Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

Teacher OF Singing.
engagements for concerts and musicales
Studio, 1917 Q st. Monday and THURSDAY atteFnoons.
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MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
Miss Minna Heinrichs will play violin
solo this morning at the offertory in the
Fourth Presbyterian Church. Her selection
will be Thome's ''Andante Religioso."
Miss Hazel Franklin of Norwood Heights
a young soprano with an exceptionally
sweet voice, who has been heard frequently
In ST. Johns Episcopal Church, Bethesda
Md. is making a week end visit with reia-
tiyeS in Washington.
Mrs Florence Hill Hormess left last week
for Haven Me-, where she will remain until
some time in September.
Mr.. H. Stewart Beers of this city, a tai
ented pianist formerly of Boston. was
heard from recently from Paris. where he
spent some weeks. He is now in London
and making trips into the country from
there. Mr.. Beers will return to Washing
ton In few weeks Miss Clara Drew. the
contralto. who went abroad IN the same
party with Mr.. Beers. Is now In Paris'
where she will remain studying and coach
ing.
Mrs Ernest Lent and her sister. Miss
with Mr.. and Mrs Frank Carpenter at
their place. near Bluemont. Va, and Mrs.
Lent and their children will spend the
month Of August at Stony Man Camp, in
Virginia. where they go for at least part
of every summer. Mr.. Wilmer Lent. the
elder son Of the family and q promising
violoncellist. following in the musical foot
steps of his father, will leave in September
to enter college at Madison, Wis. He will
make a speciality of the study of electrical
engineering. Mr.. Lent is, as usual. spend
ing his vacation time in composing, and
has already to show for the past few weeks
several new piano numbers, including 'Lul
laby," dedicated to Mrs. Wolcott Tucker
man of this city and Rosemary" dedi
Gated to Miss Mary McCauiey also OF this
city.
An interesting controversy is going
just now between MIR. Conreid and Mr..
Henry w. Savage, who have the rights to
produce Puccinis opera Madame Butter
n.y. in Italian and English. respectively.
Mr.. Savage viii give the English produc
ton In October, and Mr.. Conreid is trying
to get the right to give his Italian produc-
ton as the first in this country and shut
out the English performance until after
his own in January Mr. Savage IS also
in Europe and Is not disposed to give up
to Mr.. Conreid, and still maintains that
the first American performance of the opera
will be his English version in the early
fall.
The Washington College of Music has
made two important acquisitions to its
faculty in the engagement of Mr.. Felix
Garziglia in the piano department and Mr..
Edgar Priest In the pipe organ department.
Mr. Garziglia was engaged specially to
come from Paris to the college, as 1t is
the policy of the institution to have on
its faculty only foreign artists or Ameri-
cans who have studied in the European
colleges. Mr. Garziglia is a graduate of
the Conseryatoire de Paris, being the gold
medalist of his class. from which he was
graduated, having taken his entire course
under the instruction of De Beriot. He
comes highly recommended as a teacher and
is brilliant pianist, having an exception
ally fine technique. He will be heard in
recital In the early fall and will do lot of
recital work under the management of the
college.
Mr.. Edgar Priest has recently been en-
gagged as organist of ST. PauFs Epis-
copal Church. where he has already
achieved marked success. He Is brilliant
organist and is graduate of the Royal
Manchester College of Music. England
and pupil of Pyne, Dearnalley and AL
be bert Hudson the Leading organ teachers
build up pipe organ school course in
the college. and in conjunction with Mr..
5. Frederick Smith this department lis ex-
appear In concert good deal this coming
season and give several recitals under the
college management.
n
idly forging ahead. 1t is known all over
the country now and in Europe and its d.
rector. Mr.. Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, has
in two years built 1t up to be one Of tha
Leading colleges Of the country, and has
done much for Washington in ali branches
of music.
Mrs. Charlotte G. Lippitt contraIto soIofst
In the choir OF Gunton Temple Church, left
last week for her vacation the main mart of
which she VIII spend in New England her
former home.
Dr. Gabriel +. Johnston of ST. Thomas
Episcopal Church choir, who has been a
leading factor in Episcopal choirs for many
years In the District. has been engaged for
the month of July and a part Of August
to instruct the choir Of st. James Church
In Leesburg, Va, in church music. DR..
Johnston Is especially well qualified for this
service. as his experience has been wide
and his taste is especially good.
The Mendelssohn GIee Club OF New YORK..
of which Edard Mcdowell was at one time
conductor. Is at work upon a plan to raise
q permanent fund for Mr.. Mcdowell.
whose health Is 80 impaired that there lis
little hope that he will ever be able to do
any more work The committee Is earnestly
urging assistance from every city in which
Mr.. Mcdowell has made friends, both by
his compositions and by his performances
IN recital. Mr.. Allan Robinson Is the secre-
tary OF the Edward MacDoweil fund. The
colnfHitte6 Is composed or benjamin Prince,
Allan Robinson. Frederick G.. Bourne,
Isaac ". Seligman and Herbert L. Satterlee,
The coming concert season will be rich
in great artists Among the famous plan
lists who will tour this country are Rosen-
thai. Gabriiowitsch. Paderweski, Lheyine,
Joseffy. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler and Olga
Samaroff. the last named being the young
est of them and one who made very pro-
nounced success here last winter with the
Philadelphia Orchestra. Among the great
violinists who win come over are Kubelilx,
Ysaye and Caesar Thompson. Paderewski
is completing new symphony which Will
be played by the Boston Symphony Or
chestra during the season. Saint-Saens, the
great French composer, conductor and
pianist. viii also come to America this sea-
son for the first time. He will be heard as
pianist and will conduct some of the
famous orchestras when they play his own
works. An interesting organization which