Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
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ID DEANE SHURE, Washington COM
M poser, has been commissioned
to write q Christmas anthem for Bos-
ton publisher. He has chosen for his
text the French carol, King Of Angels.
Sleep" The number will be issued this
month.
A prominent New York publisher has
accepted for publication Mr.. Shure' S
new organ suite entitled From Yonder
Chapel" This set of compositions con-
tainss number for each OF the major
services of the church. as follows:
"Dawn's Ecstasy" wedding march, !,
Tears" (communion), Divine Adora-
ton" (prayer). and Lament OF Twi-
light" funeral march,. In the last
number the composer makes use Of the
great funeral hymn, my Faith Looks
Up to Thee"
Six of these suites written by Mr.
Shure have been published by standard
publishers during the past three years
and they are meeting with increased
popularity everywhere.
This last opus will be played by the
composer at the Mount Vernon Church
tonight at 1880 o'clock.
The Mount Vernon Chorus will begin
rehearsals Friday night at 7. They will
work on r. Deane Shure's Dawn in the
Desert" to be sung at Christmas time
The work will be performed in Wash
ington, Takoma Park and Baltimore by
an augmented chorus of 200. The
Southern Methodist Churches will COM
bine with a unit of SO from Takoma
Park to perform the work. Additional
singers who wish to enroll for this
production may report at Friday at
Frnl, 10
rchearSe separately III Takoma.
Gertrude Lyons, we'll known Wash
ington singer and choral director. an
nounces that she will have the Paul
Bleyden Studios on Wednesdays, be-
ginning this month.
Tuesday of this week Mrs Lyons will
sing at the wedding Of Hazel Vic Roy
and Robert v. Howard, to be held at
Calvary Baptist Church and broadcast
via station VOL, Of which Mr.. Howard
is an announcer. Mrs. Lyons will sing
20, Perfect Love!" by Harry Burleigh;
Il Love You Truly and "Oh, Promise
Me-
Mrs Lyons is the only exponent of
the methods of John Finley Williamson.
leading American choral director, head
OF the famous Westminster Choir in
Washington. Mrs. Lyons was guest
conductor at the Keller Memorial
Lutheran Church last season.
Mrs. Frank Byram director Of music
and organist at Westminster Presby-
terrain Church, is spending couple of
weeks In Atlantic City with Mr.. Byram,
mentioning.
During her absence Helen Merriam
is taking charge Of her organ work and
Ialan Pailay iS SnlniSt at the
morning services.
Mrs. Wilson, Greene, Washington con-
cert manager, arrived home Friday
from a Summer holiday in France. She
was met in New York Tuesday by
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey. of Mrs.
Wilson Greene's Washington staff. and
together they completed arrangements
for several concerts, which will be an
nounced later. -
Mrs. Wilson Greene's personal secre-
tary. Miss Florida Gotten. accompanied
her to Europe, but came direct to wash
ington earlier in the week.
John H. Herman of Baltimore. well
known as q concert singer, was the
guest of Miss Mae Vance last Thursday,
when she entertained at a reception in
honor of William Elderkin Huntington,
writer. q
Mr.. Herman. without accompaniment.
sang a number of Irish and other folk
songs and several selections from THE
Bohemian Girl"
Fife A. Collamore. organiSt Of the
Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian
Church. has returned from her vacation
spent at Massanetta Springs Va.
During her absence. Mildred Mullikn
and Henry Starr substituted for her.
Elena de Sayn violiniSt of this city.
has returned from North Beach Park.
Md. and reopened her studio at 1705 K
street northwest. Registrations for the
new term begin tomorrow.
The Little Symphony Of which Miss
de Sayn is director. will meet as here
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