The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-30
LYRIC CLUB CONCERT
W0MEN'S CHORUS PLEASES
LARGE AUDIENCE.
Reinald Werrenrath, Baritone, the Solo
ist-The Dannreuther Orchestra
Adds Interest.

1ne Lyr1c Club, OF .Won1en'S voices,
gave its seventeenth private subscrip-
ton concert at Wallace Hall last night,
being the first affair of it's ninth sea-
son. 1t was along the same lines as in
the past, with an improvement added
by the presence of a larger orchestra
than in years cor by. The ladies,
about ninety in number, sang with GUS
tomary artistic finish, the quality of the
tone being fresh and smooth, and the
work of each choir firm and correct.
The hall was crowded.
Arthur D.. Woodruff again conducted,
and the ladies responded with the finish
due to faithful rehearsal. The Dannreu-
Their Orchestra of about twenty pieces
gave a foundation to all of the choral
Plumbers, except one which was sung
unaccompenied, and nine of the strings
were heard in separate pieces. The
vocal soloist of the evening was Reinald
Werrenrath, baritone, of New York,
who sung with the club last year, maxi
ing many friends by the in
which he used his light n pleasing
voice.
The chorus numbers were of the Gus
tomary character, essentially worthy in
composition and interesting in text, with a
wide enough variety as to contents to bal
ance one another well. There vas an
absence of anything OF a~~particular-
ly light nature, although the Gabriel
Marie's setting of 8. +. Houseley's
Spring Song fulfilled all the require
ments in that direction. And it Is inter-
esting to note, as indicating the taste of
an average audience, that this song was
the only one for which q repetition was de-
manded. It's %tripplngly pleasant melody,
finely sung by the ladies, seemed to suit
everybody just right. On the other hand,
Wagner's w~ell-known study, Dreams" a
beautiful bit Of writing, although espe-
cially well done, did not evoke especial ap-
plause. One OF the most difficult, but not
pretentious, numbers was Hamerik's MAY
Dance" op. 2S, upon which thes singers
showed that they had spent much study.
or a bigger character as to theme and
composition was C~haminade's 1.-THE Mar
iner's Christmas which closed the pro-
gram, and in which the altos and So
pranos proclaimed their respective powers.
The concerted pieces in which Mr.. Wer-
renrath participated We're Max Bruch's
"Frithjof at His Fathers Tomb" and
Peter Cornelius's "Christmas Song" the
latter sung a capella. The Morse sketch,
impressive in style and construction, was
especially well lone by the baritone, who
voiced the spirit of the bereaved sons
petition to Baldur with quiet moderation.
Mr.. Werrenrath is a young singer who
knows how to use his voice correctly. 1t
has a very pleasant quality, which Is its
best feature. 1t is not over strong, but
was entirely big enough for the hall. His
solos consisted Of the well-known recita-
tive and aria, Hear Me, Ye Winds and
Waves" from Handel's Julius Caesar, ,"
to which he gave as an encore the Old
English Drink to Me Only With Thine
Eyes" which Is not yet old enou-h to
lose any of Its friends (when sung as
nicely as he did it,, and a group of
three short songs, namely, "Lungi del
caro- bene," Secchi; How Do I Love
Thee" Miss Maud VALERIE White, and
Miss Harriet Wares setting of Edwin
Markham's THE Forgotten Land" written
expressly for Mr.. Werrenrath. He added
to this Miss Whites stirring king
Charles" always effective, and which took
so well that he gave another extra, a little
song by Roger Cutter, Nov Sleeps the
Crimson Petal" which was one of his pro-
gram numbers at the Orange Musical Art
Society concert last week.
Mr.. Werrenrath was accompanied by
DR.. John l.. Courier, of this city.
The nine strings of the orchestra played
with pleasing unanimity, with Gustav
Dannreuther as first violin. 1t gave q Sc
lection from Wagner's die Meistersing-
err" arranged by Sandri, a strongly accent
uated waltz by Volkmann, to which was
added a characteristic 'Slavonic Love
Song by Laub, with muted strings, a
Barcarole by Fontbonne, in which Mr..
Dannreuther played the solo. and a ga
Vote madrigal by Lacombe, full OF pizza-
cato effects.
The chorus was composed of h follow
ing:
First Soprano-Mrs. irving S. Abbey. Miss
Mabel Carr, Mrs. William Fletcher Camp
bell, Miss Laura Alling Clark, Mrs. Pearl
Paine Edison, Miss Jessie w Fairlie, Mrs.
Walter E. GUIDE, Mrs. Orvis G. Gonzalez,
Mrs. Thomas S. Henry, Miss Carrie Louise
%Jacobus, Miss Edna Johnson, Mrs. G.
Frederick johnson, Miss Lillian ]. Kellar,
Miss Lydia Koehler, Mrs. JOIN George
Keller, Miss Anastasia M. Kirwin, Mrs.
Harry Chauncey Meeker, Miss Charlotte
A. Martin, Miss Jessie B. Marsh, Miss
Katherine H. McClintock, Miss Elizabeth
V. Reid, Miss Florence M. Robreeht. Miss
Edith G. Speer, Miss Babel w. Schmidt,
Mrs. John Henry SpanJer, Miss Marion
Thompson, Mrs. Carlton George Winans,
Mrs. Clifford Grigge Woolson.
Second Soprano-Miss Emily ]. Built
want, Miss Cornelia II. Hollenbach, Miss
Grace e. Bruen, Miss Marian d. Camden,
Mrs. John II. B. Conger, Mrs. I. w. Car
ter, Mrs. Fred Danger, Miss Ruth Ferris,
Miss Efle Fisher, Miss Elizabeth Il.
Fiske, Mrs. Frederick H. Geissler, Miss
Anna B. Hasbrouck, Mrs. Chester r.
Hoag, Miss Elizabeth b.. Littell, Miss
Nary Mahan, Miss Edith r. Macdonald,
Mrs. Flora C. Niven. Miss Marion e.
Platts, Mrs. Henry M. Reeve, Mrs. Ed
wards Fl. Rockwell, Mrs. Joseph A. Rit-
tenhouse, Mrs. James M. Seymour, jr.,
Mrs. S. Bertram ToWnley, Miss Helen M.
Woolson, Mrs. Laura H. West, Miss Ellen
Whittles.
First Alto-Miss Jessie 1. Courier, Miss
c. May Courier, Miss Frances,s. Dunning,
Hrs. G. B. Denny, Miss ]. Virginia Enders,
Miss Jetta Ehlers, Miss Winifred 9. Hop
wood, Miss Alice M. Holmes, Miss Emma
III. Holmes, Miss Mary F. Kingston, Mrs.
Walter A. Morton, Miss Grace Northr6p,
Miss ]. Ethel Overbough, Miss Elizabeth
Runyon, Mrs. Rose Hotchkiss Sargent,
Miss Mary L, Shepard, Miss Susan e. Syl-
v%ester, Miss EJhel c. Severance, Miss Flo
renee Taylor, Mrs. LIE Roy Thompson, Miss
Alice Louise Warren.
Second Alto-Mrs. William A. Adams.
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Baker, Mrs. Curtis R..
Burnett, Mrs. William D~iefenthaler, Miss
Nettie c. Dove. Mrs. George ", Esler,
Mrs. Herbert L.. Farrow, Miss Foxcroft,
Miss Dorothy Anne Hays, Mrs. j, H.
Lindsay, Miss S. Emily Potter, Miss Kath-
ryn L. Smith, Miss Grace Mae Simmons,
Mrs. Jay Ten Eyck, Miss Margaret Van
| Buskirk. Miss Sara r Wood. Miss Eliza