Evening star., 1923-01-07

Charles Trowbridge Tittmar returned
Tuesday from a successful concert trip.
arias in THE Messiah" with the Men
delssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh at Car
negie Hall. being highly commended by
the Pittsburgh press for his work in
The Messiah" heard in Pittsburgh.
Ernest Lunt is the conductor Of this
well known society and the entire per
iormance was sent broadcast by radio
Last Sunday Mr.. Tittmann gave song
recital In the First Presbyterian Church
OF wheeling, w. Va, accompanied by
Edwin M. Steckel, and Monday night.
assisted by Mrs. Bard, contralto, he was
heard in recital by the Scottish Rite
Masons at their New Year eve cele-
| bration.
congregational Church the second OF
the 1923 series OF popular free con-
certs will be given by Harry Rowe
SneIley, composer-organist. who was
| neard here in most successful re-
cital last season, and Miss Rhea Mas
sicotte. soprano, Of New York. Their
program will include the organ solos,
Tannhauser Overture" (Wagner),
Meaitation" (MasseneD and "The Lin
dsn dsnIi Tree" "s Sschubert): soprano solo. "The
| organ solos. prelude" Rachmaninofr) +,
| THE Aged Mother" (Dvorak) and "A
Song of India" (Rimsky- -Korsakoff) !;
soprano solo. "Pleurez, Pleurez, Mes
aksH,snnoi 1saH Miaasssne1; organ solos;
March" from 'Lenore Symphony"
| (Raffl; soprano solos, THE Winds in
the South" (Soott), "As We Part"
| GigenfritZ) and 'To q Messenger
ia Forge); organ solo, "Rhapsodie"
| Dore Walter, violoncellist, will be
the assisting soloist this evening at
{ne monthly musical service of the
| The choir consists Of a large chorus
and two quartets, directed by w. e.
| bralthWalte, with J. T.. Sparks at the
organ, the personnel OF the mixed
quartet including Mrs. Ruby Potter.
soprano; Mrs. F. NJ. Shore, contraito,
w. e. Braithwaite, tenor; w. S. Hay
ME. baritone; and male quartet, Paul
y. Ledig, first tenor; W. e. Braith-
Srst %snte' hssS SECOND tenor; ". s. Haynis;
bass. This evenings program con-
sists OF the mixed quartet, How
Beautiful Upon the Mountains" (GaI-
oraith): cello solo, THE Prize Song"
from The Meistersinger" (Wagner) !;
ner?; male quartet Crossing the
Bar" (Herbert): soprano solo, Like
as the Hart" (Allitsen), with cello OBJ
ngato; male quartet and soprano obIi-
gate, When Thou CONTEST (Rossini-
Parksl; cello solo, Song of India"
(Rimsky- -KorsakowJ
DR.. Clarence Eddy. the eminent or
gan virtuoso. will present the entire
| program at this afternoons vesper
service at the First Congre gationa
| Church, commencing at 4:45 O'Clock.
DR.. Eddy was born in Greenfield
Mass. in 1851. and began the study
| of music when he was eleven years
Of lad - ,Exk,
Laura Billings and Albert Leeschorrl
| In Berlin, and the organ with J. G.
| Wilson and Dudley Buck in Hart
FORD. Conn, continuing his organ
work later with August Haupt in Ber-
lin. Among the prominent churches
that he has served as organist is
| Grace Church. New York. and First
| Presbyterian Church. Chicago. where
seventeen years. He has concertized
| throughout the United States, Canada
! and Europe, dedicated new organs in
| every state Of the Union. and has
1 given nearly 400 recitals in Chicago
alone. including a series Of 100 pro-
| grams. in which he played not sin
| gle repetition. He played at the
! Vienna exposition in 1879, the Cen
| tennial exposition IN 1876. the Paris
! exposition in 1889. the Chicago exposi-
tion in 1893 (twenty-one recitals).
| Pan-American exposition in 1901, st.
Louis exposition in 1904, Jamestown
! exposition in 1907 and San Francisco
, exposition in 1915 (forty recitals). His
| repel toire is said to comprise yirtu-
! ally everything written for the organ
| besides numerous compositions writ
| ten especially for him and dedicated
to him by eminent composers OF to-
! day. He is an honorary member OF
the St Cecelia Academy at Rome
Italy, from which he holds a diploma
is a charter member Of the American
| Guild OF Organists and OF the Mu-
sicians Club of New York. Dr. Eddy
IS coming from Chicago to dedicate
| new organ in Baltimore and this
made the opportunity for Washington
music lovers to hear the recital this
afternoon. His program will ia
clude The Hymn OF Glory" by Ptetro
! Yon; Ave Maria" tBossp, paraphrase
sauD, "Afterglow." dedicated to DIR.
Eddy by Groton: Concert Variations
in e Minor" by Joseph Bonnet, also
dedicated to DR.. Eddy.
C7elia Fioravanti. nezzo -contralto
added much to the pleasure of the
guests at the meeting of the Ctrcolo
Italiano OF Washington, which took
place Thursday evening at the home
of Mrs Henry F. Dimock. with the new
ambassador. Prince Gelesio Caetani
as the guest OF honor. DIR. Charles
Upshur Clark. formerly of Yale Uni
versity and of the American Academy
in Rome, made an address on the sub.
ject OF ITALY and the Fascisti," and
a delightful impression In the songs
'Ideale," by Tosti; Granada" by Al
lvarez: 20 Cessate di Piaganni." by
Scarlotti: Chant Hindou." by Rem
berg; La Girometta," by Sibelia
"Clavelites." by j. Vaverde; "Elegle. .
by Massenet. and Rain" by Curran
The young artist was ably supported
by Miss MARCEL Greenhalgh at the
piano.
A program of exceptional interes,
was given Monday evening at the
New Year reception OF the 7. NJ. c.
A. which included short stories by
Milo B. Atkinson; The Mysterious
"Rondo" tDe Beriotl, played by Isaac
Minovich, and Air varie (Danclal. by
Rafael Bucca; tenor solos, Vale
lRusseiD, The Foggy Dew" lFoxJ,
Return" tGuion)., Que Ne sius-Je
(both by Wekerlin); aria, Una Fur
tiva Lagrina" (from 'L'Elisire
d'Amore," BY DonizettD, sung by
Warren L. Terry. with Mrs. George
F. Ross at the piano; trio, ''Berceuse'
dered by Isaac Minovich. Rafael
Bucca and Josef Kaspar.
The Bernheimer Trio, consisting oi
Elizabeth Bernheimer, vioIist, Louise
Bernheimer, cellist, and Clara Moran
Bernheimer, pianist, will assist the
choir of Ingram Congregational
Church at this mornings service
their selections being "Chanson
Triste," by Tschaikowski; Ave Maria
Stella" by Grieg and "Minuet" from
Military symphony" by Haydn. The
choir will render "Hark, What Mean
Those Heavenly Voices?" by Verdi
with incidental soprano solo by Mrs
Charles Beall Mrs. Henry Hunt Nc.
Kee has arranged special program