Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 58

RIDAY was Memorial day to honor the memory of all the men and boys of America who gave their lives for their country on battle- fields both at home and abroad. It would seem fitting to sct today aside, this year at least, as memorial day for American composers. Several members of the leading group of writers of gay, happy melodies that have become dearly beloved by the American people have died with- in the past week. Principal in this group is Victor Herbert, who is placed deep in the affcctions of thousands of people because of the tunciul melodies of his musical comedies, including especially Toyland” and “The Red Mill." Yet positions in more serious vein, Natoma.” his Indian opera. and and periormed at the Worcester fe o ‘cellist Mr. Herbert won first recognition of his musical genius. The Fortune Teller,” “Babes in Mr. Herbert also_ wrote many com- f which he personally was proud. he Captive,” an oratorio written for stival, were among the latter. As a As a boy, born in Ireland, he was studying music in Germany when only seven years old. It was while he was solo violoncellist with the Metropolitan Orchestra in New York that he married Therese Foerster, noted prima donna. During the last few years Mr. Herbert has specialized in doing musical settings for elaborate motion picture productions and the famous “Follies.” and was vi operas will be perpetual monuments bert and Sullivan and of Reginald de He has been known for many years as an orchestra conductor, ¢ president of the American Society of Composers. His light to his memory, as the works of Gil- Koven are to theirs. Another leading American composer who died Monday night cven while discussing and lamenting with iriends the death of Victor Herbert, is Johann H. Beck, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and former director of thé Detroit and Cleveland Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Herbert because of the difference in the type of ally well known Although not so gener- composition, Mr. Beck's orchestral works were very popular with large organizations, and many of them were performed under the fam _His works include overture to “Lara,” “) Sextet,” “Scherzo in F Major,” “The Kiss of Joy" and ductor Theodore Thomas. ish Serenade,” “Liebeslied." con- foor- Theodore Morse, a third American composer, answered the last roll call last Sund: Write the Gang’s All Here,” “Good-bye. lassics of their kind. Mr. Morse, vice president of the Association of Song was a favorite ballad composer of Broadway, and his “Hail, Hail, olly Gray” and “Mother,” have become HE turn that musical affairs in local circles has taken in the last few days (and always takes at this time of year) reminds one of the remar the w made to Lewis Carroll's carpenter, when “the time ha Irus said. “to talk of many things." come,” For, indeed, “many things” are being handled by the local schools, clubs and churches in musical lines. At the schools the; are giving individual and class recitals: the clubs are giving final programs, clecting officers and announcing plans for next sea- son: the churches are announcing changes in organis! s and choir per- sonnel and giving the final musical services until next fall. The scason that is coming to its close has been unusually successful, with many high lights of interest. The substance of the annual report of the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, published elsewhere on this page. shows decided progress in local music, and there are several outstanding programs given by tions that these who have the city's can be particularly proud of. ORD has been received from St he opening of that city's munici some of Washington's larger organiza- advancement along this line at heart Louis that exactly onc wecek before palopera the advance sale had passed the $100.000 mark. setting a new record for this venture in civic entertain- ont throughout the season. air opera in Forest Park. Ralph Errolle, who is principal season, seemed t and practically assuring sold-out houses for the big open-air theater ut 1] It is predicted that an attendance of half a million people will fill the auditorium during the course of the ten weeks' open- tenor with the municipal opera this urprised by the vastness of the theater, which has the largest open-air stage in America and scats 10,000 people. _ "It fascinates me,” said Mr. Errolle, “to think of such big audiences.” This American tenor also has been engaged by Gatti Cazzaza for the Metropolitan this fall. E\.xh as thi (:agc goes to pres. e inimitable De Wolf Hopper s a promise of light opera music. with as leading star, is given for Wash- ington. and cleven weeks are planncd, beginning a weck from tomorrow. when such comic opera classics as “The Mikado.” “Wang," “Pirates of Penzance,” “Erminie. Prince of Pilsen,” “Robin Hood” and “The Choco- {ate Soldier.” will be given to audiences in an otherwise musically arid Washington. cxcepting. of course, as al in local parks. A surprise in connection wi s. the fine band concerts given th this engagement is the statement by the management to the effect that the company wishes to co-operate with leaders of local operatic organizations and choos appear in a small role—not in the chorus—and e one singer a week to then, at the end of the scason. the public will be asked to vote upon the local singer considered to be the best, and he or she will be given an engagement with the com- pany for next season. - Surely this is a prize worth striving for. HELEN FETTER District Federation of Music Clubs Reports Progress. AT the last mecting of the Distret Board of the Federation of. Music, Clubs the following report df the tederated clubs. choirs, assoclate members and artist members in_the District of Columbla was read: Clubs —Rubinstein Club, Mrs. R.