Evening star., 1915-03-21

/ winner. rate mas OecreeQ OCneT"lSS,
but your name and fame as com
poser is greater today than before the
prize contest, because the work was
so near the best one it took the judges
clsion- All the best musicians in the
state and other parts of the country
are now familiar with the name Tire
gina," and 1 hope that in the near fu
ture you will be named with the great
est or American composers. With best
wishes, Yours very sincerely.
! "E. r. LEDERMAN,
President of Illinois Music Teachers
Association and vice president of the
National Association of Presidents of
State Music Teachers Associations"
The vested choir of the Church of the
Ascension, under the direction of AL
bert w. Harmed. organist and choir
mmasaer; viii sing Maunders ss,n nolivet to
service beginning at o'clock. The
solos will be sustained by Miss Corinne
Lockett. soprano; Ross Steele. tenor:
Robert Dryden, baritone. both of St
Paul's Church. Norfolk. Va. DR.. Will
liam Stansfeld. organst of the First
congregational Church. will give
short recital as the prelude. offertory
and postlude to the service.
Sol Minister gave a talk Friday morn
ing before students and teachers of the
Western High School on The Violin,
Its Development. History. Mechanism
fand Value" Mr.. Minister'S data in
cluded the early development of in
struments and contained some interest
ing data of the Cremona makers and
their work. and was illustrated by sew
eral numbers by the lecturer.
| Wednesday evening concert was
given at Lincoln Road NJ E. Church
under the auspices of the Epworth
League. Among the numbers offered
was the following: Piano solos, Pre-
lude.' by Rachmaninoff. and Rustic of
Spring" by sinding. Miss Helen Writ
| Merriam; vocal solos, "Invictus." by
Bruno HUM: The Foolish Clown" by
"Rhapsodie Hongroise," No. s. by List,
Mrs. Frank Byram; violin solos, Can
zonette," by Tschaik owski; The Bee,"
by Schubert: Forget Me Not" by HUI
bay, and Him. HIM" by Hubay, Anton
| Kaspar.
Mrs. George H. Wright gave her
Music" at Woodward & Lothrop's audi
torium Friday afternoon. Mrs. Strick-
land, pianist, and Miss Van Week, vo-
calist. gave the following numbers in
Illustration Of Mrs. Wright's lecture:
Schubert: THE Lotus Flower and
"Blumen Stuck by Schumann; song.
Lullaby" and Ballad" No. l, by
Brahms; piano solo. "Nocturne," opus
81. by Chopin; Thou Art So Like
Flower "Impromptu," opus 16, Rubin
stein: piano duet. wedding March
for four hands). by Mendelssohn.
Miss Gur1e Luise Corey, coloratura So
prano. is still in New York, where her
| musica! work Is under the guidance of
Oscar Saenger. Miss Corey is having
success in concert work, and is also in
demand for drawing room engage
ments. She has just completed a trip
through New York state, where she
made several successful appearances
with musical organizations.
Announcement has been made of the
resignation of Albert w. Harmed from
the position of organist and choirmas-
ter Of the Church Of the Ascension, to
take effect September l.
well selected program of piano
numbers was given at a recent student
recital, compositions by Merkel, Du-
rand. Moszkowski. Schumann, Masse-
net and others being creditably rendered
by Miss Katharine May. Misses Caroline
and Elizabeth Faris, Miss Esther Kauf-
man, Miss Mildred Tincher. Miss Janet
Elliott. Miss Isabel Babson and Ber-
to a fitting close by the rendition of
LISTS transcription of Schubert's "On
Kings of Song" by Miss Margaret
Mills.
lecture recital on some Of the mod
| ern composers taken in chronological
| order GS42-54) was given last evening
by Lewis Corning Atwater and was
made additionally interesting with rec
ords from the composers works by
metropolitan artists in vocal numbers
and by the rendition of instrumental
numbers from Massenet. Grieg. Rim
Isky-korsakoff. Benjamin GODDARD. Xa-
yer Scharwenka and Moszkowski
by the following young pianists: Miss
4 grille Ireton. Miss Dorothy Fletcher,
Miss Grace Fox. Miss Theodosia Wall
ter, Miss Ruth Kincer. Miss Edith
Evans, Carl Drummer, Julian Hohen-
stein and Miss Locke kincer.
The program of the Gaelic Society at
its March meeting had. as usual, some
interesting and unique features. Miss
dances in appropriate costumes. among
the songs being "on the Bank of Allen
Mater" Ha.,a ;. and and n When the kye Came
coteh R9 Ny Gap nut in R1Hwn as. asses Ma,a
Where the River Shannon Flows and
MY Loves An Arbutus' Irish); Miss
Edna Hillyard sang, THE Wearin' of
the Green" and The Harp That Once
Through Tara's Halls and Edward
Halloran. talented young elocutionist,
created much enthusiasm by his reci-
tations of Coach O'Leary" and "Fonte-
noy." Miss Jennie Glennan arranged
the program and assisted at the piano,
Catherine McElroy and Pauline
Lewis, two ambitious little piano stu
dents. gave a recital last week, their
numbers including compositions by
Clement, Hoist, Lassen, Poldini, Nevin
and Beethoven.
Mrs. Amy Law Ormsby gave a talk
on vocal music and song writers be-
fore an invited company Friday
evening. and the musical portion Of
the entertainment was rendered by
Miss Julia Fitten, Miss Esther Brom-
well, Miss Marion Jacobs, Miss Irma
Walker. Miss Florence Stonebraker.
Miss Lillian Levy, Lawrence E. Muir
rey. Miss Mary Clark Whitaker and
Miss Santorelli.
Mrs. Huron Lawson returned to the
city Tuesday from West Chester, Pa,
where she was heard Monday evening
in recital before the New Century
| Club.
The music at the Mt. Pleasant Con-
gregational Church this morning, un-
der direction OF Claude Robson. will
include the organ prelude. Solemn
Melody" by Davies: anthem. God is d
Spirit" from the Woman of Samaria,"
by Bennett; offertory. bass solo. How
Long Wilt Thou Forget, Lord" by
Wietzke, sung by Chester A. Gorbach
organ postlude, "Grand March, from
Aida" by Verdi At the evening serv-
Ice, under the direction of DR.. w. r.
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