The Washington herald., 1909-02-24
ORATORIO IS GIVEN
Washington Choral Society
Sings "The Creation
SoLoIsTS SCORE a TRIUMPH
Chorus Has $50 Members, and Its
Singing Met Enthusiastic Reception
from Large Audience at New Ma
sonic TempIe-Suceess Proves City
Is Eager to Support Local Artists.

The Washington Choral Society, Mr.
Heinrich Hammer conducting, scored an
emphatic triumph last evening in their
performance Of Haydn's The Creation"
in the auditorium OF the new Masonic
Temple.
The hall was filed 10 its seating ca
pacity with music lovers and connois-
seurs. & signal tribute TO the society and
its local soloists. They were Mrs. Anna
Fugitt, soprano soloist in the choir OF
St Patrick's Catholic Church: Mr.. Harry
n Stevens. tenor sOloist at St. Thomas.
and Mr.. Walter Humphrey. bass soloist
in the First CONGREGATIONAL trio OF
rarely good voices. Mr.. Arthur D. Mayo
was at the piano. and an orchestra Of
Washington players accompanied the
singers and did very creditable work
The chorus numbers 80 singers, and in
every number they showed evidences Of
careful and conscientious work. Their
attacks were good. and their singing was
worthy Of the splendid audience which
sat through to the finish Of the oratOriO.
Mrs. Fugitt has clear swe-7, high
soprano voice. especially well suited 10
II with much credit TO herself. especially
the great solo. "On Mighty Pons.' which
she sang exceedingly vel.
Work OF the SOIOiSts.
Mr.. Stevens has voice which is OF rare
sweetness and timbre. and It showed 20
good advantage throughout the work. al
though it Is far better suited to lyric
than dramatic work Mr. Humphreys OBJ
tanned by far the best effects Of any OF
the soloists IN the recitatives and the
dramatic passages for which his voice
and temperament are well suited. His
work was conscientious.
lie showed a knowledge OF TeCitative
singing which is a separate and distinct
art In itself and one which requires spe-
Cial study. The work Of the chorus and
the orchestra cannot be too highly
praised. and in praising them the conduc-
tor IS praised
The society has demonstrated that Il Is
possible for them 10 give excellent per
fOrmances and not 90 outside Of the city
for good soloists. and Il has also demon
strated that the Washington public VIII
support such handsomely
Personnel of Chorus.
The members Of the chorus are:
sou-anos-Nrs 8Iauds NJ Anderson. lIrS Agnes
?. r Auhagen. Mrs George L Beeler. Mrs ".
Bower Pam. Miss Carol Brown. Nh. J. r. BroEu.
Ms. r. 2. Brown. Miss Eleanor Burgess, Miss Rosa
u. Blsey. Mrs J. A. Conner, Miss Florence ".
Cox. Mrs. D : Co-ser. Miss Julia A Cldn1cre-
Miss Nary a. CudmoTe. SIrs. z. N. CwTie. Ms.
RolIs = Cu-Tie. Mrs. A. Y. Davis. Ms. Della
White Davis Miss Emma :. DOYLE Mrs Daniel
z Edwards, Miss Kate N. Ellis Miss Elen A
FeatheTstCne. Ms Viola G. Fellows. Miss Isabel
Fowler Mss Mary G.. GsuDett. Ms. Maude ".
'5lhert, Miss Lillian Graves. Miss Emma r "
GRAY. Miss Emma Greene. Miss Lille p. Greene.
Miss Mary +. Hayuie. Miss Frances Hill Ms.
Albert /. johnson Miss Jeo1a Z. kidwel MrS
LecEa EVELYN KidEen. Ms Z F. MeChesney.
Miss Martha II. Mckeuua. Mrs. Iva G. McAtEilen,
AiTs- Martha A. Miles Miss Inez p. Miller. Miss
Jeanette Muid. Mrs. T. VI. Ogden. Mrs. Beth
Paine. Mrs A. l. PeaTce. Mrs Minnie H. Plaster,
Mrs katherine G. Powers Mrs A. Fl. Rayual. Miss
A. g Riley. Miss Zzida 3. Rose. Miss Nellie
Ruckdaeschel Miss Elsie A. Ruebssm Miss Mid
red n Saunders. Miss Elizsbsth Schreiber. Mrs.
Charles ]. Seize Miss Rachel K. Sewal Nrz
Angela !. ShacklefGrd. Mr. Charles q. smith.
Ms. John T. Taylor Miss r. I. Wagner. Miss
Mary Walsh, Miss Bo1ise Warren. Miss Suzanne
Warren Miss Adlie Warhg1. Hiss Alice H. Weaver.
Mrs. Nellie =. Alillar Whitney. Miss Eta H WI
son and Miss F. T. J. Yoder.
AItos-AIrs Charles G. Abbot Ms H l. Bar
TICK. Miss Katherine B. Baird. Miss Elida n
Cs1man. Ms. Harriet Z CgTerr. Ms. A W
Cummings Miss Annie A Davis. MISC Nan Field.
Miss r. 7 Fissel Mis- n. A. Foster. Mis-. g VI.
GallagLer Miss Eva Jackson. Ms. Eel Weaver
JAYNE. Miss Eugene KeppaT Miss Emma Krehbiel,
Mss Alice Lowe. Ms W Wallace Main. Mis-
NJ Louise Mass Miss Hazel Reichard, Mrs Agnes
Gehr Russell Miss Clara ROssnan Saunders. Miss
Gertrude SchwancecEe. Miss Ida Seyboth. Mis-
Deborah Kain sharp. Miss Annie Z. smith. Miss
Minnie A. Spangler Mrs. " D. TenniIle Miss
Cora z Trr1eI Ms. " VandecastIe. Miss Jsenefte
Wagner. Mrs. r. L. Waters. Miss sara West, Mrz
JoseTh p. Wilson. and Miss ]. L Young
Teno7-NIr. H C. AEnstrcng, Mr.. Douglass Ban
croft Mr. G. " BridWell. Mr.. Norman H. Camp.
Mr. J. ". Chambers M Henry J. DAILY. Nj
farre-t n. Davis. Mr. Ernest P. Hutchinson. Mr.
William T. Hutchinson. Mr.. George c. Johnston.
NIr. David Meade Lea, Mr.. John @. Lingo, Mr..
David n Maclean NJ Stzsirs Meade. M ]. 5
Miller Mr. Guy A. Ou-and Mr.. ". G. Penney.
M Robert L Pierson. NJ. Archibald r. Smith
Mr.. T. Carl Smith. NJ Harry F. Smith Mr..
james G. TraylUr. Mr.. George 2. Tucke- and NJ
Urban Wagner.
Basses-Mr Charles G. Abbot Nj Herr CaIrs-.
Mr. g c Covert. M J. Randall Cox M Rolla