Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-07
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the fifth convention of the National Asso-
citation of Organists to be held at Ocean
Grove. n. j.. August to August 10.
Clarence Eddy. the national chairman.
has recently completed tour Of the
United States and local branches of the
! association. formed in all the leading
cities, report to him that delegations are
coming from every state. One of the
chief subjects to come before the conven-
| ton will be the Standardization of the
keyboard. Last year a commission OF
twenty was appointed to report at this
coming convention. The concert organist,
| unlike the concert pianist, has to master
a new keyboard on every organ while on
tour, and an effort is to be made to
adopt a standard keydesk. The various
| builders report that they are willing to
come to an agreement as soon as the
players reach an understanding. Some
predict that the organists will never agree
among themselves as to the style Of the
console desired
The "ragtime gospel hymn will also
be discussed by organists and clergy. and
an effort will be made to raise the stand
ard of the hymns lin some of the denomi-
nations) which of late years has been
steadily growing worse. The "organ as a
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free organ recital" is another subject
| that will arouse great interest. 1t is
said that the organist is the only musical
artist who gives free recitals and that
| this practice has lowered the value OF
| the king OF instruments" in the eyes
| of the people at large. Unlike the Ameri-
can Guild Of Organists, the National As
ISOLATION Of Organists admits to member
ship all organists and choirmasters with
out any form OF examination or test. on
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the leading members of the association
are also members Of the guild. and 1t is
the aim Of the n. A. o. to urge members
| to take the guild examinations. and In
| this way promote the best intrests Of
organists everywhere
The United States Marine Band has
| been secured for the opening day. when
two concerts will be given. On Wednes-
day evening. August I, the annual ban
! quet will take place at the Arlington
Hotel. Saturday, the 10th. will be de-
voted to an outing, and on Saturday night
the convention win close with a per
Torrance OF Mendelssohns Elijah" by
a chorus OF 700 voices leading artists.
full orchestra and the great Ocean Grove
organ. under the direction of Tall Esen
Morgan.
An elaborate Fourth of July celebra-
ton was given Wednesday afternoon at
Lake Lugano in Switzerland, In honor
S. Boutell. and Mrs. Boutell The prin-
cipal feature Of the affair was the SYM
phony concert by an orchestra Of sixty
musicians under the direction of Louis
Lombard Of New York and Trevana
Castle Switzerland, the program OF
lean compositions, among them The
Culprit Fay"by Henry Hadley; "Prae-
ludium de rOp g." by Arthur Foote
Suite de fopera Erissinola," by Louis
"A Summer Idyll," and I'm October" by
Edward MacDowell The programs were
printed in English and decorated with
| the Stars and Stripes and the Amer
lean eagle.
evening at Hamline Methodist Church,
| for which program Of appropriate
musical selections has been prepared
| under the direction Of George V. Blake
| ney, with Miss Edith V. Athey. as usual
at the organ; The program win include
"America." by Johnston, Miss Flora
Ferguson: chorus. my Own United
States" by Shattuck; solo, The Song
Of the Flag" by de Koven. Miss Louise
Song" by Schwing; solo. 'Recessional,
by de Koven. Harry NJ. Forker: chorus.
ITO Thee. Q Country by Eichberg
| solo. THE Star Spangled Banner" by
Key-smith. Miss Christine M Church;
Chadwick. Hamline quartet Is COM
posed Of the following: Miss Christine
Nj. Church. soprano; Miss Marguerite
Depue. contralto: George T. Blakeney,
tenor. and Harry NJ. Forker, bass. A
chorus will assist In the program.
| which will be composed Of Miss Corey.
Miss Ferguson and Miss Buck, So
pranos: Mrs. Depue. contralto: Messrs.
Bridwell and Dalkins tenors, and Mr..
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by Miss Athey at the close Of the even
ing services during June have proven
popular and will be continued during
| July. This evening Miss Athey will
play fugue on theme of America by
Thayer; "Evensong," by Johnson. Ca
| taire." by Schubert.
Pupils Of Mrs. NJ. K. Peck were heard
| In their annual recital at her studio Mon
sitions of Handel made up the first half
Of the program. preceding which the
| story OF his life was read by Miss Edythe
| Siggers The numbers were as follows:
the Conquering Hero Comes" from 'Ju.
das Maccabaeus.' Miss Dorothy Adams
| "Capriccio." Miss Edith Gottwals; vocal
solo, Come Unto Me- from THE Mes
siah," Miss Anna Tilton; Harmonious
Blacksmith" and Air la bourree.' Miss
duet, "Humotesque." by Dvorak. Miss
Dorothy Adams and Mrs. Peck: ''vir-
ginska Mazurka," by Ascher, Miss Vir-
ginia Steele: Folk Song" by Grieg. Miss
Edythe Siggers; "Minuet." by Bocherini-
Josefy. and Air de Ballet" by Cham
made, Miss Edith Gottwals. At the close
of the program Mrs Peck played an
arpeggio study: by AS Ascner IT., TO the
.'Polonaise." by Chopin.
Miss Adelaide Clements. formerly of
this city, attended the three-day annual
convention Of the Alumnae Association
Of the Millersville Normal School, Millers-
vile, Pa. last week. and was the principal
convention Miss Clements scored dis
tinct success in the numbers, Floods OF
SPRING" by Rachmaninoff: Where My
Caravan Has Rested" by Lohr and the
cavatina from 1.-The Queen OF Sheba."
Miss Augusta Hill, one OF the most
promising young contraitos OF local cir,
expects to be absent from the city until
September Miss Hill will also go to
Philadelphia at intervals during the sum
mer to be the soloist at several musical
affairs.
Mrs. Hazel wegner Reeder. soprano
and Oscar Gardner. bass, Of Ingram
Memorial Congregational Church have
been re-engaged for another season.
The pupils of Miss NJ. Agnes Clarke
| gave their closing recital at Carroll Insti-
tute Hall. Most Of the numbers were
played from memory. and among them
were the "Cachoucha." by Ran. given by
Miss Frances Burgess; ''E1dorado." by