Evening star., 1924-11-02
Club and School
Notes


Mrs. knorr is now selecting the
members for two permanent ensemble
groups, one to be the Arts Club Male
Quartet and the other the Arts Club
String Quartet, the personnel OF each
to be chosen from the club member
ship.
It is also the ambition Of this
committee to present number OF
prominent speakers on musical sub
jects in order to lend novelty to the
programs Of which it is nj charge.
In recital work Mrs. Knorr pro-
poses several additions to her group
Of programs. She is a pupil of Ed
ward MacDowcll and in seeking new
paths for musical expression has
| made All arrangement of Longfel-
lows "Evangeline" to a setting in
motif" form of MacDowell's music.
This all-American program should
interest all who desire development
of American music. Mrs. Knorr has
presented to Washington audiences in
tho past many delightful lecture-re-
citals on such subjects as "The Art
of Expressive Pianoforte Playing"
THE Art of Interpretation" Per
sonal RecollectionS of Edward Mac
| Dowell." etc, and it is the plan of
| the music committee to present sim
| liar programs at the club this Winter.
| The relationship between lyric
| poetry and music is a subject to
! which Mrs. knorr has given an i'm
| mense amount of study and the re-
| sulting programs have been an in
| tellectual and musical treat. The
reading-recital presented by Mrs.
Knorr and Mrs. Frederick Earring
| ton at the Arts Club last Winter was
a decided success and there have
| been many requests for its repetition.
|
The Dalgleish Music Study Club
| elected the following officers at the
| first regular meeting Monday night:
/ President, Miss Cecile NJ Sale: first
vice president, Miss Mabel McCalip;
| second vice president, Mrs. Gertrude
| RUSSELL: treasurer, Mrs. ]. j. Under
| wood; librarian, Miss Freda Steffens;
| secretary, Mrs. Peter NJ. Becker;
press agent and corresponding secre-
| tary, Miss Elsie Carlotta Smelling.
! A definite program was arranged to
be followed throughout the year, and
choral work was begun on Spring
| Beauties" (Chadwick) and In May"
| (Parker).
| Special entertainment for tho eve
ming was furnished by guests Of Mrs.
| Dalgleish, Harold Snyder. soloist,
| and the string trio, Richard Black
! stone. Robert Groomes and George
Groomes. Mr.. Snyder sang Parted"
| tIoStl), inter NOS NMcr dy ueHI'
Spirit Flower (CampbleTipton +,
several popular airs. with Mr.. Black
stone singing the melodies. Robert
| Groomes played THE Rosary
| (Nevin), on the steel guitar.
The third Sunday evening musical
| under auspices Of the Grace Dodge
Hotel will be given today from 5 to s
| n m iouupe rpnrp
The program will include: Voice,
80 Divine Redeemer' lGounod) :;
piano. "Etude in D Flat" diszt).
| Consolation in D Fiat" "Gnomen-
reigen" (Gnomes' Dance); voice and
violin, -I.e Nil" CThe Nile) Uaroux); !;
violin, Melody (PaderewskD, Pale
Noon" Logan-kreisler), la ca
pricieuse" Elgar); voice, THE
Nightingale Has Tyre Of Cold
(Whelpley), Now Sleeps the Grim
son Petar tQuilter), II Love Six
Pence" tHomer); "One Fine Day
from Mime. Butter1y') (PuccinD /;
piano. "Scherzo in C Sharp Minor
Chopin; voice and violin, 20 Cease
Thy Singing (Rachmaninof), Blue
Flower (Ridgcl.
Those participating will include
Ruby Potter, lyric soprano; Louis
Potter, pianist, and Herman r. Hoff-
man, violinist, under the direction Of
w. i. Braithwaite.
An interesting musical was given
by the Mcdowell Music Club Mon
DAY evening. Vocal and instrumental
| works were presented. After the
program Miss Miller, the president
gave a short talk explaining the
significance of the subscription party
to be given by the club November 8
for the Mcdowell fund for the
Peterborough Colony, in New Hamp-
shire.
The program included: "Etude de
Concert (Chaminade), Margare It
Loane, "Gavotte in z" (Bach- St.
Saens), 'eNovelette No. 7' (Schumann).
Edith Austermuhl; '"The Lake" (Mary
Turner Salter), "At Dawning' (Cad-
mani, Elizabeth Waters; 'Impatience"
tfrom Spring Pieces') (MoszkowskD,
I'm Sospiro" Liszo, Kathryn Beck:
"Wiegenlied" and die Meinacht''
(Brahns), Sue Kennedy; "Prelude E
Minor" CMendelssohn), ~Etude in
Form of Waltz" est Saens), Eleanore
Colborn; 'Liebeslicd" Greisler- -Rach-
rraninoffo, "Polonaise" (MacDoweiN
George Cornwell.
DR.. and Mrs. T. S. Lovctte present
ed a program Of unusual interest
Thursday evening at the Evangeline
L
season that DR.. and Mrs. Lovette
have arranged the program following
the dinner given in celebration OF
Halloween by Capt Smith in honor
of his guests.
Those participating included DR.
and Mrs. Lovette, Gladys Hi1lyer
Beatrice Koch and Mildred Ensign
pianists; Lorena Stockton Gawler
soprano, and Miss Jack Charlton
Ward, meZzo-soprano.
The junior branch Of the Vipivoce
Music Study clubs met Tuesday al
the studio Of Frances Gutelius. The
: usual ear-training and sight-readins
tests were followed by an elementary
harmony lesson for the benefit of new
members. Miss Gutelius presented
the first chapter of the National Fed.
Grafton of Music Clubs junior course
with the following illustrative num-
bers: Harold Bauers arrangement OF
, old English air. "Ye Sweet Retreat"
Kreisler edition of Couperin's LA
! Precieuse," and lie Coucou." by
Daquin, all imitation OF the ligh,
harpsichord style. She played @Liszt
D Flat Etude' by request Foster
Lippard, accompanied by Gartt
Beaver, played Wieniawskfs "Kuia-
wax" and William Test gave the
cello solo, Ia Fol" by Gottermann
Music Festival This Week.