The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

The Rubinstein Club announces song
recital by Miss Inez Barbour. of New
York, TO be given at the Raleigh Hotel
baIircom, Saturday afternoon. Novem-
Der Is, at 4:3e o'clock.
Invitations to the musicales of this
club of washington's best women sing
ers. are much coveted, and no doubt
every one holding a card Of admission
viii be present next Saturday afternoon
to listen to the excellent program which
Is Ia store for them. The program to be
given by Miss Barbour is as follows:
Should He Upbraid' Bishop, .Pian-
gero la sorte mia CHsndeD, Der Kuss'
Beethoven), 20 wusst ich doch den Veg
Zuruck'' CBrahms), "Standchen" Brahms)
"Mausfallen, Spruchlein" (Hugo WolD.
'Das Geheimniss' Orchard Straussl,
'.Warum" (Tschaikowsky), 'IAmour de
sy), 20 81 les f1eurs" CMassenet), Der
eeuse' (Gretschaniow), "Tarantelle' ODE
bois), Come, Sweet Morning (Anon).
I'm Not as Other Lassies' (WolO,
"SyiveIin'' (Sinding), and ITO a Mes
senger" Oa Forge).
Minus bizarre makeup and acrobatic
Instrumentation, Rae Eleanor Ball, the
dainty violin virtuoso, just over from
her wholly successful conquest OF musi-
cal Europe, will tiu a niche in the B.
F. Keith's Theater program this week.
already long vacant and likely to remain
so for some time after her departure.
Miss Ball is genuine artistic, possessing
a spark of divine afiiatus'' and scorns
eharlatanry in art. She resembles the
famous picture of The Grecian
Woman" Aside from having the classic
profile Miss Ball is an exceptional violin
iste. This is her first vaudeville appear
ance. She is nineteen years of age. Dur
ing her playing she displays an unusual
wealth of hair, falling four feet ten
inches long, and as black as a raven.
She is the possessor of Gagliano violin
ever 200 years old. and valued at 5000,
while the bow was made by Pfretzsckner.
Her home is in Cleveland, Ohio.
The choir of the First Congregational
Church showed its appreciation of the
services of William T. Taber, who has
resigned his position as organist and
choir director, to go to New York City,
by giving him a memento Of their
friendship before he left the city.
The special musical service was given
Sunday, October &c, for the reason that
it was the last service Mr.. Taber would
conduct, as he had made his plans to
leave for New York City to take up his
euties at that place in the Paymasters'
Corps of the army. The Monday night
following the service the members of
the choir gathered at the church, while
J. Walter Humphrey, the popular and
genial bass soloist Of the choir, in
veigled Mr.. Taber into going down to
the church with him. When Mr.. Taber !
was led into the room where the mem |
bers of the choir were waiting his sur
prise was overwhelming, and it was
some time before he could realize his |
In behalf of the choir Mr.. Humphrey |
then presented Mr.. Taber a token of
their friendship and good will, in the
form of a beautiful gold watch fob, |
studded with diamonds. Mr.. Taber re-
sponded in most feeling terms. A social
hour was enjoyed and then Mr.. Taber |
left for New York.
Mr.. Herman c. Rakemann. the we'll |
known violinist, and Miss Ethel Garrett |
Johnston, pianist pupil of Lhevinne, Ber- |
lin, Germany, will give three ensemble |
concerts at the Washington Club on Fri |
day evenings, December 5, January l6, |
and February p. They will have the
assistance at the first concert of Mrs
Elizabeth Maxwell, soprano. !
The evening choir of 100 voices, with |
solo quartet of the Church of the Cove
nant,' will render the following musical |
program under the direction Of Mr.. sgd
ney Lloyd wrightson at the o'clock |
service this evening: organ prelude, |
''Salome;" anthem, hymn of praise, "All |
Ye that Cried Unto the Lord (Mendels- |
sohnl; offertory solo, Miss Harper, Like |
as the Heart Desireth" (Allitson); an
them, 20 Strength and Stay" CBarnby); |
'.seyenfold Amen CStainer), organ post
Iude, 'Laudamus Te'' CGounod).
The following program was given at
the Western High School on Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw, So
prano; Mr. Sydney Lloyd Wrightson,
barytone. and Mrs. John L. Downs, 'ac-
companist: Tear O. joy (Phillips), "A
Song (Cadman), "a Spirit
FIower' CCampbell-Tipton). Mr.. Wright
son; June (Johnson), "Embarquez-
vous' CGodardD, "A Birthday" (Wood-
mani. Mrs. GawIer; song cycle, Songs
Of Roumania, 'The RoumaniaR Noun
tains," Life Has Sent Me Many Roses"
and "Roumanian Night Song" Gohr),
Mr.. Wrightson; "Wiu O. the Wisp"
CSpross), "The Valley of Laughter"
CSanderson), I'm bel d." Mime. But
terfiyY PuccinD,. Mrs. Gawler; duet.
..AIschied de Vogel'' CHildach), Mrs.
iawler and Mr.. Wrightson.
The Music Study Club held its second
meeting Of the season Monday, October
q, at the home OF Miss katharine
Brooks. Miss Faye humphrey, president
of the club. read the paper on the lives
Of Beethoven Mozart, Handel. Haydn
and Bach. Miss humphrey sang He
Was Despised" and "A Man of Sorrows"
from the Messiah, and Schubert's
Faith iN Spring. THE Inn and Ave
Maria Miss Marjorie Snyder, violinist,
played "Meditation'6 from ''Thais'' and
The Swan" by Saint-Saens. Miss Kath-
ryn Bouck. pianist, played Beethovens
''PathetiQue Sonata and Bach's Pre-
lude and Fugue Number Two" The
next meeting will be held tomorrow,
November 10, at the home of Miss Helene
Oyster. The paper will be read by Miss
Oyster on the lives of Won Weber, Men
delssohn and Schumann. The soloists