Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1925, Page 63

ALTER DAMROSCH, dean of orchestra conductors in America, stated when here last week with the New Yerk Symphony Orchestra that he has been enthusiastic over the musical de- velopment of Washingtor #Feviewing the past week of music, two an Wednesday and one Thurs \ the coming week, it would seem th rosch’s enthusiasm. noticed, too, that Washington is n since he first came to this city. In with a concert Monday and Tuesday, day, and looking at the prospect for at the facts easily warrant Mr. Dam- The City Music League of New York seemfis to have progressing in its musical interests, Tonight Mrs. John N. Marshall will present the Duchesse de Richelieu and Stefano, the harpist, h which aims to abolish the musical talented student During the week La Salle Spi Chamber Music Ensemble in a uniqu Mrs. H. H. A Dvorak, especially ad: in a recital for the benefit of this cause, pretender and encougage the really er will present the new Washington se program, with works by Beethoven. Beach, America’s foremost woman composer, and ~Anton nired in America for his “New World Symphony.” A group of talented singers and instrumentalists also will give solo or joint ‘recitals, including in their programs many compositions of unusual merit which are not so well known to the city's music lovers. * Kk k SIGNIFICANT event in the cit performance of the New York ary, for at that time the Washingto that has achieved a high rank for t ssist Mr. Damrosch's orchestra in Ninth Symphony.” A rehearsal w Damrosch's direction and 200 voice The great director is keenly int music in the United States, but he s made, as evinced in the ultramode; ®zz” which have been featured in s musical progress should be the n Symphony Orchestra here, in Febru- n Choral Society, a vocal organization he type of works presented by it, will a performance of Beethoven's famous as held Monday afternoon under Mr. s rehearsed the choral work. crested in the general development of cems to doubt that progress has been rn_ American works and the “super- this season’s programs. “Bach, Beethoven, Wagner—the old masters all used the same tone ale. “Their counterpoint, harmonies and In this group of so-called ‘u today try to be entirely different nothing yet is really worth while A composer must have heart in | should come first, then artistry to ¢ hance wives tical. it It is inhuman. “Jazz I do not consider in any way s even the ‘Rhapsody in Blue. Jazz i rounding simple melodies, more or nature. It, too a g did their dance tuncs. tetc,, to make beautiful music.” CONCERTS Duchesse de Richel the Wardman F Toti Dal Monte, coloratura sopr at 4:30. Horace Alwyne, lecture recital un: 1734 N street northwest, Piano-lect Schoc United States morrow and 8:15 Wednesday Philadelphia Symphony Orchestr at the National Maric Sundelius, Metrop manian_ violinist, in recital a soprano, recital, “The Roma night at 8 Marine Band conci re tomorrow Washingte 30 p.m United States Iriday Music Ens Navy night at Banc 8:15 o'clock Ducl’lesse de Rlchelleu and Stefano—Tonight. The Duchesse de Richelieu, soprano and harpist, will present a musical at the Ward- man Park Hotel this evening at 8:30 a'clock for the benefit of the national work of the City Music League. Mrs. John N. Marshall of York, in charge of the concert, states hat ‘the National Music League is o its in sy only in point of time. Already its sincerity of purpose been firmly cstablished, The league 1s fighting the musical fake The ague alms to dissuade those who should be sent home and to guide real talent to the right teacher and arket Also it aims to place the development of art upon so high a plane that it will never be neces- sary for th voung unknown artist to stoop to undignified methods to ucceed. The league is a musical clearing house. The concert tonight is to acquaint leading patrons of music in Washington of the value of this work and, possibly, to establish a branch of the league here. 4 The program will include the fol- Jowing numbers The duchess will sing—"She Never Told Her Love" (Haydn) “The Mermaid's Song” (Haydn), “My Lovely Celia” (Moore) *“Songs M Mot Taught Me” (Dvorak) Restiare" (Poulenc), “Veille Ch Espagno with Eau Qui (Georges) the Waters Minneton (Lieurance), (Cyril Scott). Salvatore will play works by Bach, Hasselmans, Pintos, Dubois