Evening star., 1918-01-27
MUSICAL MENTION.

The Rubinstein Club. Mrs. A. NJ. Blair,
conductor, will entertain its friends
and associate members at an artists
recital Wednesday. evening at mount
Pleasant Congregational Church. The
program will be given by Marie Staple
ton Murray. soprano; Mabel beoooe'
contralto. and Lewis James. tenor Win
Claude Robson. as usual. accompany
ing Among the attractive numbers TO
be given will be an aria from IL Eilsire
d'Amore,'' a group Of songs, louvre tes
Yeux Bleus." by Massenet: ''Vainement'
by Lalo, and "One Year" by Burleigh'
by Mr.. James; aria, 'Vissi d'Arte, V1ssl
d'Amore," from la Tosca'; "Nittoria'
by Carssifna. and Psyche" by Pala-
dixie, by Marie Murray. and group,
.'Lungi dal Caro- Bene." by Secchi; AL
ger le Soir," by Fourdrain; Beau
soir." by Debussy: >"En Passant par
la Lorraine" by Tiersot. and three
numbers by the Russian composer,
Gretschaninofr, by Mabel Beddoe The
concluding selection will be a trio,
| .4Madre del sommo Amore. by cam
| pana.
| Charles Trowbridge Tittmann Will be
! one of three soloists engaged 1or a
large concert at the Waldorf, New York
city. February 4. The other artists Will
| be Jascha Heifitz, the brilliant young
Russian violinist, who created such
sensation here Thursday, and Mabel
Garrison of the Metropolitan opera.
Lewis Corning Atwater will go to New
York also as accompanist for Mr.. Tit
mann.
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citaIs for February under the auspices
of the Friday Morning Music Club Will
| include a talk, with illustrations at the
i piano. on "The Art of Interpretation,
| by Mrs. Emma Prall Knorr, who Will
be assisted by Mrs. Loving: February
s, the song cycle, "A Persian Garden
eliza Lehmann), will be sung by Mrs.
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, Mrs. William
T. Reed, Charles E. Myers and Charles T.
Tittmann. and there will be piano
solos by Mrs. Howe; February is. piano
ksQlos by Miss Kelly, songs by Mrs.
Brackett and Dvorak's New World
symphony" arranged for piano quartet
and rendered by Misses Styron. Schmidt,
Cobb and Mrs Bleyden; February ~
program of American music, piano
| numbers by Mrs. Helen Corbin Heinl and
songs by Mrs. Gertrude Lyons and Mrs.
Ada Arundel Pillow. "A
| At this mornings service at Gurley
Memorial Presbyterian Church. Mrs.
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler will sing "The
Lord Is Ny Light" by Allitsen and this
| evening Lead, Kindly Light" by
! Hawley. There will be also at this
i evenings service a duet. "Acquaint
ThyseIf With Him" sung by Mrs. Cav
| ler and w. E. Braithawaite. tenor.
| Music lovers that attended the sue
| cessful concert given by the War Re-
| lief Singers Club" in November. will
! be interested to learn that the organi-
| cation is planning for another event of
! a similar character in the near future.
r. Mills Silby. will again conduct the
| club and rehearsals will be held Mon
day evenings at Carroll Hall, G street
between 9th and 10th streets. The
participants in the last concert are re-
Quested to be present at the hall to-
morrow evening at $40 o'clock.
The Excelsior Club, directed by Fred
G. Parker, furnished the program Sat-
| urday evening. January 10, for the
soldiers at the Church of the Covenant.
the musical features being given by
Maurice Fitzgerald, tenor, who sang
1.-The Trumpeter.'' by Dix, and -Four Leaf
Clover by Bromwell, and Miss Pene-
lope Holmes, pianist. who contributed
"Papillons." by Grieg. Recitations were
given by William H Bright, jr.; Joanna
Anderson, Charles Shutterly and Will
liam H. Bright. Last Sunday evening
Miss Margaret Allen. contralto. member
of the double quartet of the church. was
the occasion of much favorable COM
pent for her rendition of the aria, But
the Lord Is Mindful of His own" from
IMendelssohn's "St. Paul"
The Nevin quartet. consisting of Miss
Lille Winner, Mrs. Ruth Simpson, Miss
Edna Barber and Mrs. Nellie Newton
Shore. with Mrs Howard Coombs, ac-
companist, sang Thursday evening at
the concert given under the auspices
of the District of Columbia division of
at hn
making a fine impression in several
ensemble numbers. The program
included also the solos. Song of
India by Rimsky-korsakoff. and
The Land of the Sky-Blue Water" by
Cadman. Mrs Simpson; Inter Nos by
MacFadyen, and "A Little Bit of
Honey" by Bond. Miss Winner; 1.-The
Star" by Rogers. and Just a-Wearying
Deep River by Burleigh, and Little
Irish Girl" by Loehr. Miss Barber. The
quartet sang" also at Rauscher.s at the
ladies' night of the Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution. giving "Amaryllis,," by
Parlow; "'Tis the End. So FAREWELL"
| by Friml Vikings Song" by Coleridge-
Taylor.
Miss Ruth Bronson, violinist. and
Miss Frances Bronson, pianist. were
the soloists Tuesday evening at the
Library of Congress. giving the follow
ing attractive numbers for the blind:
Piano solos, "MaZurka In G Minor" by
Saint-Saens; 'The Eagle" by Mac
Dowell: Prelude" by Rachmaninoff;
violin solos. "serenade." by Schubert
| Elman; "Pastorale." by Gustave
Saenger: by the Brook" by Boisdef-
FIRE: 1.-The Old Refrain and "Schoen
| Rosmarin," both by Kreisler. and
"Fairyland.' by Cecil Burleigh. In the
final number Miss Bronson was assist
ed by Miss Sade Styron, pianist, and
DR.. Bruce Taylor, 'cellist. giving two
he emit lat-
ten" by Niels w. Gade.
The choir of the Church of the In
"arnat1on. under direction of Mrs.
Henry White, will sing this morning
"Venite." by Mendelssohn: "Te Deum.
z Flat Major" by Mckenzie. and
"Eenedictus." by Barnby. For the Of
fertory Malcolm Rich. tenor. and Q. E.
Werlein. baritone, will give the duet
Now Are We Ambassadors" from the
oratorio, est. Paul. by Mendelssohn
| The organ numbers by Emelie Mar
raret White will be "Pastorale," by
Stone. and Coronation March," by
Meyerbeer.
| The recital for the blind, at the Lii
5rary of Congress Tuesday evening
will be given by Miss Jessie Masters,
contralto.
| At the morning service today at Rock
Creek Episcopal Church (old St
Pauls), the double quartet choir will
render the "Te Deum in D Major" by
Tours: "Jubilate," by Corbin. and, dur
| ing the offertory, the anthem, Even
Me-