Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28


Stephens Catholic Church. Mr.. Wells
took charge of the choir of Holy Trinity
in the autumn of 1900, with choir of
| mixed voices. the solo quartet consisting
of Mrs. Armand Gumprecht. soprano:
Mrs. Edith Mccoy White. contralto; Mr..
| John {. Wiedman, tenor, and Mr.. Joseph
&c. Murray. hasso. In October. 1903. the
| pioneer choir of boys and men in the Dis
| trict. which had previously been organ
| lied and trained for extra occasions by
| Mr.. Wells, was permanently installed as
the official choir of the church. This was
| the first recognition of the desires OF Pope
| t,us Y In regard to the reform in church
! music. not only i'll the District or Column
| BID, but III the archdiocese of Baltimore
Mr.. Wells has always maintained hlgh
standard of music at Holy Trinity, and
| equally satisfactory results are antlcl-
pated at St. Stephens s
| He has arranged the following program
| of music to be given today at st. Ste
phen's. At the high mass at IL o'clock:
| Cucppefs mass in h for male voices; the
| ntroitus graduate. offertorium and COM
mum on for the first Sunday in Advent.
| Gresorian; offertory Motet, Neni, Vent,
Emmanual( Gounod) after the mass. Ro-
| rate coeli desuper, Gregorian. At com
| pllna n the afternoon at 400 an y
Salutaris IIostia'' for four voices IA ca
! pellal by G. ii. Wells, and Tantum Ergo
| The soloistS of the choir are Messrs. LII
Gus f. Randolph, Donald S. Edmonds, s.
Theodore Howard and Edward II. Pau
dcrt; organist and choir director, q. IL.
Wells
Mr. George A. Provost, director of music
| in Cfunton Temple Presbyterian Church,
| contributed a solo to the special service
| Thanksgiving day. He was heard to adj
| vantage in the selection Consider ana
Hear Me- by WooIer.
The first public concert OF the Washing
| ton Saengerbund this season will take
place at the New National Theater this
| evening and the program. arranged oy
Mr.. Henry Aander will be up to the
standard that this admira BILE organization
| has always maintained. The club will be
assisted by Nine. lisa belle Bouton of New
York who will sing an aria from Don
Carlos tVerdD and group OF small
| numbers, and Mr.. Leo Schultz, Hiolon-
cello virtuoso. also of New York. who
| will contribute three numbers to the
program, and the United States Marine
| Band Orchestra.
| A concert was given Tuesday evening in
Stanley Hall. Soldiers Home, by local
talent, assisted by the Soldiers Home
Orchestra. under Mr.. John s. NJ I1m-
| norman. The attractive program In
cuded: Overture, Rio Grande" Bergen
holtz,. orchestra duet, When the Shad
ow Is Passing (Smart, Miss Marion
MacFal, soprano, and Mr. Mayne Coe.
| baritone; Legends I'll WienawskD, Mr..
Herman Rakemann, volinist; The Two
Grenaders'' Gschumann). Mr.. Coe; 'Elfn
Chorus" wedding march Ciendelssohn-
LiszD. Miss Ethel Tozier; encore, 'iShad-
ow Dance tMacDowelD; Ave Maria"
(Gounod). with violin obligato, Miss Mac
Fall. The Voice of Love-" paraphrase
tSchumann). orchestra; "Bendemeers
Stream" (Gatty), Absent" (Metcalt and
Veterans Last Song" IozieD. Mr.. Coe:
Il ri
Years Ago" (Wooler), Jean" tSpross).
'.Four-Leaf Glover (Browning). Miss
MacFall; anchors Aweigh." march. &C.
A. Zimmerman), orchestra.
i An interesting event in both educational
and musical circles was the recital given
at Belcourt Seminary Wednesday evening.
! The numbers were we'll rendered and cor
daily received, and included piano solo,
Venetian Love Song (Nevn), Miss Lii
liam Foreman: vocal solo, Answer
Robynl. Miss Elise Bowman; piano solo.
