Evening star., 1914-04-12

Al the last meeting of the Friday
Morning Music Club. held in the music
room OF the new Washington Club Mrs
William Bruce King. president, prefaceo
the program with the announcement ina.
the next meeting would be held April
IL in the auditorium of the Ne" Ma
tional Museum, and the program Wouid
b.. 2 very patriotic affair, made up en-
tireIy OF the works of modern Amefi-
can composers. Washington rnus'cal
talent in the creative field VIII pc Wen
represented by songs written by MISS
Alice Burbage' and by Herman hake
mann. One of Miss Burbage's songs
..Tvo Years Ago is setting of a poem
by Algernon Tassin. formerly OF WASH
inston now professor of Ensilsh at -
,,n,hia University. New York: two others
are translations by Miss Burbase OF
poems by Heine, entitled Dreams ana
1.Hast Thou Forgotten" another, MY
Love Has Come to Me- are words from
Christina Rosettfs The Birthday, ana
the last Is an Ave Maria, with Nioiih
obligato. These will nave men
nremiere on this occasion, and Will De
sung from manuscript by Helen Dono-
hue De Yo. There Will be also tWo
songs by Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, ana
one The Song of the Nile. by court.
landt Palmer. who is a gifted pianist
as we'll as a composer. The program
will include also a sonata toE violin ano
piano. by Howard Brockaway; rendered
by Miss Burbage and Mr. Rakemann'
an aria from Mona" the ten-thousand-
dollar prize opera by Parker. sung by
Mrs Paul McAllister. and several piano
solos by Arthur Farwei on indlan
themes. and one on a cowboy motif. as
well as some Afro-American compost
tions by Burleigh and William Marian
Cook.
one of the most interesting given under
the efficient administration of Miss X.
Lee Jones. who has been Responsible
for the program this season. The hour
Ralph Barnard. contralto; Miss Ro-
berta Allen. violinist. Miss Miriam
I.arking. vic oncellist, and Nine. Won
Bayer and Mrs. William Bruce Howe.
for cello, Aria" by. Tenaglia: .Ro-
nance by Potopowsky. and 'Medita-
tion." by Widor; songs. "Es blinkt der
Thau.'' "'Geib rollt mir zu Fuessen.
''Leise zieht durch me Gemuth, all by
Rubinstein. and Floods of Spring. BY
Rachmaninoff. Mrs. Barnady; trio for
piano. violin and cello in D minor. op 81.
by Arensky. Nine. Won Bayer. Miss Allen
and Miss Larking: piano solos. Inter
ruezzo in F Minor. op. >. and Inter
mezzo in y Minor op. =. Mime. Won
Bayer
.
now of New York. will come to Washing
ton TO rlay at the concert of the WASH
ington Symphony Orchestra Tuesday aft
ernoon. Those who had the good fortune
TO hear him four or five years ago a
slender lad of twelve years, when he play
ed at the Raleigh at the benefit concert
given under the auspices Of the Council
Of Jewish Women. will recall what a
furore he created BY his wonderful tone
and remarkable technique. combined with
entire absence of self consciousness as to
his extraordinary gifts That popular
opinion was not at fault was demon
strated by the fact that immediately
thereafter Herr Kneisel OF the famous
quartet took charge of the embryo artist
and since that time has given him the
advantage OF his personal instruction OF
his chosen instrument At the concert
Tuesday he will play Brucn $ Concerto
in G Minor. with the orchestra. Miss
Elizabeth Howry viii sing the "Salome
Aria" from ''Herodiade." and the orches-
IRA will play the ''Philpoeme Overture.
by Chadwick. and Heinrich Hammer
Second Indian Rhapsody" As previous
" noted. this work is based upon thu
music of the Chippewas. and is. as its
name indicates. the second OF a series thai
Mr. Hammer has in mind. that will in
corporate the motifs of the music of the
various tribes. the first. given last season
being the Sioux Sun Dance. BY ADAPT
ing these for rendition by the moderI
symphony orchestra. music OF the aborig
ines OF America will not be lost to future
generations as at one time seemed prob
able
Miss Harriet r. Harding. soprano solo
ist of the Metropolitan VI. +. Church. has
Just returned from few weeks vacit-
ton on the Isthnus of Panama. Dur
ing the voyage the steamship Ancon
she entertained the passengers and Of
ficers by furnishing appropriate music
for many occasions. The evening of st
Patricks DAY deck program was given
The Wearin of the Green 30 amer
ica" by Melvin. and "Laddie,' b,
Thayer Miss Izetta Jewell. so vel
known to the Washington theater-Soine
public. also participated in the pro
gram. reading from Kipling and render
ing selections from The Girl of the
Golden Wes;.' .Zaza and "Sapho.'
The evening OF the captains dinner
Miss Harding gave Il musical program
Nymphs and Fauas" by Baker.
Arthur Chester Gorbach. bass viii
sing with the choir of Metropolitan II
Y. Church today. the other members o,
the quartet being Miss Harriet Harding g
soprano; Miss Miriam Larner. contraIto
and Howard Butterworth, tenor witt
Mrs. Kirk Russell at the organ. Mr.
Gorbach is u newcomer in the citv and
musical circles. He comes from Pitts
burgh where he sang in the Shad,
Avenue Presbyterian Church and wher.
he was member of the Male Chorus
Club, one of the largest choral organi
zations of mems voices in the country
Previously Mr.. Gorbach spent severa
years in st. Louis, where ne studied