Evening star., 1922-04-23
Musical Mention.

De Koven,< and Rain by Curran:
Mr.. Randalrs numbers were Rose OF
My Heart" Rolling Down to Rio
and the negro spiritue,le, Nobody
Knows de Trouble l see. Lord"
Charles r ,rittman, bass, was the
soloist recently in the oratorio OF
The .rhe Messiah presented na at winston winston,
under direction of Dr. William
Breach. The other solo parts were
sustained by Irene Williams OF New
York, Catherine Johnston of Green's
boro. N. G.. and Theo Karle. tenor Of
New York. This was Mr.. Tittmann's
Franceska Kaspar Lawson, soprano.
gave a recital last evening at Shrews-
bury. Pa. and is expected to return
to Washington today.
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee. organist
and choir director of Ingram Con-
gregational Church, will discontinue
her work there as organist, but will
continue to direct the chorus and ar
range the musical affairs of the
church. Lewis Atwater, orgaMst Of
All Souls Unitarian Church and OF
the Eighth Street Temple, will pre-
side at the organ at the evening serv-
ices, and Wendall G. Thorpe will play
in the mornings.
Charles T. Tittmann. with Miss
Brickenstein at the piano. gave a
song recital recently at Mount Vernon
Seminary, this city. His program OF
twenty numbers ranged from the
classic to the most modern of com
aonSs hy b,;sf and enlightening re-
marks.
The gospel muse ciseB or the Bible
Institute of Washington. undo: dt-
rection of Mrs Isabel Garvin Shelley:
will render the -cantata. "The Day OF
Resurrection" by ]. Lincoln Hall. at
the First BAPTIST Church of Cherry
dale, Va, this evening at 1880. The
soloists will be Ella Benesh. Susan
L. Cleaver and Mrs. Shelley. sopranos;
Julia c. Watson and Mrs. NJ. II. Mof-
fat. altos; Edward Pfuger. tenor. and
2. n. Brumbaugh and W. H. Fl. Shell
ley. basses.
Music lovers of Washington who
book fair" celebrating the silver
jubilee of the League of American
Pen Women will find the programs
given each afternoon from 4:30 to
$50 o'clock a most enjoyable fea-
sure. The convention will take place
Eel. and Mrs. Dorothy De Muth Wat
ION, chairman Of the musical portion
Of the convention, has arranged for
music each afternoon at the tea hour.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Edouard AL
h,on will present four soloists from
tie Washington Opera Company;
Wednesday Mrs. Rhea Watson Cable
VIII give the program; Thursday the
Treble Cleb Double Trio will appear
in several numbers, and Friday Nine.
Henry Coquelet. soprano; Miss Bernice
Randall. contralto, and Walter Spen-
SOL will contribute the program.
Tuesday morning the quartet from
the Treble Clef Society will render
Ms Beach's "The Years." "At the
Srring" and Browning's "Peppa
Passes"
There will be number Of American
Composers, members of the League
tf American Pen Women. who Will
Exhibit compositions and autographed
copies. This is the first time that the
public has been invited to attend the
book fair" as guests of the organ
, ization during the entire session. and
ington has taken active part In the
affair. On the opening night it is
expected that the wives OF senators
and representatives from all states
having members and organizations ex-
| hibiting will be in attendance as
Announcements have been received
here during the week from Mr.: and
Mrs. w. L. Jones Of Marttnsburg,
W. Va. of the marriage on Easter
Monday of their daughter Ruth TO
Mr.. william H. Fenton. Miss Jones
was known here as a cellist of ability,
| has been doing professional work here
| for several years. and will be greatly
! missed in the musical circles: The
| marriage took place at her old nome
| in Martinsburg. and Mr. and Mrs Fen
| ton sailed for Europe Tuesday morn
| ing to be absent until July l. On their
return they will make; their home in
Roanoke, Va.
The Federation Of Music Clubs is
enabled. through the generous Co
operation Of Francis Macmillen, the
American violin virtuoso, to oner an
other prize in the violin contest. to
take place at the biennial festivai
next year Mrs. Ella May Smith. di-
ment of the federation. has Just re-
ceived the following telegram from
is r. Macmilen, brother of the art
ist: "Your letter forwarded and just
reached me. Francis MacMillen Will
be delighted to offer $50 as prize 1t
considers 1t 8 great privilege to aid
the federation in the great work II
is doing. for music in America"
Arts Club guests were well enter
tained last Sunday evening. when
three embryo artists, in. the persons
of Isaac Minowich. eleven years OF
age, and Raphael Bucca, violinists, and
Dora Minowich, fifteen years old,
pianist, were heard in program ar
ranged by Josef Kaspar. The pro-
gram consisted Of the violin solos
Concerto. A Minor" by, Accolay;
"Meditation." from "Thais," by Mas
senet: RUSSIAN Airs" by De Beriot,
and 'tSlavonic Cradle Song" by Neru-
da, rendered with wonderful style for
SO youthful a musician as Isaac Mino-
witch: piano solos. Rhapsody. =
Minor" by Brahms: Prelude, z
Major" by Bach: "Etude. op. TO-, No.
H." and "Tarantelle. A Major" both
by Chopin, by Dora Minowich. who,
responding to insistent applause. gave
BIRD as Prophet" by Schumann, and
"Spining Song" by Mendelssohn. as
encores. The program was brought to
an auspicious close by the trios for
violins. "Gavotte ct Musette, by
josef Traussel1e; "Minuet." by Danela,
and Waltz" by De Saxy. played by
the two young violinists and Mr..
kaspar.