Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

German opera at Prague. He held this po-
sition until 1892. when he was appointed
conductor OF the Royal Opera at Berlin
He has also conducted for the Bayreuth
festivals for many seasons. DR.. Muck Is
an interesting personality, is broad minded
and progressive In his music, well as in
everything else. He has versatile style and
broad musicianship. His appearance is
quite in contrast to any one yet seen before
the great Boston orchestra with which
Washingtonians are so familiar. He is very
slight, rather tall, with sharply cut pro-
file, keen black eyes and a striking fndivid-
uality. Another prominent orchestra in this
country tried to get him a few years ago,
and 1t Is said that the personal friendship
between him and the kaiser was the cause
of his remaining in Berlin.
Mr.. e w. Stone. the capable manager of
the Georgetown Orchestra, is visiting In
Brooklyn before going further north for the
latter part of the summer. Mr.. Stone was
a guest Of his cousin. Edgar w. Mersereau
of Brooklyn in his twenty-four horse-power
auto car last week. when it made the mag
nificent ride from Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie
in the economy run OF the Long island
Auto Club. Mr.. Stone will make visits TO
Asbury Park and Atlantic City, and in
July will go to Maine for the rest of the
summer.
The United Singers of Washington, COM
posed OF the three societies, Saengerbund,
Mannerchor and Arion, comprising a mem
bership Of 100, will leave here on July for
Newark. n. j., to participate in the Saen-
gerfest which will be held there from the
1st to the 9Th. Mr.. Henry xander, con-
ductor of the Saengerbund. Is the conductor
of the United Singers and has done splen-
did work with them. They have reasonable
hopes of bringing home prize. as they
have done before on these occasions. There
will be united chorus of 5000 voices, and
they will give three grand concerts. The
soloists Will be Mime. Schumann-He ink.
contraito: Campanari, barytone; Maud
Powell. violinist, and Nine Rider-Kelsey.
The contests will be for singing societies OF
the first. second and third classes; contest
of SIX societies for the kaiser's prize, Inter-
city contest. first class, LOO or more sing
ers; second class. 100 to 200 singers. the
last-named class being the one the local
singers will enter. The prize will be cup
OF gold and silver valued at $500. The
Washington singers captured the prize in
this class at the Baltimore festival three
years ago. and brought home the great
bust of Handel. The name of the prize
song of the local singers Is "Nachtzauber,"
by Storch.
The choir of aIaInline NJ E. Church, I'M
der the direction of the organist, Miss Amy
Leavitt, gave an excellent program of mu-
sic last Sunday morning and evening In the
church. 1t included the Sanctus, from Mo-
zart's Twelfth Mass: quartet, Mercadante's
Earth and Heaven" and Bliss 1T Is Well
With My Soul" and Roots Knocking,
Today" sung by Mr.. James S. Hicks, basso
of the choir. The organ numbers were the
Postlude War March from Mendelssohn's
Athalie aad Batiste's Elevation"
Mr. Norman Daily is making arrangements
to repeat his excellent recital program. as
sisted by Miss Carson, which they gave
last Thursday evening. next Thursday even
ing in the hall of the Holy Cross Academy
An interesting plano recital was given
last Monday evening in Pythian Temple by
the pupils Of the Misses Minke. Compost
lions of Heller. Lack. Dennee Lichner,
Burgmuller, Lambert. Saint-Saens. Schutt
and Chopin were played by Misses Alice
ONeal. Lucy Surguy. Ethel Swank, Ella
Cole Helen Budd, Lena Ramsay. Alma
Cowsill, Ruth Halpenny. Elsie Swank
Edith Bretney. Bertha Gersdorff, Mary Nc
Cambridge. Helen Myers. Ruth Baxter, MIL
dred Draney and Masters Spencer Brenizer,
Bently Bird. Ralph Garren. The pupils
showed careful training In their work.
They were assisted by Miss Irene Anna
Dieterfch, soprano, who sang Chaminade's
Summer with much taste and bTilliancy
and was warmly and heartily applauded by
the audience. She gave several charming
0neoreS.