The Washington times., 1925-04-13
SOLO|STS
AND CONCLAVE
DATES
Miss Faas, Miss Addison and
Douty and Tittmann in
Solo Roles for Mass

Sessions for the World Fellow.
shin Through Music convention, At
the Washington Audit or m !,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Of this week:
WEDNESDAY, 9 a. m. to n. m.
Reception to State delegates
Epiphany Parish House. 1917 q
street northwest, Reverend Ze-
Barney T. Phillips, pastor of the
Church of the Epiphany, and a
committee OF ladies, presiding.
8 to IL p. MFRS. Henry F..
Dimock will receive the State dele
gates and officials at her residence.
1901 Sixteenth street, on behalf of
the International Association OF
Arts and Letters, of which she is
vice president.
THURSDAY, 1880 a. m.-Busi.
ness sessions, Washington Audi
forum. Music by Marine Band,
Captain William HI. Santelmann,
leader.
Eighth Street Temple Choir, at
conclusion OF this session, will give
examples of ancient synagogical
music.
1910 d. Unofficial welcome To
the Bach Choir, of Bethlehem, Pa,
in brief ceremony at Union Sta
ton, followed by a sig ,-seeing trip
around Washington.
2:3O D. m-White House recep-
ton to the Bach Choir.
4:30 to p. m.-Renditton of
Bacl's famous B Minor Mass first
part, Washington Auditorium. Re
cess for dinner, to 8 p. m.
to 9:45 p. m.-Conclusion Nf
Bach B Minor Mass, Washington
FRIDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
meets at City Club.
2 p. m.-Reception, followed by
sightseeing tour.
s p. m.-Evening at University
Club!
The delegation to welcome the
Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Pennsyl-
vania, at Union Station, will be
headed by Cuno HI. Rudolph, of the
Board of District Commissioners,
and will include Lawrence r. Lee.
chairman; Myron w. Whitney, Carl
Engel, head of the music division
of the Library OF Congress; Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. Adolph
Miller, Miss Lucy Brickenstein and
others.
Mrs. Eugene Byrnes. president
of the Friday Morning Music Club,
and ladies OF the club will enter
tain the Bach Choir at tea, at
3 o'clock on Thursday, at the
Washington Auditorium.
Conductor and SOlOists.
Doctor J. Fred Wolfe, conductor
of these Bach festivals, stands to-
day as the greatest exponent of
Bach in the United States, some
authorities say, in the world. His
work has been a life dedication.
To Doctor Wolfe and to the solo
quartet, speciar place must be
reserved.
Nicholas Douty, tenor, brings
with him as great a tradition as
Doctor Wolfe, having sung in every
Bach festival. He is the most ex-
perienced Bach singer living, it is
said. His solo, 'Benedictus," is
particularly beautiful, as is duet
with soprano.
Mildred Fass, soprano, OF Phila-
delphia, has been engaged for nine
Bach festivals. There is no solo
for soprano in the mass, but sew
eral most effective duets.
Mabel Addison, contralto, has
sung two or three times at Bethle-
HGul, anu ueT SOLO, ASnuS DeI1 1S
the solo gem of this mass, near the
end of the work.
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, our
own bass soloist, has been engaged
for ten Bach festivals, and next to
Mr.. Douty probably sings more
Bach than any other American sing
err. Mr.. Tittmann has sung this
mass twice with the Chicago Apollo
Club, at Cincinnati in the May fes-
tival there, and is to sing it this
May at Ann Arbor and at Bethle-
hem.
The bass solos are most difficult,
''Quoniam tn Solus Sanctus," with
rench horn and oboes, sound GU
rious to modern ears and lies low
even for q bass voice, while the EFT
in Spiritum" is unusually high.
The coming of forty players of
the Philadelphia Orchestra insures
a great accompaniment. To the
first violin many solo passages are
given that become of rare solo i'm
portance in the mass and which de-
mand a player of the highest quail
ity.