New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

NJ Nacfarlane is an industrious writer. well
brilliant player. He Is of English birth. but came
10 America with his father. who was also an Oh
Eanist and his first teacher. when very young. lie
called attention to himself = a boy orEstnist "
concerts in Chickerng Hall when only fifteen years
old For four years he studied with Samuel +.
Wsrren. who was organist OF Grace 'hUrch Tor
TWENTY-FIVE years. and then. like his old associate
Mos.uthaI before him was swc pt out by the sur
pIiced choir tide. which he stemmed for many
wears Before coming to St Thomas's NJ. Macfar-
lane tvho is $50 orgauist At the Temple Eundnu-f-ii
filled engagements at the FiUy-third Street Meth
odist Episcopal Church St James's. Danbury;
church Of the Messiah Unitarian. NeW-Nork and
All Souls eleven years. His assistant NJ ~
Thomas's is g. Darlington Richards His choir
numbers nifty men and boys. the latter OF whom
are encouraged nv entertainments in the winter
and an outing Of two weeks at tho seashoTe or in
the mountains every summer. There are two re-
hearsaIs at the church for the boys every week
ard one for the full choir. The roster Of ST
Thomas's AT present reads as follows.
Orgaaist and choirnaster- G. Macfarlane
Assistant orsauIst-ti. Darlington Richards
Harpist-Alfrcd r. Toulmin.
Trcbies-Arthur Bradley (soio). f. $ Brook. r.
bell Gilbert CLARK Raymond Grassland Thomas
John owen Jones. William H. Komp. George I-ati-
f Fre ir RoBer f PEEK FMeu soGne Harry
schmidt. William Schrumpf. George Shorti9rler
'fleISr Wiiiiamson Wrav Williamson. Oliver Zim-
! hItos-W Douglas Matthews tsoIol. Mortimer
SIpon~. Harold Mills. Frank Fiulaysor. Earnest \
Lucas and William T. Haisey.
Tcucrs Frank Van r. Bum tsoiol. Henry
Tto.ck. Herman Stbwamb. Arthur Eriro. Henry T.
Huttnor. William J. Oliver. r. PHlatt and L. VI
Snous.
BASS OBEY Speaks. Harry Chapman Thomas
A,ahr'~e. EDWIN o Chambers Albert hedIoIu'
William Boyle. w. =. s. Stcrer and ~. 4. Merriam
or the chapels or Trinity parish. two maintain
the traditions Of the mother church I'm respect
OF the choral service with more strictpeSs than
the others not excepting ~. Johns. Narick-st
Ia which large attention has already been devoted
In these descriptive studies. They Trinity
Chapel. whose ministrations extend back 1854
and st. Agnes'S. which is comparatively a new
conner. The Chapel OF st. Agnes with al its
ninccnt equipment, architecturaly and otherwise
however has been hampercd by its poor acousticaI
than the choir. Al the outset Trinity Chapel
music under the superintendent OF Dr
Hodges. and its choir took q part iu the doctors
efforts to- introduce the choral service. Or Hodges
was succeeded 10y Or ~. ~. Walter. who was 4
devote at IN" shrine Of the Gregorian chant. and
fought FOR ~ peTsistenty and faithfully until IS9
After him came Dr. -. T. Gilbert. who served
from isi9 TO 1897 when Felix iAmoUd from
Detroit aud Introduced the regime Of which he IL
Htiu the head. Mr. Gilbert a Mus. Doc. oxen.
and laid stress the organs part i'm the service
Mr. Lamond. less organ PLAYER and chcir-
master, has hfted the singing ui his into
prominence. critic writing for "1he Church
/ man" IN May. 1901 said 81 the music Of Trinity
Chapel.
Unaeeompanled singing of the choral responses