Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

Handers .Where'er You walk from
| Semele, Foote'S Love Philosophy" Han
del's recitative. Deeper and Deeper stiil."
! and the aria. Watt Her Angels" from
Jephtha; Dvorak's Songs Ny Mother
| Taught Me-" Neidlinger's serenade, and
Denza's Call Me Back
Profs. H. F. SALESMAN and William de
| Ford are reorganizing THE Washington
| Opera Club and will give a number Of
| light operas during the coming season, &C
| cording to their former custom. This club
| has been prominent before the public for
| the past twelve years, and has given a
number of standard light operas most cred
| itably.
Miss Jessamine Lewton gave her first pu-
| pills recital in her home. corner Of Balti-
more and Takoma avenues, in Takoma
| Park. last Tuesday evening. Miss Lewton
| and Miss Ford finished the program with
| a concerto for two pianos, which ELECTED
much applause. She will give a second
| Mr.. William Clabaugh. baritone. will
| sing during this month in the quartet of
| the New York Avenue Presbyterian
| Church. in the place of Mr.. John H. No
| Ian. who begins his duties with the quar-
tet of All Souls Church today.
| Mrs. Ramsdell, widow of the late Rev.
DR.. Charles B. Ramsdell, organist in the
North Presbyterian Church, who has been
| very i'll during the summer, has recovered
| oA1N 40 oOAC " NC Jul o6oh
The choir of the First Congregational
| Church will have choral evening tonight
Many good concerted numbers will be given
| by the chorus, which numbers sixty, and
| solos will be sung by each member of the
| quartet.
| A glee club is now being organized in the
| Y. M, c. A. to be known as the 7. M. c. A.
| Glee Club. and when it's numbers are flied
| Mr.. Herndon Morsell will become the di-
1 M Hal Hoover will
| be the accompanist.
the Trinity M. f. Church will be held
! there this evening when the list of music
will include Jerusalem" from Gounod's
"Gallia:" Benefits abide With Me-"
| Field and the -'salter for the day to An
glican chants.
| Miss Pauline Whitaker. contralto So
| loist in the choir of the New York Avenue
| Presbyterian Church, has returned to h-r
home here after visit of several weeks
| in New York Mrs. Clarence B. Rheem
! has been substituting for her.
Mrs. Apolline Alexander Blair, who will
spend the winter in Washington with her
| mother, will sing during this month in the
| choir of st. Margarets Church. Mrs.
Blair is too well known in musical and So
| cial circles here to require introduce
| ton. During her girlhood she was lead
ing contralto here. as she has been during
| her residence in st. Louis and the past
| year in New York. She has a superb con-
tralto voice.
| The choir Of the Fourth Presbyterian
| Church has resumed its seasons work
under the direction of the organist. Mr.. A.
anthem. II Will Magnify Thee" and at
the offertory his Children of the Heaven
! 1y King" The quartet is composed of Miss
| BERTHE Thompson. soprano: Miss Elizabeth
TxIo volt Mr. ENpohr
| and Mr.. J. Nobel Hoover basso. The
| latter is i'll just now. and Mr.. Harry H.
| Campbell is substituting for him. Miss
| Mabel Owen has substituted the past two
| Sundays for Miss Tyler. who has been
| singing in st. Aloysius Church, but who
| will be heard in her own place today.
| Mrs. Matte Thomas. a leading soprano
singer Of Richmond. gave recital in Mrs.
Oldberg's studio on Friday afternoon before
| fashionable and very interested company.
beautiful quality. has good style and much
| finish. and she was most fatteringly con-
| graduated for her good work.
Miss Mamie Mullaly, organist in St. Au-
| gustine's Catholic Church, has returned
| from a visit of several weeks in Atlantic
| City and will resume her duties there. Mr..
| Anton Kaspar the violinist, will also re-
| sumo his work today director.
Mrs. C. H. Brinkman has recovered from
her recent illness and will organize a
| progressive music club" which will give
| a recital the last Friday evening of each
month in her studio. Mrs. Brinkman has
been compelled to give up pipe organ work
and public playing on account of poor
health.'
H. H. Freeman has been engaged by the
Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Conn.,
| to give recital on the magnificent instru-
ment they are building for the jamestown
exposition.
| Mr.. T. H. Payne has been engaged to
take the place in st. Johns choir of Mr.. A.
| Wilbur Beache, who will sail for Europe
on the 18th for an indefinite stay.
The Lepsic correspondent of the Musical
| Courier says: This Office is in receipt of
| news of the marriage in Washington D.
C., OF two former students Of the con-
servatory, Anna Busch Of Washington and
| Frederick Weed Flint of New York. The
/ ceremony was performed August 20 at the
| rectory of Grace Church, Alexandria, Va.
Mrs Flint was here for some years as a
pupil Of the pianist, Theodore Wiehmayer,
| then of the conservatory. Mr.. Flint spent
! some years at violin study under Arno
Hilf, and latterly gave much attention to
work in theory and musical history Their
| friends in Leipsdc hold them in high esteem
| and are wishing for their success.
Mr.. Ernest Leigh's song ION the Placid
| Potomac" Is meeting with mucl success. 1t
is pleasing melody and well constructed.
| Mr.. Halstead P. Hoover gave an interest
| Ing song recital in the reading room for the
! blind in the Library Of Congress on Thurs
! day afternoon His songs were well chosen
and we'll given, his baritone voice being
| heard to good advantage in all Of them,
| with Mrs. w. B. Patterson at the piano.
| Miss Irene Dieterich has been engaged as
| the soprano soioist at the oncert of the
| Germania Harmonic in Baltimore on No
| vember Z.
| The Musical Art Society is being revived
| and reorganized. Mr.. D. G. Pfeiffer and MI
| Eugene L. Stevens are interested, and
| many of the old members of this very sue
| cessful choral club are interesting them
| selves to make brilliant record this sea-
| son.
| Mr.. Edmund A. Varela, choirmaster in
| the Church of the Epiphany and at St.
! Thomas, has returned from his summer
| vacation and will be in his places in these
| two churches today.
| The second semi-monthly musicale of Mrs.
| Josephine EsDuta Daily and Mr.. Norman
| DAILY was given in their stuuio on Friday
| evening. Those who contributed to the pro-
| gram were Mrs H. B. tombstone. soprano: