Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01
MUSICAL MENTION.

Blanche Blakeney: THE Violet" (Math-
ews). Miss Irma Austin; The Jolly Work
| man. HaynoD. Miss Janet Wallace;
BABY Rye" tGaynor). Miss Ollie King;
Sunshine Bright and Twilight Shades"
| 'Porter Miss Naomi Clark: Soldiers
March" (Schumann). Miss Mary Grabil!;
Enchanted Bells O<rogmann). Miss
Katherine King; Going to the Woods
| lEggelingl. Miss Florence Smith: Sweet
Smile Smile WaldteufeD. Miss Mac Rhine;
Van Houten; "Au Matin" Goddard, Miss
Marion Smith: Butterfly" tGriegl. Miss
Ethel Clark; Spring Song tMendels
sohn). Miss Corabell Rien.
A newly organized chorus of twenty
voices furnished the music for the first
time at the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church at the Thanksgiving service on
Thursday. They We're assisted by Miss
Flora Jackson. who gave one solo number
and who also sang duet with Mr.. r.
Allen Terrell. both selections being taken
from "a Song of Thanksgiving.' by
Maunder. The chorus sang Praise the
Lord. o Jerusalem" and did excellent
work. This chorus will assist the regular
quartet of the church al special musical
services which will be given once each
month during the winter. One of the
compositions in preparation for this
! special service is Mendelsshon's Hear
My Prayer" and later in the season the
choir will give either Stainer's Daughter
of Jairus.'' or Dudley Bucks STORY o.
the Cross Mr. B. Allen Terrell is the
! choir director.
A series of musicales will be given by
the piano pupils of Mrs. Emile Dougall-
Maroon during the winter. The first OF
| the series was given on Saturday evening.
November .. at the residence of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Charles A. Bates. and the second will
be given December at TIL, residence of
Maj and Mrs. Ord. Chevy Chase.
At st. Margaret's Church this evening
| the cantata Song of Thanksgiving" by
J. II. Maunder. Will be rendered BY the
combined chors of st. Johns Lafayette
| Square) and St. Margaret's churches. Mr..
| II. II. Freeman, organist of st. John s,
will conduct the work and Mr.. Alfred G.
Eldridge, organist of ST. Margaret's. will
preside at the organ. The violin parts
will be played by Mr.. Anton kaspar.
The offertory number at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church this evening
will be an arrangement of Faure's Cru
cifix," for two voices, soprano and alto.
| and It will be rendered by Mrs. Nellie
Wilson Shir-Cliff and A1,ss Pauline Whit
aker whose voices blend most admirably.
! brary for the blind was given last week
on Friday. instead of Thursday, by Nine.
Won Unschuld, who played several selec
tons from List, Chopin and Schubert. to
the delight of her auditors. A feature of
| the program was a Beethoven Sonata in
F. major for piano and violin, the violin
part being rendered by Master Breeskin,
| the wonderful little violinist from Russia.
Miss Charlotte St John Elliott spent the
past week in New York. the Thanksgiving
day guest of DR.. Resale laughter Nor
ton.
Miss Amy Clement Leavitt contributed
much to the success of an entertainment
| that was given lately at the Home for
| the Blind by the Sunshine Club. Besides
| playing all the Accomplishments, she rem
dered two piano solos by forster Petrie,
"-Autumn's Sunshine" and lover Hill and
Vale" both of which were we'll received.
Music-loving people in Washington are
rejoicing over the restoration to health
of Mr.. E. w. Stone and his consequent
return to the city. Mr. Stone has been
absent from Washington for more than
year on account of i'll health. and was
greatly missed in musical affairs. he
! has always been actively interested in
most of the organizations here. 1t was
| because there seemed to be no one to take
| up his work in come ction with the
Georgetown Orchestra that we have had
no concerts during the past two seasons
| from that excellent organization. 1t Is
| to be hoped. now that he has returned,
| that there will be an announcement from
| Prof. kaSpar in the near future of at
| least one concert during the present sea-
| son.
Mr.. Anton Kaspar was the soloist at
| the Thanksgiving service at Calvary Bap-
| list Church last week, his selection being
! 4 cavatna by Bohm. The regular quar-
tet of the church sang The Woods and
Sweet-smelling Earth and Praise Ye
the Lord by Maunder.
| Mr.. William ]. Palmer the director of
the Chorus Club, is busly rehearsing for
| the coming concert of the club, which will
| Church. The chorus will give excerpts
| from oratorio, including many of the
| larger choruses of Handel. Mendelssohn,
! liounod and Rossini. There are at pres
ent seventy-five voices in the club and
| the membership is constantly increasing.
| Louis A. Potter jr is the accompanist
and is proving himself to be a competent
| artist.
The Sunday Evening Music Club, which
| held it's meetings last winter at the resi-
| dence of Mrs. Barney. with Mr.. Otto Tor
ney Simon musical director will be re-
| organized after the holiday season and
will then resume its musicales
The young ladies of Holy Cross Acad-
envy will give a musical and literary en-
| tertainment Friday evening, December 6.
| at Carroll Institute Hall, and they will
| be assisted by Miss Maud Bell Rice of
| the Hickman Dramatic School, who is
| teacher of elocution and physical culture
| 1T the academy. The program will be as
| ollows: Chorus, "Estudiantina" CP. La
Gomez, girls of Holy Cross; harp solo,
| me Scarlet Sarafan" (Chas. Oberthur).
| Miss Susanna VERIFY; monoogue, Jean
Vatican and the Bishop Victor Hugo,
| Miss Maud Belle Rice; vocal solo, In
vocation" violin oblgato and harp ac-
| compartment, Miss Geline Macdonald;
| violin solo, "Larghetto and Presto" (Tar-
| tinD. Miss Imoeen Harms; one-act COM
| edy, MADAME DEPARTMENTS School," by
| Ella Crane Wilkinson; cast of characters,
| Madame DePortment. Miss Agnes Dow
| ney; Mabel Frolics, Miss Geline MacDon-
| aid; Gertrude Smiles, Miss Gertrude Eich-
| horn: May Frisky. Miss Agnes Hamilton;
| Jennie Slow, Miss Lillian Hill; Bridget,
| Miss Pearl Langley; vocal solo, Beloved,
| it is Morn (Aylward), Miss Evelyn Po-
! mar; piano solo, Faust Waltz" LisZt)
| Miss Margaret Curtis: wand drill, ar
i ranged by Prof. Anderson of Yale, girls
| of Holy Cross; vocal solo. Miss Agnes
| Downey; Del Sartean march and poses,
| arranged by Burkella Pierce.
| The offertory selection this morning at
| the Calvary Baptist Church will be a
| duet by Lansing, Seek Ye the Lord"
which will be rendered by Mrs. Caller
| soprano, and Mrs Barnard. contralto.
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