Evening star., 1920-09-19
MUSICAL MENTION

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The District OF Columbia Chapter
OF the American Guild Of Organists
inaugurated the season OF 1s20-z1 at
the studio of Albert w. Harmed. Mon
day evening. with the installation Of
the newly elected officers. In the ab-
sence of the dean, William Stansield,
who has returned to his former home,
in Philadelphia. the subdean. Harry
Wheaton Howard, presided. The new
officers are dean. John 3. Wilson !;
subdean. Walter H. Nash; secretary.
Charlotte Klein; treasurer. Lewis
Corning Atwater (re-elected); regis
ed). Much enthusiasm was manifested
by the many members present In the
details Of tentative plans as out
lined by Dean Wilson. which it is
expected Will be Of interest. not only
to members Of the chapter, but to
public. An endeavor is to be made
to increase the membership in the
local chapter during this season SO
that larger classes may be presented
in the spring for the examinations
for associate" and fellow" mem.
bers in the guild.
The Motet Choral Society. Otto 7.
Simon, director; George H. Wilson. &C
companist will begin rehearsais Tor
it's tenth season, Tuesday evening.
September %, in the chapel OF the
Luther Memorial Church. The WORK
of this organization will again ne
under the auspices of the Community
Service, and Mendelssohn's oratorlo'
"St. Paul" will first be placed in re-
hearsal. The concert will De given
January 20, for the beneht OF the
foundlings and the summer camp ior
children.
All former members are requested
to be present at the first rehearsal !.
new members will be enrolled also al
that time, and all singers are wei-
come. There are no dues. but each
member will purchase the required
music.
The music at the Eighth Street
Temple. incident to the celebration
of the Jewish Day of Atonement.
will be exceptionally interesting:
some portions of it consisting OF
traditional chants and responsive
liturgy. some of it SAID 10 cate DaGk
to the time of the prophet Jeremiah.
Beginning Tuesday evening and last
ing all day Wednesday. the choir. con-
sjsting of Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir-
cliff, Mrs Julian Brylawski. Louis
Thompson and George II. Miller, as
sisted by Miss Selma Selinger. Mrs.
Gertrude Reuter- Miller. Herbert Aid
sing, and among the notable numbers
in addition will be the traditional He
brew melody, "Kol Nidrei," arranged
for violin by Max Bruch. which will
be played by Sol Minister with harp
accompaniment. and ELI. ELL, ar s..
ranged for eight voices by Kurt
SCHNEIDER. in which the tenor and bass
obligato will be sustained by Mr..
Thompson and Mr.. Tittmann. LIE Roy
Lewis will substitute for Mr.. Tit
mann at the Wednesday morning
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B1eyden and their
little daughter have returned to
Washington after two month vaca :
ton. during which they divided their
time between Asbury Park. the noun
tain resorts in the nefghborhood OF
wernersville, Pa: New York city and
Philadelphia. Mr.. Bleyden is already
busily engaged in rehearsing Liza
Letmann's song cycle. for four voices.
I'm a Persian Garden which will be
given at one of the fortnightly salons
of the Arts Club. Later he will give
in concert form. "Hansel and Gretef
(Humperdinck) and he will also re-
peat the very interesting performance
of "L'Enfant Prologue" which he gave
last season.
The quartet of ST. Patrick's Church.
composed of Edna Hillyard Howard.
soprano; Caroline Manning. contralto; ;
August Orange, tenor. and James
Nolan, bass. and directed by Miss Jen-
a rectal this evening at the Knights
Of Columbus Country Club. in Vir-
ginia. Luke Fagin also will con-
tribute some Scotch songs, in cos
tune. Other numbers on the program
viii include "Barcerolie. from ..sI,aies naies .
Gentir' (DonizettD and The Kings
Highway (De Koven), Mr.. Orange:
"Cry of Rachel" (Salter) and II Came
with a Song" Ga Forge). Miss Man
ming; "Bedouin Love Song" (PinsutD
and There Il No Death" !o'Hara,:
and by the Waters of Minnetonka"
(Lieurance), Mrs Howard, and odd
Fashioned Town Squire" by the
quartet.
The choir of the First Congrega-
tional Church has prepared a special
program of music for today to well
come the new pastor, Rev. Jason
Nobel Pierce, who assumes his active
duties this morning. For the oner.
tory Harry Edward Mueller, organist
and choir director. has arranged to
have the choir give an anthem writ
ten by a Washington composer. Mabel
C. Linton, which will have its initial
hearing on this occasion. The in.
cidental solos in this anthem. entitled
Christ the King" were written es.
pecially for Richard PH Backing and
LIE Roy Lewis. tenor and baritone
soloists of the church. who will sing
them today. The program Will in
clude this morning. in addition, the
organ prelude, Legend" (cadman)
anthem, Cast Thy Burden Burden. on 1.-The the
Ing inT the prelude, "Andante." from
Borowskis "second Sonata"; Miss
Helen Howison will sing Light" John
Prindle ScotD; for the offertory the
Closer Walk with God" (Adam
Geibel). and Mr.. Mueller will play
ALLEGRO Jubilate" (Federlein) for
postlude.
The Rebew Orchestra, under the
direction Of H. w. Weber. will resume
rehearsals for the season tomorrow
evening in the lecture hall of Keller
Memorial Church. The policy of for
;mer years. of giving free public re.
hearsal the first Monday evening OF
each month. will again prevail and
sion will be made in advance.
The Ariel Quartet has resumed re-
hearsals, under the direction of Mrs.
Susanne Oldberg, with the following
personnel: Mary H. Latimer. first So
prano; Marian Larner. second soprano: :
NJ. Emma Bowen. first alto. and NJ.
Louise Wood. second alto. with Helen
w. Merriam. accompanist. Miss
Bowen. Miss Wood and Miss Merriam
have just returned from Ithaca. n. Y.
where they took the summer course
for musical supervisors at Cornell
University.