Evening star., 1917-10-28
MUSICAL MENTION

| mUS1CAl MEN||UN
| In many cities throughout the United
States today large and enthusiastic
community choruses are springing up
and are doing a wonderful work in
| promoting a love and appreciation for
folk music, patriotic songs and even for
larger and more exacting works. such
as the "Halle1ujah Chorus" from The
| Messiah; THE Heavens Are Telling"
from Haydnt Creation" and others of
the same standard. Statistics recently
gathered by companies interested in
| exploiting the various forms of me-
chanical music bear out the statement
| that today classical music is gradually
| becoming more in demand by the
masses than the so-called popular mu-
| sic, which was not the case ten or f1f-
teen years ago. The movement for
community music is without doubt one
| of the most effective instrumentalities
! in this advance in the general musical
taste. A community chorus, such as
Wa shington should have, would mean
lieves that music is of value ma
| tional asset, necessary even to the very
| life of nation, knows that the chorus
should consist, not of a mere handful
| of singers or one two hundred
voices who meet week after week and
rehearse industriously in order to pre-
pare some set work which is given to
| less than per cent of the population
| of the city, but. on the contrary, should
| consist of body of from one to two
6ny md
and adequate orchestra, such as would
become a substantial basis for real
community singing.
Then the population of the city
could be invited to join with the
| chorus in an occasional festival of
song, in which every one could join,
simply because of the inspiration de-
rived from the wonderful effects that
only large body of singers and play
ers can produce.
To this end and for the greatest
good to the greatest number DR.. Ham
lin Cogswell. director of music in the
public schools of Washington. has
been appointed by the District war
| commission to organize such chorus.
the main object being to provide an
occasional song feast for the soldiers
| in which they can participate. A large
committee has been selected to assist
DR.. Cogswell in this work and the
main feature in the plan will be to
have smaller choral bodies in various
parts of the city under different con-
ductors and later an occasional event
in which all can unite. To this end
every one who Is at all interested In
such an undertaking is invited to meet
in the auditorium of the Wilson Normal
School Wednesday evening. November
7. at $40 o'clock. when details Of the
plan will be announced.
The Community Orchestra, under di-
rection of DR.. Cogswell. will give a
| short program in the Presbyterian
Church at Takoma Park tomorrow
evening, it being the occasion of the
organization. of community chorus
In that suburb.
Owing to the fact that there are
many amateur musicians who desire to
is organizing a junior community or
chestra. which will admit any person
who plays an orchestral instrument to
the extent of being able to play in
time and tune. AS fast as. any member
of this orchestra shows his OF her abil
ity to play sufficiently well they win
be admitted to membership IN the SYM
phony orchestra. This plan is made
necessary owing to the large number
of applicants who are not sufficiently
advanced to play at sight the difficult
| grade of music now being used by the
symphony orchestra. This will >5ive
every ambitious player an opportunity
to improve in ensemble playing under
competent guidance. All applicants for
| the junior community orchestra are re-
ouested to meet DR.. Cogswell 1T the
Wilson Normal School, corner of 11th
and Harvard streets. Monday evening,
November 5. at 1880 o'clock.
movements DR.. Cogswell will also
conduct a class in sight reading and
ear training, such as large majority
of even many good singers need, from
7:3O to $50 o'clock Wednesday even
ings at the Wilson Normal School.
These classes are free and are for
adults only They are sanctioned by
the board of education, and any singer
who cannot take up song Of mod
crate difficulty and render 1t without
the aid of an instrument, would find
1t to Advantage to attend these classes.
AT the Church of the Covenant this
evening. commencing at o'clock, the
music will be given by the double
quartet. directed by Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson, with Harvey Murray at the
organ. The program follows: Organ
Hear Our Cry" by Briggs. incidental
contralto solo. Mrs. Buelah Harper
Dunwoody; bass solo, The sun Shall
Be No More Thy Light" from the cam
-tata, The Word of God" by Spross.
Wheeler Wilson: anthems. The Shad-
OWS OIL the tHiHS ihooi DS Val
braith, incidental soprano and tenor
solos Miss Meta Craig and Henry
Kruger; Again as Evening Shadows
FALL by Fletcher, incidental solo, Mr..
Wilson. and organ postlude, Festival,
by Stark
BY recent Encouragement of the
work of the two choirs at St Patricks
Church the choir of male voices. direc-
tion of r. Mills Silby, will sing the YES
per service in the afternoon and the
choir of mixed voices. directed by Miss
Jennie Glennan, will furnish the mu-
steal portions of the service of the
League of the Good Shepherd, Sunday
evenings. This evening the choir. in
addition to the regulation hymns of the
benediction service. will give Trust in
the Lord" an adaptation to the music
of Haenders Largo" The two choirs
will continue as in former seasons to
divide the work at the high mass Sun
day mornings.
The music at the Church of the Incar-
nation this morning, under direction of
Mrs Henry White. will be in keeping
with the spirit of the proclamation of
President Wilson. setting aside this
day as one of prayer for the success of
our arms abroad. Among the numbers
will be the professional, Onward.
Christian Soldiers" by Sullivan; We
mite" by Elvey: TIE Deum in D." by
Dudley Buck; '.Benedictus," by Barnby;
hymn, 20 God of Love. Q. King. of
Peace" by Baker: offertory anthem.
"Send Out Thy Light" by Gounod;