Evening star., 1923-11-11
CLUB AND SCHOOL NOTES

ICHARLES WAKEFIELD CADMAN.
~ the American composer who is SO
famous for his arrangements of Amer
! lean Indian music motifs into fine
compositions, was the guest of honor
of the Arts Club of Washington last
Monday night when the hosts were
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bleyden and Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Hood Watson. An
audience Of fifty members of the club
enjoyed an unusual program follow
ing the dinner.
! Mr.. Cadman, who was in town only
a couple of days, played his new
, Hollywood Suite" that has aroused
so much favorable comment wherever
| it has been heard. The Princess Tsi-
ANNA, who accompanies Mr.. Cadman
and sings on all his recital programs,
sang a group of lovely short songs,
both in native dialect and In English,
| in her fine mezzo-soprano voice. She
had to repeat the ever-popular Land
of the Sky-blue Water" and another
| of her most popular numbers was
! THE Hymn to the Sun Cod
Charles w. Burke, commissioner Of
Indian affairs, gave a short talk on
the subject of the American Indians
and the great good that Mr.. Cadman
has already accomplished by interest
! ing the general public, as well as
those who are especially musical, in
the Indian melodies. Francis La
Fleche, son of the chief of an Omaha
tribe, gave a short talk on Indian
customs.
Eleanor Colburn gave a piano re-
cital last Friday night. assisted by
Elizabeth Waters, soprano, in the
studio of Miss Georgia Miller.
Louis Thompson, tenor, will be pre-
| sented in song recital by the ST.
Andrews Episcopal Church Choir, at
the Hotel Roosevelt, Tuesday even
| ing at $3.50 o'clock. The assisting
artist will be Dorothy Gordon Thomp-
son, pianist.
The program will include: Russian
| songs-"Nuit Meridionale" (Rimsky
korsakow), Arabian Melody" (Boro-
dine). "A Dissonance (Borodine). Ger
| man songs-"Ein Schwan" (Grieg),
die Doppelganger" (Schubert). Trois
bergerettes = "Minuet d'Exaudet."
sMecherltn, and French RsPsere Songs Legeye
| Miroir" (Ferrari), Sonnet Matinal'
(Massenet). "Mandoline" (Debussy); !;
"Quande-je Pris-au-Pavillon," EN-
Sourdine" and La Bonne Chanson"
(Hahn). Five North American folk
ance); "A-La-Claire Fontaine," French
Canadian (arranged by Schaeffer);
| BURY Me in de East" Negro Car
ranged by Thompson); Nightingale"
| Kentucky mountains (Brockaway); !;
"Gue-Guef Solingaie," Creole (Mon
roe). American songs = Return"
/ CGuion), "The English Girl (Crist):
Lady Love-" Song of the River" and
Fire" (Thompson).
Students Of the Lovette School of
Music will be heard in a recital Tues
day evening, at $50 o'clock in the
recital rooms at 1880 G street north
west. Those participating will be
Mrs. Bertha Thompson Nelson and
Miss Gladys Hillyer. pianists, both
members OF the faculty, and Miss
Mary Ruth Matthews, pianist: Miss
Jack Charlton Ward. Miss Fannie
Gluckstein. Miss Edythe Crowder and
Joseph di Meglio, vocalists. Miss
Hillyer and Miss Matthews will be
ticaliy a repetition of the program
given last week at the Evangeline
Hotel, which seemed to arouse much
favorable comment. Cards of invi-
tation may be had on request.
DR.. and Mrs Lovette entertained
last Tuesday evening with. a dinner
in honor Of Princess Tsianina, the
cess Tsianina sang selections from
Cadman's American opera "Shanewis."
and gave an interesting talk upon
the origin of the opera, which is
based on the story of her life.
1.-THE Indian Lament" THE Canoe
Song" and "The Land of the Sky-blue
Water" were sung. DR.. Lovette acted
as her accompanfst.
An informal recital followed this
and included piano numbers by Mrs.
Bertha Thompson Nelson, Miss Gladys
....-. ma Mss Mary Ruth