The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
THE WEEK IN MUSIC
Jan Sckesz the Young Dutch Pianist Will Spend Ten Days
in Washington Mcdowell Concert, Once
Postponed, Is Setfor May7

for more than year the soprano Soloist
in the choir Of the Calvary Baptist
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Angelo c. Fronani. the
latter Zelie de Lussan on the professional
stage and the former one Of the best
known pianists of Washington bsfcre he
also became professional spent the past
week with the relatives Of Mr.. Fronani.
they left last night for Boston. but will
return here for a short engagement. prob
aDly In about two weeks They will
also visit here in May. when many en-
them
Wilbur Bache has returned from an
eighteen months period of study abroad.
and was heard here for the first time on
Friday. before the Friday Morning Music
Club, In the Washington Club. He
sang ''Thr Bid" of Schubert's; Hugo
VOLTS "Gesang Weylas." and Richard
Strauss ''Zueignung" For an encore he
sang little German song. The other
numbers We're sehuberrs Impromptu for
piano. by Miss Wheatley: violin solos.
7. al.
by Ries and Hubay's Les F'ileuses."
played by Miss Lillian KoechiinE;
Chopin's Scherzo In B fiat minor, opus 81.
Mrs. DougalI-MarcOn: Rachmaninoff-s
Floods OF Spring.. Mrs. Ralph P Bar
nard; Adagio and Finale OF Bruch's Con-
certo I'm G minor opus 26. Miss de Guerin.
and two compositions OF his own. PLAYED
by Harry Patterson Hopkins, Valse
Seraphique and Masquerade Dance No 2.
The Boston Festival Orchestra, Emil
Mollenhauer, conductor. has been en-
gagged for the concert OF the Musical Art
Society. set for May u, in the ballroom
Of the New Willard. The concert will be
a testimonial for the Edward MacDowen
Fund
The principal orchestral numbers will
De MacDowelTs first suite. the Indian
suite and the Romance. for cello with
orchestra. The soloists will be Nine.
Florence Milford. mezzo soprano; Frank
lin 2. Lawson. tenor. Frederick Martin,
basso, and Carl Webster. 'cellist The
choir of the society will give the con-
certed numbers already announced un-
der the direction Of Herndon MorselL
William Bruce King, former president
Of the Washington Choral Society. and
still a director. has spent the winter in
Atlantic City with his family, where they
have had a cottage. Mr.. Kings health
is greatly improved. They expect to re-
turn to Washington this spring. 10 re-
main for a short time before opening
their mountain home. above Bluemont,
Va.
Miss Barbara Kaufman. daughter es
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman. sang
at the reception given on Wednesday
evening by Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie. wife
of Lieut. Col. HoXie, to the Washington
Society of Artists.
Robert Cary Stearns. violinist and com
poser. has completed a lullaby for mezzo
voice. which has been sung from manu-
script several times recently.
Miss Juanita Miller. daughter Of joaquin
Miller. known as the poet of the Sierras.
has recently displayed new talents and
composed song which she will call
Which" Miss Miller has already made
some name by writing verses.
Mrs. Anton Kaspar. wife OF the violinist.
who has been i'll in Providence Hospital.
has SO far recovered that she was able TO
return to her home on Rhode Island
avenue yesterday.
The Junior Stage Fright Club met last
evening with Miss Florence her
man. The pianists were Miss Herman.
Miss Nellie Hodges. and Miss Vera lone
Murray. They played compositions of
MacDowell. Schutt, and Weber The next
meeting Will be with Miss Hodges.
A vaudeville and musical entertainment
wss given last Tuesday evening in odd
Fellows Hall by the Painter-street
Amusement Company. for the benefit OF
Harmony Lodge Norman Daily. pianist.
played the Rachmaninoff Prelude and for
encore Bischoff's When You and I Were
Young. Maggie with variation. He
PLAYED later programme of rag-tine
music by special request Mr.. DAILY is
spending the weekend in Rockville.
The music programme of the entertain
ment on Monday evening in the New VII
lard, for the benefit OF the Bell Home for
Children. included the following interest |
ing programme: Song. Killarney" bv |
Mrs Charles c. Bennett wife of the sec |
retary of the Senate: Sans Souci's Where !
Blossoms Grow Miss Almyra Sessions. |
daughter Of Mrs. Benjamin Reeves Rus |
sci soprano; Hawley's "Ah. 'Tis !
Dream, and Hastings Red. Red Rose.
Mrs D. Olin Leech, eontraIto: "Ouesta
D Quella. from Verdi's .RigoIetto'' |
Philip Lee Seantling; S. Anthony Savage. |
violinist. played Bach gavotte. and Miss |
Jean Wilson gave several recitations
The Marine Band, under the baton of |
Lieut. w. H. Santelmann. gave a concert
in the Lyric Music Hall in Baltimore on
Wednesday evening. Miss Edith Picker
ing. soprano. formerly OF this city. now
singing in a church in Baltimore sang /
Faure's Waltz Song" Stella and Arthur /
Z. Whitcomb cornetist, played Hart
mans grand fantasia, Pretty lane
The bands numbers were: the overture
to the Flying DutchmanT' Meyerbeer.s
Fackeltanz, Strauss "Liebesscene
Fouersnot," Santlemann's waltz. The
Bachelors Bizets "Adagietto.- from
L Arlesienne, Ernest Lent's intermezzo
All Baba." and Chambers '.RemInis-
cences OF the South" and the star
Banner" closed the programme.
AID MUSIC
Mildred Kolb. the thirteen-year-old
1upil Of Mime vof, T-nccb,,id - -,