Evening star., 1938-10-31
D. G. Chorus
Will Sing
Requiem
Brahms Work
To Be Heard
Wednesday,.

Prominent Washingtonians are
sponsoring the singing Of Brahms
THE Requiem" which the Wash
ington Choral Society. under the
direction of Louis Potter. will give
as a special observance of All Souls
day, Wednesday evening. The pres !
entation will be given in the Ca
.;ledral of st. Peter and st. Paul,
where the Gothic arches will re-
sound with the solemn and majestic
music composed by Johannes
Brahms in memory of his mother
and his close friend, Robert Schu-
mann, great composer pianist. This
will be a tribute to those who have
died during the year and the 5000
chairs in the Cathedral are expected
TO be filled.
The dean of the Cathedral, the
Very Rev. Noble c. Powell, will pre-
side in the absence of the Bishop
of Washington, the Right Rev. James
E. Freeman, and the members OF
the Executive and Advisory Com
mittees for the Washington Choral
Society are expected to attend. The
members of the committees include
Mr.. Myron T. Whitney, president;
Mr. Warren w. Grimes, vice presi-
dent: Mrs. Cooper C. Lightbown,
secretary; Mr.. James c. Dulin, jr.,
treasurer; Mr.. Lyman McCrary, ac-
companist. and Mr.. Clarence A. As
pinwall, Mr.. Percy l.. Atherton. DR..
Edwin N. c. Barnes, Miss Lucy
Brickenstein, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss. Mrs. Eugene Byrnes,
Miss Alice Clapp, Miss Grace Dun
ham Guest, Mrs. M. B. Hilton, Mrs.
Hugo Hasselbach, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, DR.. Hans Kinder, Mr.. Edwin
N. Lewis. DR.. William Mcclellan,
the Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgom-
cry, chaplain of the House of Rep
resentatives, and Mrs. Montgomery;
Mrs. Walter Nash, Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker, Mrs. Elizabeth Peoples, the
Rev. DR.. ze Barney Phillips. chap
lain of the Senate; the Very Rev.
Nobel c. Powell. Miss Bess David
Schreiner. DR.. David Spivacks. Mr..
Adolph Torovsky and Mrs. Law
renee Townsend.
Mrs. William Howard Taft, a gift
ed musician herself and an ardent
patron of all good things in music.
is among the sponsors for this pres
entation of The Requiem" Other
sponsors include Mrs. woodrow Will
son, widow of the wartime Presi-
dent; former United States Am
bassador to Japan and Mrs. William
r. Castle, Mrs. Alanson B. Hough-
ton and Miss Elizabeth Houghton,
wife of and daughter of former
United States Ambassador to the
Court of st. James; Mrs. Larz An
derson, widow of former United
States Ambassador to Italy; former
Senator and Mrs. David A. Reed,
former Governor John Gilbert Win
ant. Gen. John j. Pershing, Mr..
Byron S. Adams, Miss Mabel T.
Boardman, Mrs Robert S. Brook
ings, Mrs. Willard H. Brownson,
the Canon Precentor of the Ca
thedral and Mrs. William Murray
Bradner, Mrs. H. H. Buckingham,
Mr. and Mrs. James Waldo Fawcett,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vedder Flem-
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. William v. Free
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hubert
Frohman, Mrs. Stokes Halkett, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert D. Heinl. Mrs.
Hennen Jennings, Mr. Coleman Jen-
nings, Mrs Edwin N. Lewis, Miss
Leila Mechlin, Mr.. Theodore w.
Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. r. Ogilby,
Mrs, James Parmelee. Miss Eliza
beth Ellicott Poe, Mrs. Nobel G.
Powell, Mrs. Harry Lee Rust, Canon
and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Mr..
Corcoran Thorn. Mrs. Charles War
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles R. Will
son. Mr., and Mrs. Lloyd B. Wilson
and the Rev. and Mrs. Raymond L.
Wolven.
The Washington Choral Society Of
$50 voices will be conducted by Mr..
Potter Wednesday evening and will
be assisted by members of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra, with
Mr. Robert George Barrow, choir
master and organist of the Cathe-
dral, at the console of the newly
installed organ in the Cathedral.
The soprano and baritone solo parts
will be sung by Mrs. Ruby Potter
and Mr.. Edwin Steffe.