Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

Arthur Niktsch. conductor of the Leipsic
Orchestra and of the opera in that city,
has been induced to return to Boston to
again become conductor of the Boston
| symphony Orchestra, succeeding DR.. Karl
| Muck. who will retire from the conduc-
torship of the Boston Symphony after next
season. The Musical Courier publishes from
one of its European correspondents cable
dispatch telling of Prof. Nikisch's accep-
| lance of the terms made to him to again
| take charge Of the orchestra in Boston,
| which he conducted from 1891 to 1896.
Mrs. Lent and children left last Monday
with her eldest son, Wilmer, who is in col
| lege there.
The solosts at the Mozart evening to be
given at Washington Grove tomorrow even
| ing under the direction of Mrs. Lucille
| Belts will be Miss Rubie Stanford, Miss
Ernest Lent. Some of the numbers on the
| program will be Mozart symphony in G
| minor; string quartet, A major; "Adagio,"
for violoncello solo, and violin solo, Fan
TASTE, Faust.
The choir boys of St. Johns Episcopal
Church. with Mr.. H. H. Freeman, choir
master. returned from their annual outing
on Chesapeake bay. When they reappeared
in the choir last Sunday they looked like a
band of little Indians They will sing
| for the last time this season on the 2Sth
of this month and will resume their work
| the first Sunday in September Mr.. Free
man expects to add several new and at
| tractive voices to his choir next season,
| the names Of the singers to be announced
| in the near future.
Mrs. Agnes Hoppy gave a delightful re-
| cital before the Sunday school of st.
| Patrick's Church, which was brilliant
| affair and greatly appreciated. Her small
! daughter also contributed to the pleasure
| of the occasion by both vocal and 1nStru-
| mental selections.
Francis Macmillen. the American violin
| ist who returns to his native country for
| second tour next fall, is planning to
| make THE Devils Trill,' by Tartini, one
| of the most prominent numbers of his
| repertoire. This wonderful composition,
| made up of weird tones coupled with the
most intricate of technical difficulties, has
| long been favorite with great violinists.
] Its inception is due to dream Tartini de-
I clared he had, in which the devil appeared
| to him and in which the devil was to serve
| him always. In the course of the events
Tartini placed his violin in the devils
| hands to test his powers as musician.
| Tartini is credited with saying, Il heard
| him. the devil, play solo so singularly
/ beautiful and with such superior taste and
| precision that it surpassed all the music
| 1 ever heard. l was so overcome that l
| lost my power of breathing, and the vio-
| lence of the sensation awoke me. Instantly
1 seized my violin and the work which
| produced at that time is doubtless the best
| of my compositions.
Musical circles in the city and vicinity are
well represented this year at Washington
| Grove, Md, Mrs. D. Olin Leech being one
| of the latest addition to the colony. The
| Chautauqua assembly being held there is
| proving a great attraction, the musical
| programs and classes being under the COM
| petent management of such musicians as
| Mr.. Percy Foster and Mrs. Lucille Belts.
| The new American violinist Karl Klein,
| who will be heard here during the coming
| season, Is a son of a prominent New York
| composer and has won extraordinary sue
cess in Europe. His first appearance will
| be made with Walter Damrosch's New
| York Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie
| Hall, New York, when he will play Lalo's
Symphonic Espagnole.''
Mr.. ]. r. Rigges will substitute at the
organ of the Temple Baptist Church during
| the month of August while Mrs. Grace
| Dufour Brown is away from the city. Mr..
| Riggles has been a member Of st. Johns
| Episcopal Church choir for many years,
| where he still sings in the alto parts, his
voice never having developed into tenor
or bass.
| An organ recital Of unusual merit will
be given next Thursday, July %, by Mrs.
| M. A. Dickinson in the Presbyterian
| Church at Falls Church, Va. She will be
assisted by Miss Seaman and Mr.. Albert
son.
Mrs. Frank Byram left last Thursday for
a trip to the Adirondacks.
Mrs Florence Hill Hormess, one of the
| most delightful mezzo-sopranos among the
| local singers. left Washington Friday for
Paeonian Springs. in Virginia, where she
| will spend a fortnight with the Fadeley
| family. She will then return to Washington
| for few days before going north for the
| remainder of the summer season to join
| the large colony of Washington musicians
| at Haven. Maine. Mrs. Edwin Hill, wife Of
| one of the organizers and officers Of the
| Georgetown Orchestra mother Of Mrs
| Hormess, who has been seriously i'll for
many months is SO far recovered as to be
| able to go to Paeonian Springs with Mrs
Hormess, where she will remain until late
| in the fall
Mr. Johannes Miersch, the weu-known
| violinist, who made Washington his home
| for several years and who went to Indian
| apolis last fall to become conductor of the
| Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Is maxi
ing visit with old friends in Washington
| Mr. M1ersch Is one of the most brilliant and
| finished players who ever settled in Wash
| ington, and has been greatly missed since
his departure. Mr.. Miersch is brother of
Paul Miersch' the 'cellist. who lived for
| some years in this city when he first came
| to America and who now occupies an en-
viable position in the Metropolitan Orches-
ira and is equally well known and success
| full as a composer.
| Miss Mary A. Cryder and her sister Miss
| Clara Cryder, will leave Washington Tues
| day for New York. They will remain in
| New York at 567 Park avenue for some
weeks. relative of Miss Cryders having
placed her home at her niece's disposal.
After comforting with Mr. Hammerstein
and reporting to him the progress Of her
work on his proposed new opera house in
Washington, Miss Cryder and her sister
| will spend the rest OF the season at one of
/ the nearby resorts. Miss Cryder will return
| to Washington in the middle of September
Mr.. Oscar Gareissen, who has spent the
| past two months in Rochester, N. Y, has
| about completed his work there as con-
ductor of a choral class. and with Mrs.
| Gareissen will take a short vacation They
will return to Washington in the early fall.
| Miss Irene D.eterich, the young soprano
| who made such a hit in Baltimore last
month at the pop concerts in the Lyric
Music Hall, has gone to Atlantic City for
several weeks recreation. Miss Dieterich
will later make visits in New York Phila-
delphia and some other eastern cities and
will return to Washington early in the
musical season.
Miss Grace Mae Wilson, violinist in the
Rebew Orchestra. has gone with her mother
| and sister, Miss Helen Wilson, to Phoenix
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