Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20


affairs on account Of the present
epidemic. Washington leaders are In
dustriously developing plans for the
| seasons work. Immediately. there
fore. upon the removal OF the ban
upon public assemblages. which. with
the cooperation Of each individual
in the prescribed precautions, will not
be long delayed. the various clubs and
! choirs will at once resume rehearsals
and preparations for the winters
musical events. DR.. Hamlin S. Cogs-
well. director Of music in the public
schools of the District, has fully re-
and is entering with enthusiasm into
his plans for community music in Its
| various forms, of which he is an
ardent advocate. A number Of inter-
esting features are outlined for the
schools. and especially in the grades.
| Greater emphasis than ever will be
placed upon such work as will enable
the pupils, not only to sing well but
to read music f1uently and to dis
tinguish what is beautiful and ar
mental work viii again take the form
Of orchestral practices. and Dr. Cogs-
well is looking for an assistant who
is capable of fnstructing on the diff
ferent instruments In both orchestra
and band.
The Washington Community Or
| chestra will resume rehearsals as
soon as health conditions become nor
NAL Any one, man or woman. who
plays an orchestral instrument, Is
invited to send name and address to
Dr.. Hamlin Cogswell. Wilson Normal
School. city An appointment will
then be made for a try-out and an
| assignment of place and part made.
A junior orchestra will be given spe-
cial attention. so that players among
the younger contingent not yet suffi-
GENTLY advanced to join the senior
organization may have the oppor-
tunity Of ensemble practice and be
advanced to the leading orchestra
as soon as practicable. A special in
vitation is urged upon players OF
wood wind and brass instruments to
see Dr.. Cogswell. AS he desires. II he
can find players, to form also well
balanced band. The new patriotic
song, 1.-THE Spirit Of Victory" by DR..
Cogswell, was recently sung by the
Community Chorus. under direction
of Harry Barnhart. In Central Park,
New York city, scoring great success.
Mrs. Hazel Bachschmid, soprano
solist of Calvary Methodist Church,
! has been engaged to act also as d.
rector of the big liberty chorus choir
INdC Will Lie 1huoAS CT ShO
services during the coming season:
The chorus is to be composed OF
women only, and about seventy five
members are already enrolled. Ad-
ditional voices will be welcomed,
especially in the contralto section,
any one with a fair voice being
eligible.
Lovers of the boy choir will rejoice
in the announcement that a choir
school such as has produced the great
cathedral choirs of Europe is to be
the Paulist Choristers of Chicago gave
their concert here last spring in their
tour for the benefit of the devastated
portions of France there was SEEM
ingly well authenticated rumor cur
rent that the organization was to De
transferred intact from Chicago this
fall to New York to form a choir
school under direction of Rev. Will
liam J. Finn, c. S. P. Father Firms
enthusiasm for the project now seems
has been secured on Riverside Drive.
New York, and thirty boys from the
Chicago Paulist choir are already es-
tabliShed there as nucleus Tor the
future student body. Charles SchWab,
who has been generous supporter OF
the Bach Choir at Bethlehem, Pa, is
furnishing the financial "sinews OF
war" for the undertaking and Father
Firms past achievements as con.
ductor augurs well for the success OF
the movement. The choristers nave
| been contributing each evening to the
| programs at the liberty loan rallies In
New York city, creating much en-
thusiasm by their beautiful singing
of the patriotic songs of the day.
Father Firms early experience as a
! conductor was obtained in Washing
ton while he he was student for the
! priesthood at the PauliSt College at
[ the Catholic University. During that
period he organized and trained the
| first male choir of St PauPs Catholic
| Church, this city.
| The sadly depleted ranks OF Wash
| ington musical forces suffered Serl-
! GUS loss in the death of Roy A. Gil
der, which took place Saturday. Mr..
cold for more than week previous,
! but, apparently recovered. had report
| ed for duty at the Library of Con-
gress, where for seventeen years he
| had held a position in the copyright
! division. The return of his ailment
| was not regarded as serious until
very shortly before he passed away.
He has long been one of the. most
| popular musicians of the city, not
only because of his delightful sing
| ing, but also because of his genial and
wholesome personality. He was most
/
cause and was pre-eminently success
| full in his characteristic interpreted
! ton of plantation melodies. giving the
negro dialect with the accent and
mellow tone that are heard only from
| singers who come from south of Ma
son and Dixon's line. During the years
! spent in Washington he has sung in
most of the prominent churches,
/ among them the Church of the Cove
nant. where he was a member of the
triple quartet; the Metropolitan Meth
! odiSt, and for several seasons past
he was tenor soloist at st. Paurs
Lutheran Church, a position he held
| at the time of his death. He was
| first tenor Of the Madrigal Quartet,
one of the most successful male quar-
! tets of the city, and prominent mem
Der of the Musurgia Club, a male
chorus that sang here several sea-
sons under direction of Edgar Priest.
Mrs. R. H. Dalgleish, president of
the Rubinstein Club. accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. Howard Blandy.
| gave the musical portions of the
funeral service of Mrs Wellington
Koo, wife Of the Chinese minister
Mrs Daigleish sang several of the
and Mrs. Blandy played the Chinese
| national anthem at the close.
! Mrs. Warner Gibbs writes from
| Paris that she still finds time in the
interims of work at the America n
consulate to arrange entertainments
and sing for the wounded and con-
valescent soldiers in hospitals in the
vicinity of the French capital. Mrs.
| Gibbs, who was prominent here in
both church and concert work for
several years, being a member Of the
/ Rubinstein and other musical clubs
and of the choir of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, sailed for Europe the
day before war was declared by Ger
| many. She had previously been ap-