The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
LAST CONCERT OF THE PHILADELPHIA
ORCHESTRA POSTPONED A WEEK

Edna Donaldson. soprano: Miss Ruth
Miller contalto. and j. Forney Donald
son. barytone. sang "a Lady Came 10
Our Town, from Little sun Bonnet.
the song cycle by Hermann Lohr. Miss
AIillers songs were It'll 1 Awake" and
The Temple Bells Are Ringing" both by
Amy Woodford- -Finden.
Mrs. Frank Byram played the fire mu-
sic by Wsgner-B -Brassin and the Rach-
maninof prelude. Miss Hills numbers
were IF I Had a Dolly. by Lohr. and
Love Is Bubble" by Alilston. The
other numbers were Where the ViOlets
Grow" by Lohr. sung by Miss Miller and
Mr.. Church. Mr.. Donaldson's solos THE
Asra." of Rubinstein. and "Ah. Gather
Roses" Of Liza Lehman, and BLOW,
Blow, Thou Wiutry Wind. from the
Shakespeare song cycle by Grace Wassei.
sung by Mrs. Ormsby and Mr.. Church
and Mr.. Donaldson.
Johannes Mersch has become the musi-
cal critic Of the indianapolis Sun Mr..
Miersch was not known in Washington as
a writer He left Washington 10 become
leader of tne Indianapolis Symphony Or
chestra and to join the faculty OF the In
dianapolis Conservatory Of Music. where
partment.
Mr.. Edgar Priest. organist and choir
master Of St Paul's Episcopal Church.
will give an organ recital next Tuesday
evening in that church. His numbers
viii include compositions of Bach, Gull
mant and Rheinberger.
The Chopin recital Of Miss Ella Stark
last Monday was given az the National
Cathedral School for Girls Miss Diana
Ireland Norton. a pupil OF the school. and
who made her debut in musical circles a
few weeks ago. assisted. Miss Stark viii
give another recital on March . Her
programme Will include compositions Of
Mendelssohn, Liszt Wagner -Brassin,
Schubert-Liszt. Moszkowski. Seebock. Sto-
yowski, and Rosenthal
Jean Won Munkacsy. violinist. was the
soloist at the White House following The
dinner given by the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt last Monday evening. His num-
bers include Sonata No Y. by C. TartsnI;
Romance Op. a. by Wieniawski- Rubin
stein. and Ala Hongreise." by Al.
Houser. Mrs. Williston Hough. formerly
Miss Lottie Mills was his accompanist.
Miss Flora Bernheimer has Cancelled
her musical engagements. owing 10 a re-
cent death in her family
The last Young Peoples Musicale was
given by Nine. Won Unschuld In the par
lors OF the University of Music ard ORA
matte Art. The numbers included LISTS
''Valse Impromptu," Miss J. Dunea-; Beet
hOven's sonata "Pathetique." Mss Ro-
berta Auies: Schubertg "The Trout and
Hark. Hark. the Lark. Mrs f. F.
Parkinson; Weber's sonata in 4 fat
major Miss R. Bower: Chopin's Pole
ualse" in A major. Miss Mildred Cobb.
and for an encore Chopins Funeral
March" Miss Cobb.
An organ recital has been arranged by
Henry H Freeman. organist and choir
master Of St Johns. for next Tuesday
evening. in All Saints Episcopal Church.
Crevy Chase. Nd. Mr.. Freeman will be (
assisted by Joseph F. Matthew. tenor
soloist OF ST. Johns choir.
The Unschuld Club viii have its next
meeting al the University OF Music and
Dramatic Art on Friday evening.
Mrs. Charles Jonas will be the soloist
at St Pauls English Lutheran Church
to-day, substituting for Miss Flora Bern
heimer.
Miss Edna scott-Smith. solo contralto Of
the First Congregational Church. has
gone TO Hot Sprinks. Ark. Cor a visit OF
several weeks. Miss Margaret Stamford
will substitute for her in the choir.
The choir Of Trinity Church. under the
direction OF Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock. !
is preparing Mendelssohn's Elijah to
be given in the church on March c.
Miss Francesks Kaspar viii return to /
her home In this city tonight. Miss
Kaspar has been in New York for the
past week as the guest OF Mr. and Mrs. I
Loring. Miss Kaspar was the soloist in /
Aeolian Hall last Wednesday, when there
was given Mendelssohn programme.
Mrs. Mabel Glotfelty sang at the Grace 1
Lutheran Church, Ninth and B streets I
southwest. last Thursday evening Her
selection was Goodnight Goodnight. /
Beloved" by Oliver.
The choir Of St Andrews Church will
give Gounod.s cantata. Light out OF .
Darkness in the church next Sunday.
Mr.. Henry Xander director Of music Of
the Saengerbund. returned from New
York last Thursday. While there he heard
the new Italian soprano Tetrazzlni, IN
''Rigoletto.
Mr.. E. f Droop. who has been seriously
III at his home in Harvard street. is slow
y improving, and it is hoped all danger
has passed
Miss Christine Taylor, niece Of Senator
Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee. has just been
selected TO fill the place left vacant by
Miss Flora Bernheim in the forthcoming
production Of the opera "Fatinitza." Miss
Bernheim's retirement was necessltateo
Oy death in her family.
Miss Leona Young will be one OF the
soloists at the Saengerbund concert in
he clubhouse this evening.
The artists who will appear at the con-
cert of Dr. J. w. Bischoff in the First
Church. next Wednesday
evening, are Mrs. II. Clay Browning.
soprano soloist in All Souls Church; Mrs
Ernest Lent. pianist: Mr.. Anton Kaspar
Mr.. Ernest Lent cellist. and
DR.. BischOf at the organ The pro-
yramme will include the Jewel Song"
rom Faust" Leo Stern's lie Prin-
emps;" Lamberts In June" Might"
rom Ronald's Summertime" Dream
II oDay Jill" from Germans tom
lones;' Napravnik's trio for piano. vio-
in, and cello; adagio and perpetuum
mobile. for violin. by Ries; Bachs air
md gavotte for violoncello; Chopin's
'Nocturne. and the second Hungarian