Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-28
MUSICAL MENTION

The boys of ST. Stephens Institute. un-
der the direction of Messrs. John Boyiand,
Lee Monkey and James Tierney, assisted by
Chester r. Spencer. baritone. from Boston.
gave rousing old minstrel show at the
National Rifles Armory Tuesday evening
last to an audience that filled the hall to
overlooking The program was as follows:
Anybody but You," sung by Mark Athey ];
Sing Me to Sleep" F. Petit; What's the
Use Of Anything" John Myers, and BE
sde the Old Oak Cate. J.-J~ Baker. Frank
Trodden seemed to strike a particularly
popular chord when he sang "I'd Rather
Be Lamppost IN Washington and for q
second number gave Its Up to You to
Move" Amt You Coming Back to Old
New Hampshire, Molly?' was the next Sc
lection. and this was well rendered by the
Majestic Quartet. consisting of Messrs. F.
Hutchinson. J. Bonnell. NJ. Horowitz and
J. Gross. and in response to repeated recalls
they sang You're a Grand Old Flag" Mr..
Walter sondheimer followed this with a
encore. Waltz Me Around Again. WILLIE
was easily the sensation of the evening.
Other popular numbers were: viii You
Love in December as You Do in May?'
Chickens Follow Me-" Lee Monkey, and
I'm Going Right Back to Chicago" James
v. Tierney. The program closed by intro
ducing the famous transcontinental won
A literary and musical entertainment was
given Tuesday evening at Confederate Vet
Grams Hall. 141O H street, under the aus
p.ces OF the Industrial Education League
Of the south. An interesting program was
contributed by local talent. as follows:
Star OF the Sea" piano solo. Miss Gertrude
Seay: Southern Melodies" Miss Ellie DAN
Ion 7 10
Miss Gladys McGarry, and an exquisite rem
derins of Schumann's ''Traumerei' by Miss
Elton Ronsaville. vioinist. with her sister,
Miss Mss kathren Ronsaville. at the piano.
"Canzonetta D'Ambrosia.' also by Miss
Ronsaville; recitation. "Laska'' Miss
Frances Youngblood: piano solo, 1.-The
Old Oaken Bucket" Miss Ivy May Park:
a selection for violin and piano, by Miss
Lucy Mason and Miss E. D. Bouldin; vocal
solo, IF No One Ever Marries Me-" Miss
Lenore Gerlach; recitation by Mrs. J. c..
Love: piano duet. a paraphrase of Dixie
by Misses Flournoy and Bouldin> There
were short speeches by Mr.. T. Jackson Seay
and Robert H. Mcneil and an original paper
was read by Mrs. L. Corbin Joliffe on why
We Should Do This Work." and the singing
of America" by the assembled company
completed pleasant evening.
The music commission appointed by the
cardinal. while not having completed it's
work. has so far examined and passed
judgment about 100 masses Some of
them have been rejected in toto. while 9TH
ers have been approved In part and rejected
in part Some Of the masses which will be
altogether barred from use hereafter in
Catholic churches are Battman's mass in
c. G:orza's first and third masses La
Hache's st. Theresa" LIE Prevost's third
mass in A. Generals mass in G, and. sad
to record, MoZart's twelfth mass. Father
Russell, who is chairman of the commits
sion. says that there will be published later
on statement concerning the masses not
rejected in their entirety. The other men,
bers of the commission are: Rev. John A.
Klang, Baltimore; Very Rev. F. A. Spencer,
Washington; Rev. Francis P. Powers, Bal
timore; Rev. c. M. Bart Washington;
Prof. Anton Gloetzner, Washington, and
Prof. Odendthal. Baltimore.
The music rendered by the choir of ST.
Johns Episcopal Church, Georgetown, last
Sunday was as follows: At the morning
service. "Te Deum in A." Fay; "Jubilate
in c. Dudley Buck. and THE Heavens Are
Telling" from Haydn's Creation" At the
evening service they rendered Tours Mag
nificat" and ''Nunc Dimittes in F"' and the
anthem From Egypt's Bondage Come" by
Page. The soloists at the morning service
were Messrs. W. c. Mills, F. M. Talcott and
B. B. LOCKER with Mr.. Daland at the or
gan.
Mr. Eugene Oumet basso, who sang here
last winter at the Temple Baptist Church
and later at Calvary Baptist Church where
success abroad and is to appear in grand
opera this season with Calve and Campo mari.
Miss Rose Bigelow sang the solo at the
offertory last Sunday at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church. She gave a new set
ting of the text, The Ninety and Nine"
composed by her uncle. Mr.. Charles Clear.
who is a promising young musician and
composer The choir sang an anthem, Re
member Not My Offenses." with baritone
solo and obligato by Mr.. Carol Morrison.
Mrs. Arthur Dunn. the soprano of the
Temple Baptist Church choir. was the solo,
list at the offertory last Sunday morning,
singing ooh. Eyes That Are Weary" by
filled by Miss Marjorie Follin. a young
singer with a beautiful mezzo soprano voice,
who sang Unanswered" with simplicity
and expression.
Father Hartman Won IAN der Lan-Hoch-
brun. a Franciscan friar and composer of
music celebrated all over Europe. is now in
New York, stopping at the rectory Of st.
Father Hartman Is known chiefly through
his oratorios, which won for him decora-
lions from the pope, the Emperor of Aus
tra and other European potentates. and he
also has the distinction Of being the third
musician elected a member of the Ital-
ian Academy of Immortals. His oratorios,
st. Peter" dedicated to Cardinal Paroc-
chic; "St. Francis Of Assist" dedicated to
the emperor Vi AuSlTid, Inc Last Oup-
per" and THE Death of Christ" dedicated
to the German emperor. rank among the
standard musical productions Of the present
day. Father Hartman is a native OF the
Tyrol and If he were not priest would
bear the title of count, his family having
been admitted to the nobility by King Leo
pold l. He received his musical education in
the Conservatory at Posen. under Busch.
Zipperle, Ansoletti and Deiuggi. While in
New York he will arrange for the produc-
ton Of his oratorios in the metropolis and
ether of the larger. cities of this country.
Hereafter there will be double quartet
of male voices, composed of students from
the Holy Cross College, Catholic University,
to sing the offertory and proper of the
mass at st. Patrick's Roman Catholic
Church These singers will be in addition
to the regular choir. which will furnish the
music for the other parts of the morning
service. The music for vespers. which
takes place at 7:30 O'Clock In the evening,
will be sung altogether by the regular choir
of mixed voices, under the skillful dtrec-
ton of Mr.. Armand Gumprecht, choirmas-
ter and organist.
The musical and dramatic entertainment
given on Wednesday evening in the Sunday
school building Of Warner Memorial Church,
Transmission Md was great success In