and Schnecker. Mr. James will the accom- Ppanist. Salvatore de Stefano, New has Court” of the Lullaby” de Stefano Caskey be Toti Dal Monte—Tomorrow. Toti Dal Monte, coloratura soprano, who has just made a sensational debut with both the Chicago and Metropoli- tan Opera Companles, will be heard for the first time in Washington to- morrow afternoon at Poli's Theater at 4:30 Critics in Chic e =aid’ to have Tihe. Sembrich of She is 1ike this great artist in another particular, being a planist as well as singer. In both cities, where she has appeared in the title role of “Lucia Qi Lammermaor,” she received a storm of applause after the first act, but the climax was after the “Mad Scene,” which she will use on her program tomorrow. In addition she will sing aria of “Suzanna,” from *Noszze di Figaro™ (Mozart); “Nina Nana" (Gressanin): “Venetian Song” ADs Lorenzio); aria, “Queen of the Night,” “Magic Flute” (Mozart); “La Rosellina” (Schubert); “Sel Bella o Mio Dolcezza” (Schumann), and “La Hayos del Zebedeo” (Chapi). Seats are on sale at Mrs. Wilson- Greene’s concert bureau, Thirteenth and G streets go and New York called this soprano this generation. Horace Alwyne Tomorrow. The second of the talks on the pre delphia Orchestra concerts will be given by Horace Alwyne at 1738 N §'H'CEL tomorrow afternoon at 4:30. series of mus wms of the Phil, fr. Alwyne, since lecturing here in November, has himself been soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia on December 5, where his playing was recelved with marked enthusiasm. To quote the Philadelphia Public Ledger, “Mr. Alwyne showed himself to be & splendid pianist * * * His sense of rhythm is perfect, his tem- perament ix vital, but finely con- trolled, his tone exceedingly beauti- ful and delicate where required, his technique ample for all practical ¢ cert needs, and his interpretations show the right balance between emu- tion and intellect. His performance of the exacting ‘Burlesque’ (Strauss) was the finest that has been given in Philadelphia for a great many Fears” Later in the season Mr. Alwyne wvill appear as soloist with the Phila- Helphia Orchestra Lere, Wagner only added more chromatic effects,” said Mr. Damrosch. music if it is to last—emotional appeal This niew music reminds me of men who go home and beat their however, is artificial and lacks emotional depths. Possibly us will come who will lift jazz to real heights as the great Germans Look at Bach's use of allemande, bourree, gigue, ark Hotel tonight at 8 o'clock. tomorrow Theater at 4:30. concer (Aubert): | other technical background are iden- ftramoderns,’ the young musicians of These composers, 1 feel, have done They have no heart in their music. rystallize around that theme and en- milar to the ultramodern music, s merely nervous dance rhythms sur- less resembling fqlk songs in their HELEN FETTER. and Stefano, harpist, in recital at ano, in recital at Poli's tomorrow der auspices of Bryn Mawr Club, at afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. nticists,” R. Leopold, Central High 15, erts v night. a, with at the barracks, at 3 p.m. to- Van Hoogstraten, Tuesday oprano, and Socrate Barozzi, Ru- t Rauscher's, Wednesday morning cmble, the Playhouse, Wednesday, n Marine Corps Institute Hall, Ralph Leopold—Tomorrow. Raiph Leopold, the well known planist, will give a lecture recital on the Romanticists under the auspices of the Washington Soclety of the Fine Arts, in the auditorium of the Central High School tomorrow evening at 8:15 o'clock. Through previous ap- | pearances In Washington and tempo- rary residence here during the Wil- son administration, Mr. Leopold neads no introduction to Washington audi- ences. As a boy he was organist for several years in prominent churches in Philadelphia and was the youngest member to be admitted to the Ameri- can Guild of Organists. He has at- tained high musical standing in Eu- rope as well as in America, appear- ing as soloist with some of *he lead- ing orchestras. Like Mr. D nrosch, he has a special gift for exposition, and his lecture recitals are of unique interest and pleasurable quality. The program will be as follows: Mendelssohn, “Prelude and Fugue, Op. 35"; Schumann, “Nachtstuck in F” and “Grillen”; Liszt, “Somata in B Minor”; Chopin, “Nocturne in D Flat,” “Mazurka in D Major,” “Mazurka in A