The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
WEEK IN MUSIC
QUAINT FRENCH SONG TO BE SUNG BY
PUPILS OF MISS EASTMANS SCHOOL

last Friday night. under the direction OF
Joseph Harrison, for the benefit of the
Ninth Street Christian Church Among
numbers given were solos by Miss Daisy
Harrison. Mrs. T. R. Pirtle. Miss jose
phtne T. Gould, and Mr. Carpenter. Mr.
Harrison rendered several violin solos.
NJ. NJ. Clark made a hit with his whist
ling limitations, and Mr. Blagg rendered
several concertina soIos. Others taking
part were: Misses Carpenter, Clark
Fowler. FRANKIE, Gould, Harrison, Light
foot, Martin. Peters. Hickman, Prtle,
Rule, and Scott. Messrs. Blagg. Cady.
/ Carpenter, Clark, Elliott. Criddle, Elwood.
Herbert. Kendig. Morrison. Scott, Ehr-
mantraut. and Bradley. Miss Bessie Har-
risOn acted as accompanist
The choir of the Ninth Street Christian
Church, under the direction of Joseph
Harrison, viii sing at the services this
morning "Hallelu1ah, Christ Is Risen,"
/ by Simper, and Songs of Victory by
Lacey. A soprano solo viii be sung by
Miss Josephine T. Gould. At the evening
services Mrs. 7. r. Pirtle viii contribute
/ d soprano solo. The choir viii sing
Christ Is Risen. by Dressler. and THE
Awakening Lord, by Lorenz.
/ The pupils of Miss Helen Gladnon were
entertained by Miss Helen Simpson on
Tuesday evening of this week. On the
programme were: The Misses Kathryn
Rohrer, Elizabeth Shoemaker, Lydia
Hulse, Helen Simpson, Marjorie Simpson,
| Mildred Moore. Lucille Chamberlain, Ma
| lette Roach, Jennie Darby. Margaret
Darby, Eda Beckett, Helen Stake Leah
/ Gladmon. Frances Someryllle, Leah
KEupfer. Martha Cation, and Masters
lWuard Gatchel Raymond Gatchel, Ralph
Dowden, and Raymond Cornwell.
/ In the Memorial United Brethren Church
/ at the morning service to-day, Miss Anna
Stambaugh will sing. Il Know That Ny
Redeemer Liveth.' from HandeTs Mes
siah" The choir will sing Christ Our
/ Passover" by Sehilling. At the evening
service the anthem. This Is the Day
/ That the Lord Hath Made. by MaTstOn.
| The choir is composed Of: Sopranos,
| Miss Anna Stambaugh. Miss Myrtle
Saunders. Miss Leah Lucas, Mrs. A. II.
| Line; altos, Miss Fannie Houck, Mrs.
! Ida Frazier; tenor. Mr., d. =. Michael;
bassos J. II. Cooper and George Stam-
baugh. Miss Lila l. McBath, organist
and director.
The cantata. "Crucinxion and Resurrec-
tiCn," by Berwald viii be given by the
Dumbarton Avenue N. F. Church choir
under the direction of w. T. Glover, in the
auditorium of she church on Dumbarton
avenue. between Thirty-first and Thirty
second streets. n and 0 streets, on Tues
day evening. April p, at p m. The
soIoists are Miss Bessie Birch, soprano;
Mrs. j. A Houghton. conualto; Donald s.
Edmonds. tenor: John Waters, barytOne;
Mrs. Isaac Birch, organIst.
There win be special music by the choir
to-day.
Under the direction of Guy A. Ourand
a violin recital win be given at the Wash
ington Club on Tuesday evening. April y
by Mile. Eugene de Guerin, assisted by
Fraulein Ella Stark, pianist
In Governs Rose Maiden" to be pro-
duced at Fifth Baptist Church next We'd
nesday evening. by the Washington
Chorus Club, Miss Pauline Whitaker has
| consented 10 take the cOnralt0 role, sub
stituting for Mrs. Henney, whose vocal
trouble has not sufficiently recovered to
enable her to sing the part The other
soloists are Mrs. Annie Grant Fugitt
Harry Stevens. Roland RodTick and z. c.
Heintz The Chorus Club numbers more
than fifty voices, and is under the direc-
tiOn of William J. Palmer.
ReheaTsals are being held by the S
Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society in prep
aration for the ''Hiawatha" concert next
Thursday evening. Special interest cen
ters in the male soloists, who will appear
on this occasion for the first time in
Washington. They are both Boston sing
ers-T Wileott Swan. a former pupil at
the New England Conservatory, and W
II. Richardson. barytOne-
The Ensemble Club, Lewis Corning At
water, director, sang Stainers "Crui-
fixion" at the Eastern Presbyterian
Church on Wednesday evening. The club
consists Of the following well-known
singers from the various choirs of the
city: Sopranos, Mrs. Theodore T. Apple,
Mrs Herman ". Smith, Mrs. ". A.
King, Miss Matte Gibson; altos. Mrs
Frederick SiIleTs, Mrs. D. Olin Leech, Mrs.
w. Howard ButterwOrth, Mrs. George F.
Lippltt; tenors, Mr.. ". Howard Butter
worth, Mr.. Frederick SiIlers, MIR. Carl B.
Apple, and Mrs. George T. Lippitt; basses.
i Mr.. Fred. J. Leonard, Mr.. Herman W.
Smith, Mr.. Oliver a. Phelps, and Mr..
Theodore T. Apple. The soloists will be
Mr.. Butterworth and Mr.. Sillers. and MIR.
Phelps and Mr.. Theodore T. Apple. The
club also sang the cantata at Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church Friday
evening.
The second Bischof concert will be
given by the choir CT the First Congrega-
tional Church on Wednesday evening.
May G. at o'clock.
The choir consists of a chorus Of sixty
voices with a solo quartet. Soprano. Mrs.
B. II. Smart; contralto. Miss Edna Scott
Smith; tenor, Douglass G. Miller; bass.
J. Walter Humphrey; organist and di-
rector, Dr.. ]. w. Bishof; accompanist.
Mrs. Elsie Bond Bischoff
The choir will be heard In selections
from ''The Seasons" 'The Ancient Mari
ner,' ''The Rose Maiden" ''The Crea-
ton, &c. The members Of the quartet
will be heard in solos, duets and quartets.
The programme will also include organ
numbers by DR.. Bischoff.
Mrs. F. ]. Dieudonne on Sunday even
ing gave a musical to a few invited
guests. Those who took part in the pro-
gramme were Prof. J. B. Carpenter, who
sang the 'Old Easy Chair" and played
''The Butterfly March," Mrs. D. c.
Johnson rendered fantasia, Mrs. C. c.
Dieudone sang "Violets;' Miss Flor
ence johnson sang Leaf by Leaf"
and played an instrumental solo: Min
ME Lorraine sang Bird of the Wild
wood Lora johnson sang Good Night.