Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-15
M USICAL MENTION

ne fedDOuy recltaiS having 1Or many
years been important educational factors
in the art life of Baltimore. the trustees
have decided to still further extend their
usefulness, 1t is believed that the design
of the founder of the Peabody Institute
ito diffuse and cultivate taste for music.
the most refining of all the arts'-will thus
be greatly furthered. In pursuance of this
| plan two Peabody recltas will be given in
Washington by prominent members of the
conservatory faculty. The recitals will be
given on Wednesday evening, December
10, and Monday evening, December Is. The
first will be given by Miss Margaret Cum
minis, soprano, and Mr.. Charles Rabold
| baritone, who will present an elaborate
program Of lyric and cperatic numbers
The second recital will be by Ernest Hutch
eson, the English virtuoso, who has estab-
lished his reputation as a pianist by his
performances with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Paur's Orchestra in New York
the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, the
Kneisel Quartet and in numerous recitais.
Mrs. VIM T. Reed has been engaged as
contralto in the quartet choir Of Foundry
Church. having resigned her position at
St. Michael's and All Angels. Mrs. Charles
Eliason fnee Simonds) will sing temporarily
in the place made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Mrs. Reed.
Miss Carrie Burkhardt. soprano, has been
engaged at st. Michaels and All Angels to
fill the place made vacant by the marriage
and resignation of Miss Mary Walk.
European tour of John Philip Sousa, COW
| ering period OF eighteen weeks.
Nine. Schumann-Heink, the contralto
and Mr.. David Bispham, the American bari
tone of the Metropolitan Grand Opera, will
appear jointly in a song recital at the Ma
tional Theater Tuesday afternoon, Novem-
Der 25, at AIS. Cosima Wagner invited
Nine Schumann-Heink to Beyreuth, where
she was heard by correspondents Of French
and English papers, and thus made her
known outside of Germany. David Bispham
Is one of the most popular singers now before
the public. As recital artist he has
superior. Seats are now on sale at Z.
Arthur Smiths, 1927 street northwest
Mary Mackenzie Byrne the soprano solo,
list at the First Presbyterian Church, has
resigned her position there in order to take
up residence in New York city, where she
will go on December /. Miss Byrne is ar
ranging to give complimentary musicale
at the First Presbyterian Church on the
2Sth of November in response to the desire
of many of her friends She will be assist
ed by Mrs. Rosalie Bridewell Goulding, con-
tralto, who, like her sister, Carrie Bride
well, of operate fame. possesses one of the
most beautiful of contralto voices. Alton
Dougherty of Altoona, Pa, will also assist
at the piano. His number will be "Ro-
manze," opus Al, No. 1, by Won Wilm, and
Mrs. Daisfe Danforth Bowden will play the
accomplishments.
Estelle Iiebling, the new soprano of the
Sousa Band. has three uncles who are great
pianists. Emil Liebling Of Chicago is one;
DR. George Liebling, the piano virtuoso of
London, is another and Herr Liebling of
Berlin, court pianist to the kaiser, is the
third
Mrs George outt-Johnson gave studio
recital Wednesday evening at 1905 Rhode
Island avenue northwest. There was a
large attendance and many of the pupils
from both studios were present Some Of
the pupils taking part were Misses Annis,
Holmes, Strong, Griggs. Sunny. Colyer,
Woolverton, Love, Payne, Braddock, Nor
wood, Northrop and others of Washington.
Misses billiard and Saunders of Bedford
City, Miss Mays Of New York and Miss
Cummings OF Pennsylvania.
Divide Musin, the Belgian violinist. who
has been selected the soloist for the mi
tial concert Of the Symphony Orchestra Of
Washington, has been absent from this
country for six years. during which time
he has toured the continent with much
more than common success.
The Symphony Orchestra is progressing
splendidly in the matter of rehearsals- In
arranging for the concert dates the orches-
ira management experienced some trouble,
due to the fact that number of the
symphony players were members Of the diff
ferent local theater orchestras 1t was only
possible to give the concerts on either Tues
days or Fridays. The theater management
was unable to contract for Mondays on ac-
count Of the necessary rehearsals OF the at
fractions occupying the National stage, and
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday are
matinee days at Washington play houses.
After December was determined upon as
the date of the opening concert and the
loist engaged, it was learned that this in
terfered with the December concert of the
Kneisel Quartet e. F. Droop. the general
manager of the Symphony Orchestra, adj
dressed a note to William King. represent
ing the Kneisels, asking that the subscrib-
ers be good enough to consent to the knei-
sci concert being given at 2:30 o'clock, in
stead Of the customary hour, which would
permit persons who wanted to do so to at
tend both the Kneisel and the symphony
concerts Another clash in dates with the
Kneisel Quartet occurred in March. but
this has been changed by the management