- H. Dal- zleish, president: Friday Morning lub, Mrs, Eugene Byrnes, president; Interstate Male Chorus, Clyde B. Aitchison. dircctor; Almas Temple Glee Club. Charles’ R. Bartlett, di rector; Washington Choral Society, Charles S. Wengerd, director; the Washingtonians, Rollln Bond, _di- rector; the Chaminade Glee Club, ther Linkins, director; Lovette School of Music, T. S. Lovette, presi- dent: In-Com-Co Bank, Charles L. Strohm, director: Dalgleish Music Study Club, Mrs. Fred A. Klinge, ther Chapter Choir, Na. Harry Cunning- hoir of Joppa Ledee, Mrs. A Jones, MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. - " PIANO INSTRUCTION, Bpecial Bummer Rates for Begimners. LILLIAN i, BURKE 1466 Colu Road N.W., Apt. 6 Bernard H. Reamy Teacher of Pi Adams 8t. N.W. Pho Former Pupil of 0. M. Mrs. Ellen Sparrow. Teacher of !an’in{' E, -W. Studio. 2 Girard St. Phone North 4474 O. 0 North 2500.-W Whits _© 714 17th WASHINGTON =+ %2 OF MUSIC Twentleth OPEN ALL SUMMER Year C. E. Christiani, violin; Wel- Carter, piano. E. T. Paul, voice. W. G. Owst, harmony. and assistant teachers in all departments. - _Summer term starts June 23. Pupils may enter at any time. Yearbook mailed. BESSIE N. WILD Voice Culture, Piano and Harmony Takoma_Park, D, C. Phone Adams 5640. " Mi88 AMY OLEMENT LEAVITT PIANO, VOICE AND HARNONY Ooaching and Ac Eleventh Apartment 83 e e Walter T. Holt Studios TENOR BANJO, MANDOLIN, GUITAR, BANJO, HAWAIIAN GUITAR AND UKULELE. Ensemble Practice with the Nordica Clubs. Established 1594. PHONE COL. 946, 1801 COLUMBIA RD. —SAXOPHONE Plano, Tenor Banjo, Guitar, Drums, etc. In 10 to 20 Lessons , Jazs and wler Music a s jalty. comti, R Tt BT 4 K7 LS ENS] "] 1322 G st n.w director; Leschetiszky Club, Mrs. A. N. Jones, teacher; Glee Club of Cath- olic_ Daughters of America, Court of District of Columbia, 212, Miss Katherine Ruppert, chairman: Cre- scendo Club, Miss Pearl Waugh, teacher; the ‘Cecillan Circle, Signora Resta, director; Wilson Normal Glee Club, Miss Bernice Randall, director; Holton Arms Glee Club, Miss. Ruby . Stahl, director; the Music Club of the Government Hotels, Claude Robe- son, director. The junior clubs—Vipivoce Music Study Club, Frances Gutelius, teach- er; Cecilian' Glee Club of Immaculate Conception Seminary, Mrs. L. M. Hamlet, director; Progressive Musical Club, Mrs. Abbie' . Higgins, teacher; St Dominic's Band, Rocco Resta, di- Tecto 4 Juxenile clubs—Maret School Club, Mrs. William R. Benham, director: Vipivoce Juveniles, Frances Gutelius, -teacher. - Church _choirs—First _ Congrega- tional Choir, Harry L. Mueller wan director, but has gone to Asheville; Epiphany Episcopal Choir, Adolph Torovsky, director; Sunday Evening Chorus of Calvary Baptist Church, Herbert F. Aldridge, director; Gunton Temple Presbyterian Choir, First reshyterian Choir, Immanuel Baptist Choir, Mount' Vernon Place M. E. Cheir, R. Deane Shure, director; Ry- land M. E. Choir, Mount Pleasant Chorus,” Chorus Study Club (First Baptist Church), Eastern Pre. terlan Choir, St. Alban's Choir, Christ Episcopal Choir, Vermont Avenue Christian Church Choir, Rock Creek Parlsh Chalr, Fifth Baptist Choir, the ning Choir of the C! Eyening e Church of the Artist members: Edouard Alb Edith Athey, Mrs. Wm. Hamilten Bayly, Mrs."A." M. Blair, Victor L. Boenan, Mrs. Frank Byram, Wm. . Corby, ‘Mary A. Cryder. Mrs.. R, H. Dalgleish, Chas. T. Ferry, Helen Gerrer, Grace Gilchrist, Mary Howe, (Mrs. Walter Bruse Howe), J. Walter Humphrey, Franceska Kasper Law- son, Amy C. Leavitt, Esther Linkins, Mrs. Henry Hunt 'McKee, Leonore Jackson McKim, Mrs. John Nelson Mills, Blanche PBolkinhorn, Mrs. May Brooks Ramsdell, Mrs. Benjamin H, Smart, John 8. Thiemeygr, Pearl ‘Waugh and Mrs. Samuel E. Winslow. The associate members: Mrs. Sid- ney E. Kent, Homer L. Kitt, Charle Linkins, George R. Linkins, My ‘m. H.'Linkine, Mrs. Harry Norment, T. Arthur Smith, Inc. 2 % There are forty-two clubs and choirs federated, a total of 1,492 mem- bers and thirty-two artist and as- sociate members, making a grand to- tal of 1,524 federated members in the District of Columbia. _The progr: of the federation for the first half of the year has been very encouraging and when the board again takes up work after the sum- mer vacation it is hoped that, with the co-operation of the federated clubs and individual members, pro- gress may continue along every line of endeavor, in the organization. e Motion picture fans will have the opportunity of seeing Gloria Swan- son at both ends of the fashion lad- der, im her latest picture, “Man- handled.” In one scene she wears & dress that cost $.50, portraying an ex- ample of how the American girl can dress without spending a fortune on clothes, and in another scene _she wears a gown which cost just one hmrxnlu.ms -mere.. thay. the, little wiain dioss, THE Pupil of TON music circles Joyed the temporary addition to their membership of Harriette Cady. American woman composer and pi- anist, who was in the city recently, leaving for New York last Friday, They heard unique music interpreted by her skillful fingers. Miss Cady is the daughter of & famous music pub- lisher of Chicago. Her mother was fine pianist and gave her daughter, HARRIETTE CADY. who is that rara avis a native New Yorker as well as one by inclination, her first musical training. It was not Harriette Cady’s original idea to take up music professionally at all. She merely grew up in the atmosphere of music and loved it. She did not begin taking piano lessons until she was seven vears old and by the time she fwas ten was playing classies in an interesting manner. But Harriette Cady refuses to admit the possibili- ties of her having been a child prod- | Igy, for she stoutly refuses to believe |in kuch infant wonders. It was not until, after a_carefree girlhood and an unfortunate fall from horseback that she began to feel the responsi- bilities and seriousness of life. For ten years she forced her energies into channels to help her get over an injury to her spine that doc- tors guve up is hopeless of ever over- coming Even thon this American girl did not expect to appear on the pro sional concert stage until she went | to Vienna. Austria, and t A the | privilege of studving with the great ! Leschetizsky. He gave her wonder- | ful encourazement i while there she met miany other famous com- | posers and musicians and came to know them intimately. She was on of the guests at the ecclebration | the fiftieth birthday of uss, the | waltz k when. Miss Cady de- | scribes it, “it was just like Christ- mas for he received presents from over the world. Brahms was and told Strauss that he only that he could write one waitz the many composed by Strauss.” After her studicS in_Vienna, Miss