Evening star., 1924-10-12
MUSIGRAPHS

given ny II. Leroy Lewis, baritone,
in his studio.
Mrs. Shelley spoke enthusiastically
of her husbands latest work, a big
orchestral and choral composition,
now in the hands of the publisher
She also spoke of the laXnesS in the
general musical education of the
American public, giving as her opin
| ion the statement that if more of
the higher type classical music was
played at entertainments such as
given in motion picture theaters ia
miliarity with that music would de-
velop enthusiastic demand for it.
| Following the luncheon, Mr.. Lewis
sang several songs, including John
| Alden Carpenters "Thc Day Is No
| More" Gretchaninoff My Native
Land" Gabrilowitsch's "F'arcwell,"
| and selections by Rachmaninoff,
Fourdrain, Faure and Milhaud.
Helen Corbin Heinl pianist. played
| in recital recently at the Colonial
School, where she has supervision of
the piano department. Mrs. 1leinl.
| who will continue her studio work
| also, spent the Summer studying
works of the modern composers. with
a view to featuring them on her con-
cert programs this Winter.
Blanche Polkinhorn has opened a
studio at 2627 Adams Mill road for
| classes in piano and voice. teaching
| children and more advanced students.
| Miss lkinhorn also viii continue
| her classes at both the Potomac and
| SidwelTs Friends Schools.
Mrs Henry Warren Van Pelt> gave a
| piano recital at the Womans City
| Club recently before a large and in
| terested audience. Her selections in
cluded works by Mozart. a Tausig
| arrangement of Bach organ toccata
| and fugue Chopin, Franck, a Glinka-
Balakireff arrangement, Rachmani-
noff, Scriabin and Percy Granger
Sylvia Lent the clever girl violinist
/ Of Washington, who was heard here
F.; in. two professional recitals last sea-
| son, has returned to this country
! from London to begin her second con-
| cert season as soloiSt with the New
York State Symphony Orchestra at
| Carnegie Hall, November 5.
| Charles Trowbridge Tittmann. bass,
! has returned from a short concert tour
! in North and South Carolina and Nir-
! ginia At Gastonia, n. g., his recital
was given to an audience of 1.500 per-
sons at the opening of the auditorium
| of the new high school. From Gas
| tonia he went to Anderson, s. c.. where
| he was presented in recital by the
Anderson Music Club in collaboration
| with Anderson College. On his way
back from Anderson he stopped off at
| Sweet Briar College, Va, where he was
| accompanied by George Dixon Thomp-
son. pianist, of this city. In addition
| to Mr.. Tittmann'S part Of the recital
| Mr.. Thompson played two numbers by
| Chopin and an encore by the same
| composer.
| Mr. Tittmann has been engaged by
the Oratorio Society of New York for
the eighth time. He will sing in
the society's performance of Cesar
| F'rancks "Beatitudes," having been as
| signed the dramatic bass role of Satan.
| 1t was in this role that he first ap-
peared in this work in 1920 at the
! Cornell festival.
Frances Gutelius recently gave a
| WCAP piano recital, in which she
presented to the listeners-in, for the
| first time since it was played at
Polls last Spring, the Rachmaninoff
piano transcription of the kreisler
| "Liebeslied." 1t is fascinating
modern work of lyric quality.
! The Bernheimer Trio and Frieda
Hauf Irwin have just returned from
| d
| Camp, Skyland. Va.
Mrs. Irwin will resume her work at
the Washington Studios, 1864 X
street.
Florence Howard, soprano: Louise
| Bessey, soprano, and Helen New
meyer, contralto, will give program
| of music at st. Marks Lutheran
| Church Friday evening.
| DR.. r. s. I1ovette. pianist and teach
| err Of New York and Washington, oc-
| cupied a box at the opening concert
| given by Rhys Morgan, Welsh tenor,
| of the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany, at Carnegie Hall Monday night
Helen Howison. Washington So
| prano, has returned from Paris.
where she spent two years studying
| at the conservatory at Fontainebleau
! and won the unique distinction of be-
; ing the first American to give a re-
cital in the music salon of that in
| stitution. She also gave d recital in
Sale Gaveau, in Paris, with marked
| success, and sang in the American
| Church of that city all Winter last
year. Miss Howison also studied op
! cratic roles with Salegnac.
While abroad Miss Howison en-
| joyed the privilege of meeting the
| queen mother of Spain and sang for
| her majesty.
She has resumed her work as So
| prano soloist at the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church of Wash
! ington and will appear here in recital
! during the season.
Emily T. Marsh, soprano, gave a
program of songs at the home Of Mrs.
Francois Berger Moran last Monday
| evening. She was accompanied on the
| piano by Sidney Clark of New York
Helen Gerrer and Katherine Riggs,
! violinist and harpist, gave a program
at the meeting of the Business Wom-
ems Council of the Church of the Cow
enant last Friday night.
| Mrs. Hugh McGiboney. well known
| musician of Indianapolis, Ind, is in
Washington as chairman of her city's
delegation to the National American
Red Cross convention this week. Mrs.
McGiboney is president of the In
| dianapolis Matinee Music Club of
| more than 1000 members. Her hus-
| band is the leading violinist of that
| city.
| R Deane Shure's second piano suite.
| Meadow Madrigals," written in the
late Spring, will be given its first
public performance Wednesday eve
ming, October 90, at tAe composition
concert which will be given at the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
| copal Church South, of which Mr.
| Shure is director of music.
| The suite is in four movements
based on the calls of birds as noted
by Prof Schuyler Mathews, author of
Field Birds adm Their Music"
! The suite is written in q time Sc
| quence, beginning with the morning
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