The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
MUSIC And MUSICIANS
HARMONY IN THE CHURCHES
AND At CONCERTS.

The third and last concert Of the Bos-
ton symphony Quartet will be given III
the ballroom Of the New Willard Hotel
on Wednesday afternoon, March 20, at 4
o'clock The concert will introduce to
Washington Nine Katharine Goodson,
the English pianist. who has had so much
success in all Of her concerts IN this
country since she arrived from England
early in January Prof. Hess has Sc
Iected a programme which will comprise
Haydn's String Quartet in 9 major, opus
So No. g: two movements from DebuSsys
Quartet In C minor, opus 10, and Schu-
bert's trio for piano. violin. and viOlOn-
cello, in fiat major, opus SO.
The second public concert Of the Wash
ington Saengerbund will take place at the
National Theater on Sunday evening
March L. The programme for this occa-
sion is attractive and should appeal TO
all local music-lovers. The chorus, com
posed of seventy male voices, will be
assisted BY the following artists: Nine
ShotweIl-Piper, soprano; Miss Elsa Fisch-
ct, v,Olinist and Mr.. John A. Finnegan,
tenor, all Of New York City.
Great interest has been aroused in local
music circles by the announcement Of
Nine. Shotwell-Piper's appearance. The
young dramatic soprano is one of the
most beautiful women appearing in con-
cert, while her voice has received unusual
praise for its purity and sweetness.
Her work with the Thomas and New York
Symphony orchestras has placed her in
The violinist, Miss Elsa Fischer, is an
artistic of ability. She has studied for
over six years under the greatest mas
tiers abroad. She is a favorite pupil Of
the great Sevick Of Prague. Miss Fischer
has played I'm Europe with great success,
and since her return TO her native land
she has impressed her audiences favor
ably. Mr. John A. Finnegan, formerly of
this city. now solo tenor Of st. Patrick's
Cathedral. in New York, is said 10 have
made strides in his art. His many friends
in this ciIy should welcome him cordially
The society Will also have the assistance
Of an orchestra of forty well-known
musicians. The entire concert Will be
under the direction Of Mr.. Henry Xander
the musical director of the Washington
Saengerbund.
The last concert Of the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra will be given on Tues
day afternoon. March 70. There will be
no soloist. The programme will consist
Of BerliOZs overture "CaTnaval ROmain;'
LISTS "Mephisto Waltz" and Tschai-
kowsky's Symphonic Pathetique. This
will. in all probability. be DR.. Muck s
last appearance in Washington.
Mr. Sydney Lloyd Wrightson. accom-
panied by Mrs. Wrightson. left on the
early train Saturday morning for Norfolk
Va, TO attend a meeting Of the board Of
governors of the jamestown Exposition
at noon yesterday. This is the first
official meeting Of the board with
Mr.. Wrightson since his appointment as
honorary director Of music of the James
town Exposition at which time he IS to
lay before the board Of governors his
plans and proposition for the music Of the
coming exposition. Immediately after the
meeting of the board Mr. Wrightson will
meet with the different officials who are
interested IN the musical department, and
confer with them. He has laid out an
elaborate plan, which, if adopted by the
board Of governors, promises that the
musical department Of the exposition will
be one Of the most attractive features Of
IT, and which will register a decided
success if adopted and followed 1t is
no small task 10 plan for music Of all de-
scriptons for six months in the year cv-
cry day. jamestown has for its concert
purposes two very large halls. The main
auditorium. which seats 5000 people, and
large auditorium which seats 5000 peo-
pie making IL possible for a chorus or
orchestra of almost any size 90 give a
concert Interesting notes regarding the
music of the exposition viii be published
from time to time in this paper, as given
to the press by Mr.. Wrightson
The piano recital TO be given al the
Washington Club on Saturday evening.
March 9, by Miss Stella Lpman, the
well-known pianiste, is being looked for
ward TO with much pleasure by the
music lovers Of Washington Miss Lip
man has devoted her life 10 study of the
piano. She studied in Berlin under Karl
Klindworth, the recognized authority on
Chopin; also Frans Rummel. the we'll
known concert pianist, and AIbino Gerno.
remaining abroad four years Miss Lip
man is Cincinnati girl, but she is now
thoroughly identified with musical Wash
ington. She has appeared In "a number
of successful recitals here, Cincinnati.
Richmond and Otner cities. and the crit
les as well as her many friends predict
even greater success for the future.
The Bayreuth festival was the subject
Of an interesting talk given by Miss Di-
ana WootOn. who also told OF the unveil-
ing OF the Wagner statue in Berlin. The
last number on the programme was the
Liebestod from "Thristan and Isolde"
List arrangement. which was given by
Mr.. Felix Garzziglia. of the faculty.
The next club meeting will be on Feb
ruary p. and the programme is to be de-
voted to woman composers.
The Students Club, Of the Washington
College Of Music. held its regular BIZ
monthly meeting last Thursday at the
college. The evening was devoted to
study of Richard Wagner, and proved in
teresting and instructive
The programme was opened with the
Tannhauser overture -four mains).
which was played by Miss Ethel Tozier
and Miss Ouida WheeIock. Mr.. Charles
Davidson Read, a scholarly paper en-
titled Richard Wagner: Man and Mu-
siCian;' The Preislied. from Die Meis-
1ersinger' was given as a piano number
by Mr.. :. Frederic smith, of the faculty.
Miss Roberta Tefft read treatise upon
the "Wagncrian Theories" giving the