Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
ICY DICKINSON MARX, So
prano. who was well established
as a favorite among local sing
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- ers with Washington audiences,
passed on Friday morning, June
10. and the services were held last
Monday.
Mrs. Marx was not only a vivacious.
cheerful personality. She also was an
ambitious musician and was doing
some very interesting things in the
field of song writing within the past
few years, as well as giving well-work-
ed-out concert recitals. Her passing
is real loss to local music circles.
Karl Holer, a member of the Wash
ington Composers Club, has just COM
pleted a sacred song, entitled '1ar-
vest Time" The words were writ
ten by Sallie P. Fitzhugh of this city.
Berntce Randall Engelico directed
the annual Sing Song" at the Wilson
Normal School Thursday, June 3.
There were 26 original songs present
ed this year, and the winning section,
13Bk, junior kindergarten girls, were
given a silver cup by Harry Angelica.
This cup is to be kept in the school
and contested for each year. with the
hope of stimulating greater interest
in musical composition.
The five judges this year were: ES.
the Linkins, Florence r. keene, VIII
liam T. Pierson. Percy s. Foster and
DR.. Edwin n. c. Barnes.
The winner of the best song was
Ruth Baxter, member of the winning
section. She received a tiny replica
of the big cup as her personal award.
Paul Bleyden is preparing Japa-
nese operetta, entitled "Chrysanthe.
num-" written and composed, both
words and music, by Edward Muth.
1t is to be presented in the garden Of
the Arts Club of Washington about
the end of July.
Mary V. Doyle. contralto, was SOLO
list at the Mississippi relief BALI re.
Gently at the Mayflower Hotel. She
sang song composed for the occa'
sion. Welcome Home, Our Hero" by
Storley.
Conrad II. Young. tenor, sang seS-
eral typical ballads for male voice. in
a program at the Willard given by the
cold-storage engineers convention.
Dale S. Venable sang at concert
for the benefit of the Grace Episcopal
Church of Woodside, Md, recently.
FRANCESCA Kaspar Lawson returned
to Washington May % from a West.
ern tour. when she gave recitals in
Fort Dodge, Iowa; Ny Lexington and
Ashland, Ohio, and Cameron, w. Va.
Already her bookings for Summer
engagements are making quite a list.
Among dates already listed are: New
River State School in Montgomery. w.
Va; Wittenberg College of Springfield,
Ohio; her fifth recital at Sheperd Col
lege. State Normal School, in w. Va;
Harpers Ferry; the sixth appearance
she has made in recital at the Univer-
sity of Virginia; a third engagement at
| Cullowhee State Normal School of
North Carolina; Weaver College,
North Carolina, and Villa Mana Col
lege in Pennsylvania.
r. Deane Shure. another member of
thu Washi On Composers Club. is a
| most prolific writer. His publishers
| have just. issued a new pamphlet
which lists so ''of their most success.
| full publications written by r. Deane
Shure." They have labeled Mr..
| Shure's works as showing that his
| music is Modern. but sensible; indi-
vidual, but not eccentric" His works
include Sc 1rate compositions for
| piano. organ. suites for both instru.
ments. songs, cantatas, oratorios, male
choruses. work for symphony orches-
ira, symphonic suite. a quintet for
piano and strings. anthems and violin
numbers.
Eleanor B. Melchior, contralto, sang
two songs on the recent, program of
graduation exercises in the High
School o. Alexandria.
Helen Fiske, soprano, was soloist
in the glee club concert given by the
seniors of Trinity College recently. At
the Cecelian Society concert at this
college Josephine Lorenza. mezzo-con.
tralto. was the soloist.
Victor E. George. young violinist,
was soloist on the "Toc III Guest
Night" at Talbot HeAse, 219 c. street
northwest Wednesday night. Mr..
George has played frequently over the
| radio and at concerts, banquets and
church and school programs with a
recent appearance at the Y. w. c. A.
banquet, held in Barker Hall, at. the
new building, by the members of the
Professional and Business Women's
Clubs.
"wednesday night Mr.. Georges pro-
gram listed THE Prize Song" from
Wagner's "Meistersinger" Kreisler's
Old Refrain; "Intermezzo. from
Mascagni's, "Cayalleria Rusticana," -.
and Joachim's Hungarian Dance,
No. 81
The Elena de Sayn String Quartet
repeated last Thursday the Slavic
program heard in it's recent recital
at the Arts Club. Since April IA the
quartet gave five recitals in Washing
ton, including one in Bethesda. The
quartet Will open its Summer tour dur
ing the festival week of the Uniyer-
sity of North Carolina, end of July,
followed by consecutive dates at other
large universities and colleges, includ.
ing Duke University, making its
way gradually toward Asheville, in
the vicinity OF which the quartet will
give several recitals.
The quartet will use on its pro.
grams the arrangements made by Miss
Maud Sewall of the Moussorgsky
pieces.
Elena'de Sayn has announced an in.
tensive course of six lessons in STYLE
and Interpretation for advanced stu.
dents, prior to her leaving for the
South. Coaching in repertoire and
making up OF concert programs will be
the chief subject of the course. III
The quartet choir of st. Aloysius
Church. composed of Agnes Whelan,
soprano; Theresa X. Hubner, contralto;
Frank W. Evans, tenor. and Gerald
Whelan bass. under the direction of
Victor l.. Boenau, choir director and
organist. will sing La Hache's Corpus
Christi Mass" at the last high mass
of the season today. "Lauda Sion" by
Lambilotte. will be rendered at the
offertory.
Monday at the funeral services held