The Washington times., 1912-04-05

MUSIC FOR EASTER
Special Programs to Be Sung and Capital Will Observe
Joyous Religious Celebration Next -~
Sunday.

Festival music will be sung in the
churches OF Washington Sunday morn
ing and evening in joyous celebration OF
Easter Day. Examination Of musical
programs shows choirmasters have Sc
lected some of the most beautiful music
written for Eastertide. The compost
tions Of Palestrina, of Gounod. and
Buck, and other great masters OF re-
ligious music have been studied and
practiced with extreme care that Easter
music may be worthy of the great
occasion
Meantime in their. studies pastor and
rectors OF the city have been devoting
shall interpret to their congregations
the spiritual meaning of Easter Day.
Church chimes will ring forth halle
lujahs early Sunday morning.
at st. Patrick's Sunday. The pastor,
Resurrection,h and the sanctuary and
mixed choirs will sing allotted parts of
the mass to airs written by Haydn,
ZachariIs, and r. NJ. Silby.
Rev. J. H. Smyth, Celebrant.
The Rev. James 4. smyth will be the
celebrant Of the mass, with the Rev.
George Savage as deacon, and the Rev.
L. p. Burke as subdeacon. Low masses
will be said at Z, s, 8, and 10 o'clock.
High mass will begin at II.
The musical program Tor Sunday az
the First Congregational Church VIII
include offertory solos at the morning
and evening service, sung respectlyueiy % Iru
Scott smith. A choir of sixty voices
will give the following anthems at the
morning service: Parker's Come See
the Place Where Jesus Lay;dI aDd SwIsn Gie%sns
He Is Not Here. But Is Risen" Will
liam Wall Whiddit, organist and d.
rector, will give a fifteen-minute organ
recital before the evening service, which
At Christ Church, Georgetown. the
music of A. Fields will be sung dur.
Ing the communion service. During
by the vested choir, which numbers
thirty voices. Mrs. Mary c. D. John.
son will be at the organ
At the Immaculate Conception Church
| Gregorian mass in D will be sung
by the choir at high mass A beauti'
full musical program has also been pre-
pared for vespers at o'clock.
Barnby,s anthem. Break Forth into
JOY" will be one of the musical fea-
lures at St. Andrews Church during
morning prayer. Rowland A. Dunhan
is the organist and choirmaster of St
The Rev. Joseph F: McGee will sins
| the high mass at the Shrine OF the
Sacred Heart Sunday, and the sermon
VIII De preached Dy fatner 1urTleT
| The Rev f. ]. Kelly is the choirmas.
ter of this parish. and his boys chorui
will sing several numbers of the mass
which will be Gounod's st. Cecilia
Chorus of Forty-dve.
Mrs. Elizabeth Darlington Simpson
has been playing the organ at tn,
| Fifth Baptist Church. and the chorus
| OF forty-five voices has been under thu
direction OF william J. Palmer. Tn,
offertory solo Sunday morning will bt
sung by Miss f. Pearle Grigsby Even.
| ing service soloists will be Charles A
johnson, Edgar Webb, and Mrs. Ger
! trude Deland Price.
At the Metropolitan Baptist Church
| the morning anthems will be Shelley
King Of Kings" and Holden Rossini'i
Angels Roll the Rock Away" Mis-
Jessie Callaway Is organist Of thir
! rector.
w. Little. choirmaster Of Keller Me
| mortal Lutheran Church, announces
| Cantata at the evening service, "ThI
| Easter Angel" At the morning serv
| ice the quartet will give these mum
| Them" Harrington's They Have TAX
en- NV Lord Away" and Judson's HI
| Arose"
Members Of Douglas Memorial Metho
| dist Episcopal Church will hear SUM
Easter morning Solly and Judson an
DR.. Arthur NJ. Trivett Is the directo
| OF the choir at this church and Mis-
| Ramsey organist.
At Old St. Johns.
l. Easter day celebration at old 81
Johns Church. Lafayette square, vii
include two elaborate morning service