Cady gave concerts in Dresden, Paris and London, In the British capital she received a supremely generous offer from Nicholas Vert to tour the provinces, but had to return fto America because her gother wanted {her home. She neverdwent back to |accept his offer. While in London |she plaved at the Crys ace. at | the Lord Maver's, #t the famous,Mrs | Ronalds® “Sunday=” and at fany other prominent afairs. In America, Miss Cady. has give concerts in principal cities and don much composing at her studio in New York. Wherever she has gone this woman composer has won Jarge audi- Musigral;hs THE Washington Music Bureau will present Vivienne Abbott Gil- more as a radio artist, when she will broadcast through WCAP Wednesda Mrs. Gilmore s practically a new- comer in Washington. She is soprano soloist at Holy Trinity Church. Mrs. Gilmore comes from Greely, Col where she held positions in the larg- | est_churches there, and algo in Denver. | She was leading lady with the Hin- shaw-Shean Opera Company of Chi- cago for more than one seagon and would have remained longer had not her marriage brought her east. Other artists appearing on the pro- gram will be Charles Trowbridge Tittman, well known b with Lucy Brickenstein, accompanist; Elizabeth Winston pianist; the choir of Holy Trinity Church, with George Herbert Wells, conductor-accompanist. H. Paul has position - as organist and director at the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, to accept a similar position at Trinity copal Church. She has | already commenced her new duties. like Lucy resigned her SUNDAY ‘Tul: | | mind and {anthem, “I | Mount STAR, WASHIN Harriette Cady, Composer, Leschetizsky. en-)ences that she can claim as her very |own, for she has a wonderfully at- | tractive personality combined with a beautiful talent. In the summer- time she has concerts of original ompositions and adaptations for the of melodies native to Russia, India and the orfent. One of best known arrangements for plano js that of the famous “Volga Boat Song.” Other especially i triguing -compositions are the Span- “Ay-Ay-Ay,” the Itallan the Bamboo,” the Chinese temple song, and “Danse Orientale.” Negro melodies also interest Miss Cady and she is never at a loss for material 1o use in her arrangements when she turns to that riginal c Miss (g mposing. ay is very fond of the work | been *with Russians there are constantly fect that she Rachmaninoff, and Borodine sh style and Kes | vivid tone picturc. Miss Cady may come to Washington again in formal concert recital next | season, for she has already aroused much interest in her newer composi- tions as well as her standard pro- gram. She is a noted interpreter of Chopin and a friend and admirer of Paderewski, whose works she often includes on’ her programs. so mueh that rumors to the ef- herself 1s Russian. Seriabin, Str piays in fascinating each selection a it is possible that program this sea Vermont Avenue ¢ will be given tonight at 8 p.m The choir will be assisted by a section of the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of Walter T. Holt. The program will be: Mixed chorus, ‘Souls of the Righteous™ (Parker): orchestra, “The Dying Poet” (Gotts- chalk); contralto solo, “Imperfectus® (Bischoff); orchestra, “The Lost Chord” (Sullivan): soprano and tenor duet, “God Is Love” (Abt); mandolin solo, “In the Moonlight” (Muder), H. von Bernewitz; male quartet, “If Thou But Suffer God to Guide-Thee" (Pache); orchestra, “Good Night” (Nevin) m of nhristian Church The music for today's services at Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South is as follows: Morning—Organ prelude, Mrs. Frank Frost, “Elegia” (Ravanello): anthem, “The Lord Reigneth” (Fearis): quar te ‘Cast Th Upon (Towner relude’ Twenty-minute Deane Shure of music of the church: anthem, “Cast Your Care Upon Him" (I'ephio): quartet, “Be neath Thy Cross” (Baltzell): organ wtlude, “In Modo di rcia,” from “Ein Deutches Requiem™ (Brahms) the ing— by R Luther Place Memorizl Church mu- today will be: Merning sers o'clock — Prelude (Wagner) Waited for (Mendelssohn); offertory. “Andante (AMlendelssohn). and postlude, “Festi- val March” (Teilman). Evening serv- 8 o'clock—Prelude, “Andante" (Guilmant): anthem, “Love and Serv- ice’ (Gale): offertory, bum Leaf” (Schumann): anthem, W the Is Over” (Shelley), and “March” (Batiste) 11 This the € the direc for Mrs. evening at the Church of nant, beginning at § o'clock vening Choir. Claude Robeson, or: Lewis Atu substituting Harvey Muiray 2t the organ: Howard Blandy. planist, and the sl Quartet. will, In response to many requests, repeat the program of music given last Bunday evening. The choir will sing Mendelssohn's cantata. “Hear My Prayer.” and “Still, Still With Thee” (Speaks), and Lost Chord” (Sullivan). Mr. Fakler, soloist, will sing “Gloria” (Buzazi- Peccia). The Evening Choir will now dis- band for the summer months, sing- ing again on the first Sunday In November. Any one desiring to join the choir for next season may com- municate with Mrs. C. ¢ Halz, 1407 W street, telephone North 1696 At the Mount Pleasant Congrega- tional Church this morning the Pleasant chorus. under of Norton M. Little, Claude 1 n at the organ, sing for the last time this season. The chorus wiil disband for the sum- mer until the first week in Septem- ber, when rehearsals will be resumed. Thix morning, the chorus and the solo quartet will sing “The Lord Is My Shepherd” (Smart), and “Sanctus and Benedictus” (Tschaikowsky). At the Petworth Methodist Episco- pal Church the holy communion will be observed at the morning worship, and the hymns incidental to the serv- ice, with the “Glorla in Excelsis" and the “Tersanctus,” will be sung by choir and congregation. The re- maining musical portion of the direction with A._complete reorganization of the choir at Trinjty Church is in progress, | and any s=ingers who would like to join are urged to apply im mediately, as it is desired to have t new or- ganization complete and in working order by fall.