Minor”; Olsen, “Paplllon”; Arensky, “By the Sea”; Leschetizky, “Etude Heroique.” United States Marine Band Tomorrow and Wednesday. At the Marine Barracks at 3 p.m. |tomorrow, a concert by the United | States Marine Band Orchestra, Wil- liam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader, will inciude on the program—March, “Radetzky” (Strauss); overture, “Rakoczy” (Kela Bela); “Song of India,” from “Sadko™ (Rimsky-Korsakow); “Hymn to the Sun,” from “Golden Cockerel” (Rim- sky-Korsakow); grand scenes from “Traviata” (Verdi), waltz, “Dreams of Childhood” (Waldteufel); “Medita- tion,” Opus 32 (Glasounow); “Twi- light,” Opus 24, No. 1 (Cesek);: suite, “Le Roman de Pierrot et Pierrette” (Burgmein); marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma,” and “The Star Spangled Banne At the barracks Wednesday, at §:15 |o'clock, the' evening concert by - the | United States Marine Band Orchestra | will have the following program: March, “El €apitan” (Sousa); over- ture, “Festival” (Lassen); “Nocturne, Opus 48, No. 1" (Chopin) suite d'or- chestra,” “Scenes Alaciennes” (Mas. senet); obbligato, violin, Taylor Bran- son; ~cello, Fritz Mueller; clarinet, Emil Rada; walts, “Aero Travelers" (Weiss); excerpts from “Eileen” (Her- bert); “Polish National Dance” (Scharwenka); marines' hymn, “The alls of Montezuma,” and * Spangled Banner. Theidtas Philndel%hin fi);d‘e““— uesday. The Philadelphia Orohestra will have Willem Van Hoogstraten as guest conductor for its third concert here at the National Theater Tues- day afternoon at 4:30. He takes the place of Pierre Monteux, announced earlier in the season, who hag been detained in France by iliness. Mr. Van Hoogstraten is in his shird season as conductor of the New York Philharmonle Orchestra. Although not yet in his fortles, he is already one of the famous orchestral conduc- tors of the world. Coming to this country four years ago {rom Europe, where he was known as an excellsnt conductor, he made his first appear- |ance with the Philharmonic Orches- | tra in New York at a special concert |in Carnegle Hall, and. so successful was his debut that he reappeared within a few weeks for a second spe- clal concert. Three years ago he was engaged to conduct half of the concerts at the Lewisohn Stadium in New York, and his work at these famous events | established him as a favorite. He was engaged for a palr of concerts with the Philharmonic in the sub- scription series the following winter, and the next season he became one of the regular conductors of the orches- tra. It such a ¥ersatils musician could ' G R MARIE, SUNDELIUS and. SocraTE BARozZI Rauschers IN THE CHURCHES DGAR GRAY, basso of New YorK City, and Ruby Gerard, violinist, will assist Charles T. Ferry, organ- ist. at the musical vespers, 4:45 p.m. today at the First Congregational Church. Mr. Gray is said to have an enor- mous voice of extended range. Ruby Gerard has gained a high reputation as a violinist during European and American tours, appearing as solofst with symphony ofchestras in the large oities and with Sousa’s Band. She is an exponent of ‘the Belgian school, having studied with Ovide Musin and Cesar Thomson. Mr. Gray will sing “Within This Sacred Dwelling” (Mozart), “Abide With Me" (Shelley), “The Song of the Old Church Bell” (Petric), “Asleep in the Deep” (Petrie). Miss Gerard will play “Andante,” a minor concerto (Goltmann); “Romance” (Wieniaw- ski). “Orfentale (Cui), Poetique” (Fibish), “Romanz: luza” (Sarasate). Mr. Ferry will give, as an organ prelude, “Pllgrim Cho- rus” (Wagner); offertory, “Capriccio™ (Lemaigre), and postlude, “Fantasia” (Ferry). The music at the morning service of Epworth M. E. Church South will in- clude organ prelude, “Minue (Han- del); anthem, “O Light Eternal" (Miles); anthem, “The Earth Is the Lord's” (Rogers): organ postiude, “Postlude in B Flat” (West) Louis Potter, choir director, will play “Sposalizes” (Liszt) and “Will- o'-the-Wisp” (Nevin) at the regular organ recital at 7:45. The evening anthems will Lamb of God” ful TIsle “Tocatta” be “G (Gounod) and “Beauti- (Ferris); organ postlude, (Dubois) organist and director of the First Reformed Church, has arranged these numbers for today: Morning service, “Prelude” (Batiate), for the organ; anthem, “Send Out Thy Light” (Gounod); “Postlude” (Buck); —— Karl Holer, be said to excel in the interpretation