The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-24
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

I for male voices. and 1t is expected that
the enrolment viii soon reach the hun
bred mark
Rehearsals are held THURSDAY evenings
at SIS. at ga G Street Northwest. Those
who desire to become members Of this
male voice organization, can write or
call upon Mr.. silby, at 1877 I Street
Northwest.
The first concert of the eleventh season
Of the Washington Symphony Orchestra
viii be given at the Columbia Theater.
with Heinrich Hammer. conductor. Tues
day afternoon. December 10. Charles
Trowbridge Tittmann, the well-known
baritone of this city. will be the soloist.
At the meeting of the board of directors
OF the orchestra. held last Wednesday,
the following officers were elected: Mrs.
Herbert Wordsworth. president; Howard
S. Reside, first vice president; Walter
Dwight Wilcox. second vice president;
Edison Bradley. third vice president:
Charles T. Tittmann, counsel: J. Mar
tin Scranage, treasurer and manager;
E, NJ Borchard. secretary, and Guy A
ourand, press representative.
The recital at the Friday Morning Club.
last Friday morning at the Washington
Club, mo I Street Northwest, at IL
O'Clock, was given by Mrs. Margaret
Rabold and Miss Clara Ascherfeld. The
programme was as follows: "Se Bel Rio"
CRontanD, "AmarilH' (CaccinD, "Sortita
d'ofelia" from "Amoleto" Faccio). Mrs.
Rabold: fantasia CMozart). humoreske
Max Reger), "Arabesque" Debussy),
''Liebstraum" Uiszt), 'rRigaudon" (RaffD,
Miss Ascherfeld; Itch wandelte unden
den Baumen," "StilIe Thranen," and
''Sehnsucht" (Schumann). ''Das Fischer
madchen," Am Meer," and Gretchen
am Spinnenrad' (Schubert), Romance"
La Mort des Amants'' CDebussy), "Oh
Thou Billowy Harvest Field" CRachmani-
noff), Mrs. Rabold.
William Conrad Mills, well known lyric
tenor of this city, will be the tenor SOLO
list in a rendition of Gounod's ''Redemp-
tion," to be given December u, by the
vested choir of Christ Church, at Glen
Ridge, N, ]. New York soloists will also
assist the choir.
The musical programme, arranged by
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, was a feature
Of the open meeting of Continental Chap
ter, ID. A R., held last Monday at the
Washington Club. Mrs. Marsh, regent
of the chapter, was hostess, and the
programme for the evening was as fol-
lows: Piano solo. Die Lorely'' Qiszt),
Donald H. Freeze; contralto solo. ''whis-
per and Shall Hear" (PiccolomnD, Miss
Lillian Chenoweth; reading. THE Pud-
ding" Mrs Maud Howell-Smith: soprano
solo, Loves Rapture" CKortheuer), Miss
Bertha Hansen; violin solo, 'Traumerei"
(Schumann), Miss Ida Ulmann. The ac-
companists were Mrs. Dorothy Baxter
and Miss Minnie Bailey. Miss Ulmann
also played violin obllgatos for Miss
Chenoweth's solos.
The twenty-second annual concert given
by the Vaughn class of Calvary Baptist
Church last Friday night, delighted
large audience. The programme was as
Macy, (b) The Story of Tack par
kerr, Jack Bowie. first tenor; C. E.
Myers. second tenor; ]. 9. Hicks, first
bass; c. W. Moore, second bass; Negro
dialect songs, Arthur Pierce; euphonium
solo, Am Meer' CSchuberO, Adolphe
Seidler: reading, The Virginia Judge"
John Gregg Paine; bass solo, TITS T.
CPinsuttD, Charles W. Moore; duet, |
Waterman, What Of the Night?'' (Sar-
S. Hicks, barytone; violin solo. Hermon |
Hoffman,: tenor solo, For You Alone"
(GeehD, Jack Bowie; reading Cselected), |
John Gregg Paine; Popular songs. George |
O'COnnor.
Special Thanksgiving music will be
sung by the chorus choir Of the Metro |
politan Presbyterian Church this evening |
The following anthems will be rem
dered: 'oh, Lord. How Manifold Thy |
Works" Joseph Barnby), "Oh, Come |
Let Us Sing" from Maunder's Song |
Of Thanksgiving" Praise the Lord, or
Jerusalem q. H. MaundeD.
Newton T Hammer, precentor and d.
rector, will sing for the offertory at the
service, THE Earth Is the
Lords" by Frank Lynes.
Harry Patterson Hopkins gave a recital
at the Washington College last Friday
afternoon before an appreciative audi
ence. The pianist followed his usual
custom of offering a few explanations
about each number on the programme.
The following compositions were given:
Ballade, in minor and prelude in C
sharp minor Chopin; out of the
Depths" (MacDowelD; "Jardin sous la
pluie" (Debussey); "Au Convent (request-
ed CBorodin); ''Scherzetto," in fiat
major (Moszkowsky); piano-concerto, in
D minor, and Masquerade Dance, No.
p CHopkins); Perpetual Motion" (Al-
kan).
De Cortez woIrfungen will sing the
3olo part in Gounod's "Sanctus' with tie
.hoir at Ascension Church this morning.
The newly organized choir, under the
Of Mrs. c. G. McRoberts, is
making excellent progress. They will
sing The Song OF the Night" a can
alta by Dudley Buck, for the midnight
service on the last night OF the year.
Mrs Huron W. Lawson (nee Kaspar),
ave a song recital for the Glen Eden
Seminary, neutrality-suspicious.
November 16. Later in the season Mrs.
lawson will be the soloist for a con-
'ert to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria,
Jew York City.
The Mount Pleasant Singing Society,
William Conrad Mills, director, will sing
A Song of Thanksgiving" a sacred can
alta by J. H. Maunder, at the special
musical service Of the Mount Pleasant
Church, Fourteenth
street and Columbia Road, the evening
+ December l at o'clock The solofsts
Till be the regular quartet of the church.
drs. Ivy Herriott Shade, soprano; Miss
.da Arundel, alto: William Conrad
fills, tenor, and w. H. Peter, bass. Miss
farie Hansen, the accompanist of the
inging Society, will be assisted by the
rganist of the church, and Miss Mar
aret O'Toole at the organ No cards
I admission will be required.
A large audience of music lovers were
resent at the First Church of Christ.
cientist, Columbia Road, Champlain and
uclid Streets Northwest, last Thursday
vening, when an organ recital was
layed by Ralph Kinder, organist and
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