Evening star., 1921-01-23
Musical Mention


of the City" suite. consisting of
city from Afar on" "On the Ave
nue." The Grandmother" Trchln
| Whistling!' THE Blind Man. IN
Bssy Bs;sb MS Yay0S and aofate
| Parker). '1dylle" (Buck) and 'Toc-
cata" (James H. Rogers).
Edythe Marmion Brosius, harpist.
returned Wednesday from Savannah;
Ga, where she gave the final recital
of a tour in the south.
The hour of music at the Cosmos
Club next Friday morning by mem
Club will be given by Mrs. Mary Sher-
ier Bowie, soprano: Miss Richie NC
Lean contralto. and Misses Constance
and Frances Finckel, pianists.
James S. Hicks. bass. will be the so.
loist this evening at the service OF
the Gunton Temple Presbyterian
Church. when he will sing God So
Clothed the Grass y.,p by Or; DO i,,oss W.
with God" by johnson. with Mrs
John G. Klein accompanying.
Rho Beta Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon
National Sorority entertained at the
third of its concert series in the chap
ter rooms of the Washington College
of Music Friday evening. Mrs. Ethel
Holtzclaw Gawler was the guest OF
honor. and the program consisted OF
selections from Italian operas.
The sorority will present Thurlow
Lieurance and his wife. Nah Nee" in
a recital of Indian music. at the Ma
sonic Auditorium, on February 10.
Mrs. Warner Gibbs. soprafo. who is
in Washington on leave of absence
from her post at the United States
consulate in Paris. will be one of the
soloists this evening at Ingram Con-
gregational Church. when she will
sing angels Ever Bright and Fair
by Handel. Timothy Quinn, tenor.
will also assist at the service. giving
Van de Waters setting of 'The Pub
lican." The choir directed by Mrs.
Henry Hunt Mckee. will sing THE
King of Love, My Shepherd Is" by
Ashford. and Mrs. Mckee will play
''Praeludium," by Bach. and March in
ison, soprano will be the soloist this
morning and Will be heard in II will
Extol Thee" from "Elyah." by Costa.
The League of American Pen Wom-
en- will have a music shop talk even
ing. Monday. January "a, at o'clock
at the clubhouse. 1922 H street north
west. the program being arranged and
presented by Mrs. Hamlin Cogswell.
Among the membership of the league
are many of the leading composers
of the land and those vitally inter-
ested in the development of a more
musical America. The program plan
ned for Monday evening by prominent
music-lovers of the city will all tend
toward that end.
The program will be as follows:
The National Federation of Music
Musical Alliance of the United States"
by Willard Howe: THE Indian Idiom."
song. by the Waters of Minnetonkay
dieurance), by Bernice Randall;
The Development of National Opera"
by Mrs. Edouard Albion; composition
Land" played by Mrs. Frank Byram:
The National Peace Carlton. by
Miss Mary Cryder. with an original
poem on the carlton, read by Mrs.
AnaiS Pugh.
Mrs: William Atherton Du Puy, ma
tionaI president of the league, will
preside
The choir boys of old ST Johns Epis-
copal Church and of St Stephens Epis-
copal Church will assist in some of the
choruses by the Motet Society. at the
presentation of the oratorio ':St. Paul"
by Mendelssohn. Wednesday evening, at
Central High School, under direction of
Otto Torney Simon, for the benefit of
the Home for Foundlings.
Last Sunday evenings musical of the
Arts Club presented a novelty in the
performance of Mrs. Winifred Gearhart
artist whistler IN addition to the songs
by Frances Scherger. soprano, and the
piano solos of Adolf Torowsky, organist
of the Church Of the Epiphany. Mrs.
Gearhart gave "In Venice" by Nevin !:
THE Nightingale" and several encores !;
Miss Scherger was effective in My
Dreams" by Tosti: Inter Nos" by
MacFadyen: BY the Waters Of the
Minnetonka," by Lieurance: Love Is a
Bubble" by Allitsen; The Cuckoo
La Tosca.'' Mr.. Torowsl<y brought the
program to a brilliant close with Scria-
bine's "Nocturne for the Left Hand"
Moszkowsli's EN- Automne," Sgambati's
"Minuetto" and Brahms Rhapsody in
G Minor" Mrs. v. w. Alderman was
the accompanist.
Interesting events of the week in
clude the program given Friday morn
ing at the Cosmos Club by Elsa
Raner, violinist; Benjamin Yoe Nor
rison baritone ~, and :aids. sads styr9n on
Friday Morning Music, Club. Among
den Tree" "Whi,her. "rhe Young
Nun" Death and the Maiden" EVEN
ing ing Gl9W" s tEranz Fran SCHUBERT. e5,a Mr.; -; Nor
scott). prelude "a Minor)" (De-
bussy). Sade Styron; violin solos,
"Andante-Sonate Espagnole" dalo).
Fantasia - Appassi onata" (Vieux-
temps). Elsa Raner. Adele z. Bush at
lice" "St. Francois d'Assise" (Sermon
to the Birds) Giszt), ,-Sade Styron.
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