of any particular composer it would be Brahms, and it is therefore of great interest to note that he has chosen that great master's fourth symphony as the feature of his pro- gram for Washington. These concerts are under the local management of the [T. Arthur Smith, Inc., Concert Bureau at 1306 G street. Marie Sundelius and Socrate Barozzi at Rauscher's Wednesday. The following is the program that Marie Sundelius, Metropolitan Opera soprano, and Socrate Barozzi, Ru- manian violinist, will present in the third morning musical this season at Rauscher's at 11:15 o’clock. Wednesday morning -under the auspices of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend; .Aria from ‘Tl Re Pastore,” with violin obbligato (Mo- zart), Marie Sundelius and Socrate Barozzi; “Largo Expressivo” (Pug- nani), “Fugue” (Tartini-Kreisler), “Prealudium” (Bach), Socrate Ba- rozzi; “Hark, Hark, thg Lark” (Schu- bert), ‘“Mondnacht” ' (Schumann), “Schneylockchen” (Schumann), “Fan- toches” (Debussy), aria from “Louise” (Charpentier), Marie Sundeljus; “Gyp- sy Serenade’ (Valdez), “Slavonic Dance” (Dvorak), “Moliie on the Shore” (P. Grainger), Socrate Barozzi; “So Sweet Is She” (old English), “The Three Cavaliers” (cld Russian), *“Sol- veigs Songs” (Grieg), “Dance Song' (Soderman), “Melodie” (Rangstrom), “Love in Springtime” (Swedish folk song), Marle Sundelius. Bernard Wagenaar will be at the piano. Washington Chamber Music Ensemble—Wednesday. The Washington Chamber Music Ensemble, organized recently for the purpose of providing music lovers of the city with programs of the best chamber music, will present the first of two concerts this season Wed- nesday night at 8:30 o'clock in the Playhouse, 1814 N street northwest. The programs are varied, ranging from works by the old masters to the ultra-modern and featuring those that have never or seldom been heard here. The program Wednesday night will include “Quartet No. 5, by Bee- thoven, for two violins viola and cello; “Theme and Variations,” by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, dean of Amer- ican woman composers, for flute, two violins, viola and cello, and Dvorak's “Dumky Trie,” for piano, violin and cello. d The other concert this year will be given February 25. The personnel of the ensemble includes: The Natlonal String Quartet—Henri Sokolov, first violin; Max Pugatsky, second violin; Samuel Feldman, viola; Richard Lor- leberg, violonceilo; Gretchen Hood, soprano; J. Arcaro, flute; L. G.- New- ell, double bass, and La Salle Spier, plano. U. S. Navy Band. The program Friday at 8:15 p.m., at the United States Marine Corps In- stitute Hall, Bighth and I streets southeast, by the United States Navy Band Orchestra, Charles Benter, di- rector, will include: March, técas” (Codina); rhapsodie, che” (Friedemann): “Second Sym- phony” (Haydn); “Valse, Op. 64, No. 2" (Franz Chopin); grand scenes from the opera, “Thais” (Massenet); “Bac- chanale” (Saint-Saens); excerpts from the Vienna operetta, “The Merry Countess” (Strauss); finale, “The Star Spangled-Bannss,” evening service, “Reverle” (Strauss), for the organ: soprano solo, “Fight the Good Fight" (Spross), Pauline Holer: “Pilgrtms’ Chorus” (Wagner), for the organ. At this morning's service of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church thesmixed chorus, under the direction of Willlam E. Braithwaite and with J. E. Sparks at the organ, will sing the anthem, “Come Unto Me" (Gale) and E. J. Ruenitz wil] sing a baritone solo, “My God and Father, While 1 Stray” (Marston). This evening at the 8 o’clock serv- ice the choir will sing “O That I Had Wings" (Williams), and the male quartet, consisting ' of Paul Ledig, first tenor: Mr. Braithwaite, sceond tenor; Mr. Ruenitz, baritone, and John 'C.” Smith, bass, will sing “Glo- rious Things of Thee" (Towner). Music at Christ Church, Alexandria, today will be: Morning servic Organ prelude, “Church Processional” (Friml); “Te Deum in F" (Smart); offertory anthem, “Grieve Not the Holy Spirit” (Stalner); organ postlude, “March fn A" (Blackmore). Evenlng service—Organ prelude, “Cradle Song” (Sheldon); “Nunc Dimittis in D" (Garrett): alto solo, “Lullaby.” from “The Incarnation” (Geibel); offertory anthem, “God Is a Spirit” (Bennett); organ postlude, “Sortie” (Boslet). Katharine Seelye Wallace is rector and organist The vested choir of Gunton-Templa, Presbyterian