Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

The wedding of Rev Paul Sperry. well
known In musical circles here. and MISS 10
| sephue Shallenberger. daughter or the
second assistant postmaster general, W. ..
| Shallenberger. will take place In this city
| November !. The ceremony Will &c per-
| formed in Calvary Baptist Church at noon.
| Mr. Sperry Is now the pastor OF the New
| Church In Bath. Me, where he Will take
his bride to live. They are potn graduates
| of the George Washington University Miss
! ShaIienberger returned to her home in this
| city from Haven. Ne. yesterday. Mr. Sper-
! ~ has been one of the leading amateur
| panists and organists of local circles. and
was also member of the Choral Society
| for many years. He Is pursuing his musical
tastes in connection with his church work
in Bath. and conducts chorus of 100 voices
ard gives occasional complimentary organ
recitalS.
Mr.. William Rummel son of the late dis
tinguished pianist, Franz Rummel has re-
turned to Washington for the winter, after
having spent the past several years pur-
suing his violin studies abroad with Hugo
Hermann, Arthur Hartmann and Ysaye 1t
will be remembered that Mrs. Rummel lived
for some years in Washington with her
three sons, where they became very impor-
tant factors in the most artistic circles. She
then took her two sons, Walter. the pianist,
and William. the violinist, to Germany for
further study They were Joined over there
some months ago by their other brother,
Franz who is pursuing his art studies. Mrs.
Rummel Is sister of MIR. Edward Linz
Morse, the WPlI-knOWn artist dUu Is tOI
nate in having a son to inherit some of his
artistic talent and two sons to inherit their
fathers music. She is the daughter of Prof.
Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. Mr..
Walter Rummel is doing splendid work on
the piano with distinguished teachers in
Berlin.
Leoncavallo arrived yesterday on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. After six
| teen months of incessant negotiations and
almost insurmountable difficulties Rudolph
Aronson finally succeeded in procuring a
contract from Maestro Leoncavallo (the
| famous composer of "Pagliacci.' ''Zaza,"
"Chatterton. Roland de Berlin, Bo-
heme." 'Medicis, etc, etc) for tour in
the United States and Canada. Besides ex-
cerpts from 'Zaza," "Pagiaccl, Roland
Won Berlin and other operas, the maestro
will conduct at his first concert in America
at Carnegie Hall. New York. Monday even
ing, October $, his famous Ave Maria"
march "Viva rAmerica," dedicated to
President Roosevelt.
| has furnished her fellow citizens in Berlin
| the interesting spectacle of a prma donna
| driving her own automobile. few days
| ago, while speeding along Inter den Lin
| den, she unfortunately ran down a police
| man who jumped into her path to avoid a
| runaway team. Gadsk managed to stop
| the machine before the rear wheels had
| passed over the man. but nevertheless he
was seriously hurt. He was hurried to the
| hospital, where he lay for several days
| in precarious condition. but now he has
| rallied sufficiently to enjoy the wines and
| fruits which Gadski sends him daily Ac-
cording to the Berlin papers, the victim Is
| the envy of the entire police force.
Francis Macmlen, who will make a tour
in America this season. first attracted pub
lie attention by carrying off the Grand Prix
and the Van Hal money prize at the Brus-
sells Conservatory. when scarcely sixteen
| 10 = he Rrat a-io n,
whom these prizes ever had been awarded.
Macmillen has created a sensation by his
playing in England this past summer, and
he will doubtless be we'll received at home.
He is a pupil of Caesar Thomson the IA
nous old Belgian. who Is also to make an
American tour this year.
The next week will mark America, and
especially of the younger America. for by
that time a. F. Pinto expects to realize the
dream of the American-born muSician-a
complete symphony orchestra, composed of
musicians every one of whom was born be-
meath the stars and stripes.
Mr.. Pinto is well known to the public, al
though it has not heard of him for several
years past. He first jumped into fame as
the conductor of the New York Boys SYM
phony Orchestra at the time that organiZa-
ton created furore at the Herald Square
| and the New York theaters in series Of
concerts. At that time Mr.. Pinto was nine
| teen years of age. and he was looked upon
| of the country.
Then Mr. Pinto decided that he had ac-
| complished all that was to be accomplished
| with the Boys Orchestra" and sought Sc
| cluson in order to prepare himself for bet
| ter ana greater things. After having devot-
| ed three years to study. travel and compo-
| sition, Mr.. Pinto now steps again into the
| limelight, with second bid for public ia
vor. He is organizing an orchestra which
! he hopes eventually to force to the fore as
/ the representative symphony orchestra of
| he -r,Tt L. J..-
but young men. not one of them over TWEEN
| ty-five years of age, and no matter of what
nationality their parentage may be, all OF
| them are American born. 1t will be Mr..
| Pinto's policy to give concerts the pro-
grams of which contain music both classical
| and popular-a mixture of the old masters
and the modern composers, including many
| of his own works which never have been
| heard In public. He also will present as
| special features those works of young
American composers which show merit, and
he has been assured Of the hearty coop
| Grafton of the young American musicians
| and the musc-loving public.
Choir circles. which have been much STIR
red up this fall. will be especially inter-
| ested in the final decision of Mrs. Charles
| H. Henney, contralto. who has been for
several years the soloist in the choir of St.
| Margarets Episcopal Church and who
went to All Souls Unitarian Church on
October l. ST Margaret's being 10th to
| loSe neii&ey, lney illuuCeO d PROM
| Use from her to return to their choir after
| giving the required thirty days notice to
! All Souls. This being such ddsappoint-
| ment to ths music committee of the lat
| ter church, they have at last induced Mrs.
| Henney to finally cancel her arrangements
| with st. Margaret's choir and remain in
| theirs. The reconstructed quartet of ALI
| Souls is eminently satisfactory. The men,
| bers now are Mrs. H. Clay Brown ng So
| prano and director: Mrs. Henney,, con-
| tralto: Mr.. Charles E. Myers, tenor. and
| Mr.. John H. Nolan. basso. DIR. George
! Walter is organist. Mrs. Henney, Mr..
| Nolan and DR.. Walter are also members
| of the very excellent choir in the Hebrew
| Temple. on Sth street.
| Miss Alice Burbage the well known bril-
| liant pianist who returned to her home the
| last of September from a prolonged stay
| in Bar Harbor during the summer. is max
! ing a visit In Cumberland. Md. Miss Bur-
| bage was in almost constant demand dur
! ing her summer outing, for drawing room
| recitals and informal muscales among the
| cottagers of Bar Harbor and vicinity
where she is extremely popular both So
| cially and unsteady.
I The soloists far announced for the
| Washington concerts of the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra are Paderewski, said to