Evening star., 1915-11-14

| The first of this seasons musical
events under the auspices of the Wash
! ington Society of Fine Arts took place
Monday evening in the auditorium OF
the New National Museum. which was
filled with a representative audience
from both musical and social circles,
attracted by the announcement of a
lecture recital on Song as an Art
Form, by Nicholas Douty. tenor. of
| Philadelphia. Mr.. Douty took his hear
! ers back to the earliest known song
periods-from the days of the simplest
folk melodies to the time of Beethoven.
whose Adelaide" he characterized as
"the greatest song ever written" Ac-
| cording to the lecturer, the present day
| movement for the reform of church
music is not the first effort in this di-
rection, the popular and street tunes
of the sixteenth century having be-
come so involved in the music in gen
eral use in the churches of that period,
that the clergy and hierarchy felt
called upon to make protest and dele
gated Palestrina at that time to write
mass to prove that music might be a
help and not hindrance to the church
services.
The lecture' was illustrated by Mr..
Douty. whose voice is of excellent tim
Der and whose interpretations were
marked by intelligent conception and
artistic finish. Among his numbers
were "Lasciate mi morire," by Monte
verde: "Bois epais,' by Lulli: "Nymphs
and Shepherds by Purcell; recitative.
Watt Her Angels" by Haendel; Pa
golesi; "Das Veilchen," by Mozart
aria from THE Creation" by Haydn ;
IN
"Bergere Legere' and "Maman, dites-
moi: AN die Geliebts' and Adelaide -
both by Beethoven. The singer was as
sisted at the piano by Miss Mary Eyre
MacElree of this city. who played the
exacting accompaniments with skill
and sympathy.
Horatio Parker's prize opera, Fairy
land" was the subject of a lecture re-
citaf given Monday afternoon at the
Comstock studio by Mrs. Mignon Ulke
Lamasure: Lain. who brought out the vital
themes. giving the relation of the mu-
sic to the text and playing from the
score at the piano with skill and fine
technic. The music followed the action
throughout and was original and strik-
ing, but always melodious.
The music at Trinity NJ. E. Church
this morning will include soprano
solo, THE Lord Is My Light" by Allit-
sen. sung by Miss Myra F. McCathran,
and the duet. 20 Lord. Remember Me-
by Caro- Roma, rendered by Mrs. Rich
mond and Frederick Hardman, The
choir Is composed of Mrs. Duncal L.
Richmond soprano and director; Mr.
Hardman. baritone; William Hill, vio-
linist. and Miss Minerva Bailey, organ
ist. At the evening service Mr.. Hard =
man will sing "Oh, for Heart of
Song" by Allitsen.
| The Washington Oratorio Society will
give it's first performance this season,
November 30, at the First Congrega- :
t1onal Church, when it will present
The Daughter of .Jairus," by Sir John
Stainer, and Israel in the Wilderness.'
! by Gaul, Henry II. Freeman, organist
| Of old st. Johns Church, and associate
director of the organization, welding
| the baton. The soloists for the cca siono
will be Miss George Thoenssen, soprano
Paul Bleyden, tenor, and Charles
Trowbridge Tittmann, bass. Dr. Will
liam Stansfeld, organist of the First
! Congregational Church, will preside at
| the organ. and Marvey Murray, organist
of the Church of the Covenant, will ac-
company at the piano. The chorus OF
| the society is composed of young, fresh
voices. twenty-eight new members hav-
| ing enrolled since October 1, among
them Miss Ethel Hoff, Miss Edna
Marcy. Mrs. r. w. Conklin, Mrs Mabel
| Dawson, Mrs. J. F.. Donaldson, Mrs c.
A. Johnson, Richard NJ. Hill, F. A. Mute
| Francis l.. Platt, II. r. Smith and II. F.
Smith. Rehearsals are held every Mon