Church, under the dire tion of John George Klein, will sing the following program at the 11 o'clock service: Anthem, “O Come to My Heart, Lord Jesus” (Ambrose), in- cidental solos, Mr. Lines; anthem, “I'm a Pilgrim” (Herbert): soprano solo, “Cast Thy Burden” (Hamblen), Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler. At 4 o'clock the choir will sing a specfal musical program, taking the place of the regular service at 8 pm.: An- them, “Let Me Kneel at Thy Feet” (Coombs), incidental solos by Miss Findley, soprano, and Mr. Lines, bass: soprano solo, “He That Dwelleth” (Burnham), Mrs. Gawler; anthem, netus” (Gounod). incidental solos, Mr. Klein, tenor; soprano _solo, Ninety and Nine” (Champion), Mrs. Gawler; soprano and tenor duet, “The Lord Is My Light” (Buck) Margaret Webster and Klein; hymn anthem, “From Stormy Wind” (Wilder), choir. Mrs. Jobn G. Klein will preside at the organ at both services. di- The programs for the Sunday serv- ices at Calvary Baptist Church are as follows: Thomas Moss, the organ- ist and director, will play the intro- duction and allegro from Alex Guil- mant's “First Sonata” for the mor Ing prelude, and the same composer “Grand Chorus,” from “Seventh So- ata,” for the postlude. At the eve- Ing service organ recital, beginning at 7:45, Mr. Moss will play “Andante con Moto,” by A. P. F. Boely, and “Dreams,” from Guilmant's “Seventh Sonata.” The quartet will sing “No Shadow Yonder,” from Gaul's “Holy City and George W. Chadwick's “Jehovah Reigns in Majesty” at the morning service, and Shelley’s “The King of Love" at the evening service. Of spe- clal interest also at this service will be the first appearance of the Calvary chorus of 16 voices, under the direc- tion of Mr. Moss. They will sing “Seek, Ye, the Lord" by J. Varley Roberts. This evening at 8 o'clock at the Church of the Covenant the music will be given by the evening cholr, Claude Robeson, director, and the solo quartet. 3 The program is as follows: Anthem, “Seek, Ye, the Lord” (Roberts), tenor obbligato. Mr. Farrar: quartet, “Heaven Life” (Mozart-Shelley); contraito solo, “I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old” (West), Miss Smith; offertory anthem, “Twilight and Dawn” (Speaks). An invitation is extended to the publioc to attend this service. The doors of the church will be open at 7 o'clock. Music_at the Church of the Trans- figuration today will be: Morning prayer, 11 o'clock—Processional “Bright- est and Best Are the Sons of the Morning” (Harding); ‘“Venite” (Smart), “Te Deum in D" (Woodward), Bene- dictus (Garrett), sermon hymn, “Peace, Perfect Peace" (Caldbeck anthem, ‘Send Out Thy Light" (Gou nod); recessional, “Songs of Thank- fulness and Praise” (Hintze); evening prayer, 7:30 o'clock (Junior Choir)—Pro- cessional, “As With Gladness Men of 014" (Kocher); Magnificat (Smart), Nunc Dimittis” (plain song), sermon hymn, “From the Eastern Mountains" (Mann); anthem, “Hymn of Peace’ (Callcott); (incidental solo by Master Charles E. Eckert) vesper hymn, “Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwell- ing” (Moravian); recessional, “Sav- four, Again to Thy Dear Name” (Hop- kins). A solo quartet will sing at both services of the First Baptist Church today. The other musical numbers for the morning service include: Pre- lude, “Third Organ Sonata” (Mendels- sohn); offertory solo, “Repent, Ye” (Scott), W. FH. Whiteside, soloist; postiude, “Gothic March” (Wachs). In the evening, Robert M. Ruck- man, organist, will play the follow- ing numbers, “Berceuse” (Jarnefelt), “Ronde Francaise” (Boelimann), “Adagio” (Guilmant), offertory solo, “Come Unto Him” (Dunn); postlude, ‘“Marche Triomphale” (Wachs), The music today at Washingten Heights Presbyterian Church, Kalo- rama and Columbia roads, follows: WILLEM VAN Hoo4STRATEN -National De Sayn-Sevely Trio in Concerts. LENA DE SAYN, violinist Corbin-Heinl, pianist; Herman Sevely, cellist, and All Eversman, soprano, will honor the late Dr. J. W. Bischoff's memory January 25 and at the First Congregational Church. The proceeds are to go to the eree- tion of the Bischoff memorial or- gan. It will be the first appearance of these soloists in ensemble. The Sayn Chamber Musie Association has as its aim the cultivation of a greater love for music as produced by more than one instrument, and its ambition is to make the compositions