The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

Tonight, 4; O'Clock. will be observed
by the st. Pauls Lutheran Church,
Eleventh and H Streets Northwest, as
an .'eyening with the choir" The quartet
choir viii, render the following program:
| ''EXalt Ye" tb1ercadante). we Are but
Strangers Hete" CDonizetti-Dressler),
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling"
| (Murray), duet for base and tenor, Come
Ye that Weep Faure): soprano solo.
20 Divine Re6eemer'' (Gounod); con-
tralto solo. THE Prodigars Cry organ
numbers, '.Minuet" CBeethoven). AN
dante" (cadman), ''Serenade" (Schubert),
and Coronation March (Meyerbeer).
Mrs. Arthur GlanviIle Dunn is substi-
tutfng as soprano for Mrs. Bertha Han
sen Gottsman. The other members OF
the choir are Mrs. Julian Brylawski, con-
tralto;. Mr.. Herbert F. AIdridge, tenor,
and Mr.. Charles F. Roberts, bass. Mrs.
William Hamilton Bayly Is the organist
and choir director.
Mrs. Rachel Tongate Beck, widow Of
Brig. Gen. William Henry Beck and
/ mother of Capt. Paul Beck, the army
aviator, has just completed another song
4 which is said TO make worthy addi-
ton to the compositions she already has
produced, It is entitled Roses and
4
| acter. Making a comparison between
roses and memory. the song expresses
a pretty sentiment. 90. - go .--
| A number OF persons who have heard
the composition have complimented It
| highly and have urged Mrs. Beck to con-
! tinue her work in this field. Mrs. Beck
| is a writer of considerable range, having
/ written for many magazines and news
papers, as well as having contributed
I nup1pPOuS selections the world
/ music.
Mrs. Howard c. Beck, OF Wisconsin
Avenue Northwest, gave a large number
! of her friends n rare musical treat last
Thursday evening at her home. where
Mrs. Caroline de Haas. lyric soprano,
| and her husband, Mr.. Louie de Hans.
accompanyist and composer, gave a most
enjoyable recital
This was the first recital given in WASH
ington by these artists. who are among
the latest additions TO the ciA's mu-
sical circles. Mr.. de Haas played Chopin's
| ''Nocturnc,' concert etude, by Henselt.
and Beethoven's "Rondo Capriccio."
Mrs. de Haas's beautiful soprano was
heard in the aria, with Verdure5 Clad"
from Hadyn's Creation" the aria.
Jerusalem. Thou that KiIlest," from
McRdeIssShn's st Paul and a few
songs composed by Mr.. de Haas. among
which were a Cradle Song" which
scored success in Berlin when sung i'm
concert there, and n little cyclus of tiny
poems from Lucine Finch. taken from
her booklet. Two in Arcadia" Other
numbers given by Mrs. de Haas were
"Elsas Dream, from "Lohengrin"
CWagnerl, and some songs of Hugo |
Wolf and Richard Strauss.
Mrs. de Haas puts infinite soul into |
the Interpretation OF her songs, but with |
no more Indication of real joy in her |
work than Mr.. de Haas shows in his |
excellent accomplishments.
Mr.. and Mrs. de Haas have opened |
their residence studio at 1927 Holmead |
Place Northwest. and later in the sea-
son they will give a public recital.
Mr.. Sydney Lloyd Wrightson will be |
the soloist at the final service of the
Church of the Covenant Tent for this |
season tonight at 7:45 o'clock. He will |
sing the following selections: BY the |
Waters of Babylon HowelD. Take
Heart, Ye Weary" CMendelssohn). Fear
MY Task" (E. L. Ashford. Mr.. Klein
will be the precentor, with Mrs. Klein
at the piano.
Mrs. c. b. Rheem, first vice president
of the Rubenstein Club, called a meet
ing Of the executive board of the club
at her home, Avenue of the Presidents
and S Street on Friday last to arrange
for the opening of the seasons events.
The rehearsals will be held weekly in the
Raleigh ballroom each Wednesday MORN
ing at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Apoline NJ. Blair. president and
director OF the club, is still i'm Europe
but sails from Southampton Wednesday.
October /. for Boston. Before coming to
CHI mill sI,, -,
Gloucester, Mass, to close her summer
home there, which has been rented for
the season. On account of Mrs. Blair's
absence from the city the first rehearsal
of the club will not be held until We'd
nesday, October %
Leading musical artists of the country
will be presented as soloists at the three |
evening concerts and one afternoon con-
cert, when the club will be heard in a
series of classical numbers. The Decem-
Der concert is to be of strictly italian |
music. Scores adapted for female voices
have been especially arranged for the
club.
Owing to i'll health Mrs. w. w. Bur-
dette for several years the clubs skillful
accompanist, has rendered her resigna-
ton, and her position will be filed by
Miss Julia Higgins, who spends an after
noon each week at the White House |
accompanying Miss Margaret Wilson.
Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, who for
the last seven years has been the So \
prano soloist at Calvary Baptist Church.
has rendered her resignation, to take
effect November ], TO accept the posi-
tion OF soprano soloist of the Church
of the Covenant for the afternoon and
evening choirs, where she has been sing
ing for the last three years in the aft
ernoon. l.
Mrs. Gawler sang last spring for Mr..
Harold Randolph, of the Peabody Con-
servatory in Baltimore and several New
York managers. She received so much