The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

Daniel Gregory Mason. assistant pro-
fessor OF music In Columbia University.
will give the third of the series OF lee
lures, under the auspices OF the Wash
ington Society OF the Fine Arts, on the
Great Masters Of Music" in the Audi
torium OF the New National Museum,
next Saturday evening
Mr.. Mason. In his last lecture. brought
down the development OF music to the
conventional symphonic form OF Haydn's
earlier period. His lecture next Satur-
day evening will show the perfection OF
structural form. under the combined
genius Of Haydn and Mozart. He will
show the influence that each exerted
over the other. He will point out that
although Haydn cast the form, Mozart
elevated and immeasurably expanded the
structure with his more poetic imagina-
tion. more lucid and plastic ideas. great
er wealth Of melody. greater variety,
greater mastery OF polyphonic art. and
greater polish and finish. He will con-
trast the abrupt changes Of key of
Haydn. with the rhetorical chromatic
shadings OF Mozart. the meaEer thcmatic
material and broad genialIty OF the for
mer with the richness, variety. and
courtliness OF the latter.
Of structure and treatment OF material
down to the Beethoven period.
The Harvard University Glee. Mando
lin, and Banjo Clubs, will appear In con-
cert at the Belasco Tkeater next Tues
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Alumni
of Harvard in this city and students Of
the various universities and colleges
here are expected to attend the concert
in large numbers
The Flonzaley Quartet. composed OF
Adolfo Betti. first violin; Alfred Pochon
second violin: Ugo Ara, viola, and Ivan
dArchambeau, vIoloncello. will appear
in concert in the New Willard ballroom
Saturday afternoon, January II, at 40
o'clock.
This organization is unique in its
class. in that the members, by mutual
agreement. do not teach. play in orches-
ira, or accept individual engagements
The quartet devotes its entire time TO the
cultivation OF chamber music. The in
struments played by the four artists
are StradivaTius, two Guadagninis, and
a Testori. OF greatest value.
Miss Dagmar de CorvaI Rubner. the
well-known pianist OF New York City.
will be the soloist at the concert OF the
uary H. at the Columbia Theatcr. The
Eoloist will present Tchaikowsky's Con-
certo in B fiat minor. Miss Rubner ap-
peared with the local orchestra two
years ago before one OF the largest au-
diences in the history OF its perform
Rnces.
The musicale given for the Friends
Alumni Association, at the Friends
School. last Thursday evening. was
greatly enjoyed by large audience. The
artists were: Nine. Won Unschuld. pi.
anist Mrs. Frauceska Kaspar-Lawson,
soprano. and Harry Patterson Hopkins,
accOmpanist The programme was as fol-
lows: Ca) "Nymphes ct Sylvains" Bonn
berg), Cb) viii O. the Wisp" (Sprossl,
Mrs. Lawson: "R!goletto'' Paraphrase
CVerdi-LiszO, Nine. Won Unschuld: "a
My Laddie'' (Thayerl. Cb) The DANA"
CChadwfck). Mrs. Lawson: Hungarian
Rhapsody. No. . 01iszp. Nine. Won I'm
schuld; Indian Bell song from LAX
me- Delibes), Mrs Lawson.
Carl Rupprecht. organist and choirmas-
ter OF St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran
Church. OF Chicago. assisted by MIS-
George Johannes and choir OF Christ
English Lutheran Church. OF this city.
will give an organ recital tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock. at Christ English Lu-
theran Church, New Jersey Avenue,
near NJ Street.
The programme to be presented is as
follows: Concert in c Major "a. Hol-
lins), "Schmuecke dlCh, liebe Seele"
q. S. Bach, 16s5-175Ol. Fugue in c ID Bux
tehude, ls31-I7OO, Funeral March and
Song From the Seraphs "a. GuilmanO.
soprano solo. ANGELS Song" (Hawley).
Mrs George Johannes: Caprice in B fiat
CGuilmant). Andante Cantabile CWidor),
Toccata CRegeD. Address on music by
the Rev. J. Frederic Wenchel. Intermis-
sion. Sonata No. ! "a. Gulmant, 1887
191D. Largo Maestoso, Allegro, Pas
torale-Andante Allegretto, Allegro Assai
Toccata: Largo from the New World
Symphony "a. Dvorak), anthem, "Glo-
rious Things OF Thee Are Spoken Dur
dett. Christ Church choir: The Holy
Night c'There were shepherds abiding
in the field. keeping watch over their
flock by night ID. Buck); Finale in B
fat CWolstenholme).
At the First Presbyterian Church to-
day the elaborate Christmas musical
service rendered last Sunday. by the
choir, under the direction OF Mrs. G. +.
Schutt, will be repeated both morning
and evening The offertory at the even
ing service will be a bass solo, GLORIA"
by Buzzi-Peccia, rendered by Mr.. C. |
Francis Durand, of New York.
The following musical numbers will be
rendered at the First Congregational
Church to-day:
At the morning service-Organ prelude,
Andante in D CHoIlins), anthems-Gei-
bells "Hallelujah, Christ Is Born" from
''Tba Nativity, "Tarry With Me n Nv
Saviour" baldwin: cOntralto solo, Gel /
bells "Sleep Sweetly. Babe of Bethle
hem;" organ postlude CFaulkes).
At the evening service-Organ prelude, |
Fantasie in A minor Lemmens) anthem,
Lift Up Your Heads CHopkins); or
gan postlude from "Lohengrin' CWag-
Derl