clear to the listener, comprehensible to every one. Elena de Sayn and Heinl will play the intricate “Poeme Sonata by a modern Russian com- poser, Catoire. This work had a hearing in New York several years ago. but is new to Washington. It is full of -expression. tonal beauty and poetry. The monumental work, “Trio in A Minor,” by the Russlan master, Tschakowsky, will be pre- sented. Tt was originally dedicated by the composer to the memory of Nicholas Rubinstein. Alice Eversman will honor the com- poser's memory by singing a group of Dr. Bishoff's songs. Miss Evers- man has made Washington her home after many successful tours of her native country and operatic appear- ances here and abroad. For the past five years she has been connected with the Metropolitan and Chicago Opera, and now divides her time be- tween concert w k and teaching. When a child Miss Eversman was often encouraged by Dr. Bischoff to study. He predicted for her & bril- liant career as a singer. Mrs. Heinl has been recently heard at the home of Mrs. Dimmock with the Washington Chamber Music So- ciety in & trio by Brahms, parts of which will be played this time by the Sayn-Sevely Trio at the vesper serv- ices mext Sunday. Mrs. Heinl will sing several solos. Mr, Sevely, Hungarfan cellist, is a newcomer to Washington. He will play the “Hungarian Rhapsody,” by Popper, January 26, and the Tschai- kowsky “Trio.” Tickets are on tale at the First Congregational Church. Helen Helen Corbin ng—Organ prelude, “Prelude in 7 (Bibl): tenor solo, “I Heard the Voice of J ¥ (Rathbun), Harvey T. Townsend: duet, “The Lord Light” (Dudley Buck), Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler and Mr. Townsend organ postiude (King). Evening— Organ prelude, “Sous la Feuille" (Thome); solo, “Seek Ye the Lord” (Andrus), Mrs. Wheeler; organ post- lude, “Impromptu” (Schumann). Mrs. J. Harry Cunningham is the organist. Music at Calvary Methodist Church this morning will include organ pre- lude, “Largo” (Handel): anthem by the 'solo quartet, “O. for a Closer ‘Walk” (Myles Foster); offertory duet, “Seek Ye the Lord” (Lansing), Marie €. Deal, soprano; Fred J. Iiden, bari- tone; organ postiude, “Marche Ce- leste” (Cole) Preceding the evening service Em- ma Louis Thompson, organist, will include In her 15-minute recital “War March of the Priests” (Mendelssohn), Tranquillity” (Busch) and a hymn voluntary. The guartet will sing two anthems—"The Lord Is My Shepherd” (MacLarren) and “Day Is Dying in the West” (Andrews)." Muslc at the Ninth Street Christian Church today will be: Morning serv- jce—Cholr anthem, “Love Divine, All Love Excelllng” (Stainer). Evening service—Choir anthem, “Send Out Thy Light” (Gounod). Special music by the choir of Ver- mont Avenue Christian Church today will be: Morning— Organ prelude, Mr. Sparks: Hymn No. 50; chorus, “Oh, That 1 Had Wings" (Williams): Communion Hymn, No. 354 (one stanza); baritone solo, “My God and Father While I Stray (Marston), Mr. Ruenitz, invitation hymn, No. 345; organ postlude, Mr. Sparks. Evening—Organ prelude, Mr. Sparks; Hymn No. 18 (congregation stand 1ng); chorus, “Come Unto Me” (Gale): Hymn No. 279; male quartet, “Glori- ous Things of Thee” (Towner); Hymn No. 281; organ: postlude, The music for teday’s services at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Fpiscopal Church South, under the di- rection of R. Deane Shure, will be as follows: Morning, organ prelude, Cantabile” (Franck), Mrs. Frank A.; Frost; anthem, “Unfold, Ye Portals Everlasting” (Gounod): quartet, “You Will Need Him” (W. S. M.), W. Ar- thur McCoy, A. Clifford Wilkin, How- ard P. Balley and James P. Schick; organ postlude, “Grand Chorus” (Sa. lome). Evening, 20-minute organ re cital by Mr. Shure; anthem, “Send Out Thy Light™ (Gounod); quartet, “I Shall Be. Satisfled” (Tierney); organ postlude, “Marche Pontificale” (Lem- mensle ¢ MUSIGRAPHS ¥va Whitford Lovette, mezzo so- prano, was the soloist at the recep- tion given in honor of Mme. Grouitch by the National League of American Pen Women 1ast Sunday at the Shore- ham Hotel. Following a talk on “The Children of Serbia” by Mme. Grouitch, Mrs. Lovette sang “Sheep and Lambs” (Stdney Homer), “Vergebliches Stand- chen” "(Brahms), “Songs My Mother Taught Me"” (Dvorak), “If I Could Love Thee” (T. S. Lovette) and “Tiie False Prophet” (John Prindle Scott). Dr. T. 8. Lovette