The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Elaborate preparations are being made
by the choirs of Washington for the
celebration of the feast of Christmas.
and from midnight tonight until far into
the day Christmas carols and joyous
song viii commemorate the birth Of
Christ.
In the Episcopal and Catholic churches
the music will be of an unusually elab-
crate character. Quartet end chorus
choirs viii, in some instances, be sup
plemented by orchestras and prominent
singers will augment the regular per
sonnet in making the occasion the most
joyful in all the year
The principal service in all the Epis-
copa1 churches viii be at II o'clock in
the morning. In many instances this
consists OF morning prayer, communion.
and a sermon.
At st. Johns.
AT st. Johns, Sixteenth and H Streets
northwest. the rector, The Rev Roland
Cotton Smith, will deliver the Christ
mas day sermon and the musical pro-
gram, under the direction OF H. II. Free
man. viii De given by the vested choir
of the church. The list of selections
for this service includes a group OF joy
GUS anthems which have been prepared
by the choir, and which promise to
furnish one of the finest programs of the
day.
The choir of ST. Michael and All An
gels Church has prepared an elaborate
group of Christmas selections Three SER
vices will be held. The II o'clock service
will include Bucks "Jubilate" and the
..Te Deum,'' from --Tannhauser. At s
O'Clock a special song service will be
given by the choir under the direction
of Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee, organist
of the church. A long list of singers
will participate IN both services at St
Michael and All Angels.
Two Song Services.
Oscar Franklin Comstock, organist and
director of Trinity Church, Third and G
Streets northwest, has arranged two
song services for Christmas. The first
will be given at II o'clock, and an even
ing service viii be held at 7:30. Mr..
Comstock has selected Sir John Stainer's s
1T Came Upon the Midnight Clear" for
the morning offertory, and in the even
ing Barnbys II Bring You Good It'd
ings'' VIII be one of the important musi-
cal features.
In all the Catholic churches of WISH
ington the first Christmas mass viii be
sung at . o'clock in the morning his
will be the principal service of the day
At ST. Aloysius Church the first mass
VIII be ar 3 O'Clock in the morning, and
at 10-45 a m solemn pontifical mass
viii be celebrated by the Rev Ignatius
Fealy, lately ordained in Baltimore.
This viii be Father Fealy's first mass.
AT o'clock Marcos Mass No. 1 win be
sung, and at IL O'Clock the mass will be
by Bruno Oscar Klein. The Rev. William
OBJ. Pardow, S. j., one of the most cele-
brated Catholic preachers in this coun-
try. viii deliver the sermon. Mgr Fal-
COMO, papaI delegate, win be present at
the last mass
Male Voices.
A choir of men and boys, under the
direction of George Herbert Wells, will
sing the and Il O'Clock masses at
Trinity Church, Georgetown The
music will be Gregorian. and will con
sist of Dumont's Gregorian mass of the
sixth tone The "Adeste FideIis" VIII
be given at the offertory
The choir of St Patrick's Church will
be augmented by an orchestra: of twenty
pieces at the and II o'clock masses.
when Armand Gumprecht's mass. com
L.
be sung. Novelties arrangement of the
'Adeste fidelis" wall form the offer
tory at both masses.
The boys choir OF Immaculate Con-
ception Church win sing the first mass
at $50 o'clock, which will be Gregorian
The regular choir viii give Haydn's
third mass at II O'Clock. Both progra ms
will be under the direction of Harry
Wheaton Howard, organist
st. Marys choir has prepared Rieder-
mann mass with Costa's Date Soni-
tum Pastores" for the ofertory Yes
pers viii be sung at O'Clock with
psalms from Mario No / The 20 Sal
Utaris Will be a trio, by Saint-Saens.
Haydn's Sixth Mass.
The principal service at ST Matthew's
viii be the II O'Clock service. when
Haydn's sixth mass viii be sung by
the choir. under the direction of Miss
Jennie GIennan. Giorza's '.Jesu Re
demptor' viii form the ofrertory, and at
the conclusion of the mass the "Adeste
Fideiis' viii be sung
Mozart 5 twelfth mass Will be given at
5 O'Clock by the choir of St. Peter >