New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-28

Walter l., BOgert, chairman or the
music committee of the Mcdowell
Club, announces for the evening OF
Friday, March 8. a joint recital by
Carolyn Beebe, pianist, Vera Poppe,
'cellist, and Lucy Gates, soprano, for
merly Of the Royal Opera House at
Cassel.
Clifford Demarest will give his fourth
recital in the present series Of free
organ recitals at the Church Of the
Messiah. Park Avenue and Thirty
fourth Street, next Thursday afternoon
at o'clock. The programme will be
made up Of compositions by the fol-
lowing English composers: Faulkes,
Lemare, Hailing, Calkin. Noble and
Hollns. Mr.. Demarest gives a short
and interesting description of each
piece.
ELMER Zoller will be the accompsnist
for Mile. Alice Verlet's recital, 10 be
given i'm Carnegie Hall next Thursday
afternoon. Few accompanies have
jumped into popularity more quickly
than Mr.. Zoller, who recently returned
from Europe after an absence of sew
eral years. Among his most recent APP
pearances as pianist and accompanist
have been with the following artists:
Nine. Clara Gabrilowitsch, L. S. Kerr,
Henry Parsons, Nine De Courcey, Nine.
Onelli, Edgar Schofeld, Amy Grant and
Alexander Bloch.
A series of organ recitals will be
given on Thursday afternoons. March 4,
II, rs and %. at o'clock by J. Warren
Andrews, organist, assisted by well
known artists, at the Church of the Di
vine Paternity, Central Park West and
Seventy-siXth Street. The public is
cordially invited to sttend these re-
citals.
The Olive Mead Quartet and Miss
Leginska. the pianist. are featured for
the fifth Chamber Concert of the Peo-
Piles Symphony Auxiliary Club, 20 be
given in the auditorium of the Wash
ington Irving High School, on nexa
Saturday evening. The Olive Mead
will play the Beethoven Quartet in A
Major, op. Is, and a pianoforte quartet
(Op. 81 by Dvorak, with Mrs. John
r. Macarthur at the piano. Miss Le-
ginska is down on the programme for
group Of piano soil, including q
Schumann Rondo. The latter is III
illustrate the fifth lecture on musics
form by Franz Y. Arens.
n. Val Peavey pianist. and Adolf :
Schmidt, violinist. were heard in a joint
recital at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music on last Monday afternoon. A
well selected and varied programme
was rendered on this occasion in q
manner which called forth the most
enthusiastic applause from n large
audience Of music lovers. They opened
the concert together, playing Gold
marks suite "ln Memoriam," opus III
Then Mr. Schmidt played Mozart's con
certo in + fiat major, and Mr.. Peave.
the Bach Busoni chaconne in ID mine 4
Schmidt's other numbers were 20.
entale," by Cesar Gu; Moment Musiy
Gale" Schubert Kreisler, and Aus de
Heimat," Smetana. Mr.. Peavey played
Schubert's Impromptu in A fiat and
Chopin'G Berceuse, Op. 81, and Polo
naise, Or. 81. at which the pianist
proved TO be at his best. Both artists
gave a number Of encores.
Edwin Grasse, the blind violinist
and teacher. was one of the prominent
musicians at the recent violin reeitp :
Of Theodore Spiering. held at Aeolif\
Hall. Mr.. Grasse was recognized
he entered his box and was so lou
applauded he was obliged TO get up
bow TO the audience. Among OIL
we'll known artists who attended {
recital were Fritz Kreisler and Arrii
Serrato.
There is a rumor current that VIII
lam L. Mueller, barytone and "Lun
Der King OF the West will fnanc.
the Continental Grand Opera Com
pany, an English organization that
will tour the country in the spring
under the direction of Marc Lagen, OF
500 Fifth Avenue. Mr.. Mueller is an
enthusiastic lover Of music ard has
spent the last two winters in the city
studying the secret of voice plaeemen,
and tone production. lie has been =
faithful attendant at the opera snc
the symphony concerts.