The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-25
MUSICAL MATTERS
ORANGE MUSICAL ART IN
FINE CONCERT.
Women's Chorus Sings Commercially.
Events of Local and General
Interest.

A pleasing success was the opening con-
cert last night of the Orange Musical
Art Society. composed entirely of women,
given in the Orange Theatre before promi-
nent society people of the Oranges who
are members of the organization. 1t opened
the society's twelfth season. The ct
tractive program was we'll rendered under
the careful direction Of Arthur d. Wood
ruff.
The most ambitious number OF the pro-
gram was the Japanese legend, THE Fate
of Princess Kiyo." a pathetic little love
story OF the maiden whose sorrowful and
anxious vigil for her sw~eetheart's return
is tragically ended when news of her
lovers death is brought in the form of a
flower, which changes to q sombre hue.
a age and wizard directed that the blue
ehrysanthemum be gotten at any risk,
but the swift change in color gave the
sorrowful princess knowledge of her
lovers DEATH, and she ended her agony
by plunging a dagger into her bosom.
Nine. Sarah Anderson was an effective
princess, and Mrs. Louis o. Hedden, Of
the society, sang we'll the part of Sada,
faithful attendant TO the princess. The
chorus work ives we'll balanced. Reginald
W~erfenrath, baritone, also assisted the
society and was applauded for artistic
work. The New York Festival Orchestra
and DR.. John l.. Courier, accompanied,
were also on the program.
The chorus numbers included a gavotte
by Czigulka- Elliot, "Once in a Whlle;'
''Orpheus with His Lutte" Charles Fon-
teyn Nancy: "Solveig's Song Grieg-
Lines; Tschaikowsky's "A Legend and
Sing, Maiden, Sing" CASTOR Borch.
There was a wide variety in the numbers
chosen and full opportunity given the
singers to exploit their well trained
ability.
Mr.. Werrenrath's numbers were Love
Me or Not" Secchi; ITO Anthea," Hatton
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" Roger
Juilter; THE Forgotten Land written for
Mr.. Werrenrath by Harriet Ware, and THE
Cross" by the same author. He was
warmly applauded.
Mme. Anderson's rich voice was in good
condition and she sang prettily the late
Edward A. MacDowells THE Sea- THE
Sweetest Flower" by Van der Stucken, and
Blazejewic's Love Song"
Those in the chorus last night were:
First Sopranos-Mrs. Paltiel Rowland
Bomeisler, Mrs. Charles r. Browning, Mrs
William S. Coleman, Mrs. John Crawford.
D bod, i Miss Jessie iee Fairl paP Mrs M n l. hf Fen1
ton, Mrs. Charles w. Fisk. Mrs. James
Girdwood. Mrs: Edwin II. Hatch. Mrs. II
AuulSOn HlCkok, MISS Mary Johnson, MISS
Isabel King. Miss Jessie King, Mrs. VIII
lam Lyndon Lyman, Mrs. Albert Meyer,
Mrs. Charles A. Nash. Miss Irene Palmer,
Miss Ruth Ray, Miss Clara Reid, Miss
Reynolds. Mrs. Oscar Shoenherr, Mrs. G.
5. Smith, Mrs. Joseph M. Stanford, Miss
Frances Stevens. Miss Elinor Swasey, Mrs.
William e Tunison, Mrs. Cyrus Vail
Miss Lillian Van Emburg, Miss Camilla
Won Lengerke, Mrs. Elmer A. Williams.
First Altos-Miss Laura Carpenter. Mrs,
Charles Cornell, Mrs. o CoylSendall
4 Mru arxr-r r,s~ nj. gt.1I. -
Mrs. Frederick r. Fearey, Mrs. Franklin
w. Griffin, Mrs. John Kinsey Gore, Mrs.
J. Ralston Grant, Miss Elizabeth Wood
ruff Gray, Mrs, Charles d. Hedges, Mrs.
L Alonzo Lenci, Miss Agnes Miller, Mrs
Edgar v. Moffat, Mrs. Henry d. Scudder
Mrs. f. II. Shepard, Mrs. Raymond &c
Smith, Mrs; Edward o. Stanley, Mrs, Lee
Augustus Struck. Mrs. Norman Ward,
Mrs. Charles $. Webbe, Mrs. Theodore f.
White, Jr., Miss Florence Winter.
Second Sopranos-Mrs. Walter 3. Adams
Mrs. F.. Hubert Allen, Mrs. J. :. Auchin
} Gloss, Mrs. Charles A. Boston, Mrs. Andrew
W. Bray, Mrs. Lawrence J Brengle, Mrs
w; j. Chapman, Mrs. George Cobb, Mis-
Alice Coburn. Miss Dorothy Conant, Mis-
: William r. Dix, Mrs. Jerome p. CORN, Mis-
? Sara Gould, Miss Mabel Gray. Miss Flor
Hendry, Mrs. Robert II. Hills. Mrs.
Richmond Hoxie, Mrs. ii. II. Jackson, Mrs
George w. Jones, Mrs. Alexander King
Mrs. George King, Mrs Albert II. Lamson
Z MASs INObtit d lhtitlt MIS-. oI-htcE inv
Mrs. Sands c. Olcott. Mrs. Frederick Pring
Mrs. Richard II. Rankin, Miss Bessie Rice
Miss Bessie Russell. Mrs. Higbie Smith
Mrs. Alfred Taft. Mrs. c. w. Ten Brock
Mrs. William Phillips Thorp.
Second Altos-Miss Leila Burgin. Mrs
James A. Burns, Mrs. James Earle Cheese
man. Mrs. Foster Debevoise. Mrs. George
De Laval. Miss Mary L. Dodd, Mrs; A
II. Falls, Mrs. Frank Ffeger, Miss Melissa
p. Gee, Mrs. N. Wetmore Halsey. Miss
Myra Hedden. Mrs. Walter S. King, Mrs
: T., n Tapho m Mrs ToL,, NdrTDoDuat1 AE-a
George Potts olcott, Mrs. Ethel Olcott
Mrs. Harvey c. DIN. Mrs. David Picker
ing, Miss Emma Purdue, Mrs. Robert S
Sinclair. DR.. Sara c. So~ottiswoode, Mrs
Herbert Taylor. Mrs. Charles A. Trow-
bridge. Mrs. Charles Van Nostrand.