The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

At the Church of the Covenant tent, thi.
evening, beginning at 7:45 O'Clock. Mis-
Carrie c. Wineow will be the soloist
giving the following selections during th'
service: Lead. Kindly Light (Haw
ley), still. Still with Thee (Hawley)
20 God. Be Merciful'' Dudley Buck)
and There Is a Green Hill Far Away
lGounod).
As usual. Mr.. Klein will act as pre-
centor, with Mrs. Klein at the piano.
The pupils, including the orchestra
school of William !. Oates appeared IN
their fifth musicale last Friday evening
at the English Lutheran Church, New
Jersey Avenue, between NJ and N Streets
Northwest, before a large audience.
The following musical numbers will bt
rendered at the Sdrst Congregations
Church today: At the morning service
organ prelude, trio in CMerkeD, an.
thems. 20 Taste and See" CGoss), &C
Lamb Of Cod (Bischoff), Incline Thine
Ear CHummelD. organ postlude
Priests March (Mendelssohn).
At the instance of members OF the mu-
steal and medical professions desiring &c
standardize singing and compel licensed
teaching, as we'll as to offset charges
that voices are ruined by inexpert in
struction, eminent musicians, critics, and
physicians constituted an examining
board which conducted a comprehensive
O. test of the abilities of professional and
student singers in Rumford Hall, New
York, during the past week. As a result
of the examination, the highest honor, a
State diploma of graduation, was award
ed to Miss Emma c. Nagel, of Boston
Fourteen others received certificates.
Anthony Du Bois. director of the Boston
Opera Company. was one of the eleven
examiners. The others included Gustav
Becker. ex-president New York State
Music Teachers Association; Edward
Berge president Fraternity Of Musicians;
DR.. A s. Blumgarten, specialist in res
piratory organs; Charles d'Albert, SYM
phony director; Mrs. Julian Edwards
former opera singer; NJ. Halperson,
critic, New York Substituting; II. II.
hanson, manager; Dr. Joseph kennencK,
throat specialist. and representatives OF
Musical America and the Musical
Courier.
The New York State regents have
granted charters to the Ziegler Institute
for Normal Singing and other institu-
lions of vocal instruction, enabling them
to award diplomas and certIncates or orf1-
cial value. Examinations are TO be held
yearly in public in Rumford Hall, ana
all singers are eligible to take part
The most important engagement the
Boston Symphony Orchestra has made
for the coming season is that of a first
harpist< who will succeed Heinrich
Schuecker. whose tragic death last spring
deprived the orchestra of one of its most
valued members. The new harpist is A.:
Fra In1. of IIlNr &c Dlt-
regarded as the foremost harpist of ET-
rope. For the past several years he has
been first harpist in the Imperial Opera
of Vienna and in the Vienna Philha!-
monte. Curiously enough, it was DR..
Muck who discovered him. When DR..
Muck was first conductor of the German
opera in Prague. on the eve of an i'm
portant production of a Wagner opera
his first harpist was taken i'll, and, not
having time to send to Vienna for one, il
seemed as if the performance would have
TO be postponed. One of his friends, an
officer in one of the Bohemian regiments
stationed there. told him that there was
a young man serving in the band of the
regiment who was a very good harpist
DR.. Muck had the young man, who was
Holy, come TO him and play for him,
and was so impressed with his remark
able talent that he engaged him on the
spot When DR.. Muck went to Berlin he
took Holy with him, where the latter
stayed for several years until Gustav
Mailer went TO Vienna. Mailer made
Holy an unprecedented offer to go to
the Vienna Opera with him. and there
the distinguished harpist has since been.
II is rather interesting to know that
since the death of Mr.. Schuecker the
MANAGEMENT of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra has had over 200 applicants for
the place, applications coming from as
far west as San Francisco, and as far
east as Bucharest. Applications were
received from Rome and St. Petersburg.
Geraldine Farrar. no matter how busy
she may be, is always finding time to
do graceful things that give pleasure to
others. A few weeks ago the principal
of the school she attended in Melrose.
Mass, was surprised and delighted to
receive from her a check for $3.50 which
she asked might be spent for the bene-
fit of the school. The money came in
very handy, for the school had recently
purchased a talking machine but had
little money left with which TO purchase
records. The first use made of the money
was the acquisition of complete set of
Miss Farrar's own records. With the
rest of the money other records of great
singers are being bought and the be-
of a valuable library of this kind |
has been made. |
Paderewski was recently the principal |
mover in a series of most interesting |
concerts in the picturesque town of We |
vcy in Switzerland on the shore of Lake |
Geneva. The great pianist is a devoted1
friend and admirer of Camille Saint |
Saens. He arranged for the presence |
there Of the distinguished French COM |
poser. ard saw 20 it that SaiuI-Saens' |
music occupied the greater part of the |
programs. The festival was great sue
Tess, and ii reached its highest point |
when Saint-Saens and Paderewski played |
together on two pianos. with Rudolph |
ianz and Ernest Schelling turning the
ages.
Fritz Kreisler, the distinguished Aus
rian violinist. has finished his work for
he season, giving his final concert in
london in the middle of June. He is now
It his home in Berlin, where he purposes
taying until the latter part of July,
when he will go to the mountains for a
ew weeks to get a complete rest from
he past arduous season and a reserve of
strength for the big tour he is to make
n America next year. During the past
eason Kreisler played 142 times, includ-
ng twenty appearances in America. His
season began in London, September IS,
md ended in the same city June Is. Dur
ng the coming winter he will play at
east as many times, including approx
nately 100 appearances in the United
State and Canada.
Miss Katharine McNeal. who has Just