Evening star., 1909-06-06
MUSICAL MENTION.

the second and third acts. in the Ger
man text. by Mr. Frank Claudy and Miss
Anita Schade, was heartily appreciated
by the club and invited guests. In addI-
tion Miss Schade read paper analyzing
the motives and the general purposes
of Wagner in his treatment of them,
giving also extracts from Lavignac,
! whose critical analyses of Wagner's mu-
sic dramas are comprehensive as they
are authoritative. At the conclusion of
this part of the program Miss Emma c.
Bender of Congress Heights delighted
the audience by playing Gustav Lang s
arrangement of Die MeiSterSinger. :
which includes many of the opera S gems
strongly with the SeVerer forms of the
motives which were previously played
seratm. Following this came presen-
tation Of flowers to Mr.. Claudy and Miss
Leavitt by the clubs president. Miss
SchaGe. The members and guests present
included the host and hostess. Mr. and
Mrs. Strauss: Mrs. Schade. Miss Irene
.. Young Mrs. Emory. Mr.. and Mrs.
II. T. Holden. Mr. Charles Arnold, Mrs.
I. r. Stalnaker. Ms. c. Austin Thomas.
Mrs. Pylcs. Miss Helen Pyles. Mr. and
! Mrs. klakring, Mrs f, klakring. DR. and
Mrs. ". NJ. kemball. DR.. Garabedian,
| Richmond. Miss Emma c. Bender, Miss
Marie &. Hansen. Mrs. ]. c. Hall Robert
Z. Stearns and Miss c. DidGen.
Mrs. Amy Law ormsby presented a
number of pupils in song recital Wednes-
day evening a her studio. in Riggs street.
| The program was well rendered and en-
Enthusiastically received and included:
Quartet from '.F,ieoletto" (Eerdi. Mrs.
Ormsby. Miss Miller. Messrs. Church and
Dcnal ldson: yellow Haired Chrysanthe-
mum (Salterl. MA Cur y Headed Baby
'Clltsam). Come out. Mr.. Sunshine"
bliss, Miss Ruth Miller; Rose in the
Bud (Forster,. Sing. Sweet Bird
G.rrZ1 'Swp+. Miss Nary iNpldlSn9prb
Miss Grace Ford ..Tatters" Lans),
"Mighty LAX Rose tNevinb. Miss Au-
"nsta Hill: five little japanese songs
tWoodfords- Finden)-"Yo San When
Sometimes Wonder" There Are Maidens
in Japan" J. Forney Donaldson;
seXtct from Lucia" tDonizettip Mrs
Ormsby. Miss Ford, Messrs Church,
Thompson Donaldson and Byram. Mrs
Frank Byram assisted by playing the
accomplishments.
The Georgetown College Orchestra held
its last public rehearsal Sunday afternoon
in CASTOR Hall, under the direction OF
john Eckenrode. The personnel of the
orchestra is as follows: j. Reilly Stanton
and George Skilton. first violins; Steve
Carroll. secord violin: Paul Rams,iell.
cello: Ed Carter. bass: Will Byrne. piano;
flute: Harold Eckenrcde. clarinet. The
program included: March, pet of the
Guards" spe-overture Spanish Gay
ETY.; Tempo Iii Bolero," "Marcelle'': Sc
her Song "Hoys and Betty" and Stars
and Stripes Forever Garden ot
Dreams waltz and Salute the Flag"
tmarchl.
A piano recital was given by Miss Mar
garet 7. keefe. al her studio on h street.
assisted by Creswell Young, who PLAYED
the following violin selections: The Aus
trian Folk Song and Carnival of Ven
ice and original composition. march
call, The Cream. with piano accompa-
niment. Misses Gertrude V. OConnall and
Grace Daniel also assisted and Frances
keefe. Robert Daniel. the Misses Marie
and Edna Strudley and c. Hennessey con-
tributed to the program with the four
hand selections Poet and Peasant"
"Lutspiel and Tampa Overtures." Other
los "Valse Ca price and pilgrims
Chorus. and several vocal numbers
Those who took part Were Lillian and
Margaret kershaw. Marie and Edna
Strudley, Susie Wilcox. Marjorie William
son. Edith and May Lucas Mary Fitz-
gerald. Francis Wilcox. G. Fallon. Mary
Young. Kitty Tayman Margaret O'Don-
nell. Dorothy Butt. Nellie keefe Irene
Daniel Lorais" and Mildred Mott Hazel
Campbell. Marie and Catherine Callashan.
MIR. Boyd and Nubey Farrell.
Nine. Josef Kaspar left Washington
Wednesday and sailed from New York
for Europe Thursday in the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Btemen. She will go
direct to Berlin To- meet her SON Henry
kaspar. vino has spent the last five years
in Germany, studying piano under the
famous pedaeosue. Narette Stcpanoff Mr..
kaspar has been assisting Stepanoff in
teaching during the past winter and was
offered a permanent position as her as
sistant. but prefe's to return to his own
country. They will spend the summer
touring Europe and the continent, re-