The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

.Danse Espagnole" cMoskowslxD. Mss
Ewing: "Danse Tzigane" Tivadar
with his Lutte" (srIlivap). Cb) "Husheen''
(Needhan). (c) sAllor che porto corrono
"Attila." violin obligato VERDI. Miss
Iatimer. The patrons and patronesses
are Mai and Mrs. Bunnell, Mrs. Thorpe,
DR. and Mrs. John Stevens. Miss DAM
rerfieId, and Mrs. B. ID. Anderson.
The Motel Choral Society, Of 100 voices.
Otto T. simon. conductor, win give its
first concert of the season at the Column
bia Theater Wednesday afternoon, De-
cemher IS An unusually interesting
nrorramme will be rendered, including
classical motets Of Liszt and Glinka, two
massive choruses in eight parts from
Israel in Egypt" by Handel, three
choruses by the English composer Ban
tocb and Christmas music ancient and
modern OF Praetorius and Elgar. The
final number on the programme will be
the traditional German Christmas song
OF 'rWeihnacht," which is given each
Christmas season with unusual devo-
tionaI effect by the Motel Choral So
cIety.
Mrs William T. Reed, contralto, and
Miss Helen Donohue DeYo, soprano, who
have been singing with the Sunday after
noon double quartet since the beginning
of the season. under Mr.. Harvey Murray
at the Church Of the Covenant, have
resigned their positions.
A double sextette, which takes the place
of the double quartet. at the Sunday aft
ernoon service OF the Church OF the
Covenant, will sing for the first time
to-day at $50 o'clock, under Sidney Lloyd
wrightson. The following compose the
double sextette: Mrs. Gawler, Miss NJ. l.
Hall Miss Gertrude Reuter-. sopranos;
Miss humphrey, Miss Marian Larner,
Mrs. W. W. Fuller, contraltos: Mrs.
Bowie Mr.. Backing, w. s. Blanchard,
tenors; and Walter Humphrey, Mr.. NIL
Ter, and W. Carter, BASES.
The following is the programme ar
ranged for this afternoons service: An
them, THE Souls OF the Righteous"
HNieldD; solo, BE Thou With Me" Oei-
beD, Mr.. Humphrey; duet, The Blushing
Fruits" song of Thanksgiving CMaun-
der), Mrs Gawler and Mr.. Backing;
anthem, The Wilderness" (Goss) dnci-
dental solos. Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Bowie);
ofrertory, Fear Not, Ye, o. Israel
CBuck), Miss Hall; anthem. With All
NV weight OIL "OtS OD5pOASh NSRANASAyl
soprano obligato, Mrs Gawler.
A piano recital will be given to the
members OF the Collegiate Club by r. ].
Shinn, of Trenton. n. J., an artist high
ly praised by the critics OF his State
at 40 o'clock this afternoon. The re-
cital will be given at the clubhouse, l2SO
Eleventh Street Northwest, and all club
members and their friends have been
r9f
appearance in Washington.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the recital is composed
Of NJ II. Konigsberg. chairman, NJ. ].
Watskey, and II. o. Sandberg.
The pupils in the advanced class OF
Miss Berda Stewart Wilson held their
first musicale for this season in the
Percy Foster Music Hall Friday evening
Following a short miscellaneous pro-
gramme the evening was devoted to
Chopin and his compositions. with de-
scriptive analysis preceding the rendition
of each number.
Among those taking part were the
Misses Lucy Graves. Margaret Webster,
Isabelle Allen. Dorothy Geseford, Choir
reilly Dixon. Dorothy McCauley. Hazel
Chisholm. and Zelda Miller.
Miss Ruth Ayler, who possesses clear,
weIl-placed soprano voice Of excellent
color and feeling. assisted with pleasing
vocal selections. and Miss Wilson gave
short talk on Emotion in Music"
demonstrating among other selections,
Chopin's "Berceuse-"
Mrs. James Sanders. formerly known
to the singers of Washington as Mss
SaIome Wingate. a pupil OF Otto T. 81
mon, has been appointed to the stan
of the University of Wisconsin, at Madi-
son. Wis, as an instructor of vocal
music.
The Washington Saengerbund will give
it's first grand public concert Sunday
evening. December s. at S:15 O'Clock, in
the New National Theater. One OF the
soloists will be Miss Marie Kaiser. of
New York, who Games highly commended
for her beautiful voice of unusual quail
ity, range and power, warmth of feel
ing, and thorough musicianship. She
will sing arias from Tannhauser and Fig
arc. The other soloist will be Joseph
Whittemore, tenor, well known in Wash
ington for his splendid voice, beautiful
Interpretation and pleasing personality.
He will sing the great aria, Celeste
Aida" by Verdi, and also a duet with
Miss Kaiser.
The bund. sixty strong, will sing three
numbers sung at the National Sanger
fest in Philadelphia last June. one a
prize song; also waltz idyl by Wainzerl,
the noted Viennese composer.
There will be an orchestra of thirty-five
of washington's best musicians, who will
play three pleasing numbers and the
accompaniments Of the vocal music I'M
der the direction Of Armand Gumprecht,
the director OF the Saengerbund.
The first of the seasons concerts by
the Washington Symphony Orchestra,
Heinrich Hammer, conductor, will be
given at the Columbia Theater. Tuesday
afternoon, December TO- at 4:30 o'clock.
For soloist the orchestra has secured
Charles Trobridge Tittman. bass, who is
well known in Washington as the pos
SCISSOR of a beautiful voice OF unusual
clear and resonant quality.
The Schubert programme of the Friday
Morning Music Club, given at the WASH
ington Club, mo l Street, last Friday
morning, at IL O'Clock, was as follows:
Rondo brilliant, op. 70 (for piano and
VIOLIN, Miss Kelly and Miss Heinrichs;
songs, Authenticate" "Alinde," 'tSere-
made" with violin obligato), Mrs Bar
nard; trio, op. 80. Allegro moderate"
"Andante I'm POGO mosso,' 'Sherzo,"
"Rondo' (allegro vivacel, Miss Kelly,
Miss Heinrichs, Mr.. Lorleberg.