- Miss Paul is featuring a twenty- minute organ recital preceding the | evening service each Sunday, com- mencing at 40 o'clock. Mary Helen Howe, coloratura so- prano, was soloist at the memorial services held in the Capitol by the Lincoln_and Grant Circles of the G, A. R. She sang “Christ in Flanders (Stephens) and led the organization in_patriotic songs, concluding with “The Star Spangled Banner. Franceska Kaspar Lawson will be the soloist at the closing day of school for the Sidewell's Friends School Friday. Mrs. Lawson will sing Henschel's “Spring” and “Villanell by Del Acqua. Mabel Finch Ra lings will be the accompanist. Harrlet Hine, pianist. pupil of the Virgil Piano_School, still is in Phoe- nix, Ariz. Miss Hine has given a number of concerts since She has been there and also has played ut several functions. Next week she will moter through the Grand Can- yon with a number of friends. Beatrice Seymour Goodwin of Washington gave several songs Tues- day evening at a benefit concert for the, rebuilding fund of the Bronx Y. W. C. A. The audience received Miss Goodwin's numbers most enthusias- tically. Marcia Kenyon, contralto soloist, Firgt Presbyterian Church, New York City, who Is visiting. Miss Frances Melton in Washington, will sing at the special musical service at Colum- bia Helghts Christian Church, this evening. 3 Miss Minna Niemann, one ot Wash- ington’s most gifted pianists, who fs at the head of the plano department of Gunston Hall School, sails for Eng- land in a few days to spend the sum- mer. She will visit for a time with relatives in Oswestry, North Wales, devoting herself in part to study. Her plans include a stay in London and visits to other places in England, including Stratford. She will return in September. Susanne Oldberg and Myra Me- Cathran Marks gave their usual Sun- day musical in their new studio- apartment in the Playhouse last Sun- day. The program began at 5 o’clock, when Louise Schwarzman of Alex- andria, Va., sang a number of songs by German and American composers. At the end of the program Mrs. Marks sang several songs and Miss service will be furnished by the solo meisting of Mrs. Paul G. soprano; Linda Herg, con- Louis 1. Annis. tenor, and amin Y. Morrison, bass, under the direction of the organist, M John Milton Sylvester. The program will be: Organ pre- lude, “Communion in E" (Gigout); quartet, “God Shall Wife Away Al Tears” (Field): tenor solo, “Help Me, Dear Lord” (Risher): organ postlude, “Maestoso, in C Minor" (Rink): At the evening service the following numbers wiN_be given: Prelude, violin _solo, “Intermezzo” (Bizet): Dorotlry Scamans: quartet, “For Ali Who Watch” (Dickinson): contralto solo, “Crossing the Bar’ (Buck); or- gan’ postlude, “Grand Chorus in F” (Salome). At First Baptist Church music to- day will be: Organ prelude, “Invo- cation” (Caporci); offertory solo, “O Morning Lan (Phelps), Florence Howard; organ postlude, “Allegretto” (West); evening, organ recital at 7:43 by Charles T. Ferry: “Canzonetta” (Scott), “Song Without Words" (De- shays), “Tocatto” (Le Bois); anthem by evening chorus, “To Thee, O Coun- try” (Eichberg); “America the Beau- tiful” (Mlles): offertory solo, “The Recessional” (De Koven); organ post- lude” (Marks). Sue Weeks, contralto, will sing at the morning service at the Cleveland Park Congregational Church. Her solo will be “The Publican,” by Van de Water. Mrs. Page McK. Etchison, musical director and pianist, will play as a prelude “Melody,” by Men- delssohn. The offertory will be “Adoration.” by Atherton, and the postlude, “Allegro.” by Mendelssohn. Music at this morning’s service at Columbia Heights Christian Church will include an anthem by the chorus choir, “Rock of Ages” (Dudley Buck). and 'a_quartet, “When Streaming From the Eastern Skies” (Eduardo Marzo). ‘At the evening service beginning at 8 the chorus cholr, assisted by the solo quartet and by Marcia Kenyon, contralto_soloist, First Presbyterian Church, New York City, and Freda Hauf Irwin, violinist, will give the last of the musical services for the season. The musical numbers are as Anthem, “In Heavenly Love (Holden): trio, “Hear Our (Abbott-Simpson): violin “0ld Refrain” (Kreissler): quartet, “Come Unto Me" (Coerne); contralto solo, selected; hen Streaming From the Eastern —_—— eral years has been organist and choirmaster of St. John's Episcopal Church, 16th and H streets north west, has resigned, his resignation to Winifred Michaelson played piano number: - * DF."James Dickinson, who for sev- become effective August 1, next. He has been ‘nnted two months' leave, during which time T. Guy Lucas will have charge of the. muste, “Rain type of work from her | of Russian’composers, indeed she has vinsky the | will | quartef, | GTON Day | has postiude, | B “The | 1 Mase. Land of Norway Discusses American Music QIGNE LUND, famous Norweglan woman composer, who has been In Washington for a while, leaving for Chicago Friday, although spe- clalizing in music, has proved an equally talented speaker on political and economic problems. Mme. Lund inherited musical talent from gifted |ancestors of several generations. Her e is unique in that it shows four well known woman composers in di- rect line—madame's grandmother, her mother, herself and her _daughter. On her father's side there’was equal musical interest and talent, uncle#was*Ole Bull, the greatest of Norway's violinists and one of the greatest the world has ever known. He died when Signe Lund was twelve years old, but she says she has many pleasant memories of him and his playing, and that her mother played With him in many concerts. Mme. Lund also had two sisters who were especially talented mu- sicians—Birgit Lund, now director of voice culture at Lenoir College, Hick- ory, N. €., and Unni Lund, who was for 'ten years professor of music at the University of Syracuse. Signe Lund says her mother told of IN THE CHURCHES last Sunday evening musical | Ski by the choir | ) Paul Bondage (ol is under the di Eden, baritone director. The sery. of Fred | and choir ection soloist Everett S, Hardell, well known in Washington musical circies, will make his first appearance tomorrow as tenor in the quartet of the Metro- for his how. when only two vears old, the baby Signe pulled at her skirts and pointed to the plano for mother to play. When four years and three months old small Signe wrote her first composition, for four voices, and when at six years she went to school her teacher had considerable trouble phabet, for Signe insisted that A was really the first letter of