The Washington times., 1912-02-11
JAN KUBELIK VISITS
: CITY ON FAREWELL
TOUR WEDNESDAY
No Musical Artist In Recent
Years Has Been So
Successful.


famous than that great violinist, Jai
kubelik, who comes here Wednesday oil
his farewell American tour. Success
such as has fallen to his lot is becaus,
of the extraordinary personality of thu
man in his music.
At Kubeliks first concert in New
York, 5000 was received, and at tn,
Chicago Auditorium, more than Sc, 900
1t Is necessary to speak in figures, 70,
they represent the measure Of the peo
pies desire, which counts as much II
art as elsewhere. He has not been il
Washington for four years.
Heinrich Hammer, director of the
newly organized Washington Festival
Chorus, has announced a second rehear-
SAL which is to be held in Fosters
Music Hall, 1880 G. street northwest, to-
morrow evening at s o'clock.
At the first rehearsal, held last Mon
s&daY evening, seventy-fve singers re-
to the directors invitation to
Join the organization, the names of
thirty-two sopranos alone being placed
upon the list. All of those who have
Joined ere possessed of fresh young
voices, and the director is enthusiastic .
over the outlook for his new chorus.
Mr.. Hammer is especially anxious to
secure dn additional number of tenor
and bass voices, and will be at Fosters
1aIl on Monday to try the voices of
any singers who wish to cTail them
selNes of the opportunity of becoming
members of this organization. Rchear-
sails will be held regularly OH Monday
evenings at the aboVe-named lscatirn.
The following pupils of Otto T. Simon
took part in vocal re, itaI at the stu
idio. 172O street northwest, on Friday:
Mrs. NJ. Bradford, Miss Campbell,
Leroy GIlder, Mr.. Gillian, Mr.. Herman
Mrs. w. g. Hill, Mrs s. Hebbard,
Christian HemmiCk, Miss Hodges, Mrs
A. Hayccck, Miss Larner, Hiss Kihbey,
Mrs. A. G Kuhn. Miss Millard, Miss
Muddinan. Miss McNally, Miss PEN
i'teld, Miss Pond, Mrs. William Rey-
burn, Miss Shaw, Miss Swing, Miss
Lucille Smith, Miss Todd, Mr.. Thomp-
son, John Waters, Miss Wilson, Mr.
Wolfe, Mrs. James Kerr.
ssegl -eroy Glider has accepted ar engage
fHeent as tonor solpist uf All Souls Uni
sr1ailan church. He is pupil of Otto
I. S:mcn.
sic at tie Washington College and of
the Franklin Street Presbyterian
Church, Baltimore, gave a recital last
Sunday evening after services at the
Charcoal Club, Of that city, presenting an
unGSual program.
It consisted, in part. of his piano
concerto in d minor. given in manu-.
script for the first time, and OF Griegs
Princess" transcribed by Grief and
in illustrating the religion of Rubinstein,
as oppressed in his fourth Concert
JGtude, In L fiat. The club is composed
only Of professional artists
The second and last concert Of the
season by the Flonzaley Quartet at the
New Willard, Friday afternoon, Feb
ruary %, is arousing an unusual degree
OF activity among subscribers and pa
irons of chamber music. 1t is due not
only TO the good work of the organiza-
tion itself but to the fact that upon
this event will rest the determining Of
the future o. the organization in Wash
Inglon; The tlonzaley patronage al
most has reached capacity and if for
the coming concert the demand for
seats exceeds the supply, Loudon CharJ-
ION has promised his local manager, r.
Arthur Smith, that he will provide a
thlrd concert next year.
Tuesday afternoon at 4:3O O'Clock is
the date for the piano recital at the
Columbia Theater by Frank Norris
Jones, the youth whom European art
centers have proclaimed as America s
foremost pianist" Prior to his going
ABROAD several years ago, Mr. Jones
established himself in this territory as
ono of the most popular Of musicians.
and the reports that have reached here
from Berlin, Munich, Paris and other
here.
The newly organized grand opera
chorus had it's first rehearsal on
Wednesday evening, when about fifty
singers reported and were enrolled in
Washington's newest musical organiza-
ton. Gounod's Faust" was rehearscd.
and this entire opera is to be given
after three months rehearsal Mr.
Wolftungen, the organizer and director
of the chorus, is anxious to hear from
about nifty more singers who are de-
slrous of joining the chorus. Sopranos.
tenors, aid bassos are particularly
needed. Application may be made at
me permanent home of the orGaniza-
ton. l4C6 H street northwest; telephone,
Main 1861. The next rehearsal will be
held on Thursday evening. February Is.
AN Evening with the Choir" is sched-
uled for this evening in the First Pres
byterian Church, John Marshall place,
when a special program will be pre-
scented at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs. J.. A. Rob
erts, Miss Mary Belle Finney, w. st.
John Blanchard, and H. II. X. Helwig
are members of the quartet, and Mrs. q.
i. Schutt Is the organist.
= Miss Ann Tuohy and Miss Ethel
Tozier gave a recital on Sunday Of last
week in their studio, 1924 n street north
west. Miss Tuohy gave a group of Liza
Lehmann's songs, and Miss T0zier con-
tributed six instrumental numbers, in
Guiding the Corelli-Godowski paStOralC.
ski.