Evening star., 1901-04-20
MI SICAL MENTION.

| popular teacher and her pupils. Some OF
| the most prominent people in social circles
were there and all seemed greatly pleased
with the offerings presented. Mrs. Old
! bergs accomplishments were as greatly
enjoyed as were the vocal selections OF
the ladies and gentlemen who participated
| in the program. The musicale was more
! like drawing room AFFAIR. and avoided
the fOrmality usual on such occasions.
/ Those assisting Mrs. Oldberg In receiving
| her guests were Mrs. Charles IL. Davis.
| Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. Mrs Edward J..
4 Morse. Mrs. William CorCoran Hin and
| Miss Charlotte Campbell. The soloists. all
| of whom are students, were Miss Terry.
| Mrs. Ebbs. Mrs. Morse. Miss Nietch, Miss
| Edwards Miss Elizabeth Davis, Mrs.
| Gram Messrs. II. Z. Hoover. Hugh Riddle
| berger and Philip Gerry. Those who made
| up the chorus which sang Parker's In
! May and Reinberger's Brightest Stars"
| We're Mrs Walter Ebbs, Miss Eleanor
| Terry. Miss Julia Edwards, first soprano;
| Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. Mrs. Howland.
! Mrs. William X. Carr, second soprano;
| Mrs. Edward l.. Morse and Miss Clark.
! first alto, and Miss Charlotte Campbell.
| second alto. quartet composed OF Misses
| Terry and Edwards. Mrs. Radcliffe and
Mrs Morse. sang Hawley's Song of Sea-
! SON" Mrs. Cottmann was the accompa-
| mist for the chorus. while Mrs. Oldberg
welded the baton. Harry p. Hopkins of
| Baltimore played some of his own compo-
StionS. which were well received.
Miss l.. Lieberman is making great prep
| arations for her musicale which will take
| place at the National Theater in June. She
will be assisted by the principal soloists of
| the United States Marine Band and the
Philharmonic Orchestra, Anita Cluss. harp
| ist, and Jacques Van Poucke, solo clarinet
| ist. Among the numbers to be played is
the Weingaben arrangement of Webers
Invitation to the Dance" and combined
with the orchestra will be LISTS piano ar
| rangement for three pianos and with Miss
Cluss at the harp: Mozart's Titus" COM
posed in 1871, which will be heard for the
| first time in the United States. with fun
orchestra and six pianos. and a suite
Wagner's ''Lohengrin' for octet OF pianos
and strings, an arrangement which has
| been sent from Paris especially for the
casion. All the plano parts Will be per
| formed by pupils.
played in several muscales at Miss Molly
| Elliot Seawell's Mrs. H. c. Hansborough's
| and Mrs. Horace Gray's.
Washington talent will be conspicuous at
| a fashionable concert to be given at the
Waldorf-Astoria in New York city next
! Friday. Miss Edna Scott Smith. contralto
I will sing. Miss Sue Macdonald will make
her debut in the metropolis as a piano
soloist and Mr.. Wm. III. Conley will give
character impersonattons and songs OF
| mimicry.
A feature OF Christianis symphony.
| played at the National Theater YESTERDAY
| afternoon. was the addition OF a harp to
| the orchestra. This beautiful instrument
was played by Mrs. Regina e. West, a
city. Mrs. West is very Well known in
| the eastern cities. where her work has at
| tracted much favorable notice.
Angelo c. Fronani, the musical director
| of the Euterpe Club, is arranging an In
| teresting program for a concert to be
| given by the club next month. Mr.. Fro
nanfs reputation as a pianist is increasing
| and he has lately been in demand, having
played several times at Mrs. Hearst's mu-
Sicales.
| The accompaniments of Arthur ID. Mayo
| at the Damrosch Society concerts were
| the subject of general remark among the
musical people present. His distinct enun-
citation, perfect time and intelligent inter
| pretation, and his modulation to suit the
Volume Of tone of the singer We're artistic
and proved him to be one of the best ac-
ccmpanists in the city.
! Otto Torney Simon, who Is the musical
director of the Damrosch Society, has
shown his ability q conductor in a
| marked manner The society never sang
| so We'll as at its concert "Wednesday night.
| Its precision Of attack delicacy of shading
| and In tone production Were far SUI
these were due to the intelligent and
painstaking ability of it's conductor. 2Ir.
Simon is also the director of the Motet
choir, which has already given one enjoy
again before the season closes.
Gurley Memorial Church, Florida avenue
between 9th and 9TH street, will be enter
| tained at 7:3O tomorrow evening by a mu-
sical program which is the result of the
vigorous efforts OF Mr.. William F. Dovle.
The cantata of Queen Esther will be
rendered complete. to the accompaniment
OF organ, plano and other Instruments The
regular choir will be assisted by volunteers
who have kindly consented, thus producing
double quartet. The sopranos are Miss
May Edmonston and Mrs Hazel II. Doyle:
the altos are Miss Minnie Irwin and Miss
Mary II. Clear, the tenors are Messrs.
William g. Penney and Harry Murdocl.
and the bassos are Messrs William F.
Doyle and ID. A Millrick. In each case the
last-named are the visitors
A new string quartet, under the name of
~ been organized in this city under the
leadership of Prof. Raphael Koester The
aim OF this new organization is to foster
the very best In classical and modern
chamber music. The personnel is as fol-
lows: Mr.. Raphael Koester. first violin;
Mr. John Bryan, second violin: Mr. WILL
lam H. Scholz. viola, and Miss Florence
Weiser. cello, all Of whom are well known
in musical circles.
Tomorrow morning and evening the choir
or the First Presbyterian Church will sing
special programs OF music repeating some
OF the Easter numbers. In the morning the
selections will be BLESSED Be the Lord
God, soprano. tenor and baritone solos.
duet and chorus, La Hache. and the
Gloria" by Mozart In the evening Praise
the Lord" Randegger. and at the offertory,
Shine on Me. Lord" La Hache. tenor solo,
The choir will also sing the Credo. Blessed
Be the Lofd," La Hache. when the solos
will be sung by Miss Mary Mackenzie
Byrne, soprano: Mr.. Alexander Mosher
tenor: Mr.. George Wright, baritone. Miss
Byrne will also sing 'Hosana," Grainer. by
request
Mrs. Hormess' musicale on Thursday
afternoon was a delightful event The pro-
gram was well chosen and charmingly rem
dered, and was thoroughly enjoyed by those
present. among whom were many people
prominent In society and musical circles
Mr. George Lawrence is arranging to give
q recital at the First Presbyterian Church
next month. He expects to have some OF
the best local talent to assist as well as
some of his advanced pupils. The First
Presbyterian Church choir, under his drec-
tion, will also sing several numbers.
Leaves From an Old Diary,
Eror, the Cfpc3nnst Esuouirer