Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
MUSICAL MENTION

Mrs. TryphOSa Bates Batcnellcr OF boStoh
has been staying for the past fortnight at
the New Willard with Mr.. Batchellcr- She
has many friends in Washington and has
been much entertained during her visit
The fame of her voice and her European
successes had preceded her. and her friends
were only too glad of an opportunity 10
hear if all the wonderful reports about her
were really true. During her stay here she
sang at the home of Vice President and
Mrs Fairbanks. who entertained her IN
heir usual hospitable and delightful way;
at the British embassy, where she was wei
coined by Ambassador and Lady Durand,
and at Mrs John w. Fosters. where many
musicians enjoyed the program she gave
IN Monday and where Mr.. Anton Gloetzner,
MIR. Ernest Lent and Mr. Henry Jaeger
were the assisting artists. Mrs. Bateheler
mas studied with Marchesi. Henschel, Bam-
boni and others. and is an accomplished
linguist as well as musician. and she is
also one OF the few artists who can sing
the COMPOSITIONS of Tschaikowsky In the
language in which they were wcitten MT.
and Mrs BatChcler have left Tor their
country home in Massachusetts,, where
they will spend the holidays, but their re-
turn to this city is expected in january.
when Mrs Batcheler will be heard in re
Cital
Mr. Richard p Backing, a young tenor
with n voice of unusual brilliancy and pure
quality. has been appointed tenor soioist
If St. Pauls Episcopal Church, of which
Mr.. Edgar Priest of the Washington Col
eye of Music is organist and musical d.
rector.
Early in January Mrs. Hope Hopkins
Burroughs will present several of her Sc
nior and junior pupils in an interesting
musical program. The senior pupils, all of
whom are high school students, will render
The Rubenstein 'Staccato Etude, the 'Eri
KONG" of Schubert-Liszt. Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata" the Saint-Saens q
minor concerto and selections from Mac
Dowel. Loeschorn. Mendelssohn. Moskow-
ski and Chaminade. An entertaining fe3-
ture of the program will be the work of
the little tots. whose ages range from six
to ten years. Mrs. Hope Hopkins Bur
roughs who is one of the most popular
pianists of the city, has assisted at a
number of private musicales given recent
~, having added to her already large re-
pertoire Il number of the Chopin and Ru-
bernstein etudes, the Chopin C minor bal
lade and the Rubcnstein ID minor concerto.
Mrs. Anna Holherg left the city on Thurs
day for Mobile, Ala where she will spend
the holiday season with relatives and
friends.
One of the most delightful of recent mu
steal affairs was one given at the Hanll-
ton Institute by Mr.. andrMrs Ernest Lent.
with Mr.. Otto TorneSS Simon assisting at
the piano. The o0eling number on the
violcncello, by Arensky, played by Mr.. and
Mrs Lent and Mr.. Kaspar. The excellence
of execution and the artistic finish with
which these musicians invest all their work
Is well known. and in their ensemble work
they play as if animated by one spirit.
The ether numbers were: Mirage" Leh-
man, end ''S2ring Song, decker vocal
solos. by MIS-. Price; Romance. Wieniaw-
ski: "Elfcntanz." Pepper, and Air Nariee,
Nieuxtemps. violin solos, by Mr. kaspar
"Andante." MolSue and "Tarantelle. Pop
H. ,.rof n ST
hut certainly not least. three piano num-
bers. by Mrs. Lent-"Nocturne.' Brassin;
Meditation Lent. and "Pclonaise,
List. Mrs. Leut's exquisite touch, warmth
of temperament and brilliancy of execu-
ton place her among the foremost OF
Washington pianists. Mrs. Price has a
rich mellow contralto voice. well placed
and under good control. She also sang as
an encore Absent" rendering ii with
great sweetness and expression.
Mr.. Anton Kaspar has moved from 1900
Rhode Island avenue to 1902 Rhode Island
avenue. where he will have his studio in
the future
Two vseu-krown Washington musicians.
Mr.. Harry Wheaton Howard and Mr. Hal
stead = Hoover. gave the recital for the
Sind at The Congressional Library this
week. The program they rendered had an
additional interest aside from the real
merit If the selections. in the fact that
both thu vocal and Instrumental numbers
were TIL co1nnositions Of Mr. Howard. Mr.
Hoover sang. "Salve Raginl." Declining
pay" ~ Bit of Work Bit Of Play:
Little Boy E,ue." "pifcrences,'' Die
Engtl" "Wc1n.' The Money jug and the
.'hi1a Doll" Merry Bl-c-eycd Iaddie' and
of course" The niaao numbers were
Romance" Child Pursuing a Butter
Ay." Oriental PRAYER" and "Bolero.'
The press notices Of thu meeting of the
congregational Club on Forefa;hers' day
have been many. varied and profuse. but
they seem to have overlooked the fact that
a Iuost interesting part of the entertain
-1ent To many % those present was the mu-
steal progrdm Mrs. Il. II. Smart sang
Little Heart by BischoI, and Bonnie
Sweet Bessie rv Gilbert with that ex-
celleat accomranist, Miss amy Clement
Le@vitt, at the piano: Mr.. Douglas g.
Miller. tenor. sang BlUmenthals My
Queen and THE Lost Chord by Sulli-
van. and his aCcompauiments were well
played by his Young son. Neville ID. Miller.
There were also selections well rendered all
during the dinner. and the affair closed
with the singing of the hymn, The Fore
fathers" by the assembled company, with
Miss Leavitt at the piano.
Miss Elaine Sebring was one of the
loists at tn" last meeting OF the Unity
club rendering Gould L. with Miss Lydia
Hughes assisting at the piano. Miss Car
rie Smith also contributed to the pleasure
of the occasion by singing The Golden
Silence.
A series of musical and literary enter
tainmentS. TO be neld on thursday even
ings, have been organized at Carroll In
stitute, and the first meeting was held this
week Master Peter Becker. a sturdy little
fellow of ten years or 50 and the possessor
of a soprano voice of unusually good quail
ity and range sang Keep on the Sunny
Side" the Columbia Quartet gave some
popular songs, Mr.. stephen b. Clements
rendered banjo solo, and piano selections
were given by Messrs. c. j. Desmond and
Barney Johnson. and there were popular
songs by F. Hutchinson. j. A. Tronnell
and Walter Sondheimer. after which the
awarding of prizes to the winners in the
bowling tournament took place.
The mass composed by Harry Wheaton
Howard and recently sung by the boy choir
Of the Immaculate Conception Church
their patronal feast will be repeated
Christmas morning at the o'clock service.
Mr. Francis Macmillen the young Amer
lean violinist who played delightfully."- at
Mrs Wadsworth's on Thursday evening is
stopping at the Raleigh Hotel for the pres
emit For eleven years Mr.. Macmillen has
lived abroad. where he has been studying
most industriously with the great teachers