Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Greene are now COM
fortably settled in their new home, 1126
10th street. Mrs. Greene Is planning
very busy winter in social as we'll as In
a professional way, and will soon issue
cards to a reception to be given to the
representative musical people of Washing
ton. MIR. and Mrs. Greene will put on a
week of grand opera about the last of jan
uary with a professional cast and orches-
tra their own opera class doing the chorus
work. The operas so far decided upon are
"Rigoletto." Carmen" "Trovatore," and
for a popular matinee. 1.-THE Chimes of
Normandy" The season subscription to
the Boston Symphony concerts SO far ex-
ceeds that of any previous year and the
prospects are that the house will be prac-
tically sold out in advance for the season.
Prof Theodore ingalls, King, organist and
director of the choir at Wesley Chapel, has
organized ladies' chorus. consisting Of
twenty-four voices. The rehearsals Will be
held once week and once a month a mu-
steal Sunday evening will be given in con-
junction with the regular choir. The pur-
pose of the chorus Is to stimulate the mu-
steal interest of the congregation or the
chapel and the study will be devoted en-
tirely to sacred music.
One of the most impressive song services
held in Washington is that which taxes
place every Sunday afternoon at the city
jail The chorus. which Is under the direc-
ton of Mr.. D. D. Lore, is composed of 500
male prisoners, mostly cQlored, and the re-
suits which have been obtained are really
marvellous. The services are held in the
rotunda of the Jail, the visitors, of whom
there are generally 800 or 400, being seated
on the ground floor, while the prisoners
are seated on steps in tiers, running up
about four stories. The voices are per-
fectly blended, and, although only simple
hymns are sung, the harmony and minor
chords are so exquisite that the hymns
are transformed into musical gems, full OF
pathos and feeling, which thrills the lis
tener. A great deal of credit Is due Mr..
Lore. who has devoted much time and
work to this cause; also to Miss II. u.
Fowler, who is the organist. Last Sunday
two solos were rendered by Mrs. Charles
Bayley in a most effective manner.
The choir of the Westminster Presby-
terrain Church sang last Sunday morning a
beautiful arrangement of the hymn, Jesus,
prano solos by Miss Aleen Miller At some
special services that were given in the
evening Miss Florence Wieser Mr.. Robert
Stearns and Mrs. Frank Byram played a
trio for violin. cello and organ. The choir
sang Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem"
by Knox. while the solos throughout this
number were sung by Mr.. Charles Bright.
a very young singer with a promising
voice Mrs Byram the organist and df-
rector of the choir, trains also a Junior
choir, composed of twenty-five young peo-
pie from the congregation. with Miss
Ethelyn Davis at the piano, as accompa-
mist.
Mr. Charles E. Myers, tenor, who has
been absent from the choir of All Souls
Unitarian Church was back In his place
hoe ir1St rod
from a serious Illness. and, although he is
well again. he was not able to sing solo
last Sunday as had been expected, and
Mrs. Charles H. Henney sang in his place
20, Rest in the Lord from Elijah. Mrs
H. Clay Browning. the director of All
Souls choir, announces that the solos for
the next month will all be from the oratorio
Elijah" Mr.. Myers will sing this morn
day morning Mr. John H. Nolan, basso,
will sing 1T Is Enough" and the follow
ing week Mrs. Browning will give Hear
Ye, Israel" at the morning Service.
The Metropolitan Ladies' Quartet, which
Is under the direction of Mr.. Herndon
Morsell, is composed of Mrs. Gage, first so
prano; Mrs. William Key Miller, second
soprano; Mrs Blanche Muir Dalgleish, first
contralto. and Mrs. Exnicios. second con-
tralto. A great many people have confused
this quartet with the Metropolitan Quartet
which sang last Sunday night at the Be
male quartet. and it is unfortunate that the
names should be so nearly the same. The
rehearsals Of the Metropolitan Ladies
Quartet are well under way and a number
Of important engagements have been
booked for the near future.
Mr.. GareIssen is arranging an opera class
to meet every Tuesday evening for the pur
pose of studying the representative opera
of the italian. French and German schools.
The operas selected will be studied mu-
sically and dramatically. This study will
include the story and history of the opera,
source Of the plot, its dramatic significance
and It's music.
It is reported from Cornell that Stanley
Olmsted (son Of Victor H. Olmsted chief
Of the bureau OF statistics here), Is ex-
tremely popular and widely known among
the students Of that university because OF
his ready enthusiasms. splendid physique
and prowess as an oarsman and horseback
rider. He Is the director Of the piano de-
partment at the conservatory. downtown"
in Ithaca. He was engaged professionally,
to play historical recital before the
students and faculty of Cornell at Sibley
Dome as the third concert in their annual
chamber concert" series.
Last Sunday evening at the Bells Me-
mortal NJ. E. Church Of Hyattsville, Md,
the music of the service was furnished by
male quartet. which was certainly unique
in that 1t was composed of four brothers
Mr.. NJ. M Vipond, first tenor; Mr.. K. G.
Vipond. second tenor: Mr.. A. s. Vipond,
first bass, and Mr.. B. l.. Vipond, second
bass They rendered Riches of Love-"
by N. B. Sargent, with much feeling and
expression. and Mr.. M. NJ. Vipond gave as
a solo Rock of Ages by Herbert Johnson.
Mr.. NJ M. Vipond lives at Newport News,
Va, where he is in charge Of the choir of
the Newport News Christian Church. He
returned to his home in that city last
week.
The combination of grand opera singer
and laundress seems incongruous. The i'm
agination can scarcely picture a Brunhilde
or an Elizabeth bending over washtub,
but this extraordinary spectacle may be
found in Baker street. London. where Miss
Susan Strong, erstwhile prima donna at
the Metropolitan Opera House, has estab
lished, according to the sign on her door,
"Nettoyage de hinge de luxe" AS the
name indicates this is no ordinary laundry,
but a place where luxurious lingerie and
fabrics so frail as to seem uncleansable
come from the hands of Miss Strong and
her maid. Pauline. in all their pristine
freshness and beauty, and soap and water,
minus all chemicals. are the only things
used in the cleansing process.
Miss Strong gives as her reason for en-
gaging in a business so far removed from
the operate stage her inability to live on
the proceeds of her profession as a singer