The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

William f. Green, first Yiolini Mr. Daniel
Breeskin. second violin: Mr. Robert Cary
Stearns, viola. and Mr.. Louis Manola. viO
lincello. are having a series Of charming
Sunday morning musicales. They are
preparing a Mozart programme for the
next one Last Sunday they had a morn
ing with Beethoven, and played the
Beethoven octet, the quartet being aug
mented by Mr. Noith, clarinetist: Mr..
Newell bass viol; Mr. Minnick and Mr..
Whittlesey. horns, the latter also playing
the bassoon part on the cello. The quar-
tet is also preparing the Beethoven sep
tet for some future date.
Miss Emily 5. r. Glover. daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs William T. Glover. whose
soprano voice is well known in church
choir and local concert circles. spent the
last weekend down the river at Fort
Washington. where she sang az a musi-
Gale in the quarters Of Capt and Mrs.
Macon. On Sunday morning Col. Collins
had an informal musicale and Miss Clio
yer was again the belle Of the occasion.
Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock will give
his next studio recital on March % in his
studio. which he has just taken posses
sion of again after the repairs necessi-
tated by the recent fire were completed.
The choir OF the Dumbarton Avenue
Church. in Georgetown. under the direc-
ton Of William T. Glover. choirmaster.
is rehaersing the cantata "BelshaZzar"
which they will present in costume in
few weeks. The opportunity is great for
rich and elaborate costuming. and the
music is beautiful and requires good sing
ing. This choir gave a remarkably good
performance Of Queen Esther" in cos
tune last season, which proved a tTe-
mendOus success and was repeated sew
eral times.
Miss Lillian Chenoweth. who has been
on vacation Of several weeks. has re-
turned 10 her place as contralto soloist
in the choir of the Mount Vernon Place
NJ r Church South. She sang Ascher's
Abide With Ne" at the evening service
last Sunday
The "Children's Concert for Old and
Young" given on Wednesday evening In
the ballroom OF the Raleigh Hotel for
the benefit Of the Neighborho0d House.
was a great artistic and financial success
The artists were Miss Alys Bentley. di-
rector Of music in the Washington public
/ schools. and delightful interpreter Of
( Juvenile songs and classics. Miss Roberta
| H. Amies. pianist: little Miss Mildred
I Kolb. pianist: Mr.. Detlow Marthinson.
reader. and Master Elias Breeskin the
I youthful violinist OF talent. who IS about
20 go abroad for continued study on his
chosen instrument. He played the seventh
concerto. opus &c. OF de Beriot. and Sara
! safes ''Zlegeunerweisen. showing re-
markable tone and technique Miss
KOlbs numbers were the Chopin Noe
turne in c minor and the Polonaise in
A-fiat major. Miss Amies played Chami-
nade's HumOresQue and LISTS Rhspso-
die No s. Mr.. MarthinsOn gave Brown
iug's "Herve Riel."
The quartet choir OF the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, under the
direction OF the organist Mr.. John Porter
Lawrence. viii give Mercadante's Seven
Last Words before the Lenten season is
over. The quartet is composed OF Mrs.
Shir-Clln soprano: Miss Pauline Whit
alIer. contraIto: Mr. Mills. tenor, and Mr.,
John II. Nolan. basso.
Miss Mary Helen Leefe gave an in
formal studio recital for pupils last Fri
day afternoon, with Miss Ethel Tozier
as accompauist- Miss Florine Walker a
young woman with an excellent mezzo-
soprano voice sang Fishers Under the
Rose TostTs "Good-by' and Il Love
You" in good style; Miss RossIie Briscoe.
soprano. sang MacD0welFs Swan Song"
Schubert's Hark Hark. the Lark.
Coenen's Spring Song" and. for encore.
Beautiful Isle OF Our Dreams from
The Red Mil" and Miss Walker and
Mrs. Frank Smith sang Schuberts Ser
enade,' arranged for two soprapOs.
Mrs. Anton Kaspar. wife OF the violin
ist, is quite i'll. and was removed recently
/ 10 a hospital
Miss Mary Helen Leefe. soprano. will
sing Hear Ye. Israel" from Mendels-
sohns Elijah" this morning in the
Church of the New Jerusalem. on Six
teenth street She viii also be heard in
a recital in the reading-room for the
blind in the Library Of Congress early in
April. Miss Tozier will appear with her
as pianist and accompanist-
will he heard tomorrow morning in re-
1 cital in the ballroom OF the New Willard,
at the fifth of the Wilson-Greene morning
musicales, She viii give programme Of
! songs by Schubert, Schumann Grieg.
/ Richard Strauss. Faure. Wekerlin.
/ Georges. Del Aqua, La Forge. MacDow-
/ ell. Henschel and r. Huntington Wood
man. Miss Clara Ascherfeld. we'll known
in Washington as a pianist ard accom-
panist, viii be at the piano.
| The choir Of the historic Episcopal
church in Falls Church. Va. gave Mr.
/ S. r. Compton's Ruth the Cleaner"
! from the manuscript. last Thursday even
/ ing. under the direction Of Mr. Gay
Camp. with singers from other choirs OF
the village assisting. among them Miss
I Emma Seaman, soprano in the Presbyte-
/ rian church. who sang the principal So
los. This was the first presentation of
this work, which is the first long COM
position which Mr. Compton has written.
There were forty voices in the chorus.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Merrifield Of
| Falls Church. the latter formerly Mrs
/ Dickinson. Of this city, a well-known or
ganist and musician of local circles. en-
1 tertained a company at dinner. followed
/ by a musicale, last week, in honor OF the
OTganist of ST Johns Episcopal Church
and Mrs. II. H Freeman. Among those
who contributed TO the programme were
Miss Emma Seaman, Mr.. Frank PostOn.
Mr.. Albertson, and Mrs. Merrifeld. the
/ latter playing the accomplishments Mr.
and Mrs. Freeman also gave some piano
| numbers.
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