Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-15
MUSICAL
MENTION

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much interest in both musical and church
circles, especially among those who are
concerned in the movement for the re-
form in church music. The mass was
one of four written by DR.. Gloetzner in
conformity with the Motu Proprio of
YPope Plus on church music. The first
is a unison mass, the second for male
voices. the third for three female or boy
voices, and the last, the ''Missa in fes-
THUS duplicibus.' may be rendered by
mems and boys voices or by mixed
choir, as it was given last Sunday. The
organ accompaniment to all these masses
is obligato, but for the occasion of the
cardinals reception the composer ar
ranged the mass for full orchestra with
the usual woodWinds. brass and string
Instruments in addition to the organ.
The three last named masses have been
written with the special purpose Of EN-
bodying in them the entire Gregorian
4 Choral Melody of the different parts OF
the mass. form of construction which
has never before been attempted, as the
choral masses of the early composers
We're built upon but short choral motif,
and the same motif made the basis for all
the parts of the mass The composer
has endeavored to preserve the character
/ of the pneuma while translating it into
modern rhythmic form and the harmoniza-
tion remains true to the tOnality of the
! chants; but not to lose the required
/ unity he has made use of all the modern
devices of composition, which was OBJ
vious enough to one unsteady trained
and with a fair knowledge of the Gre
eorian chants and keys.
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson is issuing in
vitations for recital to be given in the
Arlington Hotel ballroom. January %,
at s:45 o'clock at which time he will pre-
| sent the Mendelssohn Quartet. which will
make its initial appearance on that Oc-
! Ada Birch. soprano; Miss Faye Bum
phrey, contralto; Richard z. Backing.
tenor, and George H. Miller, basso. and
| they will give an exacting and interesting
program under Mr. Wrightsons direc-
ton. Each member of the quartet will
be heard in two songs, one being an
| operate aria. and also in several ensem-
| BILE numbers. Inc second part of the
program will be devoted entirely to the
! rendition Of Liza Lehmanns composition,
| I'm a Persian Garden and the closing
number will be the sextet from Lucia
| di Lammermoor'' While. will be sung by
! three members of the quartet, with Mrs
/ Helen Donohue Deyo, soprano, and Will
| liam c. Mills, tenor.
The Epiphany cantata. 1.-THE Star of
Bethlehem composed by Donald B. Mac
Leod, will be sung in Christ Episcopal
Church. West Washington, this evening
at 100. with enlarged choir and an
orchestra. The solo parts will be sung
by Mrs. Brown and Messrs. Edward l..
Springer. Carl Mass and S. Percy Thomp-
son. Mr.. Macleod the choirmaster of
the church. will direct the music, with
Miss Ross at the organ This will be the
first of series of monthly musical serv-
| ices in which additional vocal talent and
| Instrumentation will be the feature.
| B. Frank Gebest entertained last even
Il
number of young students in an attractive
program of piano compositions. He was
assisted by Miss Ethel Johnson. soprano,
who was heard In "Chanson Provencale."
by E. DelIAcaua, and One Fine Day
bers on the program were: Overture,
"Marchen Won der Schooner Melusine'
(Mendelssohnf. two pianos eight hands,
| Miss Dortch. Miss Stedman. Mr. Fewell
Mr. Gebest: Sonata in + major lMozarD
LACK. Miss Phyllis Stewart: .'Poupee
Valsante' PoldinD. Miss Mary Maxam
Forest Sounds Denee), Miss Dorothy
bennett; .'Marche Funebre" tGrieg). Miss
GReinholdD. Miss Hazel Davis; Inn
promptu. in fiat Chopin: Miss Bar
bara NJ. Stedman; Valse, in sharp
minor Chopin. Miss Irene Hardesty;
"Hark, Hark, the Lark Schubert
Liszt. Miss Helen Merriam: Concerto. in
B fiat CCadenza. by Reinecke). Mozart,
| orchestral part on second piano by Mr..
| Gebest. Miss S. Wilmer Dortch. and solo,
| la Campanella'' G1isxt), by Mr. Gebest
The choir Of Calvary Baptist Church.
| under the direction of Arthur Mayo, will
| give IAN Evening with the Choir" once
each month throughout the winter. This
| evening they will sing the sacred cantata,
From Olivet to Calvary by Maunder
The quartet, which ranks among the
best in the city, is composed Of Mrs.
| - I>1x
William T. Reed. contralto; Richard P.
Backing, tenor. and Theodore T. Apple,
basso. Al the morning service today
there will be an anthem for tenor solo
| and quartet, BLESSED Are They by
Matthews, and the offertory number will
be the soprano solo. These Are They"
from GauTs Holy City.
The Rebew Orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Fl. W. Weber. gave public re-
| hearsal in the lecture room Of the kel-
Ter Memorial Church Monday evening, a
large audience being present. Mrs. Ar
thur G. Dunn, soprano. j. G. Klein.
tenor. and Miss Mabel DAILY and w. j..
Dunn sang Sonora" by Nathan. in fine
style, her encore number being Lanes
"Firelight Faces; Mr.. Klein's selection,
"on the Road to Mandaly." by Clay. met
sponded with ri Sing the Songs of
Weber played .'valse venetiene." by
| Ringuot, responding to an encore with
Athertons "A New Virginia Dance
| An enjoyable feature of the program
was the rendition of the difficult accom-
paniments by Mrs. ]. G. Klein. The or
chestral numbers were, intermezzo. "A
Deed of the Pen," by Moret: overture,
Light Cavalry" by Won Suppe: waltz.
ION the Dreamy Hudson" by Engleman;
idyl. "A Gypsy's serenade." by Noel:
selection. Martha" by Flotow; Ameri-
can Fantasia. Gems of Stephen Foster
| by Tobani, and American Volunteer
| March," by Tobani.
The next meeting of the Student Club
| of the Washington College Of Music will
| be held Tuesday evening at $3.50, and the
! composers to be studied are Grieg and
| Massenet. Papers will be read on Grieg
| and paragraphs will be heard at roll call
| on Massenet. Among those on the vocal
| and instrumental program are George H.
| Miller, Miss Faye humphrey. Miss Flora
| Kampfe. Miss Matthews. William Engle.
jr.. Miss Steward. Mrs. Maymie Hart
Moulton and Miss Thompson. All men,
bers Of the club are urged to be present
The pupils of the Won Cnschuld Uni
| versity OF Music were heard in a recital
| Friday night by an audience which
more than filled the parlors Of the uni
| versity. The program was rendered by
the Misses Fisher. King. Coffin. Marshall.
Boyd, Patzschke, Moore, Lynch. Hull.
Donohoe. Myers. kolb. Dyson Mr.. Hill
| and Nine. Won Unschuld.
Theodore T. Apple. bass soloist of the
Calvary Baptist Church, contributed to