The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

ices only Special musical services will
be given each month. During the year
the Washington Oratorio Society. COM
posed OF the choir and augmented by
other singers Of the city who are engaged
| in other choirs on Sunday will render
| two oratorios.
Anyone desiring to join the choir or
| society is cordially invited to the first
| rehearsal. to be held next Wednesday
night at O'Clock in the chapel Of the
Church of the Covenant. corner of Eight
zenith and NJ Streets and Connecticut
Avenue. or to the regular rehearsals to
be held after that date on Tuesday and
Friday evenings Application can also
be made TO Mr.. Wrightson at his studio.
1220 F Street
II Is announced that the choir will be
| composed entirely of volunteer singers
and those possessing good voices will be
| welcome.
Mrs. H. W. Lawson Cnee Kaspar), re-
turned to Washington from her country
home at Bluemont, Va, last Monday.
Mrs Lawson was the vocal soloist at the
opening concert of the National Park
Seminary at Forest Glen last Thursday.
Her programme included "Dich Theure
Halle" from "Tannhauser;" the waltz
from Gounods Romeo and Juliet" and
a group OF songs.
The Rebew Orchestra, under the direc-
ton OF II. ~. Weber, will give its first
public rehearsal of the season to-mor-
row night in the lecture room of the
Keller Memorial Church, corner of Ninth
Street and Maryland Avenue Northeast.
The soloists will be Miss Josephine T.
Gould, soprano. and J. Wesley Jones.
bass. Admission will be free and music
lovers are cordially invited to be present.
An interesting orchestral programme has
been arranged.
The next recital by the pupils and grad
yates OF the Won Unschuld University of
Music will be held October IS. at the NJ.
Z. Church in Chevy Chase for the bene-
fit OF the Community Club. On Octo-
Der IS, another recital will be given at
the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church. John
Marshall Place and C Streets Northwest
Nine. Won Unschuld will play a number
at each OF the recitals and J. Glushak
teacher of the vocal department. who
possesses a pleasing barytone voice, will
sing solos.
The first assembly of the Motet Choral
Society was held last Tuesday evening
The one hundred members of the organ
ization were out IN force and the sea son
was inaugurated with enthusiasm. Get
the evening. Refreshments were served,
and special music by some of the mem
bers added to the enjoyment of the &C.
casion.
Solos were sung by Mrs. Whitman. Mrs
Wood. Miss Harriet Shaw, and Louis
Thompson The president Charles L.
Smell. and the treasurer. Walter Gillian.
had charge OF the arrangements.
This Is the fourth season OF the soci
ETY.. which has been so successfully con-
Quoted by Otto Torney Simon since its
organization. The Christmas concert will
be given as usual and the programme
promises to excel those heretofore Of
fered.
Oscar Franklin Comstock is reorganiz-
ing the choir in Trinity Church and has
almost the full quota of singers, there
being still room for only two sopranos
and two altos. 1t is announced that the
choir will study a number of works which
have not been heard in Washington. Mr..
Comstock's organ recitals will from now
on begin at 7:30 O'Clock, and will &C.
cupy the half hour before the evening
service.
The District of Columbia Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists will hold its
first fall meeting in Oscar Franklin Com
stocks studio tomorrow evening. All
the organists in the city are cordially
invited to be present.
DR.. and Mrs. T. A Moskey at their
home last Friday evening entertained
with an artistic musical for their brother.
George Moskey, who will enter school in
Charlottesville. Va. Mr.. Moskey. a
promising young viOlinist, contributed the
delightful Meditation from That's"
Sarasate's "Ziguerenweisen' Gypsy
Dances: DeBeriot's Scenes de Ballet"
and Chopin's ''Nocturne'' in E fat. Frank
Moskey, his younger brother, who also
shows much talent. gave a sympathetic
rendition of Wieniawski's "Legende" and
Dvorak's "Humoresque." Miss Mary
Moskey sang several soprano solos in
good voice. and Erick Shilling played
the Accomplishments during the evening.
and in addition gave two brilliant Chopin
solos.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. y. Patterson on Sat
urday evening entertained at their coun-
farewell dinner and musical in honor OF
Mr.. George Moskey, the gifted young
who is leaving the city. Chopin.
Sarasate. Saint-Saens. DvOrak. Bohm.
List, d'Hardlot. MosczkOwSki. Schu-
mann, and Sullivan were among the
heard.
The Christiani Orchestral School. under |
the direction of Prof. Carlius Emil Chris |
tiani, held its first orchestra rehearsal /.
last Friday evning in Luther Memorial |
at Fourteenth Street and
Thomas Circle Frank MOskey. a tai /
ented young violinist. has been chosen 10 /
succeed his brother as conCert-master.
The members of the orchestra are the
Nathan Abramson, John Au-
gustin, Joseph Beal, Clarence brooks. J.
Cullen, George A. Dozen. Miss Luvena !
Fagg. Norman Foote. John Filsate, Miss
Freida Hauf. Leroy Herndo1. Miss
Georgia Holmes. Alphonso Hoban. s.
Jones, Miss Ellouise Kerrick. Fred 10y.
Harry King. Miss Gladys McGarry, W. {.
Mercer. Frank Moskey (concert-master).
Miss Mary Moskey. Walter Peed. Miss
Pearl Pitcher. Alfred Scherzer. Edward
stitt. Miss Edna Struble. Leroy Taylor.
H. Tetzer. Miss Ruth Werheim, Harry
Waller, ]. A. Willamette. Miss Johnnie
inc Willamette, and Ralph Garren.
Cherubinis Overture Zu. Anacreon":
"Ballet-Music" from Faust"
ind Mozarts Symphonic No. Il. were
he numbers rehearSed. the orchestra do
ng good work after a summers vaca-
ion. Rehearsals will be held on Fridays
throughout the season.
The musical programme at the First
Church, Tenth and
streets Northwest, for the service this
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