Evening star., 1909-03-07

! L lie return engagement OF LIT. l-lOW =
Wullner. the German lieder singer Tues
day at the Columbia confirmed the i'm
preston he had already made at his first
recital upon the musical public by his ar
| tisttc Interpretation OF German songs. DR..
Wulner was born in Germany, his father.
i DIR. Franz Wuliner being a prominent
musician and composer and director Of
music at the conservatory at Cologne. He
was educated at the University of Berlin,
Munich and Strassburg and afterward
took his course in music at the conserva-
tory at Cologne where he also became
teacher of choral and solo singing. Later
he accepted a position as leading man
at the court theater at Meiningen. and
there his personality and gifts brought
him unqualified success. Finally, through
the influence OF Johannes Brahms, his
! intimate friend and teacher, he decided
to devote himself to the Interpretation
of German songs. and made his first
appearance as a lieder singer at Berlin
music critics as the apostle of a new
era in song recitals. His program Tues
day included Der Wegweiser." Der Lin
denbaum' Nut" Der Doppelganger,"
(schubero; Der Arme Peter 'zwei
Venetianische Liedchen.' "Auftrage"
(Schumann); Der Tambour," Der Rat
tenganger'' and "Epiphanias Giugo
WolO; Der Asra' Gubinstein): Totem
graberlied" and Elm Webb tChr Sin
ding: "Das Lied des Steinklopfers'' and
| "Cacilie' Orchard Strauss; Archibald
! Douglas Q-owe); encore, THE Two Gren-
| adiers.''
will be one of the sOloists at special
service at st. Paul's Catholic Church
| this morning. She will be heard in MY
God, My Father Marston), with Miss
Mary Byrne at the organ.
| Mrs. A. NJ Blair is in charge of the
music at the regular Lenten services at
st. Margaret's Episcopal Church every
afternoon at O'Clock.
st. Pauls sanctuary choir boys, Ernest
T. Winchester, organist and choirmaster,
! were presented at the White House last
Wednesday to say goodbye to President
Roosevelt. Thirty Of the choristers were
presented by the pastor, Rt. Rev. Mgr.
Mackin, and the President greeted them
most cordially, having few words TO
say to each lad. Besides the pastor and
choristers the party included Rev. Father
Ketcham head of the Catholic Indian
bureau; Rev. Father Walsh, one of the
assistant pastors of ST. Paurs: Messrs.
Rudolph Bartle, Joseph Dunn and Ernest
T. Winchester.
Mr. T. Barton Easily. tenor soloist of
St Thomas Chapel, New York, sang
Stainer's MY Hope Is in the Everlast-
ing last Sunday morning at the offertory
In Trinity Episcopal Church, with Mr..
Oscar Franklin Comstock presiding at
the organ
The last public rehearsal of the Rebew
Orchestra for this season was held Mon
day evening in the lecture room of the
Keller Memorial Church. the audience
filling the hall to overhowing. Miss
Dorothy 3. DOlan sang Tosti's Good
bye, Summer with fine effect her en-
core being The Songs That Mother Used
to Sing (smith). Mr.. w. Carroll Gil
bert, violinist. played the Sixth Air,
Narie'' Drdla) in good style. DR.. Bis
choffs march, THE Brownies" was we'll
received by the audience, and VIII T
played from manuscript made hit 1t
was also given by local band in the
inaugural parade. Other numbers on the
p5osTa% vatl ineuesa snr 9ysTtsrs an ta
selections from The Fortune Teller
(IIerbert9; tone poem. apple Blossoms"
(Bendix); march. Lights Out" Mccoy,
given by the orchestra Mr.. H. w. Weber,
conductor.
MIR. Oscar Franklin Comstock enter
tained his sister Mrs. Frank Baiseiey
and Mrs. James Beard, both from Flat
UuSil, ~ l., duiibk inauguration week.
Mrs Baiseley. artist of considerable
repuIatio in china decoration. is secre-
tary of the Brooklyn Mineral Art So
ciety.
Mr. Fabian was the guest of the Friday
Morning Music Club last week. and gave
a group OF Chopin numbers, which includ-
ed two etudes. in e minor and 4 fiat
minor; Mazurka. in minor: Noeturne. ID
fiat major; Eccossaise, No. I. valse. in q
dat; Polonaise, in A fat majorx and en-
core prelude No. .. Other numbers on
the program included: Prelude in g minor.
prelude in d fiat major, Barearoe (Cho-