The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
LENTEN SEASON MUSIC
With Social Events in Eclipse Concerts Are Given Greater
Prominence -Rehearsals by Many Members
of Musical Art Society

The coming concert OF the Musical Art
Society. March &c, at the New Willard. is
the musical event of the Lenten season.
The society. numbering thirty mixed
voices. is having rehearsals under the
baton of Herndon Morsell the tenor,
who will conduct the performance.
The MacDowell programme of the con-
cert will include the, only choruses for
mixed voices, three in number. which
MacDoweli has written; several for fe-
male voices. and number Of ehoruses
for male voices.
There will also be two olds English
madrigals. one written in the sixteenth
and the other in the nineteenth century;
a Pater Noster. by Palestrina, and a
Grieg number, "The Recognition OF
Land" with which the programme viii
close. and In which Otto Luebkert viii
sing the barytone solo.
The only other sOloist yet selected is
Oscar Franklin Comstock. who will play
a portion OF MaeDowelrs Sonata Ira
gica," played at the composers funeral.
This concert is for the benefit of the
MacDowell fund. started for the benefit
Of MacDowell long before his death. but
which will now benefit his family.
The sixth and last public rehearsal OF
the Rebew Orchestra was given last Mon
day In the Keller Memorial Church. The
programme follows: Seeing Paris" by
Mougeot and BLACK Queen" by White,
orchestra; "Good-by. Sweet Days by
Kate Vannah. Mrs A w. Cummings;
Blue Danube" by Strauss. orchestra;
La Berceuse." by Gounod. and call
Me Thine Own" by Halvey, Henry Haz-
ard. flutist and +. n. Hopewell. violin.
! list: Dolly Warden by Langley. orches-
ira: Merry Poverty" by Bohm. ]. c.
| Klein. tenor. and Battle OF the Waves. "
(. by Hall. orchestra
! Mrs. George L. Beeler and Mrs. ]. G
Klein were the accompanies. The or
chestra. under the direction of Mr.
/ Weber. viii give it's annual concert about
/ the middle o. April.
Arthur Mayo, organIst and ehoirmastel
Of Calvary Baptist Church. will have ar
evening with the choir tonight.
And suddenly there came" by Wood
Light OF the World by Starnes ant
%, Jesus. Thou Art Standing" By Eos
ter. VIII be sung by the choir. William
D. Mcfarland. tenor. will sing 20 Low
/ ing Saviour by Delriego. with violin OBJ
/ ligato by Anton Kaspar Mrs Barnard
will sing Like as the Hart Desireth.
/ by Allittsen. Mr.. Kaspar will play Z
solo adsgiO by Svenden. The Quarte
! Of the Calvary Baptist Church is com.
posed of Mrs. Ethel HOitzclaW Gawler
soprano; Mrs Ralph Barnard. contralto
/ William d. Mcfarland. tenor, and J
Henry Kaiser. bass.
Mrs Fannie AtLee Gage. soprano solo.
ist at St. Andrews Church. and Mrs
Blanche Muir Dalgleish. contraito wer,
the soloists at a musical given by Mrs
/ John Pistol early last week Mrs Dal
Sleish and Mrs. Gage sang duets anC
solos.
Mendelssohn programme, given by tn;
Friday Morning Music Club last Friday
morning in the Washington Club. con,
sisted OF Mendelssohn Scotch symphony
op- 56. played by Mrs. Kendall. Mrs
Byrnes, Mrs. Carpenter. and Mrs True. al
pianos. and Miss HeinTichs. violinist: Mrs
Lewis. violinlst; Miss Chittenden, violin.
/ ist; Miss Sewel. violInist. and M. Ernest
Lent, 'eellist; Mai Glockchen" and
Gruss," duets for soprano and mezzo
soprano. sung by Miss Brickenstein. so
prano. and Mrs Day. mezzo-soprano
/ Concerto in E minor, opus 64. Mrs. Fer
tha Lucas Stoddard. violinist, and Mrs
Wiliiston Hough. at the piano. and "Heal
Ye, Israel" and "On Wings OF Song.
Miss MeEwen.
B. Frank Gebest gave a musical in hi
studio last week and was assisted b,
his pupils. Miss Imogen Graham pIaye,
an invention Of John Sebastian Bacl
and Pastorale" by Scarlatti: Miss Iren,
| Kline played Chaminade's Les Sylvains; =
+. Lassalle Spier played a barcaroTe o.
his own composition; Edwin Russell Few
ell played Chopin's "Yalse" IN c sharl
minor; Robert Bond Gotta played Chop
ms "POlOnaiser in d minor: Miss Mar
garet Clark played "Adagio' and ''varia
tons" in minor. by Beethoven; Mr.. F
Lassalle Spier played "Ramennoi Os
trow," by Rubinstein; and Miss Grac
Adams played Liszt's Hungarian Rhap
sody No. g." Mrs. Arthur Dunn, soprano
who was 10 assist Mr.. Gebest, was SUI
fering with a cold and could not appear
Miss BERTHE Thompson sang in her place
and her songs were Ecstasy" by Bead
and "A May Morning." by Daza. MI
Gebest completed the programme with
''Staccato Etude." by Rubinstein.
Mrs. Hiram Johnson gave a musica
early last week. Those who assisted ne
were; Miss Elizabeth Crenshaw. Mis-
Marguerite Pilsen. Miss Eugenia Tod
hunter. Miss Mary Heyden. Miss LuciI
Johnson, Miss Mary Johnson, and Mis-
Francis Todhunter Mrs. johnson pre-
sented the soloists With souvenirs.
Mrs. Genevra Waters Baker, the Ieadin
violin soloist OF Denver, arrived in Wash
ington on Thursday, to visit her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs, Charles NJ. Waters
at 509 Twelfth street northwest Mrs
Baker Is the first viollnist Of the Bake
String Quartet. of which her husband
Mr.. Fred Baker is also a member an
the conductor. Mrs. Baker was educate
in Chicago and New York She viii re
turn to Denver the last of this week
Her mother and her sister, Miss Charlin
Waters. viii join her in May. Miss Char
line Waters is a gifted young pianist
Mrs. J. Esputa DAILY was severly injure
In the electric car accident last weel
which occurred in Alexandria as the ca