The Washington times., 1919-11-27
Among the Musicians

The piano recital by Emmanuel
Wad, of the Peabody Conservatory oil
Music, Baltimore. given for the Friday
Morn ing Music Club last Friday at
the Cosmos Club, was OF special inter
est to the pianist. Mr.. Wad did an
unusual thing, one that few pianists
would attempt, in presenting pro-
yram made up solely of "EtIdes" oil
Chopin.
To play twenty-seven "E;udes"-
studies-of the same composer taxes
al, the Imagination and executive
ability of player. To make such a
! rogram interesting, as Mr.. Wad did
takes gnuine musicianship and inter
pretGtion.
The program was brilliantly given
was varied and most musical Chopin
doubtless created these studies" to
cover an almost inexhaustible namber
OF PIANO difficulties. The genius OF
Chopin is revealed IN the multitude OF
rare musical ideas contained in them
ard with which his brain aboun ed
a. well as the number of musical
figures
Mr.. Wad gave TO the student a
wealth of idea, a diversified technique
and a variety of piano tones that were
both instructive and alluring, with
The Chopin spirit that stands out in
dividually in the music of the world.
The recital program for tomorrow
tho third program of the seas,n for
The Friday Morning Music Club. will
be given by PerG veazie: baritone
land, and by Mrs Heinl, pianist
Mrs. Heinl will play Brahms
"Rhapsodie. " the "Sposalzio" of Liszt
"Scherzo," c sharp minor, of Chopin;
hungarian" of MacDowell. Srd two
, Debussy numbers. Mr. Neazie will be
keaSd in an all English song program.
The "Rhapsodists" are proving a
Ser:' unique educational music group
in Washington, formed by Louis
Thompson for serious study on a we'll
designed program. They meet each
Thursday evening, and are taking a
survey of music history. with ample
Illustration by the members Of the
group. and with the lecture of the
evening given by Mr.. Thomson
On Thursday of last week the music
OF the early church was taken up. with
further technical feature in a short
period devoted to the study of har-
mony. Soloists for the evening were
Mrs. Patrick Murphy. contralto, who
sang Calm as the Night" by Bolm,
and Ben Austin. tenor. who sang
the Caro- milo ben." of Giordano.
Being painter as well as singer, Mr..
Thompson has a considerable art col
lection. or early paintings showing
the first representations OF musical in
struments in paintings of the early
masters. They are copies made by
himself. in which he has caught the
tone of age in their mellow treatment
admirably. and they form n coo. dina
ton OF the arts that give to the music
study the cultural spirit of the time
in visible form, serving a double mis-
sion.
The next meeting on December 4,
viii consider the Gregorian and the
antiphonal Masses, with vocal ilIustra-
tions of the music and again the lis
torical paintings to give "atmospnerc'
TO these unusual study lectures.
The chorus of the Washington Ora
torio Society, Sydney Lloyd wrightson.
director, numbered 35s at the last re-
hearsal. This guarantees a chorus of
at least $50 for the annual rendition
OF The Messiah to be given at Gen.
trai High School on the evening of
Wednesday, December 18th.
1 The Rubinstein Club, at its concert
~on- December 9th. will give several
numbers that have not been sung in
TINS city before. One OF them is 20
memorable composed by the Rev, DR.,
Abel Gabert, head of the eccIesiastica,
music of the Catholic University of
America. which will be sung for the
nrst time in America. 1t has piano
and pipe organ accompaniment. the
organ to be played by Miss Jennie
Glennan. organist of St Patrick $
Catholic Church, and the piano by Mr.,
Donovan.
A chorus "Nymphs and Shepherds
Will be given with the accompaniment
OF piano and two flutes, the flutes be-
ing played by Anthony Cello and
James q. Arcaro. The Star of Gold
viii be heard for the first time hero.
IL is by the celebrated woman COM
poser, Mana-Zucca, of New York.
Mrs. w. S. Cline, soprano. who en-
tertained the soldiers in and around
Washington so extensively while her