Evening star., 1918-05-19
MUSICAL MENTION

l Rho Beta Chapter of the natlona
musical sorority. Mu Phi Epsilon. or
ganized here about five months ago
has included in it's many activities {
| certain amount of war work. to whlcf
| each member is pledged to contribute
her personal cooperation. Last weet
| the chapter gave card party for the
benefit of the Red Cross. at which il
netted tidy sum and gave as prizes
at each table thrift stamps. Next sat
urday evening at the new Hotc
Washington, it. will sponsor con
cert to raise funds for the estab'
| lishment of overseas rest house:
for furloughed American soldiers
| 1t has secured as their chief at
| traction Miss Maud Fay, soprano. OF
! California, a member of the Mu ] h
| Epsilon Sorority Miss Fay is one
| of Americas successful young art
lists. who. after having studied II
Paris. has sung in opera both in rhis
country and abroad. She will be as
sisted at the concert by Sergt. Ran
dali HaSkin Trumpe, baritone; :. NJ
Fabian. pianist. and Claude Robe
son. accompanst. Senator HARDING
will make an address, explaining the
homes" and Miss Fay will be enter
tanned at the home of Senator Ihe-
Ian during her stay in Washington.
Charles TrowbridSe Tittrann returned
last Sunday from Ohio. where he had
filed ar engagement at the Cincinnati
music festival. which takes place every
two years and which was this season OF
special interest from the fact that
Eugene fsaye. the Belgian violinist. was
the conductor. 1t was also a notable
event in view of it being the occasion Of
the premiere OF Edgar Stillman Kelley s
"PIlgrim's Progress which some claim
is the best work ever produced by an
American composer. In this work Mr..
Tittmann created the part OF The
Dreamer" who is John Bi.nyan. and of
MIR. Money Love" He sang also in the
Saint Matthew Passion Music, by Bach,
which was given in full with ten soloists.
chorus and the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra. In the final performance OF
the festival. he took part in the first see
tion of the program. which consisted OF
EosSini's- "Stabat Mater" being the
lass of quartet of which Florence
Hinkle. Nine. MatZenaur and Signor
Martinelli were the other members.
Special music has been arranged by
George Herbert Wells for the Red Cross
rally to be held this evening at the
Georgetown formerly the West Street
Presbyterian Church. The program will
Re rendered by the large chorus cnoir
end the usual quartet of scioists. assist
ed by Randall Haskin Trumpe. baritone
who is expecting to be sent to France in
the near future. Sergt. Trumpe will
sing Gloria" by Buzzi Peccia. and the
remaining numbers will include the
anthem. THE King of Love My Shep-
herd Is" by Shelley: Freedom, God
end Right" set to the music of THE
Men of Harlech-" The solo parts will
soprano; Mrs. Helen Macleod Gift
contralto: d. Austin Howard and Robert
Candor. tenors. and s, Theodore How
ard, bass. This morning the quartet
will sing Call to Remembrance" by
Vincent Noveiio. and Mrs. Cliff will give
the aria. Oh: Rest i'll the Lord" from
"Elijah," by Mendelssohn.
Benefit affairs of the week should in
clude successful concert given in
Brookland Tuesday evening for the
building fund OF the Brookland Metho-
dist Church. under direction of Albert
Lref. Opening with TIE Star SpangIed
Banner, the program included
quartet. Voices of the Woods" an
adaptation to the music of Rubinstein's
Melody in F." rendered by Mrs. II.
Albert Leef. soprano: Mrs. Charles f.
Gooch. contralto: A. w. .ett. tenor. and
II. Albert Leef. bass: violoncello solos,
Swan" by Saintsaens. Maurice Lyons:
tenor solos. I'm Persian Garden by
Lehman. and 'God Be. With Our
Boys Tonight" by Sa lderson, Mr. .Jett:
violin solos. "Liebesfreud" and "Schone
Rosmarin." both by Kreisler, Clay
Holmes; soprano solo. "A May Morn
ing. by Denza. Miss Beatrice Lewis:
piano solos. "Polonaise'' and prelude
lNo. 23). both by Chopin. Mics Florence
Z. Reynolds: baritone solos, "A Son of
the Desert Am L." by Phillips 1.-THE
Niney-First Psalm" by MacDcrmid. and
Sylvia" by Speaks. Wheeler Wilson;
trios for violin: cello and piano. Hun
iente.' by Chopin. Mr.. Holmes. Mr..
Lyons and Miss Reynolds: quartet.
alice. Where Art Thou" by Ascher:
trio. "A Little Farm Well Tiled" by
Raphaelson. Messrs. c. V. Burnside. Jett
and Leef. Miss Reynolds and Robert
Gooch assisted as accompanies.
Dr. William Stansfield has arranged
tho following programs TO he given
today at the FIRST conereca;ional
Church by the chorus choir OF Trty
voices and the solos quartet consist
ing OF Mrs. b. II. Smart. soprano: Miss
Marian Larner. contralto: Herbert +.
Aldridge. tenor. and J. Walter Hum
phrey. bass: Morning. organ prelude,
The Answer" by WolstenhoIme; an
them. 20 Worship the Lord" by Hoi-
lins. incidental solo. Mrs. Smart; Of
fertory quartet. Forever with the
Lord by Gounod organ postlude,
allegro vivace." by Stansfield Ev-
ening. 1870 o'clock. organ solos. "Alle-
gro Moderate" from Fourth Concer-
to-" by Handel: "Minuet." by Boche-
choir. Gloria" from Twelfth Mass"
by Mozart; soprano solo. "The Day is
Ended" by Bartlett. Mrs. Melville T..
lindsay: anthem "Say, Watchman
What of the Night" by Sullivan: Of
fertory quartet. Dreams of GallIee.'
by Morrison: organ postlude, "Fugue
in A Minor" by Bach.
Special interest attaches to the musi-
cal service at the Mount Pleasant Con-
grega ational Church this evening because
Washington composers. one number
"Invocation. the words by Justice
Werdell Stafford and music by Arthur
Tregina and the text OF the other,
Hymn for America" by William Adams
Slade of the Library of Congress The
program will consist Of the organ
prelude. Songs in the Night" bv Spin-
ney: choruses. Invocation" bv Tregina
and Joshua" by Gretcha nof. sung bv
quartet. 'iHymn for America by
n Nrc H.yconk