrument is
built out with pieces of wood, so skillfuliy
that all traces OF the piecing are concealed
A new back, taken from cello $50 years
old was added. and the whole instrument
beautifully polished with Cremona var
nish. The lost art of making this var
nish, Mr. Heck claims to have discovered.
The tone of this reconstructed cello
proves TO be uncommonly fine.
The concert given by local talent, at
the First Presbyterian Church last
Wednesday evening. proved to be a
highly successful affair. The following
programme was offered to large and ap
preciatiye audience. Overture by the
Young Mems Christian Association or
chestra; Magnetic Waltz" Arditi. Mrs.
Joseph Chunn: Spring Song" Mckenzie.
Miss Gertrude Damon; Where e'er You
Walk Handel. Mrs. John H. Duffey;
baritone solo by Jasper Dean McFall;
'-Canzonetta," Meyer-Helmund, Mrs Hat
tie Meads-Smith; qGartette by William
D. Mcfarland, Harry Pearson, DR.. Ga
brieI F. Johnston, and Charles E. Rice;
Madrigal. by Chaminade, Miss Mary Mac
kenzie Byrne, the soprano OF the First
Church choir; solo by Miss Eleanor ST.
monds. and q duet "Estudiantina," La
come by William d. Mcfarland and Jas
per Dean McFall.
Mrs Wilson Young viii sing at the
next Aeolian and Pianola recital given by
William Knabe g. Co, at Knabe Hall.
Mrs. Young has very fine voice and is
pupil of Mrs. Harmiss.
The Washington SaengerbunG viii give
another one of its Sunday night musicales
this evening and the programme arranged
for this occasion by the director, Henry
Xander. is as follows:
Chorlses-(a) ''Gr1lsse an die Hcimath'' Kroner
(b) "Liebesgrusse ...-........-A ander
Saengerbund.
Tenor solo-'A Dream ..................B Bartlett
Leo Stiefel.
Violin solos-(a) 'Legende'' wieniawski
(b) ''Nfozourka" -Dessan
Miss Fanny koehle-
Soprano solo-''Loreley'' ..................Li List
Miss Amy Law
Contraito Solos-(al only to Dream You
Love Ne :i.;'.--'-- ; ;S,aarania
Mrs Margaret Noian-Martin.
Vocal duet-Garden Scene from Faust -.Gounod
Miss Amy Law and Henry Gunson.
The Pittsburg Orchestra, under the lead
ership of Victor Herbert. and with Nine.
Sehumann- Heink, will give a concert at
he Columbia Theatre the afternoon of the
sd Instant.