Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

| Tie Monday Club met as uSuai last
! week, Miss Alice Burbage presiding. The
| club took up for STUDY the subject OF
/ Musical Notation commencing with
/ the ancient Greek notation, the Neumes,
| and the various changes they underwent,
| the origin ana development OF the clefs
/ and stan, following the subject from
! the earliest times To the notation of the
present. The only musical Illustration
gwen was the singing of the old 'kota,
/ tRound), called, sumner is icumen,
l which is believed to be by many years
the oldest example or part music IN exist
| ence. The original manuscript, TRANSCRIBED
/ by John of Fornsete, monk of the
/ monastery of Reading, about a. u. 122G,
/ is contained in the harIelan manuscripts
! or the Kings Library at the British Mu-
scum. A fac smile of the original is con-
tanned in Groves dictionary Oh Music.
Mr.. Henry Hobart Talmadge, who has
been for several years a member OF the
choir of Old st. John S Church Lafayette
Square), has been engaged as bass sololst
at st. PauIS Episcopal CHURCH., 2od street
and Washington Circle. He will be sue
ceeded at ST. johns 10y MIR. Frederick h.
Hewitt bass sololst and cholrmaster OF
the Church of the Advent.
Mrs. Ivy Herriot Shade will be the or
fertory soloist this morning at the Mount
| Pleasant congregational huron, her Sc
! lection being Save Me, Q God, by Ran
| desser. At the evening service the choir
Will sing lie Jeals vespers anu Mr. How
ard Butterworth will be heard in %
Jesus, Thou Art Standing" adapted to
| the music of song by Mary Turner
Safer. The quartet is composed OF Mrs.
| Shade, soprano; Miss Mary Emily King.
contralto; Mr.. Butterworth, tenor, ana
Mi. Theodore 7. Apple, bass. with Mr..
| Louis Corning Atwater as organist and
| choir director.
/ st. Aloysius chancel choir, .under the
direction of the parish choirmaster. Ell
| nest I. Winchester, is now at work Oh
the holy week and Easter musical pro-
grams, which, it is expected, Will eclipse
| the many notable services which this
organization has already rendered. \
special feature this year will he the
singing of Dubois Seven Last Words ;
Good Friday, the SOLOS being sustained
by the choir's own soloists. Among
these are Master Francis Auldridge, who
| is said to possess phenomenal soprano
| voice. and who will make his debut as
| sololst in this difficult role.
I a musical, which was success from
| both a musical and financial standpoint
was given last week in the parish hall
| of St. Johns Church for the Denefit OF
the choir fund. The program was given
by Miss Blanche Polkinhorn, soprano,
who sang The Lass With the Delicate
Air" (Arne) and When the Roses
Bloom (ReichardD; Mr.. Charles y.
Bright. bass, who gave, Whisper and l
Shall Hear PiccolominD and Sing Me
to Sleep (Green); Mr.. William IL. Tay-
! Tor. who was heard in Dudley Buck
| Sunset; Mr.. Norman Esputa DAILY. who
contributed several piano SOLOS. and Miss
Mary Lockwood. VINO gave some vocal
numbers.
| The Rubinstein Club, Mrs. A. NJ. Blair,
| director, will give a morning recital We'd
| nesday at IL o'clock in the ballroom of
| the Arlington Hotel. Besides the cnoral
numbers by the club, Miss Mary Emily
| King will contribute a violin SOLO, Miss
Vera Iona Murray will give piano num-
| Der and vocal solos will be given by Miss
Marion McFall, Miss kirkman and Mrs.
| .,.organ u. Lewis. Miss Anna Brett was
also expected to give contralto solo,
| but on account of cold will be unable
| TO sing, and Mrs. William T. Reed, whose
Interpretation of the incidental solo at
| the last evening concert of the club was
j the occasion OF SO much favorable COM
ment, has consented to appear in her
| place apd will add to the pleasure of the
| occasion by giving a group of songs
The choir of Temple Baptist Church
| Will repeat this evening, by special re-
quest, the cantata shepherd King
/ tHalD, which it presented recently
| with much success The quartet is COM
posed of Mrs Arthur Dunn, soprano; Miss
| Mary Pond, contralto, and Messrs. Lane
| Weber. tenor, and John Roberts. bass,
with Mrs. Grace Dufour Brown as or
| ganist and choir directress. This morn
ing Mrs. Dunn will sing at the offertory
1.-The Ninety and Nine by Campion.
| Mr.. Joseph Whitmore, the new tenor
/ from Norfolk, who has recently taken
| up his residence in Washington. has
been engaged as soloist of ST. Johns
! Church, Georgetown. Mr.. Whitmore was
also received INTO the membership of the
| Musurgia Club last Monday evening. The
| club is diligently engaged in rehearsine
| a cantata for male voices which will
! shortly be given at one OF the musical
| services of the Church of the Covenant
Scandinavian music was the special fea-
ture of the program arranged by Mrs
Dean for the members of the Friday
| Morning Music Club last week The char
acteristic numbers included Peasants
| Wedding March" (Sodermann,, chorus:
violin solo. Romance (Svendsen), Miss
King; songs, TANGLED (Sinding), "Oh
Press Thy Cheek Jensem, and Soft
footed 1non' (Sigurd Lie). Miss Nettle-
ton; piano, ''Fanitulr' arranged by Ole
Oisen); Piece Characteristique'' and 'Un
POGO Lento' (Sinding). Mrs. King: songs
''Margarets Cradle Song (Grieg). "Au-
tumnal Gale" (Grieg). Miss Nettleton;
piano. Sonata, op. Z. Allegro and Andante
Cantable (Grieg), Miss McCarty.
Odd Fellows Hall Wednesday evening for
the benefit of st. Marks Church by the
| RebeW Orchestra, under the direction of
| il. W. Weber. assisted by prominent
i Washington soloists. Among the numbers
were "A May Morning Denza) and
'Mattinata' CrostD. Mrs. Hugh a. Brown;
'Ah. It's a Dream CHawley) and HE
4 Loves, He Loves Me Not (MascagnD
/ Miss Anna Brett: Goodnight, Good
night ernest BALD, Charles Bright; "A
Song of Thanksgiving Allitsen. J. G.
Klein: THE Kings Highway Cd,
Koven), j. q. Klein; duet, Mrs. Hugh
Brown and j. G. Klein; quartet, MY
Red, Red Rose" sung by Mrs Hugh A.
Brown, Miss Anna Brett. j. G. Klein and
Charles Bright
The Monday Morning Club has issued
invitations to a concert tomorrow even
Ing in the ballroom of the New Willard.
The January meeting of the Students
Club of the Washington College of Music
was held in the college Friday evening,
when the following program was given
THE Life of Beethoven" Mrs Hough:
"Adelaide, Richard Backing; piano solo,
selected, Miss Eva Wingert; The Char
acter and Friendship of Beethoven" Mr.
Miller; Sonata, OPP. 81 No. , William
Engel; MY Faithful Johnnie" Miss
| humphrey; Il Love Thee as Thou Lowest
Me-" Miss Riegel: Sonata, op. 81 Bee
thoven), Miss Goodwin.
Mr.. Raphael Rooster gave his eighth pu-
pills recital at his studio OH LIST street last
Friday evening. The program consisted
Of compositions for piano and violin and