was at the plano. Ruth Hansford Snodgrass, lyric so- prano, was the soloist at the annual banquet and entertainment held by the employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.'s city ticket office at the Franklin Square Hotel Wednesday night. She was accompanled at the plano by Evelyn Hurcum. The Beard Studio Quartet, com- posed of J. Morris Beard, Gill V. Schmilton, Millard Bageant and Wil- liam Jorgensen, Winifred Michaelson, planist, and Denton Ledford, tenor, will present a program of miusic at tho Red Cross House of St. Eliza- Dbeth's Hospital this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ray Palkin, accompanied by Mrs. 8. Newell, gave a group of songs re cently for the Soroptimists at their annual banquet. She also sang for the Haddassa Chapter and the Wash- ington Hospital at the hospital. H. Henderson was her accompanist on this occasion. Mrs, Bonson, accompanied by Harry Sokolov, will sing for the City Club this evening. Netta Craig and Charlotte Kiein will give another performance of the costume recital presented at Eastern Presbyterian Church last Tuesday, at the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Six- teenth and Kennedy streets, Tues- day night at § o’clock, under the di- rection of Helen Murray, organist and choir director. These recitals are two of a ser to be given in Washington this month and next. ) Ruby Gerard, who will be heard here on several programs during the coming week, was sololst on many tours with Sousa’s Band and has play- ed with prominent symphonic orches- tras in the largest clties. She has toured the continent, British Isle and this country and is making a brief sojourn in Washington after re- turing to America from Bermuda. George C. Meyers, tenor, has been engaged as tenor soloist of the New York Avenue Presbyterlan Church. Mr. Myers will occupy his new position to- day, Katherine Riggs, harpist, and Hel- en Gerrer, violinist, assisted by Mrs. Carl Chindbloom at the plano, gave a reciial Friday afternoon at the Con- gressional Club. Thelr program, which was unusu- ally well selected, included solo and ensemble numbers by Saint-Saens, Debussy, Faure, Renie, Brahms and Cecil Burleigh. Mr and Mrs. Andrew McCormack, parents of John McCormack, famous tenor, recently celebrated their golden jubilee and received many messages of congratulation from well known people. Among them was 2 message from Cardinal Gasparri on behalf of the Pope, imparting the apostolic bene- diction featurs of the concert miven recently at the Metropolitan Opera House by 18 famous pianists was the performance of “Chop Sticks"” by nine of the group. The arrange- ment of this number was made by five composers—Cui, Laldow, Liszt, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakoff—and includes various dance tempos, such as glgue, mazurka, waltz and others, in its interpretation. An unusual Edouard Albion—Opera Director. THE production of “Faust,” by the Washington Opera Co. Mon- day night, January 26, will be the lat- est climax in the career of Edouard Albion, founder and general director of what now is being called Washing- ton’s own grand opera company. Born of his rebellion against the difficulties that had confronted Amer- ican artists and composers for years and the dearth of opportunity for the expression of their genlus, the Wash- ington Opera Co. was brought into existence by Mr. Albion Decem- ber 17, 1918, with a free performance of “The Pirates of Penzance” for the shell-shocked soldiers at the St. Elizabeth Hosplital. Its first public performance was a free presentation of the same Gilbert and Sullivan opera in the auditorfum of the Central High School, January 13, 1919. Since then the company has progressed rapidly, and is now pre- senting casts composed of great operatic stars, with a list of guar- antors headed by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and including among its patronesses and boxholders promi- nent Washington soclety leaders. Edouard Albion, in private life Harold Meek, adopted the profes- sional name of Edouard Alblon after several years' study in New York, Paris and Italy, on his return to America and a successful debut in concert and grand opera. In Paris he studled under Frank King Clarke, and under other teachers in London. Going to Italy, he was introduced to Signor V. Lombardi, teacher