The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
WITH THE MUSIC LOVERS
Friday Morning Club Pays Tribute to Local Composers
by Giving Programme of Their Works.


meeting of the club to their works per-
formed by local musicians. and in several |
cases performed by the composers.
The programme opened with a string /
quartet in the style OF Haydn. written |
by Miss Maud Sewar. well-known mem
ber Of the club, and daughter OF the |
Rev. Frank sewall, Of the Church Of the |
New Jerusalem. This was played by Miss I
Mlnna Heinrichs, first violin. Mrs Duff /
G. Lewis. second violin; Miss Sewail, |
viola. and Mr.. Ernest Lent. violoneello.
A group OF charming songs by Miss /
6eWall were sung with much style by /
Miss Brickenstein-'The Nightingale" |
from the Portuguese: Take Oh. Take |
Those Lips Away" from Shakespeare. |
and Music When Sweet Voices Dis" !
from Shelley.
T,S other numbers included "Capric- |
eio," for violin, written and played by |
Mr.. Robert Cary stearns; a group Of |
piano numbers by Harry Wheaton How
ard. played by himself; a bolero, Hear
Us. Q Allah" and an etude, Child Pur-
suing a Butterfly" and group Of his |
songs. including Die Engel," "A Little |
Work q Little Play" and ''Salve Re-
gina" eli sung by Miss King. accom- |
panied by the composer; when Richelieu /
the Rad Robe Wore," by Mr. Harvey |
Murray, and sung by Mr.. John II. Nolan, /
accompanied by the composer; Mr.. /
Nolan was obliged TO grant an encore /
and sang the little italian song, caro- /
Mo Ben" two very good piano numbers.
ITO an Ideal" opus p, and Masquerade
Dance No. l. opus II, composed and per- /
El-EF EI7lstr rfraes
g bagatelle for violin and piano. COM
posed by Dr. Heinrich Hammer, and /
played by Miss Chittenden. violinist, ac-
eompanied by the composer; group OF
DR.. Hammers songs, Farewell" +" The
Deserted Shepherdess," and "Liebes-Ein
zung'' words also written by DR.. Ham
mer, sung by Nine. Heineck-LlOyd, DR.. |
Hammer accompanying. and Mr.. Ernest
Lent's suite for string quartet, Scenes
Champetre," in four movements: Pas /
t0rale," ''Menuet." lie Moulin and |
"Barcarone, played by Miss Henrichs,
Mrs. Lewis, Mr.. Lent, and Miss SewaH.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Lent and Mr.. An
ton Kaspar gave a programme Of instru-
mental music in the concert hall of Trim
ity College on Wednesday evening They 1
played the "Arensky Trio" Mrs Lent |
played Chopins "Rhapsodie" and a noe
turne. for piano Mr. Kaspar played the
''Elfn Tanz" and a suite by Ries for vio-
lin and piano Mr. Lent played Schu- /
bert's Cradle Song. Peppers "Gavotte,"
Schumann's "TTaumerei. and one of |
Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words.
They played this same programme recent
~ at concert in Rust Hall. on North /
Capitol street.
Mrs. Florence Hill H0rmess has returned |
from a ten days visit in Atlantic City, |
where she was accompanied by Mrs |
Alexander J. Bentley, who, as Miss Marie /
Miller. was one of the young sopranos OF |
local music circles.
The spring recital of the pupils of the /
Columbia Conservatory of Music will take |
place in a few weeks, and the young |
artists are now engaged in the prepara-
ton of their programme. IN addition to
piano and vocal numbers. there will be
an orchestra
A benefit concert is in the course Of
preparation, to be given in the First
Presbyterian Church by the Washington
String Quartet, composed Of Mr. William
Z. Green, first violin; Mr. Daniel Breeskin,
second violin; Mr.. Robert Cary Stearns. /
viola, and Mr. Louis Mandy. cello. /
Among other numbers they will play the
TschaikOwsky string quartet opus L.
The choir Of St PauIs Episcopal /
Church, on Twenty-third street, sang /
Stainer's "Crucifxion" last Monday even
ing The soloists were Master Samuel |
Leech, soprano; Mr.. Richard Backing. /
tenor; Mr.. James Hicks, basso Mr.. Ed /
gar Priest is the organist and choir I
master.
Mrs Ellen Vockey Seifert, dramatic 7.
reader, gave an entertainment in Carroll /
Institute Hall last Monday evening, as
sisted by some of the leading musicians, /
including Miss Irene Dieterich, soprano;
Miss Olive Demarest, pianist Miss Cal
loway, Miss Mabel Roberts, Miss Nellie /
&. KeIser, Miss 3. NJ Steinil, Miss Cath
crime Dodge. Miss Emma Guschewsky. /
Miss Sadie Dodge, Miss Finley Hayes, t
Mr.. Henry Jaeger, and Mr.. Charles Ho-
warth. Mrs. Seifert's numbers included /
scenes from As You Like II" Romeo
and Juliet" and school for Scandal.
The choir of Christ Church. IN George
town, gave a rendition Of Maunder's can
tata, "Peniteace, Pardon, and Peace.
last Thursday evening. The soloists were
Miss Catherine Beulah Luxon. soprano; /
Miss Emma Houchen, contralto. and Mr.. /
S. Percy Thompson, barytone. Mr.. Ar
thur Clyde Leonard is the organist and /
choirmaster
Mrs. Louise Carson Hill. formerly a
musician of Washington. has returned to
her home in this city for spring visit /
with her mother ard other relatives. Mrs.
Hill has been known since childhood as
violinist Of unusual talents, and after |
some years of study in Vienna and /
Prague returned here and took up sing
ing, in addition to her violin playing, de-
velOping a remarkable contralJo voice. /
Since her marriage she has lived in Chi
cago. where Mr.. Hills business took him.
s. Coleridge-Taylors masterpiece, "Hia-
watha," will he sung again in Washing
ton on April % By the 8. Coleridge- Taylor
Choral Society, under the direction of Mr..
John T. Layton. conductor. The society
has been heard several times IN this work
and others of this famous Anglo-African
composer and has made an enviable rep
utatiOn for its admirable work The So
loists viii be Mrs. Kathryn Skeene Mitch
ell, who has sung this music with the So
ciety on several occasions; T. Wilcott +
Swan, tenor. and y. II. Richardson.
basso, the two last named both to sing
with the society fer the first time The
society will also be heard in this work in
Baltimore on May p, which will be the
third time they have given ii in that city. /
They are expecting also TO be heard in
New York before next fall.