the al- should come after G, as it did on the should come after G, a sit did on the plano keyboard. The Young composer met Bdward Grieg, with whom her mother was coaching, when Signe was | | politan Presbyterian Church, 4th and | B streets southeast. service he will sing “There Is Death” (O'Hara). The quartet sing “‘Conslder and Hear Me" (Wo er). In the evening Albert O. Stearns, Jr.. baritone, will sing “My Task'" (Ashford), and there will be an an them by the quartet, “God Is Love" (Shelley). The other members of the quartet @ Evelyn Gribbin, soprano, and Anita Ganges, contralto. Hall ix the organist and mus, rector At _the morning al dis The following musi rection of Estelle Wentworth, will be presented at Christ Church, Alexan- dria, Va, Kathryn Fowler, organist: Morning "’ service, 11 a'cle prelude, “Choral and Minuet man): offertory no solo. under the di- t: w postiude, . _Evening servi man prelude. “Adagio s solo, “dust for T tussell Cordr i n Grazia wler; Movement, ilmant) The quartet at composed of Janet Pickett. sénrano; Alice Stranss, contralto: Ellsworth Condron, tenor; Russell Cordrey, bass. «Guilmant) lay” (Bond), oy organ postlude. Fifth Organ Sona- Christ Church is A band of twenty-five volunteer musicians will give the music at the open-alr services at the peace cross in the grounds of the National Cathe dral on Sunday afternoons during the summer beginning today. This band been organized by Mr. C. | nne, i layman of St Alban's parish much interested in the cathe dral and in church music. He has se- cured the co-operation of a number of local amateur bands, and m ) ekly are being y Edward M. Van Loock, a retired member of the United States N and. will be the conduetor. At th services in the cathedral grounds th band will wear white vestments and will march in the procession to the peace cross, a feature which will add to the interest of these services as the music will add to their beauty. Mr. Benns wishes to secure the services of a few more volunteers to complete the band. All pertons desir- Ing to join the organization may ap- ply at any time to Mr. Benns in Room 1015 Woodward building. The council of the lo musicians’ union has e nded its good offices to | the new organization and has exhib- of helpfulness and co- | ited a_spirit operation Miss (% Ma group of children jano recital last Those taking part were: Virgin Brisco, Marjorie Schorn, Catherine Holden, Helene Dwyer, Esther Pier- son, Gladys Kramer. Alice Colton, Helen Mattocks, Frank Leach, Flora Snellenburg. Helen Perley, Helen Sta- ples, Madeline Agusterfer, Mera_Col- ton. Ella Davis, Helen Walter, Eliza- beth Wine, Richard Huhn, Margaret Cook. Barbara Staples and Helen Huhn. Minke presented a n_an int Friday -n Emma L. Minke gave a piano recital last Saturday afternoon at her studio. Compositions of Spindler. Fink. Lange, Lichner. Lack, Paderwski, Sinding. Grieg, Lavallee and Liszt were played by the following pupils: Gertrude Williamson, Adelaide Woodley, Ri lasterday. Billy Austin. Cleoki Wil liamson. “Betty Lum. Virginia Haw kins, Elinor Soule, ne Kenney, Wil- ma Chandler, adeline Yonker. Frances Evans, Carolyn Kmight, La- verne Williamson, Dorothy Fox, Lor- raine Lipphard, Louise Chandler, Mil- dred Gees, Ruth Lewis and Derwyn Cooper. _ There will be a “service of sang” at Highlands Community Church in the Brightwood Masonic Temple to- night at 8 o'clock. Those who will take part are Vivi- enne Gilmore, Margaret Baker, Doro- thy Reddish, sopranos; Leslie Coyle, baritone: T. J. Quinn, tenor; Theo- dore Roth, violinist, and a large cho- rus under the direction of Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee. . {had a single lesson in harmony. Jane €| organ | (Andrews), by | mugicians | nearsals | just sweet sixteen. The great Grieg looked over some of her compositions {at her mother's request and became enthusiastic, firmly refusing for some time to believe that she had never At last he admitted she must have been “born with harmonv.” H dvised her to go to Berlin to study, but she married instead. and it wasn't until seven years later, when the voungest of her five children was nearly a year old, that she finally arrived in the German capital and began study with Wilhelm Berger. She then gi oncerts in London, Copenhagen Paris. In the French capital nt two yvears hearing all the or- chestral and operatic mu she could £o to, for Grieg had told her: “You are orlginal in your music and your novel jdeas must not be spoiled by the teachings d. go 5 ou can find." Tund's programs always niy Ler own compositions Das been assisted by leading among th 0 et Cahie who were on hey at_her first American con- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, in in 1902, Mme. Lund spe h th in this country until 14 when she turned to Europe cele brate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publishing of her early composi- tions with a series of ten concerts in Norway Then she went to Parls until the war broke out, when she re- turned to the United States until 1820. Mme. Lund had two sons fight- ing on the alli side in France dur- ing the late conflict, and she herself did camp work with Mrs. Newton D. -l Tn 1919 she was director of music at a normal school in North Dakot: but i1l _health made her re- turn to Europe for recuperation. Last fail she gave orchestral concerts in crway, London, The Hague and in ¥ cities in the United States. Now, however, she is here not alone a¥ 4 musiclan. but as delegate to such conferences as the International League for P ) d Freedom and correspondent for Christiania’s leading paper. Mme. Lund is a socialist in political views and a stanch supporter of the new broadening life_ opening to women of the world. She feels that Norway is really the parent country of America, for shé has studied docu- ments that prove the truth of the legends about Lief Ericsson and his men, who landed on these shores in year 1000 B. C. am sure from proofs in the Vati- can that Christopher Columbus was at least not unaware of Ericsso pedition to what is now Ameri. York. speaking of the native American musie, Mme. Lund said: I cannot express too foreibly my interest in the Indian music and th negro spirituals which are so dis- tinctiv American: also, I think |jazz_is quite appropriate