The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

FIRST time their new organ, n beautiful
instrument, built by the samuel Z.
Waters Company, Of this city. Miss W
Macon Rice Is the organlst. a pupil OF
Mr.. L. A Potter. jr. Mrs. L a. Potter
is soprano soloist and VIII sing Dudley
Bucks my Redeemer and Ny Lord
The chorus choir OF the church, under
Mr.. Potter's direction, will render the
To Deum in B minor, By Dudley Buck !;
| II Wanted for the Lord" and How
Lovely Are the Messengers" by Men
deissohn. Mr.. Pearson and Miss Burner
assisting in solos.
On Friday evening, November Z. Miss
Rice and Mr.. Potter viii give joint
recital on the organ. assisted by Mrs
Potter, soloist.
OF great interest to the musical public
viii be the course OF lectures on how
to listen to music and the appreciation
OF songs. 10 be given by Mr.. Louis De
Haas, pianist and teacher. Of The Hague
and washington. All forms OF music
will be discussed and demonstrated. lead
ing from song TO dance and then to the
higher forms: rondo, suite, caron, and
fugue, giving In the entirety a full un-
derstanding OF the symphony. The first
lecture will be given on Monday even
ing, November 2, at the studio OF Mr..
De Haas. SiT Holmead Place Northwest.
Mrs. Huron w. Lawson gave a song
recital at DaleviIIe. Va. last "wednesday
evening and a recital at Murfreesboro,
N. G., Friday evening. returning TO
Washington last night
Mrs. Charles y. Donch sang the Of
fertory solo last Sunday in the EpIsco-
pal Church at Falls Church, Va. Her
selection was Like as the Heart De-
sireth'' tAlitsen), which Mrs. Donch sang
with fine effect
Miss Clarine McCarty, pianist. gave
the following program at the National
school OF Domestic Arts and Sciences:
Senate, C minor CBeethovsnl. known
as the Moonlight Sonats:'' "Gayotter
"Die Lorelei' iseeling);
''Perpetuo Mobile" (weber): barcarolie
In G (Rubinsteinl: Etude "Mignonne"
tschunl; mArchen. op. fs2 CRafD: "Etin-
celles" CMoskowskD; sextet. for left
hand, by request from Lucia di Lam
rermoor' GeschetizkD: wedding march
thendelssohn)' and Elm chorus Uitz).
The recital given by the pupils of Mrs.
Bessie Latham Gibson at the Wash |
ington Club last week was one OF the
musical treats or the season. The ex-
cellent Interpretation given to the yari-
Gus numbers BY the Performer was
more than appreciated by the large au-
dience present
The service recital by the District Of |
Columbia Chapter of the American Guild |
Of organists last Tuesday. in Trinity |
Church. was most enjoyable. as II in |
fRf
Mr.. c. Melville Ashton, of the Christian |
Science Church. Mr.. Ashton has suf- |
hcient technic TO make complicated |
passages sound easy and taste in regis |
tratiou which enables him to obtain et- |
fects often resembling an orchestra. The /
playing of the famous G minor fantasy
and "Fugue," by Bach, was broad and |
,lear. while the Rheinberger sonata
'lso was effectively executed. The even
ng was specially trying to Mr.. CON-
'tock. who had Just learned Of the death
'f his brother. Considering this, the
'Te Deum" was remarkably well sung
md proved to dc thoroughly churchIy
n style and homogeneous In form. Mrs.
Nrmand Gumprecht- sang with beautiful
'oico and sympathy her husbands fine II
citing Of ''veni Creator"
The choir at the Church of the In
has its work for the winter
veil under way. Mr.. James X. Morton
las been engaged as tenor soloist. For
he offertory this morning James Gift
vill sing the aria from Elijah" For
he Mountains Shall Depart" and for
'ext Sunday Mrs. Joyce, Miss Steffens, II
nd Mr.. Morton VII. sing the trio from
Belshazzer, Father. Lead Ne by Thy
land
The personnel Of the choir is as fol-
ows: Sopranos. Mesdames Olive Joyce,
'larence Walker, and William Kelley,
Kisses Mabel Evans and Gertrude
Browne; altos, Misses Florence steffens
nd Rosalie Robinette. Mrs. Henry
White, director; tenors, Messrs James
( Morton, John Irwin; bassos, Messrs.
ames w. Gift Charles l. Brooks, and
red steffens: organist, Miss Emile
jargaret White.
The following musical selections will
e rendered at the First Baptist Church,
venue OF the Presidents and o Street,
oday: ,
Eleven o'clock-yocal quartet. "Jeru-
alem, the Golden tMendelssohn): bass I
olo. Fear Not, o Israel DUDLEY
'ucD; viola solo. Meditation" (SchuI-
~. Eight o'clock-String quartet, ''Ho-
anna tGranier); vocal Quartet Now. |
be Day Is Over Shelley; string quar- '
et, The Palms" Faure): string QUAR-
=. Lied ohne Worte" (AIendelssohn).
The first musicale of the season OF lal3- 1
~ by pupils of Mr.. William J. Oates
as given Thursday evening at the resi- !
ence OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. Barnette In {
Massachusetts, Avenue Northwest. Piano 5
bios were played by Misses A. Robey. !
I Klawans, NJ. Barnette, L. Nichols, r. $
layton, L. SolomRn, r. Callahan, NJ.
and Messrs. G. Bruce, ]. Nc
onald, Z. Burris, and r. Holmes. Violin
'los were PLAYED by Miss E. Thompson. 4
nd Messrs. T. Hopwood and A. Boyd {
he orchestra class played two numbers s
nd vocal solo was given by Miss M. q
Those who assisted as ac- &
'mpanists were Misses Z. Boyd and NJ.
call I