Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
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! The Music study Club will hold Its
| meetings In the Foster Recital Hall dur
| ing the coming season. At the meetings
| this wear there will be not only paper
| on the life Of certain composer, put
one also on the current events in the mu-
steal world The first meeting will be
held October IA, and all meetings will be
called to ord n promptly at 2:15 pm
| The officers for the coming season are
Miss Katharine May Brooks, president;
Miss Faye Rowena humphrey, vice presi-
dent; Miss Edna Dyer, secretary, and
Mrs. Orville B. Drown. treasurer. MISS
Marion West is chairman Of the program
| committee, and the other members serV-
] ing with Miss West are Miss humphrey,
Miss Dyer and Miss Ethel Lee. AT the
meeting October IA Miss humphrey will
be in charge and will give the paper on
musical current events. Miss West Will
! read a paper on Palestrina, MonteVerue,
clavichords. early violins. etc, ana mere
will be no soloists October IS Miss Dyer
| will be in charge, and will present pa
| per musical current events; Mss 10
Rubie Stanford, the paper on iurceli'
! Alessandro Scarlatti and FRANCOIS LOU
| perrin, and the soloists will be Miss mug
| gins, Miss Brooks and Miss Lee NO
| yember IL Miss Brooks will give the pa
per on musical current events. MISS
| Weino the paper on Bach, Handel ana
Domenico Scarlotti, the soloists being
| Miss humphrey, Miss Leila Spler ana
| Miss Mildred Rider; November 70, MISS
Iverna Childs will give the paper on nlu-
| steal current events, Mrs. Drown the pa
per on Gluck Haydn and Pergolesl, the
soloists being Miss Dyer and Miss West:
| December ? Miss Rider will give the pa
per on musical current events, MISS Oy-
ster the paper on Mozart and Gretry, tfe
soIoists being Miss Weino and MISS stan
| ford: December Is Mrs. Drown Will give
| the paper on musical current events,
| Miss Huggins the paper on Beethoven
| and Won Weber the soloists being Miss
Lee and Miss Helen Oyster.
Miss Adelaide Clements has returned
| from Huntingdon, Pa, where she was en-
| tertained at musical by Mrs. NJ ~.
| Campbell and her daughter, Miss Mar.
garetta Campbell. The large company OF
guests showed much appreciation of the
various numbers. which included Boat
! Song" by Harriet Ware: Burst ie Ap-
! pie Buds" by Emory; The Cry OF Ra-
chel." by Saiter; "Serenade." by Richard
Strauss Rendezvous, by Aletter, MY
All by Bohm: He Is Kind He Is Good, >
by Massenet. sung by Miss Clements;
MY Laddie," by Thayer; Il Hear You
Calling Me- by Marshall; Annie Lau-
rie"; "Geheimes,' by Schubert: Last
Rose of Summer" and Bonny S"ee1 1
|
Those Endearing Young Charms" and
Vol che sapete" from lie Nozze de FL
CARO- by Mozart. rendered by Miss Camp
bell. Miss Clements was the .soloist last
| Sunday at the Lutheran Church at Bed
| ford, Pa. her selection at the morning
! service being Jesus, Lover of My Soul,
by Tours. while at the evening service
she was heard in Love Divine by
| Gounod.
| r. Mills Silby. director of the sanctuary
choir of St Patrick's Church, will shortly
| resume rehearsals with the polyphonic
| choir. and 1t is his expectation to give
| two concerts and a Gilbert and Sullivan
| opera Tin coneerD at one of the per-
Iformances during the coming season. Mr..
| Silby aims to make as near perfect as
possible the blend, tone and pronunc1a-
] ton of the chorus. st. Patricks choir he
expects to enlarge to ffty voices, that he
! may give masses by the better modern
composers, among them E. G. Hugh
Blair, Max Filler Stephen Collier and
| Ignace Mittern. In fact, as contrast
to the style of work by the choir the
| past two years. nearly all OF the music
| to be given by the male choir this season
| will be by modern composer 1t VIII be
| contrapuntal as compared to the poly
| phonic; that is. a modern expression OF
music in counterpart. Mr.. Silby's duties
| with these organizations have not oc-
| cupied quite all of his time, and he has
i
| writing both the words and music.
Edmund A. Varela, director of the choir
of St Thomas Episcopal Church, has re-
signed his position.
| The recitals given by Oscar Franklin
Comstock last spring on the fine new or
gan in Trinity Episcopal Church PROVED
SO popular that continuance of them ha:
been requested. The first one Of this sea
| % given this evening when MIR
Comstock will play Grand Chorus in d.
by Guilmant: .'Kammenoi Ostraw No. ID
by Rubinsten; Bridal Song" by Jensen
Andante in A and Postlude in D, both b,
Smart.
Miss Grace Adele Freely, who has beer
on the music faculty of Chevy Chas'
Seminary and Martha Washington Semi
nary for several years past, will not re
sumo her duties at these institutions thi!
fall. as the condition Of her health de
mands a long rest. She will remain IL
California, where she has been spendin.
the summer with relatives, and when sh,
is sufficiently recovered expects to do con
cert work with Ellen Beach Yaw. Mis-
Freely is an accomplished pianist and II
one of the best accompanies of local cir
cles, and as composer has also met will
success.
Miss Marguerite Howard, soprano solo
!st of st. Stephens Catholic Church. il
i'll with appendicitis Miss Howard, will
Mr. and Mrs. Howard, had been rusticat
ing at North Beach for about ten days
when last Sunday she was taken sud
denly ill and brought to her home In Thu
city. While she is not by any means ou
of danger, the doctor pronounces her con
dition at present as satisfactory as coul(
be expected at this stage of the trouble.
s. NJ. Fabian has returned from hi
usual summer trip abroad. Mr.. Fabia,
left here early in July and spent som,
Miss Iverna Child, pianist, has returned
after spending the summer in Newport
r. 1.
The choir of Epiphany Church, Under
the direction of Miss Ella Nelson VII
sing this morning. '"Te Deum" and 'Jubi
late" by Tours, and duet. THE Cruel
fix" by Faure, will be given by lie r }.
Glider, tenor, and Henry w. Forker bass
At the evening service the choir will rem
der the Magnificent and Nunc Dinittis II
f. by Tours, and the anthem will b,
Lord OF My Life" by Field, with Incl
dental solos by Messrs. Glider and FORK
er. Miss Nelson will preside as usual a
the organ.
Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly, who ha:
ofticiatcd for several years at the organ
Of st. Pads English Lutheran Church
has been engaged for the coming season
to act also as musical director. The quar-
tet has been reorganized. the personne
for this season being as follows: Mis-
Bertha Hansens soprano; Mrs. Flora
Bernheimer Brylawski, contralto; Herber
Aldridge, tenor, and Charles ID. Roberts
bass. At the morning service today tn
lf,Yt.. tot t.-ill cir ha /