Evening star., 1901-09-21
MUSICAL MENTION.

Mr.. H. ClOugh-Leighter. a native of this
city, has been on from Boston visiting his
parents the past week. He has been living
north for several years, returning again to
Boston to resume his duties in his studio
rooms in the Huntington chambers, facing
Copley square. Mr.. Leighter was a year
ago elected to the chair of philosophy and
esthetics of music in the Howe Institute
of Music, Boston. He was lately commits
stoned to write the score of new comic
opera libretto from the versatile pen of
Myron V. FreeSe, whose clever work in
comedy and sketch writing. together with
the words Of many songs written in col
labOratiOn with Mr.. Leighter, is too we'll
known to need comment. Mr. Leighter s
stay in Washington was of necessity brief
on account of the short while allowed him
for the completion of the opera. which
must be in the managers hands by No
Nember l.
of this city. has resigned her position in the
Foundry Church choir to accept the posi-
ton of music teacher in the State Normal
School at Shepherdstown, w. Va. She will
be greatly missed by her friends in Wash
inSton- She left Monday for her new
field of labor.
Mr.. George Lawrence will return from
his studies abroad next Tuesday and will
resume the direction of the First Presby
terian Church choir Sunday, September %
His pupil, Mr.. George Wright. has been
filling his place during the summer.
Mr.. Lawrence has visited most OF the
great cathedral churches of Europe and
has been studying the methods of choir
conducting and church music m general.
He expects to have a perfectly organized
. choir in the future.
After a trial of various quartets for
several weeks at st. Andrews Church, the
following have been engaged for the COM
ing year: Mrs. Alfred T. Gage, soprano;
Mrs. John Roberts. contralto: Mr. j. L.
Apple. tenor, and Mr.. Charles NJ Yeates
baritone MIR. Apple will be the director
of the choir which will include a chorus.
and Mr.. Fulton Il. Karr will be the or
ganist.
The music at St. Aloysius Church tomor-
row will be of an impressive character. At
the IL O'Clock mass Silas' prize mass will
be sung, with Detbiers Ave Maria for
female voices at the offertory. At vespers
which will be at T:3O pm. the program
Will be Mazos psalms No. 2, a Gregorian
magniiicat, Dana's ''Salve Regina" a So
pranO solo: Marcos 20 SaIutaris" tenor
solo. and Sflas' '"Tantum Ergo" Mr. g.
J. kubel IS the Organist and director. and
the solo quartet will be, soprano, Mrs
blanche Mattingly Rogers. substituting for
Miss CeciIia Murphy; contralto. Mrs Mar
garet Nolan Martin; tenor, Mr. Charles
Meyers, and bass Mr. James Nolan The
cnorus consists of twenty selected voices.
The feast of st. Matthew which occurs
on the 2lst of September, will be celebrated
tomorrow morning at IL O'Clock at St Mat
thew Church with solemn high mass
The full choir will be in attendance and q
tine musical program will be rendered.
The onertory will be the "Gaudeamus"
the solo parts being sustained by Prof
Jasper Dean McFalI, Mrs Hugh la
Grange. Messrs. Murray and Maxwell
The organist and director is Miss Jennie
Glennan.
the Euterpe Musical Club will open It's
NTH season next Monday evening at the
club rooms, 1905 18th street northwest
Ihe occasion will be musicale in which
the following members Will appear in solos
ana concerted numbers: Mrs IL l.. Wilson
MIS- Frank Byram, Misses Matte Glib
SON Jennie GIennan, Eva Whitford. Flor
ence "leser, Rita Wrenn. Ella knight
Aessrs. Fred NJ Hall, Howard Butter,
worth, Leon Ii. ReiZenstein, Fred Seibold.
Henry 1. Stathan and William H Scholz
IHe season of 1901 was very success fuI
one Tor the club, both artisticaIIv and
financially. and the new season opens to a
prospect OF still greater success. A musi-
csA.e Tor members and their friends will he
gwen every second Monday. and plans for
two or three public concerts are now heinz
considered. Ae
The officers for 1902 are: William +
Muenielsen, president: Frank Byram vice
president; William H. Scholz spcretarv
and J. Lewis johnson, treasurer.