Evening star., 1921-12-25

Solemnly sing the anSelS nmyn
because also that same night He was
declared unto the shepherds by an
angel as the truth itself doth wit
ness" Accordingly all through the
ages has the Angels Hymn been
heard on Christmas day in the
churches.
Each nation has it's own method Of
celebrating this festival anu it's own
special music. the Christmas carols,
however being the favorites in most
countries. The carol at first signified
peculiar kind of ring dance ac-
companied by singing. The dance
gave the name to the song by which
it was accompanied and gradually
the word in one or both of these
senses came into most of the
languages of western Europe. In
always had an important place In the
Christmas celebration. Some of these
carols are said to be fragments of
old mystery or miracle plays that
were performed during the Yuletide.
They are very quaint and give evi-
melodies to which they are welded
are the old traditional airs: The ma
jority of those we know in English
were translated from the Latin. One
of the very early carols is known
as THE First Novel;" Noel. or as
is the term used in France to ex-
press Christmas songs or carols. as
well as Christmas itself. The word
was first used in England about the
time of the Norman invasion. and it
is supposed to be derived from the
famous old English carols are I Saw
Three Ships Come Sailing In" AS
Joseph Was a Walking" God Rest
You, Merry GentlemenS "The Cherry
Tree Carol" Three Kings of Orient.
and Good King Wenceslaus," all OF
them being sung to the traditional
airs.
A Christmas pageant, "The Word
and the Way" arranged from Biblical
texts by Bess Davis Schreiner, as
sisted by Marie Moore Forrest, was
Memorial Church. The characters
were portrayed by Rev. G. NJ. Diffen-
derfer, pastor OF the church. who read
the prologue: Rev. Earle Whitley. pas
tor of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. as The Voice of Isaiah; Ar
Connell, Boaz; Maurice Jarvis, KING
David: Mrs. Maude Howell Smith
the Angel Gabriel: Misses Florence
Thompson, Marian Chase, Mary Trigg
and Elizabeth Quigley. as cleaners,
ceremonial celebrants and shepherds,
under the direction of Miss Caroline
Mckinley. Fourteen tableaux were
presented. with an elaborate program
Of Incidental music, furnished by Paul
Whitney Fishbaugh. guest organist;
Miss Helen Gerrer. Niollnist; MISS
Katherine Riggs, harpist; Miss Annie
|AnStadt, organist; Miss Marion Greene
soprano: Miss Marie Koontz. contralto;
Martin Richardson. tenor; Robert Da-
wilson. bass. and Ervine Stenson
baritone.
Members of the Arts Club were de-
iightfully entertained last Sunday
evening by Col. c. L. Frailey, violin;
French: "Berceuse Slave" CNerudal
"Chanson Polenaise" CWieniawskD
"Rourre" (Handel). "Berceuse" Clown
send) and ''Gavotte" (6ossecl. and
by Nine. Yvonne Daloz. pianist. Of
Paris. France, who played "Etude :u
ming Song" (Wagner-Lisz). Ara
besaue" Debussy), 'Nocturne" lChop.
in). Paderewski's .Minuet" and Mo
ment Musicale" tSchuberD..
A recent recital Of unusual inter-
est was given by Adolph Torovsky
organist. assisted by Nancy Stillwell
contralto, at the Installation cere-
monies of the new organ at the
Church of the Advent. when Mr.
Torovsky was heard in .'Toccata and
Fugue in D Minor" (Bach). "Priere
Natre Dame" from Gothic Suite
(Boellman), Largo" from New World
Wisp" (Nevin). "Andante" (Gritton)
"Allegretto Grazioso" (Tours). and
"Toccata in G" (Dubois), and Miss
Stf1lwell sang Eye Hath Not Seen
From Gaul's Holy City" and How
Lovely Are Thy Dwellings," by Liddle
No program was given at the Fri.
day Morning Music Club last week
but the club will hold it's usual meet
ing next Friday morning. when the
program will be given by Minns
| Niemann, pianist; Lieut.. Horace Al.
vim Lake. baritone; Miss katherine
| Lee Jones. contralto. with Christmas
carols by a double quartet led BY
Mrs. Miriam Hilton.
Sometime ago the famous French
| organist and composer, Charles Marie
Widor. remarked to well known
| Bach student and editor that the
! older he grew the more difficult ht
| found it to discover the truly spirit.
ual in music other than the Gregor.
ian Chant and the Bach Choral. WheF
| one hears the average prelude. offer.
| toire and postlude, one is led to won.
| der whether the musical public ever
I
has received at the hands of johann
! Sebastian Bach. So often thought o,
| by the popular mind as a learned
writer of tedious and scholastic
! counterpoint. Bach in the field O.
| choral music and especially in the
| choral prelude. is one of the mos
! dramatic composers of all time.
! For the purpose of bringing home
| to organiStS, as well as musician
generally the spirituality. mystica
! fervor and especially the dramati,
! power of this great master, Carl F
Pfatteicher. director of music at Phil.
lips Academy. Andover. Mass, will
Christian church year in choral pre-,
ludes by Bach at the Lutheran Me
| mortal Church at SIS next Thursday
! evening. Admission will be withou
| tickets.
The program of the Arts Club fol
| the Sunday evenings in January will
| he gwen by the following artists
January s. Miss Grace Nelson. so
prano; Miss Miriam Larking, cellist
Miss Nina Niemann. pianist: Januar!
Is, Charles Trowbridge Tittmann
Brickenstein; January 22. Lieut.
| Horace Alvin Lake. baritone, witt
| Mrs. Howard Blandy at the piano
and January 29, program OF com
| positions by Carita Won Horst, ar
! ranged by the composer. will b,
| given. No program will be given OF
New Years day.
! Miss Priscilla Slaughter, mezzo
soprano, will be the soloist at thi
mornings service at the Sixth Presby
! terian Church, when She will be hear
in "Oh Holy Night" by Adams
! Gurle Louise Corey entertained ,
large number of friends at her hom,