Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
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MUSICAL MENTION

UNUSUAL N|ENllUN
Choirs IN practically all Of the
churches concluded their season with
the services of last Sunday. During
August most OF the church musical
organizations are on their annual va
cation. many Of the churches simpli-
flying and briefing their services BY
having only soloist and precentor,
with the organist, and others COM
bining with other churches in q union
service. Some Of the choirmasters
and committees in non-Catholis
churches are engaging different solo
lists each Sunday, which serves the
double purpose Of adding a new inter-
es. to the service and OF giving
hearing to new singers where
change in the personnel of the choir
il contemplated. In the Catholic
churches generally the music is re-
duced to the necessary hymns for the
celebration of the benediction service,
and those are often rendered by a
Junior choir, made up of young people
in the congregation. st. Patrick
Cnurcn SIdnQS diOnc III tIllS EcSp0Se' as
having two full choirs and for each
an organist and choir director. Music
is always provided for the low mass
at IL o'clock on Sundays. During July
the sanctuary choir had its annual hoii-
day and will resume singing today.
The mixed choir. under Miss Jennie
Glennan, that has sung during July,
will not be heard again until the hrst
Sunday in September. Miss Glennan
will spend her vacation In taking mo-
tor trips in nearby states, ana an.
nounces that q vacancy for the nrst
tenor soloist in the double quartet
The National Quartet has received.
through Frank F. Maxwell, an en-.
crossed certificate from the national
war work council. Y. NJ. c. A.. at
lodges the valuable services that the
National Quartet has so generously
and graciously rendered as enter.
tanners in the Army camps and naval
stations during the period OF the
world war;"
active in entertainment work during
the entire period of the war, touring
many of the camps, and was regarded
by the war work council as one OF
the most satisfactory musical attrac-
lions offered the men In the service.
1t was enthusiastically received wnere-
ever it went. and at times gave
rs many as. five and six concerts q
day to officers and enlisted men, the
audiences ranging in size from capa-
city crowds in Y. NJ. C. A. huts ana
liberty theaters to outdoor gatherings
of four and five thousand. The quar-
tet is composed of Elizabeth 8. Max
wen, soprano: Lillian Chenoweth, con-
tralto: W. E. Braithwaite. tenor; Harry
M Forker, bass, with Ethel Garrett
Parrish pianist and accompanist
Richard P. Backing. tenor; Herman
Rakemann, violonist; Richard Lorelberg,
vjoIonceIlist: Lieut. J. W. Sietsemma,
precentor and Claude Robson. or
Ranist, will furnish the musical por-
tons Of the service at the cn onr,a
n1encing at 7:45 o'clock. The pro-
gram will include the trio for violin.
cello and organ. "Adfeu', by kar-
ganoff; cello solo. Elegie" by MAS
INV Dwellings,. by Liddle; trio,
sRomance", by. Rubinstein; tenor
solo, ."The Ninety-first Psalm" by
MacDermid; organ postiude, Fiat
Lux" by Dubois.
Miss Josephine A. Montague, SO.
rrano; Mrs. Katharine Rouzee and
Miss Mary e. DAILY. piar lists: Robert
Cary Stearns, yiolinist; Mrs. Dorothy
KilkoT Butler, acs comp tg.n,s ana 20
the enjoyable program that was given
last Sunday evening for the GONZALES
cent men of walter Reed Hospital,
at Emory Methodist Church South.
Unusual interest was manifested IN
Of Ny Heart" the words of which
were written by Alma c. Doty and
the music by Mrs. Grace Nye Jarvis,
who is in charge OF these programs
Both the text and the music Of the
song seemed to make a deep impress
sion, and Miss Montague. who gave II,
was the recipient of many recalls.
She sang also "a Love Song, by
Flezier. Mr.. Barbour was most
amusing in his representation OF "The
Kankakee.. and Coco Nc" The In
surance. Agent and How Ruby.
Played; Miss Daily gave sAllegro.
OBJ. IA, No. e. by Beethoven. and
ssScotch Poem. by MacDowell; Mr..
Stearns played Borowski's Adora-
ton" and 'Berceuse," by GODDARD and
Mrs. Rouzee contributed two numbers.
saThe Two Skylarks," by Leschetizky,
and Liszt.s transcription of The
Song to the Evening Star" from Tan,
hauser," by Wagner, all the numbers
being enthusiastically received.
Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton is the
recipient of some highly comm nda-
tory notices in the newspapers OF
Pottstown, Pa, for her singing at q
recent big benefit for the Homeopathic
Hospital at that city. Mrs. Milton
was visiting Pottstown in a northern
itinerary at the time, which also In
cluded short stop at Trappe, where
she had the great pleasure and
unique honor Of singing in the old
colonial church, which was built in
1740, where Gen. Washington and
many of his patriot troopers came
over from Valley Forge and wor-
SHIPPED.
Mrs. Milton was also accompanied
ON the piano by her talented sea,
Chalmers Seymour Mcconnell, and in
q number of instrumental duets on the
mandolin and guitar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax.
the latter chairman of the music COM
mittee of tie Arts Club, left during
the week "1- Buena Vista, where they
viii remain until September. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Fairsax's
mother, Mrs. o>-es and their son,
Bove- "aiT - ID eyl.ecr to be join
ea -era 90 a. - =, thef sta..'
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Z. Fielder, teno., a ~ .nr1- =
W.. shington from Jew - =
~ ostitute6 last Sunday morniI.. :,
u Oh, m of the Incarnation for
2 IL loss who was out OF the civ.
: F,elce- sang for the oferto !,
81, ,. The Lord L My Shepherd" by
Wan de Water.