Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
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The Rubinstein Club, Mrs. A. NJ. Blair
directing. will give a morning recital
Wednesday at II o'clock in the ballroom
of the Raleigh Hotel. The soloist of the
| occasion will be Mrs. Vera Murray Covert,
a bride of last season, an honorary men,
Der of the club and one of Washington
most accomplished pianists. Mrs. Covert
will play the "Etude." opus T.: Der
| ceuse," opus 81 and "Ballade, opus a,
all by Chopin. Not less in importance
will be the soprano solo, incidental in the
number by the club, THE Nightingale
and the Rose" which will be presented
by Mrs. Dayelle Taylor WEIGH, and was
given last season with Miss Florence
Hinkle as soloist. Other numbers r, the
club will be Voices of the Wood by
Rubinstein: "Mammys Lullaby an ar
rangement of the celebrated Dvorak
| "Humoresque," by Charles Gilbert Spross;
Morning" by Victor Harris. and Beau
! teous Morn" by Edward German. Mrs.
W. w. Burdette will be at the piano.
Miss Pearl Waugh furnished the speciai
feature of interest at the meeting OF ,ne
Piano Teachers Association Iuesday
evening, when she read paper on Ine
Power of Descriptive Analysis in Teach
| ing and Modern Methods of Memorlzing.
Miss Waugh's paper empodles the results
| of practical experiments With puplis our
| ing several years, and abounded Win
| helpful hints as to ways of making young
| pupils bring their Imagination into play
| and put their own individuality In the
study of compositions, while at the sali!e
time attaining to the necessar! mecha!h-
cal proficiency. The lecture was supp, h,,
mented by one number, piano SOLO Dy
Frank Norris Jones' vice president OF the
club who gave List sonata tdedlcateo
to Schuman) with fine effect Al the pre-
vious meeting the lecture was given Dy
George Henry Howard, formerly OF the
New England Conservatory OF MUSIC,
who made an address on New Ideallsm
in Music
Otto Torney Simon, director OF the
Motel Choral Society, presented class
of students in recital Friday AFTERNOON
before an audience of friends ana MUSIC
lovers The singing of the pupils was
notable for good tone quaiits anu Us
tinct enunciation, each of the numDers
being we'll received by the guests. Inc
program included the aria for contralto::
"Che faro senza Euridice,' from "Or1eo,
by Chuck. Mrs. Morgan Bradford; ara o LOT
mence." from Samson ct Delilah by
Saint-Saens, Miss Dorothy Campbell: song
for zzo-soprano, 1.-The Dream Garden.
prano. ''Grunse alhn il Momento.' from
the Marriage Of Figara." by Mozart
Miss Margaret Follin; aria for mezzo-so-
prano. "Convien Partir." from The
Daughter of the Regiment.' by Don
izetti Miss Ethel Foster; two songs for
soprano. "Creole Song" by Bemberg. and
"a Night in Spain." by Massenet, Miss
Wilmar Michael: aria for soprano. Il
Know That Ny Redeemer Liveth,, from
1.-THE Messiah by Handel Miss Marian
McFall: aria for baritone, 20 God, Have
Mercy" from the oratorio of est. Paul."
by Mendelssohn, Kenneth n. Martin; song
for soprano, IL Amour by GODDARD, Miss
Rochon: song for mezzo-soprano, ION
Lido Waters by Tosti Miss Ruby Ray
mond; aria for tenor, "Com e GENTLE"
from Don .Pasquale." by Donizetti. Louis
Thompson: two songs for mezzo-soprano.
Allah" and The Lament" by Chad
wick. Miss Helen Todd; song for mezzo-
soprano, "Saphic Ode" by Brahms, Mrs.
Charles Welsh; aria for baritone, Arm
Arm, Ye Braves" from Judas Macca
baeus," by Handel, John Waters.
Mrs Huron Lawson returned Wednes-
day from Lynchburg, Va. where she was
heard in concert at the Academy of Music.
with Oscar Lehman tenor, and Miss Jose
phine Williams. pianist, both of Balti-
more. Mrs. Lawson sang "Nymphs and
Fauns" by Bemberg: MY Laddie." by
Thayer: Twill O. the Wisp," by Sprose;
1.-The Lass With the Delicate HAIR" by
Cadman. and Spring" by Cadman. Mrs.
Lawson received repeated recalls at the
close Of her numbers. and gave as encore
by special request, my Hero from 1.-THE
Chocolate Soldier" Mrs. Lawson was
scheduled to sing at Worcester. Ohio.
Thursday in the oratorio of Elijah but
was compelled to cancel the engagement
on account of the difficulties in Transport
tation at present throughout the middle
west.
Miss Angela Small was one of the solo
lists contributing to the program of mu-
sic, monologues and play" for the bene-
fit of the charities of the "Lend-a-hand.
singing of "Is Blinkt der Thau.' by
Rub:nstein. and 1.-THE Bells" by Debussy,
Miss Marie Becker accompanying her at
the piano Miss Becker was heard also In
a well rendered piano solo. "Deutsch,' by
Moszkowski; Mrs. Maude Howell Smith
gave two monologues. Rosa" by DAILY, and
1.-The Pudding; r. Woodland Gates proved
acceptable in the tenor aria from La
Boheme.'' "Che Gelida Mania" The sec
ond part Of the program consisted 81 Of aot
The cast included Misses Nell Fletcher,
Lillian Chenowirth, Kitty Tennaut.
Mary G. Minnix, Ada Louise Town.
send and Maurice III. Jarvis. The play.
C. Townsend. was given two successive
evenings, and the first part Of the pro-
gram Wednesday evening. included a
bass solo. ''Israfel," by Oliver. sung by
Edwin Callow: solos for violoncello.
"Andante Cantabile," by Striasni, and
"Gavotte,' by Parde Martini. Miss
Ethel Lee: reading, Beau Brummer
(act w, scene p. by Clyde Fitch, Mr..
Townsend: contralto solos. "Habanera,
from Carmen" and Boat Song by Har-
riet Ware. Miss Helen Macleod. Mrs.
Edwin Callow. Mrs. William E. Green and
Miss Macleod assisted as accompanies.
Music was feature Of the silver
tea given Wednesday afternoon at
the residence Of Mrs. Clement Huske on
Wyoming avenue. for the benefit of the
Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Miss Mar
garet Aylmer delighted the guests with
Asra." by Rlibinstein. and Thy Beam
ing Eyes" by MacDowell Miss. Rather
inc Aylmer's lyric soprano was heard to
advantage in with YOU" by Nutting.
and MY Laddie." by Thayer: Mrs. Hag
ner sang pleasingly .Slumber Song by
Gounod: Boat Song" by. Ware and
'Springtime," by Becker. and the Misses
Aylmer contributed also two duets.
Dreaming. by Shelley. and Nearest
and Dearest" by Caracciola. The accom-
paniments were admirably rendered by
Miss Mary E.. Mullaly.
Piano pupils of Mrs. Frank Byram APP
peared in recital at her residence studio
Wednesday evening before an enthusiast
tic gathering of relatives and friends.
Mrs Byram prefaced the program with
descriptive talk leading up to some of
the numbers, In which she emphasized
the power of imagination in young people
as great stimulus to their Interpretation
tirely from memory, was as follows:
"Caupfrv Dance I" foiIr hands Miss ESther