Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
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musical circles took place Thursday even
ing in the studio of Oscar Franklin COM
stock, when, with the assistance OF FRANK
Wright. warden of the American Guild Oh
Organists. and Warren Hidden, past war
den, the District of Columbia chapter OF
the guild was formed, including among
the members many of the most prOm-
nent and capable of our musicians. The
purposes of the body are increased ef-
ficiency of organists by means of higher
scholarship and good fellowship. The
personnel in the chapter augurs well for
its future, consisting as it does of men
and women of well known ability and en-
| thusiasm. The officers are: Dean, Mr..
Comstock, +. A. G. o., \. \. S. c.; sub
dean, Edgar Priest, \. X. NJ c. NJ; sec
rotary, Arthur Mayo; treasurer, Samuel
Wood. A. r. NJ. G. NJ, l.. r. a. NJ. reg
istrar. James w. Cheney: librarian, Mrs
| ~ ID. Jackson; auditors, Henry H. Free
man and John Porter Lawrence; execu-
tive committee. Messrs. Howard, Foster,
Cosby, Gumphrecht, Atwater, Harrison
Mrs Lennon. Miss Mullaly and Miss
Sewall: recital committee, Mr.. Howard
Mr.. Mayo and Miss Jennie d. Glennan:
examiners, Mr.. Comstock and Mr.. Mayo
a statement of the seasons events will
soon be issued.
The Arion Club will give its third must
.cal of the season at the clubhouse this
levening. Karl Holer, musical director,
has arranged for the occasion the fol-
lowing interesting program: Overture,
choruses, Die Heimath, folk song, and
''Ritters Abschied'' by Kinkel. the club;
| cornet solo. ''Cujus Animam, by Ros-
SIM, Albert E. knowlden; selection, The
| Mikado. by Sullivan, orchestra; bass
solo .Literman Tom.' by Squires. James
S. Hicks: flute solo, "Mefistof1e Fan
tasia." by Boito. Antonio Cello. and
march. from alfalfa" by Mendelssohn.
| orchestra.
Miss Edith NJ. Gallant, organist of St.
Peters Catholic Church, Capitol Hill. is
| lutte ill at her home in Hyattsville. and
for her.
The choir of old St Johns Church,
under the direction of II. H. Freeman.
| OrganiSt and choirmaSter, will give
special musical service at. the Church of
| the Covenant next Sunday evening at
1:30- In addition to the organ accompa-
niments there will be a string quartet
| composed of Messrs. Herman c. Rake
man, first violin; William E. Green, sec
ond violin: Joseph ,Finckel. viola. and
| Richard Lorleberg, violoncello. ne in
| strumental numbers for organ and string
quartet will include "Romanza, from
the orchestral suite. by Albert f. Matt.
and the Swedish Professional March,,
| by Vaver Scharwenka.
| Special selections by the choir of men
and boys will be, FESTIVAL TIE Deum.' in
| G. major by c. Warwick Jordan: GLORY
| to God in the Highest by E. Markham
Lee: Come and Worship the Lord by
Thomas Adams; Sing, oh Heavens by
| J. H. Maunder: "Christ's incarnation,
| by Myles B. Foster; "Jubilate Deo." in
| festival setting of the 'Magnificat and
| ''Nunc Dimittis,'' in d major. as sung
at Westminster Abbey, and composed by
1 Matthew Kingston.
Oscar Franklin Comstock gave his sew
enty-first studio recital Tuesday night,
While this was a first appearance for
several of the singers. every number was
performed with finish and SmoOthness.
| this being especially noticeable in Her
bert Mareton's rendition of Schumann's
| 1.-TWO Grenadiers. The quartet. COM
posed of Miss Elsie Holmes, Miss Rose
| Began. Messrs. George Whitmore and
Eugene Walter. gave an intelligent inter-
probation to Orlando Morgans dainty
| song-cycle, I'm Fairyland"
Miss Annie Grant Fugitt has been en-
gagged as sOloist at st. Adams P. r.
Church for Christmas day. At the morn
ing service she will be heard in several
solos. including Adams 20 Holy Night
anthem Sing, o Heavens by Tours.
She will be assisted by the mixed choir
of forty voices under the direction OF j,
Clark Middleton, organist and choir
master.
An Evening With the Apollo Orches-
ira will be given in connection with the
services at Mckendree NJ. f. Church this
evening, where with it's full complement
of forty-three players. under the director
ship of Albert r. tombstone. the orchestra
will give attractive program. The
public is most cordially invited. Music is
Tho oial fnof of ho
evening services. beginning at 7:45 pm,
inaugurated to run through the present
winter season. the third Sunday evening
i'm each month being designated as An
which occasions the orchestra Will be
heard in d special program, in addition
to participating In the accompaniment
| 10 the congregational singing
| Miss Ethel Tozier entertained Friday
| at musical, presenting several young
students in a program of piano compost
lions, which was varied by several num-
bers for strings played by Miss Bryant
and Mr. Harry, with Mrs. Merchant at
the piano. Among the piano selections
given by the students were Hopper
TOAD" and Tick Tack" by Cramm, Miss
Evelyn Marshall "Slumber Song" by
Gurlitt. Miss Louisa GUIDE; 'Mazurka."
| by Carlo. Miss Evelyn Child: Might song
at Sea-" by Moves. Miss Dorothy Rider:
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Mildred Harris; Waltz" by Dennee:
Miss Alma Knox: ITO a Water Lily"
by MacDowell. Miss Jessie Galloway:
waltz, by Reinhold, Miss Ruth Fenton:
violin solo, "Fete HongrOise," Master
GUIDE; "nocturne. OPP. II. No. 3, by Chopin,
Miss Edith Strassbeigen: 'PizzicatO," by
Delibes, Miss Maria tilarmion: Prelude.
by Rachmaninoff, Miss Annette Gold
smith: waltzes, Nos. and II. by Chopin.
Miss Mildred Rider; 'Impromptu,'' in +
fiat major, by Schubert, Miss 1verna
Child, and POlonaise, in r minor, by
| MacDowell, Miss Mabel Boyd.
| Earl Carbaugh. baritone soloist and
precentor of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church will be heard this morning in
| The Publican by Van de Water, and
at the evening service in 'Tarry With
Me, o My SAVIOR by Herndon Morsell
| At the Westminster Memorial Presby-
terrain Church this morning the choir.
| under the direction of Mrs Frank By
ram. will sing Hyatts arrangement Of
the HYMN Lead, Kindly Light" the incl
| dental baritone solo being sustained by
E'orney Donaldson. In the evening the
offertory number will be MendelssOhn's
l.Praise Ye," from Attila. arranged for
male voices and sung by Messrs. Jasper.
iVermillion and Byram. During the last
scenes of the illustrated lecture on Ben
Hur'' this evening Miss Rose Bigelow will
sing 20 Rest in the Lord, by Men
delssohn.