Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
MUSICAL MENTION

"Benedictus in G Major" by Dudley
Buck, and Emelie Margaret White. al
the organ, will play for prelude
for postlude. March in A Major" by
Guilmant.
Claude Robson, organist, will give
the music at the morning service to-
day at the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church. playing prelude" by
| Wolstenholme, and. for postlude
Grand Choeur," by West.
The monthly community sing of Ia
koma Park will be held tomorrow
evening always the last Monday of
the monthly at the Takoma Park Pres
byterian Church. beginning at Sis
o'clock. DR.. A. owen Penney. bari
tone. and Miss Elizabeth Meyers. So
prano will render solos, and Miss
! Naomi kendrick will give a recita-
| ton. The songs of the evening will
! be directed by Ralph w. Hills of the
! War Camp Community Service.
concerning a lawn fete to be given
! for the benefit of the community
singing organization on August 5.
/ The room in which the sing will
| be held is comfortable even in warm
/ weather. and, as is always the case.
the singing is bound to be spirited
and hearty, and all who attend may
be assured of a good time.
Much interest has been aroused in
the music of the First Congregational
Church, as it has not been known just
what the plans of the new organist
and choirmaster, Harry Edward
Mueller, would be in reference to a
| chorus choir. Many people have had
! the impression that the new regime
would favor music rendered by a
| quartet of soloistS. However, the
| large chorus choir of the First Con-
gregational Church has been almost
a local tradition and Mr.. Mueller is
| anxious to keep up with the standards
of the chorus under his predecessors.
With that idea in view, Mr.. Mueller
is already starting the work of reor-
ganizing the chorus choir. A card
calling for information for the choir
master has been prepared and is be-
ing distributed, and many applica-
lions for positions in the choir have
already been received. Membership
| in the chorus is not limited to the
members of the First Congregational
extended to all singers who are in
terested in choral music of the high
est order to apply to the choirmas ter
for a place in the choir.
Since his arrival in Washington, the
latter part of May. Mr.. Mueller has
tested over two score of voices before
making the selections of those to fill
the positions in the quartet. Begin
ming today new quartet, composed
Miss Marie Culp, contralto; Richard
hoe
will sing regularly at both services of
the church.
The program for today lists the fol-
lowing selections:
Morning, prelude. "cantilena"
4, (stebbns); anthem. God. to Whom
We Look Up Blindly" (Chadwick) /;
offertory anthem, my Defense Is of
God" (Huhn); organ postlude. third
movement, from Second Sonata"
dante" from Sixth Symphony"
| (TschaikowskD: anthem Like Silent
Springs" (Shelley); offertory anthem,
Fear Not Ye. o Israeli (Spicker5 f;
postlude (Salome).
This mornings service at All Souls
Unitarian Church will be the last until
the church reopens in the fan. Lewis
Atwater will be at the organ and Capt.
Tittmann will sing the ala at Is
Enough" from "Elijah," by Mendels-
sohn. and Father, Hear Me-" by Gluck
The music at the First Baptist Church
will be given today by a quartet COM
posed Of Mrs. Fred Rice, soprano: Miss
Marian Larner, contralto: Herbert F..
Aldridge. tenor. and Wheeler Wilson,
bass, with Mrs. Edmund Barry at the
organ. The numbers this morning will
include the anthem 1.-The King of Love
My Shepherd Isl by Shelley. and bass
solo, Fear Not Ye, o Israel" by Dud-
ley Buck. At the evening service the
quartet will sing 20. Be Joyful in the
Lord" by Potter. and there will be a
tenor solo, ''The Voice in the Wilder
ness" by Scott. Mrs. Rice is substi-
tuting for Mrs. Florence Howard, So
prano and choir director. who is on an
extended motor trip and was heard
from during the week at Braddock
Heights.
Mrs. NJ. K waldecker is spending
some time in Lynchburg. Va, where she
is the guest of relatives.
Van A. Potter, baritone soloist and
choir director of the Mount Pleasant
Methodist Church. South, has resigned
his position and will return to his for
mer home at Linbrook, L. !. Mr.. Pot
Louis A. Potter. jr.. came to Washing
ton during the war, and for business
reasons will now return to his former
position in New York City.
Miss Edith B. Athey. organtst and
. choir director Of Hamline Methodist
Church, has arranged the following
! program for the services today:
Morning: Organ voluntary, vision" by
Rheinberger; quartet. 1.-The Eternal God
is Thy Refuge" by Young, sung by Miss
Marian Greene. soprano; Mrs John
Humphrey. alto; Clarence Lewis, tenor,
and Fred Schaeffer, bass; offertory trio,
lord, Do Thou Hear U.s. by Monti,
Miss Greene. Mrs. Humphrey and Mr..
| Lewis; organ postlude. March in A
Organ solo. "Nocturne, by Foote; quar-
! tet, How Gentle Gods Commands, -"
by Root; offertory quartet, rHoly
Savior, Grant Thy Mercy" by Shelley;
organ postlude, "Choeur TriumphaIe,' y
| by Hackett.
! A quartet consisting Of Mrs. Ruby
| Potter. soprano; Miss Marian Larner,
| contralto; Herbert F. Aldridge, tenor,
| and Oliver Mellum. bass, with Louis A.
Potter. jr.. pianist, will go to PURCELL
vile, Va, to furnish the evenings pro-
gramme August T. and 10th in the
| Chautauqua course given there each
season. The concert on the 10th will
consist Of sacred selections, but on the
other two evenings the quartet will give