when used < dance music, although it soon be- comes monotonous; but I do believe that there is one kind of American musio that is dercgatory to progress along musical lincs. That is the type of sentimental songs such as Carrie Jacobs Bond writes. Mis. Bond and others like her appeal to the tritelv sentimental side of an au- dience %nd there is nothing big or fundamental in their work. It is the cultivation of a taste for such compositions that keeps many de- cidedly talented voung composers starving in hall bedrooms. As for the ultra-modern school of music as rep- resented b Ravel and Cyril Soott— fAne: but Schoenberg and Ornstein— terribic American music in general is me- dious but too sentimental Amer- ans are clever in finding interesting harmonies. modulations. and making unique orchestrations. Most American ®ingers seem to have naturally beau- tiful singing voices and the choral obbligatos for many vocal arrange- ments with one outstanding soloist 1 have found particularly interesting. America is o voung that your musi like everything clse. lacks atmos- phere, but it would seem as though with Your wonderful country, biend- ifig of nationalities, and decided orig- inality. the United States should pro- duce the most marvelous music in the world.” Club and School Notes THE Sisters of Mercy of Holy Trin- ity Convent, Georgetown, will be the guests of honor at a recital to be presented in Holy Trinity Hall, at 3:30 this afternoon, by Ambrose Dur- kin, bass-baritone; Helen Gerrer, vio- linist, and Adolf Torovsky, pianist. The program will include: Martin's “Bridal Dawny' Willeby's “Flowe Fetters,” Morse's “Were You to Cal Mr. Durkin: Mozart's “Minuet,” Reis's “Adagio,” Chaminade-K ler's “Sere- nade Espagnol an Goens' “Scherzo,” Miss Gerrer; Greig's “To the Spring.” Sinding’s “Rustle of Spring,” Boyle's “A Spring Breeze,” Schumann-Liszt's “Spring Night,” Mr. Torovsky: Sanderson'’s “When You Pass,” Burchell's “The Song of the Clock," d'Hardelot's ‘Because,” M Durkin; Sarasate's “Zigeunerweisen, Miss Gerrer; Sibelius’ “Romance, Scriabine's " “Nocturn Brahm: TRhapeodie in G Minor,” Mr. Torov- sky. Miss Pear] Waigh will present Betty Baum in a plano recital Tuesday eve- ning at 8 o'clock, at 3520 Edmunds street northwest. The assisting solo- ist will be Mrs. Jullan Brylawski, contralto. ¢ The program will bé: “Allegro” (Bach), “March" and “Gigue". (Bach- MacDowell), “Ballade” (Rheinberger), Betty Baum; “Without Thee" (d'Har- delot), “I Love You Truly" (Bond) Mrs. Brylawski: “Prelude C_Minor (Chopin), “Two Musical Sketches (Mendelssohn), “March of the Dwarfs (Grieg), Betty Baum; “Sunset” (Buck), Mrs. "Brylawskl; “Shado Dance," “Romance” and “Hungarian’ (MacDowell), Betty Baum. A concert presented by W. J. Oates, assisted by Tva Hockenberry, soprano, wnd Klizabeth glven Friday evening at thé home of Ar. and Mrs. Lewis Turner, 1610 Alil- son street northwest. The program included “Cheer Up." Mississippl. orchestra: piano soi. Doll's Dream,” Miss C. Prichard; vio- lin solos, “Souvenir,” “Berceuse from Jocelyn,” Miss H. Wine; “Havana.” orchestra; piano solo, “The Village Blacksmith,” L. Saxton; violin solo, ‘The Rosary,” M. Miller; plano solo, ‘Orta_Grand' Polka,” Miss M. Wood- ruff: “Overture to Stradella,” orches- tra; plano solo, “Tonata Pathetique,” Miss_L. Nichols; soprano solos, “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” “To Be Near You,” Miss Tva Hockenberry; plano solo, “Grand Marche de Con cert,” Miss 1. Turner; violin solo, “Serenade,” M. Paxton: piano solo, “Liebstraum,” Miss N. Horton; violin solo, “Love and Flowers,” T. piano_solo, Miss E. Ford: wealth,” orchestra; violin %olo, “Blue Bells of Scotland,” R. Benson: r ing, “The Stabler: Fans” Orchestra. it The accompanists were Miss M. Horton, Miss F. Baker and W. J. Oates. The Chaminade Glee Club held its spring business meeting Monday evening at the home of Miss Esther Linkins, director. The following officers were re- elected unanimously for the ensuing year: Katharine L, Eckloff, president; Ruth L. Jeffers, vice president; riam B. Abell, secretary; Lillian An- derson, treasurer; Marybelle Boston, additional board member. Florence R. Hinman was elected additional board member to fill vacancy caused by one of the former board members leaving the city. Mra. Elizabeth L. Stabler, reader, was | Black wus agaln selected as Hbraridn. | the | Mrs. | vice president; Mrs. William R. Ben- Students Score in Art Exhibit Unusual Exhibition ' Gallery The exhibition of work hy students of the Corcoran School of Art, which was set forth in the speefal exhibi- tion gallery and the large adjacent schoolroom at the Corcoran Gallery this past week, was impressively fine Not only was the work well done, but indicative in many instances of ex- ceptional talent on the part of the students. It was a large exhibition, comprising drawings from life Ly both day and night classes, drawings from the antique by day and mgnt classges, studies in portraiture and fig- ure work in drawing and in color, «till life painting and compositions More than 300 students have been registered and working in these classes in the Corcoran School af Art this past season and, judging from works shown, all have been above the average in the matter of ift Almost any one can be taught to draw, but comparatively few pos- sess that inherent endowment which enables one to draw well, and by “well” is meant sensitively, feelingly, in such wise that it stirs with en- thusiasm or delight the beholder. As a rule, there are few exhibitions of art, or so-called art, more dral and dull and uninspiring than those of school work—drawings from life, drawings from the cast, feeble ef- forts at portraiture and still life painting: but there was much in this exhibition of work by students of the Corcoran School which was of really enlivening interest. The drawings from the antique were admirably done, interpreting not merely actual form, but the spirit of | the original sculpture, which in some- wise, through enlightened suggestion or intuitive sympathy, the students seemed to have realized through the cold and utterly inadequate interpre- tive medium of plaster. In the early days of the Corcoran School such drawings were made large-size and from a limited number of casts in