Evening star., 1922-04-30
Musical Mention.

-VAN1lIxOlls
the auspices of the National Com
munity Chorus will be given in the
auditorium Of the Mount Vernon
Methodist Church Tuesday evening
at g. o'clock. These concerts are
given for the entertainment of the
members Of the chorus and their
friends and have been the means of
giving to the public very delightful
entertainments at no cost whatso-
ever, no admission fee being charged
and no collection taken. The soloists
X. Young, tenor: Mrs. Hiram Johnson,
soprano: Miss Sara Becker. piano So
loist: Miss Nellie vis4ra. reader. and
the bureau Of standards male quar-
tet, w. E. Braithwaite. director.
There will be the usual recreational
lie Is invited to:attend. The National
Community Chorus was organized
during~ the war under the War Camp
Community Service and dedicated to
the city of Washington on December
8, 1919. AS a chorus 1t has appeared
In public on a great many occasions,
notably of Pershing's day, in the
opera Aida" at the d. A. R. Hall and
the thrift stamp concert at the south
end Of the State, War and Navy build
ing. The chorus is now an indepen-
dent organization. having been re-
ice was suspended. Its membership
consists of about four hundred per-
sons. drawn from the various govern
ment departments and department
stores. During the coming Music
Rose Maiden" by Cowen. at the Cen
| trail High School on Thursday even
ing. Tuesday evening of Music week
it is proposed to give an open-air con-
cert at the south end of the State, War
and Navy building.
home this winter in San Antonio.
Tex, where her husband. Maj. Cres-
son of the Regular Army, is sta
toned. stopped in New York the
other day while on a recital tour, and,
when asked if she did not miss the
away as Texas. summed up the
southern musical situation briefly and
with finality by saying: New York
ers. who think they have all the
cream. of good music there, would
cape with establishment to see the
musfcal activities all through the
south. AS for Texas almost every
body who is anybody in the concert
world was booked for that state this
winter. Just as when I was in New
nave " CiA6Ch OIL WHdl i C2aII
take time to hear in San Antonio. and
it would be the same If / were liv-
ing in any other southern city. This
will not surprise those who have
toured that state, but 1t may surprise
thoA who think that New York is
try"
Charles Teowbridge Tittmann. bass:
Olive Marshall, soprano; Reinald
Werrenrath. baritone: George Meador.
tenor of the Metropolitan, and Mar
garet d'Alvarez. contralto Of the Chi
cago Opera Company. were the SOLO
lists in the New York Oratorio So
ciety's performance OF the est. Mat
thew Passion Music,' by Bach. at Car
negie Hall April IS. The performance
was acclaimed one Of the hest of that
Stoessel, who. has succeeded Walter
Damrosch as conductor of the soci-
ETY.. directed the performance.
The popularity of Joseph De Meglio
as singer was attested Monday even
ed with interest to the delightful pro-
gram rendered by Mr.. De Meglio assist
ed by musical talent of this city The
enthusiasm Of the audience which over
flowed into the balcony of the COM
munity hall of the United Brethren
gram proceeded. and the announcement
of the f1nel number, Tosti's Good
Bye. was received with evident re-
gret by all.
On account Of the illness of Mrs. Nell
Lindsey Marks, who had donated her
services for the occasion, a change had
to be made in the announced program,
but the substitution of Mrs. Wayne B.
Wheeler. soloist. and Miss Margaret
Mansfield. violinist. daughter of Mr..
]. ]. Mansfield. who kindly consented to
serve in the emergency. afforded an un-
expected pleasure, and the encores de-
manded evidenced the deep appreciation
of the audience. A delicate expression
of appreciation by Mr.. De Meglio Of the
services contributed by Mrs. George
F; Schutt;, who accompanied Mr.. De
Meglio and assisted in the preparation
of the program, was shown, when, at
the close of the evening he offered to
her the flowers which had been pre-
sented to him. The recital was given
under the. auspices Of the Department
of Americanization Of the District of
Columbia w. c. T. U.
Guests at the Washington Santa
rum. Takoma Park, listened to an en-
joyable entertainment Monday evening.
given under direction Of William ].
Oates. Margaret Morgan. soprano. ac-
companied by Gertrude Smallwood. sang
Hunting Song" by Del Riego; ::Little
Town in the Old County Down" by
Sanderson. and ''The Heavenly City"
by Pierson: Ida George gave transcript
tions for piano of Faust and of the
"Sextet' from Lucia: Julius Ochs,
violinist, accompanied by Karl Ochs.
gave kreisler's adaptation OF "Chanson
Indoue'; "Berceuse," from "Jocelyn."
and Souvenir" by Drdla. and Nellie
viera contributed two readings. Part
Panther or Something" and 'The Serv-
ant Girl Problem
Mrs. Edouard Albion, a member of
the Pen Women's League and vice
president of the National Opera As
sociafion. was in charge of the musi-
cal tea given Tuesday afternoon at
the book fair Of the Pen Women,s
League at Wardman Park Hotel, when
the following attractive program was
flynn to the Night" Campbell
Tipton). Ecstasy" (Mrs: H. H. A:
Beach,; Pain Is .,s.! a Smith" lsaecn. scarita
"Knowest Thou Not That Fair Land?"
from "Mignon'' tThomas). Lucia Max
well: 1.-The Nightingales Have a Lyre
of Gold" (whelpey). BIRD of the
Wilderness (Horsman), Frances
Corey; aria Benvenuto" (Diaz), AL
bert Shefferman: "By the Waters of
obbligato by Miss Margaret Mansfield.
and Happy Song" (Del Riego).
Lucia Maxwell; louvre Tes Yeux
Bleux" (Massenet) and la Papilon"
lFoudrain). Frances Corey.
The April musical service at the
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church will take place this afternoon
and will consist Of compositions by
Mendelssohn. The regular quartet
and chorus will be assisted by T.