Evening star., 1919-03-09
MUSICAL MENTION

around Norfolk They have also been
engaged to sing for the sailors at Nor
folk and are scheduled to give one at
fair aboard a warship in Hampton
roads. Billy Pearce is to be the ac--
eompanist and will also play some OF
his latest characteristic selections.
Mrs. Noske gave her one hundfeath
performance Tuesday evening. When
she sang for the Jewish Welfare
Board.
The third lecture on ''The Science
and Psychology of Singing. by Au-
gust King Smith. was given last sun
day evening at Studio Hall. The lee
ture was followed by Ii program, which
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"
by william Nauman; From the Land
of the Sky-blue Water" by Cadman,
Miss Anne Rymer; "Since We Parted"
by Mrs. r. G. Quick: MY Loves an
Arbutus," old Irish ballad. Miss CO.
by Bischon. Miss While webb; .Dedi-
ea-ion." by Franz. Harold Sawyer;
''Ouvre ties Yeux Blues" by Massenet
and Voice of Spring" by Stinson.
Miss Josephine Houston: piano solos,
''Nocturne." by Grieg, and "Etude."
Chopin, Mr.. King-smith; trio, Doris"
by Nevin. Miss webb, Miss Houston
and Miss Wahlsted.
A members musical was given
Monday evening by the Rubinstein
Club. and this revival of a former
fair. Jan CARRIER, vioIinist, was the
only assisting soloist and played
Meditation" from "Thais." by Mas
senet; "Liebesfreud," by Kreiskr, and
Gavotte," by. Gossec. Members con-
tributing to the pleasure of the occa-
sip &C +afF -{,n
sang The Little Grey Dove by Saar;
The Mermaid Song" by Haydn. and
Absence" by Rogers; Miss Vera Budd.
who gave Times Garden" Love
Cadman. and Give Me Thy Hand;
Mrs. Edith Mccoy White. who was
heard in loves Rhapsody" by
D'Hardelot; Sunset" by Buck. and
"Jest Her Way with Mrs Howard
Blandy at the piano.
Students of the Washington College
of Music were heard in recital Tues
day evening at the college, present
ing the following numbers: Piano,
March Of the Little sages" by zona,
Variations" by Dancla, Miss Arnold;
voice, Cradle Song" by Brahms, and
The Miller's Daughter" by Buzzi-
Peccia, Miss Andrews; piano. Fur
Elise by Beethoven. Mary Elizabeth
Mary Rauber: Violin, student Cons St,ns
certo No: g." by seitz, Tillie Kravitz;
piano. Birding" by Grieg, Bertha
Comstock;. "Grillen." by Schumann,
Miss Noel: voice, ITO You,'' by
Speaks, and Open Thy Blue Eyes, y
Moonlight Sonata" tfirst movement), ,
by Beethoven, Mr.. Dowd; violin, Con
certo. No. 22,' by Vioti, Mr.. Frederick !;
piano, Prelude. c Sharp Minor" by
Rachmanineff. Miss Genevieve Wag-
ner; voice. Caro- MILO Ben" by Giar-
diani. and Don't Hurry" by Sander
son, Miss Norman: piano, "Liebes-
traum," by Liszt. Miss Dyre
The quartet composed of Fannie
Shrefe Heartsill, soprano: Helen Marie
koontz, contralto; Charles E. Myers,
tenor and Francis P. Heartsill, bass,
with Katharine Floeckher, accompa-
mist, gave an enjoyable program Fri
day evening at the War Camp Com
munity Club No. 2.
One of the most successful of this
seasons musicals at the Arts Club
took place last Sunday evening, when
Edythe Marmion Brosius gave a. harp
recItaf before company that filled
the assembly rooms to overfiowing,
many standing throughout the even
ing. Mrs. Brosius played generous
program of three groups, and almost
doubled the program in response to
requests for old favorites and for a
repetition of some of the programmed
numbers This evening the program
viii be by David Nemser, violinist,
and Sergt. John Hall Smith of the
Canadian army. Announcements for
the remaining Sundays in March in
clude joint recital by Beaumont
Glass, yiolinist, of the Phfladelptia
ltTcha9fra a haI INT VII nf-f
March 10; song recital, March 80, by
Edna Hillyard Howard, soprano, and
II. LIE Roy Lewis, britone, with Miss
Jennie Giennan and Mabel Linton.
accompanies. In addition to these
affairs Lieut.. and Mrs. Winfield Scott
March IL; Miss Katharine Foss will
sing after Mrs. Gaynor's dinner,
March 13; Bainbridge Crist, pianist
and composer, will make an address,
and Edythe Reilly Rowe, cel1fst, with
Mabel Linton, accompanist. will play
after Mrs. Fairfax's dinner, March 90
Henry H. Freeman, who for twenty
years was organist and choirmaster
of old st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Lafayette square, left yesterday for
Charlottesville, Va, to give a recital
at the University of Virginia. Mr..
Freeman will return tomorrow.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Marie Hansen, one
of Washington's talented and success
full young pianists, to Frank J. Allen,
son of Mrs. NJ. L. Allen of 2sth street.
The marriage will take place in the
fall. Mr.. Allen, as we'll as Miss Han
sen. is a pianist. though not a profess
sional musician. and the romance be-
gan in their student days under
Washington music master. Mr.. Allen
a hn
house company.
A pleasing feature of the recent an
at the Metropolitan NJ E.
Church was the organ playing of A
G. Tasker. who assisted the choir at
both services. playing the voluntaries
and other musical numbers with fine
effect. Mr.. Tasker was formerly or
ganist of the church and played at
the dedication service fifty years ago,
and 1t was in response to many re-
quests from friends and church mem
bers that he contributed to the mu-
sicai program in the anniversary
by the large congregation
and he was the recipient of many
Maurice p. Fitzgerald, who was
well known in musical Washington,
passed from earth in such q char
acteristically unobtrusive way that
there are still remaining many of his
friends who do not know that his
splendid tenor voice is hushed for
all time. He was buried February
% from the residence of his parents
Mr.. Fitzgerald was most generous
with his gift of song, and was will
ing to sing to few or many whenever
he knew he could give pleasure. He
was also well informed on all mu-
sical interests, and short time be-
fore his death gave an instance of
this when one of the war workers
who heard Mr.. Fitzgerald sing men