Evening star., 1907-07-28
MUSICAL MENTION

The opening event of the Chautauqua as.
sembly now being held at Washington Grove
occurred Monday evening last and was
called IAN Evening With Mozart and Other
Composers" and under the direction of
Mrs Lucille Belts was a most pronounced
success An entertaining feature of the
occasion. and one not upon the program.
was the interesting and intelligent talk
made by Mr.. Percy Foster upon the life and
work Of Mozart. which was followed by the
first movement of Mozart's symphony in
G minor for strings. This number and a
string quartet in A major, also by Mozart.
were delightfully."- rendered by Miss Ruby
Stanford, Miss Florence Wieser Mr.. Sam
Pole and Mr.. Ernest Lent. Mr.. F. A.
Schaeffer. baritone gave an aria from Mo
zart's Magic Flute" the Evening Star"
song from Tannhauser. and 1T Is Enough,
from Elijah: Miss Rubie Stanford played a
Faust fantasie on the violin; Mr.. Lent rem
dered in his well-known artistic style an
Adagio by Mozart, and Miss Bertha Ham
sens beautiful voice was heard in Non
mi dir" from Don Giovanni" LisZt's ''Die
Lorelei" and serenade by Strauss. Miss
Hansen belongs to musical family and is
one of the most promising OF our young
singers Her voice Is a lyric soprano. pure
and sweet and true. and she sings with in
telligence and expression. Miss Marie Han
sen was a skilful and sympathetic accom-
paniSt.
Miss Mary A. Cryder spent the past week
In New York. where she has been very
much occupied engaging artists and con-
summating the business arrangements Tor
q number of concerts. ten or twelve at
least, to be given here next winter. This
is good news to music lovers. as Miss Cry
der never presents any to the pubic ex-
cept artists of the first rank
The Calvary Baptist Church quartet. con-
ssting of Miss Ethel Holtzclaw. soprano:
Mrs. Ralph Barnard, contraito Mr. Will
liam D. Macfarland. tenor. and Mr.. Kaiser,
baritone, with Mr.. Ernest Winchester. or
ganist and choirmaster of st. Paufs Cath
oic Church substituting at the organ for
Mr. Mayo. will sing today morning and
evening for the last time this season. Ex-
cellent programs have been arranged for
both services.
Mr.. Martin Remsburg. formerly well
known in musical circles in this city, where
he studied the organ for many years, is hav-
ing a pronounced success as organist and
choirmaster of the Episcopal Church at
Warrenton, Va. Mr.. Remsburg has the
advantage Of having large numbers of the
summer coterie. who annually go to War
renton to assist in his choir. and this year
especially there are many unusually good
voices volunteering their services, singers
who command good salaries in the city dur
ing the winter The church is thus enabled
to have regular city" choir during the
summer. Mr.. Remsburg is very popular in
the town, and Is working hard for the mu-
steal uplifting Of the community.
Mr.. Henry Xander director of the Wash
ington Saengerbund, sailed from Bremen
haven on the Goth of this month and is ex-
pected to arrive In New York about August
l. He will not reach Washington until a
day or two later, so will not be here in time
to lead the chorus of the various German
singing societies when they meet at the
jamestown exposition.
The choir Of the Ninth Street Christian