Evening star., 1919-12-07
Musical Mention

Louis A. Potter. jr., organist and
Echoirmaster of Calvary Baptist Church,
has arranged special musical programs
for the services in celebration of the
Gsenas G5.isth The Of regasr QUAR-
tet, consisting Of Gretchen Hood, So
prano; Mrs W. T. Reed. ,contralto !;
George A. Myers, tenor, and Fred G.
Schaeffer. bass, will be augmented by
second quartet composed OF Hazel
Bachschnid, Richie Mclean, contraito !;
Alden Potter and Charles Bright. Mrs.
Gertrude Deland, Price win substitute
for Miss Hood. who. will be in New
York at the time. This morning the
program will include the organ solo.
"Solemn Prelude (Barnes); Festival
Te Deum'' tBuck) Come Unto Him
(Gounod); organ solo. S"Postlude"
"Adagio," from violin sonata by
Brahms; "Jubilate Dec" (Buck) !:
"Whoso Dwelleth Under the Defense
(Martin); organ post!ude, March,
froHff Sixth Symphony" (Tschaikow-
the numbers will consist of the organ
prelude. "SpoZalizio" (LisZO; Fear
Not Ye, o Israeli (Spicker): How
Lovely Are the Messengers" from 'St.
Paul. (Mendelssohn). and organ post
lude, "Scherzo' (Bartlett}.
Ralph T. Raht has been engaged as
tenor soloist at the First Baptist
Church, completing the quartet for
this season. the other members being
Mrs Florence Howard, soprano and
director; Mrs. Beulah Harper Dun
woody, contralto, and John Walker,
bass Mrs. Howard has just organ
lied also a chorus choir of women's
voices to assist at some special muSi-
cal services Sunday evenings, the nrst
to be given December %. when the
I, hriC al ms G
cantata, THE Coming of King" by
Buck, and will, in addition. sing
Christmas carols around lighted
Christmas tree. Mr.. Raht is new
conner from Louisville, KY, where he
has been soloist for seven years at
the Broadway Baptist Church, said to
have quite reputation throughout
the south for its high musical stand
ards. This morning the music. with
Mrs. Edmund Barry atrthe organ, Will
consist of the anthem, ~ Lamb OF
God" (Schnecker), and contralto solo,
..Oh, Rest in the Lord" (Mendelssohn);
evening, anthem. Now. the Day ls
over Marks, and Rock of Ages"
(Buck).
Thanksgiving guests at the Y. M.
&c. A. were we'll entertained with
varied program Of music and recita-
tions. presented by Florence Girouard,
soprano; Helen F. Edgar and Mrs.
Henrietta Flynn, contraltos; Daisy
Fickenscher, violinisti Mrs. Grace Ross
Chamberlain. reader, and Nora Call
and Louise Upshur. accompanies.
+. Important events of the week in
clude the recital given by the Rus
American pianist, Nine. Tamara
arranged by Mary Helen Howe of the
music faculty. Nine. Lubimova gave
an exacting program of compositions
from both the classic and modern
schools, delighting the company with
her splendid technique. and artistic
interpretations. essi <E,.. "a.
Henry Kaspar entertained at mu-
sical Friday evening at his downtown
studio. presenting his students Of in
depreciation in a recital entitled
'Music-classic and Modern~ among
were Miss ODea. Margaret Millham
Nancy Spalding, Mary Lewis. Kath-
arine Bowman, Miss Buchanan, Jean
Acheson and Sally Finney.
At the First Congregational Church
Edward Meuller, sorganist. will CON
sist of the prelude. "Barcarole" tHoff-T
mani; soprano solo and chorus, 20
for the Wings of a Dove" (Mendels-
sohn). Elisabeth Campanole and
choir: offertory anthem, 20 Lord,
How Excellent Thy Name" (Gal-
braith); organ postlude, Prelude. c.
Minor" (Bach). Evening. pre.service
organ recital, Overture" (Maitland)
Ave Maria,".from ''Othello" (VerdD
'.Berceuse" (Dennee) and Prologue"
(Bohm); anthem, Hide Me Under the
Shadow" (West), and "A New Heaven
and a New Earth" (GauD.
The second of the public rehearsals