the classroom. Now the drawings are comparatively small, and are made by the students in the gallery. They have, therefore, a much larger range of material to choose from and a greater variety of cholce in the mat- ter of lighting. all of which they seem to have used to the best advan- tage. It ig an beauty manifest. artist’s business to make to interpret it to others who have not the Seeing eye or trained perception. but it is mot often that one finds students capably attaining this end. It is without ex- aggeration to say that many of the drawings from the antique in_this students’ showing were beautifully interpreted, with _great _simplicity sincerity and charm. There were evidenced a nice feeling for form, great accuracy in draftsmanship, un- common appreciation of the relation of values, coupled with extraordinary command’ of the medium employed— al. And what was most im- was the fact that these drawings scemed not to have been ade as mere exercises, but rather with delight and with loving carc which did net. however, obliterate spontaneity of expression. The life drawings in both the day and night clases likewise manifested this same freedom and play of indi- viduality on the part of the stu- dents. Here, too. the work showed a conception of art which is not al- waye found, alas, in art schools. The beauty of the human form seemed to have been recognized and grasped and in many instances the lines em- ployed .for the presentation were flowing, sensitive and rhythmical. Again the students give evidence of commanding their medium, rather than being enslaved to it Witness- ing to the fact that all of this life pre Margaret A. McCormack pointed publicity editor The activities of the past season were reviewed and plans for next r discussed. The club has com- pleted its third season of work. Its weekly rehearsals have been held the last two seasons in the Kitt- Knabe studio. One of the outstand- ing features of the past season was the very successful banguet given by the club in January. It is planned to make this an annual affair. Great progress has been made by the club since its organization, sev- eral fine concerts having been given this season. The members also have sung at a number of the local hos- pitals and institutions. Rehearsals have been discontinued during the summer months will be resumed the first Monday in Sctober. A social hour .was spent after the busi meeting. was reap- One of the most famous of all local musical organizations is the Rubin- stein Club, The club has a membership of 100 active, 400 associate and 200 sustain- ing members, and its success in choral work has placed it in the front ranks among similar organizations today. The annual business meeting held recently closed a successful sea- son. The following were elected as officers for the coming year: Mrs. Robert Dalgleish, re-elected president unanimousiy for the eighth season: John W. Dawson. re-elected ham, second vice president James Dalgleish, secretary; Ann Ford, treasurer, and Miss librarian. Tt was decided to extend the ac- Mrs. Miss uell, | tivities of the club to include philan- thropic concerts for hospitals and charitable institutions. The club will also offer a prize to the composer (south of the Mason and Dixon line) writing the best composition for women's chorus, the work to be sung by the club some time year. Other plans are to educate mu- sically some gifted yvoung lady not financially _able to have the proper training. The club will hold the first meeting next season in October. The MacDowell Music Club, Georgia E. Miller, president. met Monday evening in the clubrooms. = There were several resolutions offered and adopted for next year's work, one be- ing the_ Halloween party in’ October for the MacDowell-Peterborough Col- ony fund, another that there shall be one program of American composers and one program of MacDowell com- positions. After a short program, given by George Cornwell and-Elea- nore Colborn, pianists, and Elizabeth Waters, soprano. the club adjourned for the season, to meet again on the first Monday in.October. Prominent among the many musical programs which have marked the close of the academic year in the music studios of Washington, are the <&To “open lesson” programs given by The Louise Lakin School of Founda- tion Music on the two Saturday after- noons just past. Unleas most affairs of their kind, these open lessons featured the en- tire work of the school, interspersing ‘the finished interpretations of the ad- vanced pupils, with simple melodies played by the voungest beginners. Every number demonstrated the tech- nical foundation insisted on in this system. Interesting features were the class drills in notation and elemental har- mony which at this studio go hand in hand with pianoforte instruction. More than fifty children took part in the two recitals, On both occasions Miss Lakin was assisted by Miss Wil- muth Doyle and Miss Phoebe Flem- ing. Mrs. Robert Dalgleish entertained lhe:Dllglel!h Music Study Club at the Hotel Roosevelt for the closing meet- ing of the season last Monday even- ing. A varied program preceded the dance in the ballroom. The musical selections, with Miss Pauline Knoeller as accompanist, were given by Miss Clara Stack, Mrs. Edith White, Miss Lilla Smithson, Mrs. Madeline Cor- nish Nickles, Mrs. George E. Corbett, Miss Mary Lee Chapman, Miss Cecile Sale, Mrs. Frank R. Lord, Mrs. Thom- as A. Schilling, Mrs. Ernest Klinge, Miss Mabel McCalip, Madrigal Quartet (OMrs. Frederick Klinge, Mrs. Thomas A. Schilling, Miss Gertrude Misel and Mra. Edith White), Mrs. Murray Tay- lor, Mrs. Herbert Riley, Mrs. J. J. Underwood, Mrs. Frederick Klinge, Miss Geriride Migel. Miss Murgaret Hughes, 58 rances Scherger, They | organized March 28, 1908 | during the | Held by Corcoran: School. |diawing is being done familiarize the studert with the hu- man figure. were memory studies mide in an hour after fifteen mint study of a pose. an excellent dri bearing fruit in the work set forth by the class in composition. This class was organized only fall, but it made an exceptionally teresting showing. Varfous subjects taken from well known bhooks, such as “Treasure Island, “Oliver Twist,’ “A Tale of Two Cities” “Romeo and Juliet,” ete, were given out by the instructors