THE Butterfly tGrieg>, Miss katherine
Simmons: violin solo, "Humoreske"
Dvorak). Mss Helen Harvey; piano
solo, "Grande Polka de Concert (Bart-
letr, Miss Verna Erwin; vocal solo.
| Jean (Burleigh). Miss Ferol Lott: piano
SOLO "Valse ChromatiQue' Godard), Miss
/ Bessie Common.
Mr.. Karl Holer. musical director of the
Arion Gesang Verein. has arranged the
following program for the clubs concert
| to be given tomorrow evening at National
Rifles Hall: Chorus. "Myrthen" Dressler'
Gesang verein: violin solo. "Lesende"
1 OVieniawskD. Mr.. Herman Rakemann;
soprano solo. "vilanelle" Del-Aequa),
Mrs W. II. Shircliff: tenor solo, 'On the
Joseph F. Matthew; duet The Noontide
| Heat Is Long Past Over tGoring
Thomas. Mrs. Shircliff and Mr.. Matthew;
violin solo, Gypsy Dance" tNachez).
lied (WeiD, Mrs. Shircliff. with violin
| obligato by Mr.. Rakemann: chorus. Die
Fret Gesellen' (Rodbertsky), Arion Gesang
Verein.
] Mrs. Alonzo Tweedale was the soloist at
the Thanksgiving service held at the In
/ dustrial Home School. accompanied by
Miss a. Xarifa Hancock, her selections
and open the Gates Of the Temple. by
Mrs J. F. Knapp. Mrs. Tweedale rendered
/ Bischoff's unanswered" the offer
/ tory solo at the Sunday morning service
i A recent event Of interest was the song
recital given by Thomas Evans Greene,
/ tenor, at Chevy Chase College and Sem
Grace Adele Freely. who played the ac-
compartments. The we'll arranged pro-
gram included "Whereer You Walk"
from the opera ''Semele, lHandeD: De
hoven). "Noon and Night" &C. B. Haw-
lew "Slumber Song" (Gerrit SMITH,
Dreams of the Summer Night &C. B.
Hawley). IT Arise From Dreams of Thee
Bruno Huhn1. 80 Swallow Flying South
/ (NLelpley) when the Stars Were
Brightly Shining" from 'Tosca" quo
cinn. La fenr que IL favais jete e."
from Carmen tBizet: LA Donna e
Mobile from ''Rigoletto' WerdD, Mr..
Greene: '.Nocturne" PaderewskD and
'PoIonaise' edward McDowelD, Miss
Freely; "Still Vie Die Nacht" Bohm,.
,Du Dist vie cine Blume" Chadwick),
My Love Nell &C.. Milligan Fox, 1.-The
Low Back Car Samuel Lover. YOU'D
Better Ask Me- Herman Lohr), Little
One a erwin" (OIey Speaks. Sweet Miss
Mary" tNeidlinger), MY Rose ebony
song Caleb Lacey, and "Hosanna"
(Granierl.
Miss Helen Nettleton, contralto Mr..
/ Anton kaspar, volinist. and Miss Grace
| Adele Freely. pianist, returned last
night from Cambridge, Md, where they
We're heard Wednesday evening at the
| Auditorium i'm Il joint recital. Mr.. Kas
par opened the program with Hausers
brilliant Hungarian rhapsodie, and was
ing group of songs. "Sappische Ode" and
..Serenade'' (Brahms). Die Rose. die
Lille. die Taube "Schumann. and "Hark,
| IIark, the Lark tSchuberD. The re-
mainder of the program included: Sou
| vcnir' ,Drdla). .Madrigal (SimonettD
and "lIumoresaue' tDNorak). Mr.. Kas-
mar. "Chaut Hindu with violin obli
gatop (Bemberg); The Gypsy Trail"
.'Alm,e I-pon the HouSetopS, and II