Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
Musical Mention

'Impromptu" tMacDowell), Louise
Hoover: Autumn" (Moszkowskib.
"Polonaise" PachulskD. Virginia
Bestor; Kinder Symphonic" (Haydn),
for piano. violin. cello and toy m
struments.
The Rebew Orchestra. II. W. Weber.
conductor, will hold its January public
rehearsal tomorrow evening in the
lecture hall Of tho Keller Memorial
Church. Katherine Peacock, soprano.
and William Shanahan, tenor, will be
the assisting soioists.
A special musical servlce Will De
held this evening at Hamline
Methodist Church. under the direction
tof Edith b. Athey. organist: The
(Whiting). Hymn of the Nuns
J tWeiy), Bells of st. Anne de Beau
pre-" tRusselD, ''Toccata" tdEvry):
sung by Clara Young. soprano:
Eleanor Kittridge. alto; Clarence
Lewis, tenor; William Schumacher,
, bass.
At the reception of the Legion of
Loyal Women on New Year day an
enjoyable program was given, among
the musical features being soprano
solos by Miss Clara Young and Mrs.
Mallette Roach spengler, violin solos:
| fKreisler). Miss Marjorie Watson and
Mrs. Clyde Grimes were the ac-
i companists.
! Mrs. w s. Cline, well known Wash
! ington soprano now living in New
| York, gave two concerts to the blind
4 s,f -u,.ly 1,t,i h.gh
| the second concert a reception was
held for her at which the governor
publicly thanked Mrs. Cline for her
singing.
Several prominent musicians of
1 Washington recently presented de-
! lightful program to large audieuc':
| of soldiers and reconstruction aides
at the knights of Columbus building
at Walter Reed Hospital. for which
George F. Schimme. arranged the fol-
lowing: Contralto solos. Good Morn
ing Brother Sunshine" hiza Leh-
MANN. Lorraine" tWilfred Sander Sander,
sung by H. Marie Koontz: piano solos.
Spring Breeze" George Boyle). Mel
! ode in E. (Rachmaninoff). Prelude
in q Minor" Rachmaninoff), played
by Katherine Floeckher Cullen; bass
| in de Need of Prayer" (Reddick'.
Down in the Deep tPetrie,. sung
by Francis p. Heartsili: violin solos,
| Souvenir" Drdla), "Schoen Rosmar-
ler,. played by Helen Gerrer; soprano
solos. slave Song" Del Riegoj.
Erecting NHawley), Love Is the
Wind fMacFayden), sung by Mrs.
John J. Stahl.
Elizabeth Keyes, a youthful harp
| list, was one of the soloists at a re-
ception rendered the Confederate
Veterans of the District Of Column
bia by the Daughters of the Confed-
/ eracy and the Confederate Memorial
Home on New Year day. Miss Reyes
Vas most successful in a group of
southern melodies and a new song
composed by her father, entitled
hand violinist. also contributed to
the pleasure of the occasion.
Miss Grace Nelson, soprano. will be
the soloist this evening at the must,
zeal of the Arls Club. when she will
be assisted by Miss Miriam Larking,
cellist. and Miss Minna Niemann,
pianist.
Some writer's on musical topics
have come to regard the old negro
melodies, known as "spirituels. as
the only distinctive American music.
There is this to he said of them,
which cannot be said of the music
VI Peop'Nos eh"G
they are full of natural choral har-
monies.
Robert T Kerlin. head of the Eng
lish department at the Virginia Mill
tary Institute. and one of the COM
pliers of the Methodist Hymnal," has
| written appreciatively of spirituels
in the Southern Workman. He
gives them pre-eminence in sacred
song, such as Mother Goose's mel
odies hold in another realm, with
their simple rhymes and melodies.
Out of such simple elements" he
says of spirituels, never were such
effects produced. How meager the
vocabulary, how single the idea. what
lrepetition. Yet how the impression
lis constantly deepened. how the emo
tion-which is the legitimate end of
q songs constantly intensified.
! They warm our hearts, as do no other
religious songs, to the melting point.
They make our hearts glow with kindly
feelings, with everlasting hopes and
with visions of eternal victory. This is
religion on the emotional side"
Like the songs Of Zion," says Mr..
Kerlin, "the spirituals arose out OF
trouble, but with this notable difference
there Is no prayer for vengeance. there
is no vindictive spirit in the spirituels.
as in some psalms. The precise place
of spirituels in the worlds treasury OF
song, their closest kinship, is with the
song offerings, the chanted prayers OF
the primitive church. OF the church i'll
the age Of persecution.