Evening star., 1902-02-01
M US IcAL ENTION

washington Is getting quite q number OF
new musicians who win all be welcomed an
adding to the list OF those whose regulations
extend beyond the limits Of this city. Miss
Carolyn q. Haines. who Ii from Marion,
Ohto, Is said to be a pianist Of good ac-
| complishments. making speciality Of cham
Der music work, is one, and Miss Holtz-
| man, who has just returned from two years
| OF studying abroad. is another. She Is al
| ready preparing for a recital at which she
| Will be assisted by Miss Jane Spencer, also
vocalist, who was IN Europe with her
and Anton Kaspar, the violinist, and DR..
Gloetzner, pianist.
| Mr.. Howard o. Cook. the tenor at the
Church OF the Ascension has made quite q
favorable natsas Impression with the oongre.
by the ease with which he sings Such
selections as the tenor recitation and
aria Ye People Rend Your Hearts and
NJ. NJ with With, Al Your Hearts Ye Truly Seek
enunciated and artistically phrased are cal
cuiated to favorably impress q congrega-
| ton Of the singers earnestness and ability.
The fifth musical entertainment Of the
Washington Saengerbund will take place at
Its club rooms tomorrow night. Mr.. Henry
LANDER. the musical m director, has prepared
an exceptionally fine program The soloists
VIII be Carrie Burkhardt, soprano; Eleanor
simonds. contralto; John H. Duffey, BARI
tone, and Anton Kaspar, vioinist. Miss
Rose;" Miss Simonds, Loewe's Der Err
| koenig." and both will give Allitsen's duet.
Break, Diviner Light" Mr.. Duffy will sing
the Song of the Evening Star" from
hed' and Mr.. Kaspar will play Bohm's
''Cavatina" and Sarasate's "Zigemerwei-
SEN" The bund will be heard in Isemann's
'Steto fest du deutschen Eichewald."
Clarence Ernest Beatty resigned his posi-
ton as organist and choirmaster Of the
Church OF Our Father. where he has
been for three years, January /. and has
received the appointment of organist of
West Street Presbyterian Church in
Georgetown. taking effect tomorrow. Be-
fore coming to Washington Mr.. Beatty was
organist Of Trinity M. e. Church, Atlanta,
Ga, and Of Oakland M. e. Church, Pitts
burg, Pa. The West Street Church has
been lately remodeled, and the organ, which
Is large two-manua1 one, Is one of the
finest for its size in the city. At present
the music Is led by a precentor, but a
movement Is on foot to arrange for a choir.
1t ds Mr.. Beatty's intention to give a re-
cftal later in the season.
The annual choir festival will take place
at st. Marks Pro-Ca thedral. corner Sd and
A streets southeast. next Tuesday evening.
The combined musical forces of the Pro-
Cathedral will participate in brilliant pro-
gram, embracing Whites festival Magnifi-
cat in E; Parker's "Redemption;' Mendels-
sohn's Lift Thine Eyes" and Gaul's List
the Cherubic Host" The choir on this oc-
casion will number eighty-f1ve voices, and
Mr.. Winchester will preside at the organ.
The choirs and members of the vestry will
be entertained in the parish hall after the
during the winter are Stainer's "Cruci-
fxion;" Stainers Daughter Of Jairus," and
Gaul's Holy City,"
Two Englishmen engaged in heated ar
gument at a Sousa concert in London in
December, one contending that there were
strings In the Instrumentation Of the Amer
dean band, while the other as positively de-
clared that the organization was a wind
orchestra" pure and simple. The argu-
ment led to a considerable wager, and at
the conclusion Of the concert Mr. Sousa was
asked to allow the question to be definitely
decided, to which he readily assented. The
first man made his way through the mu-
sicians who crowded the stage and picking
up the snare drum he turned 1t over and
showed the several strings that span the
under head OF the instrument. The argu-
ment was over, and with laugh the
wind" champion agreed that he had lost.
One Of the most difficult things for
foreign artist to comprehend is the uni-
versal expectation that the greatness of the
great artist shall find expression in social
and moral qualities as fully as in his art.
Music in American eyes is a sort of priest
musician is expected to realize his conse-
Grafton and to live up to 1t. Thus the very
point for which Beethoven. Lszt and Bu-
low fought a lifelong battle is not only con-
ceded here, but Is sternly enforced. Europe
has no such consciousness Of the personal
dignity Of the artist. Those exceptional
men that have lived as gentleman on an
equality with gentlemen have done it by
sheer force Of character. Farinelu was the
confidential adviser OF two kings Of Spain.
but he was born to the estate he enjoyed
and merely issued from 1t temporarily at
tho bidding OF his art. Lszt. on the con-
among the nobility, used in the bitterness
Of youthful revolt against the professional
status OF the artist to compare himself to
'the trained dog Munito."
No artist has done more to put his voca-
ton in its normal relations to laity than
has Ignatz PaderewsH. While the musical
world was still smarting with the gibes and
sarcasms with which Bulow retorted the
indignittes heaped upon his profession. Pad
erewski Quietly fulfilled Americas fondest
desire-an artist who knew how to make
his art respected Tor the same sterling
qualities and graces Of character which
command respect in private gentleman.
Arthur Pryor, the trombone soloist Of
Sousa's band, has had the more or less du-
bious distinction OF having been the inno-
cent?, cent cause OF at least two incipient theater
trombone" as he was called in Belgium, is
perhaps the most popular instrumentaiist
in the country, the Sousa audiences are ac-
customed to find his name ON all sousa
programs and occasionally resent its alb
sence. On the two occasions mentioned
Pryor was not listed for a solo, and his
friends in the audience loudly called for
their favorite. The sound Of the name
"Pryor'" Pryor" was mistaken for. by
"Firer' ''Firer' and they promptly began
to make for the entrances. It required all
the coolness and promptness of Sousa to
check the panic, which he did by having
the band play The Star Spangled Banner"
and Yankee Doodle"
The Lyra and Knickerbocker quartets ot
Washington gave delightful concert at
Linden last Tuesday evening for the benefit
Of Silver Spring parish. The program con-
sisted of solos, duets, trios and quartets.
Each number received encore. In the
quartet work the voices blended harmoni-
ously and the singing showed careful prao--
tice. The last number on the program,
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