and the studente wers free to interpret them as they pleas ed. The result was a series in many instances of extremely clever illu strations, showing a power of comn position s« well as n ability t¢ | place figures in proper relation 1 | environment that was rather su prising, In several cases these | | lustrations reached almiost profes rd in order to last of the it work and tha other clusses in painting |showed distinet progress. ~As a rTu {it is in the portrait class that t {dreariest work is found, for clums | painting i even worse than elume jdrawing. But this painting was iclumsy. and_the color in most cases | was good. The heads were well co | structed, and though frankly {ademic, were strong and promising |Tn all of the classes certain work wi- {done without instruction, in order tr | demonstrate the student's str {or weakness. Among the best of s work was ome of the portrait draw ings in charcoal and red chalk The still life paintings. which hung in the anteroom to the spe hibition gallery. were of such merit that it must have been 10 have sclocted the best for award | The subjects forth were not pur | ticularly interesting or inspiring. were selected and arranged, doubtles as simple exercises. These st should be remembered, paint_pictures, not producing picture at this time, therefore the simpler ti better. It was this sincerely studer viewpoint which notably characteriz:: this_exhibition. The tendency of today is to mal use of every short cut in art whic | may promise auick return. the amb | tion being to achieve with as litth cost of jalor possible: and tl penalty a vast amount of half . which, because of clever ages current attention, none of those qualit make for permanency of in he kind of training whicl nd more students are aj parently having here fn our Corcoral School of Art i calculated to cour teract just such influence as this and to give us in the near futur: art of a better rort | It has been said by those who lin a position to know that no long | was_it neces - for students of lin Amcrica to go abroad to lea: | This has usually been taken to meat that schoolx of New Y Ph nd Boston have bhee comparal th the best in Luros It is not too much to say that the e thition of 1he ran School li Kk shows ong the i iven her greater metroy uniforn difficu that ressary f cities 1o not better | now than in these Jises. When a few vears ago. at invitation of the trustees of the Cor- coran lavy of Art, Edmund C. Tar Dbell of Boston came to Washingto to reorganize and direct the Coi coran School of Art he declared it hi ambition to make it the best art school in the country. Through the | operation and able assi { instructors. Richard | Burtis Baker and Mathi | Leisenring, he has ]xrlm.rvn!l_\‘"g‘?’:x'n |long way toward the accomplishmer SR e LEILA MECHLIN training is be \ M. Be e Morte and M ker. jr. Mrs Lemuel ssell | Hamlet Rho Beta Chapter Mu Phi lon entertained at a mothers’ p the form a musical Monday ning in the chapter rooms, after v refreshments were s Th performing on_the progra Olive Witters, Nell Galey Canine and Helen Fisk Torey, sopranos; Rebecca Easterbrook. pianist; Frieda Irwin, violinist, and Hazel Benton, cellist June 9 the installation of the newi: elected officers for the season 1 1524 will tak followed by th last musical ¢ i those whe will ta ., Ine Miller, ard Lilli Wimer Chase, Mabel Lintor Rose Hyer Hartung _ and Franc Bronson = of Charlotte Klein, Mabel Monday Dames Last Colonial Nelson. piz wing progran able comment, as she & few hours’ notice Minor” (Machowell): Steppes™ “Gopak” (Mous sorgsky) se de Concert” (L. Forge): “By the Brook” (Karganoff, “Tollegeselschaft” (Dohnanyi) : “Rhap sodie No. 157 (Liszt): “Waltzer” (( jani). ampso pe fa creating conside: betituted or relude in ¥ ‘Over the The third and last concert of the Music Club of the Government Hotels for this season will be held in th recreation hall of the hotels on Thurs day evening. Jun t 8:15 o'clocl The club will be ass by Leonard | Lewis, baritone, nf N An interesting evint of the closi week at Fairmont School was a coi cert given by the Che Tub thirty students, under the directin of Miss Elizabeth Keyser. All of th selections were sung in zood style and hof exprossion the | Grimes was a guest t and san a group of songs charmingly Marie Howe Spurr will present Vi ginia Lee Barker. cleven-vear-old pi ano student, in a recital, assisted 1. Peggy Allen, reader, in the Y. M. C. A assembly hall Friday evening at S:1 o'clock. The program will include *Minue: avotte” (Bach). “Albun Blatt” (Beethoven), Virginia Lee Ba ker: “Etudes.” Nos. (Hellery Virginia Barker: “To a Wili Rose” (MacDowell). “Elfin _Dance (Gricg), “Papillon” (Grieg), Virgini Lee Barker: “Atlantis.” gy Allen “Valse” (Chopin), “Mazurka” "(Ch: pin), “Poupee Valsante” Navy Band Conesrs. A concert will be given Weanrs day, 7:30 fo 9 p.m.. from the band stand of the navy vard by the United States Navy Band, Charles Benter director. The program will be: March, “Major Edwin Denby, U. S. M. C." (Benter) dedicated to Edwin Denby: over ture, “Rienzi" (Wagner): suite two ' songs for cornet and bariton: “Be Still and Know" (Pierson). "My Curly Headed Little Baby" (Clui- sam), Bandmasters G. De Giorgio and J. Manganaro: grand scenes from the opera “Rigoletto” (Verdi): thre. dances from “Henry VIII" (German) humoresque on i laghe Sheen” (arranged by Sousa). “Song of the Volga Boatmen” (ar ranged by lLake). “Parade of the Wooden Soldlers™ (Jessell), valse d« concert, “Wedding of the. Winds (Hall): excerpts from the populs musical comedy,. “The Merry Widow Lehar), popular selections. final “The Star :.ngled Banner." MARINE BAND CONCERT. At .the United States Marine Ba racks tomorrow at 4:30 p. m., a con- cert by the United States Marin. Band, William H. Santelmann, lcader . Taylor Branson, second lcader, wil! be_ given. The program will include: March farine Corps Institute,” (Branson) overture, “Barber of Seville,” (Ros- sini); reminiscences of Havana A Night on the Prado,” (Lake.): ex- cerpt from “A Runaway Girl.” (Caryll); waltz, “The Debutant (Santelmann); characteristic fantasia “Gypsy Life,” (Le Thiere); Prelude in C " Sharp Minor, (Rachmaninoff)*: Marines' hymn. “The #alls .of Monte- zuma.” and-*“The-Star Spangled Ban- ner. suit L