The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

tons Necessary for the singer" an<
/ Art Theories Of the Motet Choral 30
ciety."
Mr.. Simon has given much time to the
study of his profession. and from hii
experience gained as a pupil of Emil
Behnke. of London. in collaboration
with Marchesi. Of Paris. and prominent
maestr of Milan. Italy. his publications
are taken as worthy of the most careful
consideration on the part Of those really
interested In the development Of the
voice. In addition to this training Mr..
Simon was, for five years, instructor In
singing and choral training at the Pea
body Conservatory. Baltimore. The fol-
lowing pamphlets are now In course of
preparation by Mr.. Simon: "The Restora-
ton of the Forced Voice." ''vowels and
Consonants," The Art of Program
Making" and Light. Shadow. and
Music"
One of the features OF the gathering
of the Confederate Veterans at tho Home
In Vermont avenue last Tuesday even
ing was the presentation Of = song by
Miss Lillian Chenoweth. contralto The
song was entitled The Old Gray Coat. .
and dedicated to the veterans by the
authors, words by Mrs. Anne Dorsey
Coquillett and music by Mrs. Estelle
Willoughby Ions. Miss Chenoweth's
beautiful contralto was most effective In
the Interpretation OF the song, and the
reception Of her efforts was most hatter-
ing.
The Music Study Club gave its spring
concert last Wednesday afternoon in the
auditorium of Woodward q Lothrop's
before an audience Of associate members
and invited guests. Their program opened
with group of piano numbers, Pader-
ewiskfs "Mefodie," Opus 1S, No. /;
Chopin's "valse." in A fiat. and 'Segui-
dilla," by Albeniz. played by Miss Kath-
crime Bouck, and closed with a brilliant
performance of the Schubert-Tausig
"Marche Militaire.'' by Miss Flora
kampfe, secretary of the club. The other
numbers included Carrie Jacobs Bonds
His Lullaby" and Schubert's Carrier
Dove" sung by Miss Beulah Harper,
who has resonant mezzo-soprano voice
Of good quality and range: Liszt's Con
doiiera and GnomenreIsen." played
with much style by Miss Flora Kampfe.
and Weingartner's "Liebesfeier,"
Strauss "Morsen." Cornelius Violet"
and Rachmaninoff's "Flods of Spring.
sung by Miss Fay humphrey, president |
Of the club and contralto soloist in the |
choir Of St Margaret's Church The |
program was considerably curtailed ow-
ing to indispositions and absences of |
members. but was greatly enjoyed and |
received. Miss Harper
'ang for an encore I'm wearin' Ava,
Jean." and Miss humphrey sang Dali
'roze's Ma occur de Ia ma mie," willis
Miss Kampfe played for encore Grieg's
An den Fruhling." Miss Julia Huggins
played all the Accomplishments delight
'ully. The club will hold its annual elec-
ions tomorrow at Great Falls where
hey will go for a picnic. at the close
Il which they VIII nominate and elect
The present officers are. in addition to
Miss humphrey and Miss Kampfe, Mrs.
!. II. Knapp 0ormerly Miss Maitland
vice president. and Mrs. Or
lille B. Drown, treasurer.
The pupils of Miss Waugh and Miss
dacDonald gave a very interesting re-
ital last night at 1l5 Chaplin street. The
iano pupils taking part were Miss Doro-
ny bennett. Miss Ethel Eldridge. Miss
'reda Ring, and Miss Louise Ryan. The
ocal pupils were Miss Lillian Allison.
fiss Ethel Eldridge. and Miss Grace
Hilbert The program was as follows:l
Tristesse de Columbine" (Shutte), and
Pofonaise, e minor (MacDowelD, Miss
ldridge; The Robin Sings in the
pple Tree" MacDowelD, 'Remem-
rance" (Salter). and ITO a Hidden }
iolet tBrown), Miss Allison; The
pirit's Song CHaydn). THE Wind Blows =
yer the Violets' (Genet). and "Enchant-
lent' (Salter), Miss Gilbert; six Ecos- 9
aises" (Beethoven) and Theme for left =
and alone CPirkhardp, Miss Ring I
The Gift" (Brown), Tears, Idle q
ears CWhelpley), and "Circe's Gar
IN tspeaks), Miss Eldridge: Through
ie Meadows" CMacDowelD, ITO a Moon
lower (Salter), and Are You Awake, s
title Flower" tSans SoucD. Miss Allison; n
BY Moonlight BendeD and "valse 2
aprice" CNewlano,. Miss Ryan: "OI
er. ouvre toi'' Delibes), Die Lotos- q
ume'' GSchumann), and "Es muss was l
'underbares sein" CRies), Miss Gilbert; y
ilacs' (RachmaninofD, Morning" y
and THE Diver" (Mc- ~
illan). Miss Eldridge; From a Wan =,
ring Iceberg CMacDowelD and "Liebes .
alzer" (MoszkowskD, Miss. bennett. y