of Caruso and one of the famous teach- ers in Ttaly, by Edward Johnson, the great American-Canadian tenor. His return to America was followed by concert tours with Tetrazzini and Nordica. His American grand opera debut was made with the Montreal Opera Co., in “Lohengrin,” with Leo Slezak, Marle Rappold and Rosa Olitzka. Leslie Smith, son of T. Arthur Smith, head of the T. Arthur Smith, Inc., Concert Bureau of Washington, brought Mr. Albion first to Washing- ton. When his adopted country entered the war, Mr. Albion offered his services, and was assigned to the War Camp Community Service, with headquarters hers, In charge of Harold Keats. Gatholic Univernity Goncert In February, 1924, Prof. Lee Beh- rendt organized among the faculty and students of the Catholic Uni- versity a musical association, under whose auspices’ concerts are given monthly at the uniyersity. It is the purpose of the association to bring before the student body the classical works of eminent composers, such as Lisat, Moszkowski, McDowell, Chopin, Debussy, etc. The assbeciation has been fortunate in the past in engag- ing for these concerts leading sing- ers and musicians, such as Elizabeth Winston, Charles T. Tittmann, Anton Kaspar, Louis Potter, Alice Eversman and others. The next concert of the association will take place tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock, McMahon Hall, Catholic University. The musiclans on that occasion will be: Anton Kaspar, vio- linist, and Louis Potter, planist. The public is Invited to attend. Jewell Downs recently presented a group in the first of a series of re- citals at the Colonial School for Girls. Those on the program included Jessie R. Wilson, Henry Cherner, Ruth Ver- nier, Clement Gisbel, Grace Roberts, Lucille Cawood, Erna Otto, Alice B. Haig, Rauline Kennedy, William Stan- lay Quina and Lilsie Lang, Club and Schbol Notes ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the ap- pearance of Clara Clemens-Ga- brilowitsch and the King-Smith Fauvettes at Wardman Park Theater, Thursday afternoon, January 29, in a benefit concert for Neighborhood House. The King-Smith Fauvettes 15 a new and unlque organization of muslc pantomimes, under thé direction of August King-Smith and Caroline Mec- Kinley. The stage settings and cos- tumes are designed by James Rey- nolds. The Dalgleish Music Study Club held its first meeting of the new year Monday night, giving an_enjoyable and distinctive program. The choral work showed progress and the “In- dian Cradle Song” (Mathews) was added to the list.' Tho soloists were Frances Shea and Edith G. Schilling, A sympathetic study of the life of Grieg was given by Margery Lucas and Alice Branes from New York, a new member of the club. PaulineKnoeller played two duets on the plano from Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite.” “Morning” and “Anitra’s Dance.” Miss Knoeller was also the accompanist of the evening. The Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, Daughters of Veterans' concert, which was to have been given on De- cember 10, was postponed and will take place on January 27, at the New Willard Hotel A program has been arranged with the following soloists: Soprano, Ethel Holtzelaw Gawler; bass, Edgar Gray; harpist] Katherine Riggs; piano, Dora Minoviteh; violin, Isaac Minovitch, with Mrs. Henry H. McKee as accom- panist. Mra. Calvin Coolidge heads the list of patronesses, which includes Mri Ellen Spencer Mussey, Mrs. Johi Weeks, Mrs. Willlam H. Taft, Mrs Robert C. Davis, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Mrs. John Davidge, Mrs. Albert Gleaves and Mrs. Harry Wardman. The spectal musical talent for the annual ball of the League of Ameri- can Pen Women Friday night at the New Willard Hotel Includes Mme. Ruby Gerard, Belgian-American vio- linist, who recently returned to this country from an extended tour of Great Britain and the continent, and Louis Thompson, tenor, who will be accompanied by Mrs. Freeman. Mme. Gerard is a newcomer to Washington, but is well known throughout this country and Europe. Ske studied with Belgian masters, and has appeared in concerts and as a violinist with symphonic orchestras, also with Sousa's Band. The Herndon, Va., Musf met Friday evening with F. Hanes. Negro music was the topic. The program included: Piano solo, “Under the Southern Skies,” George R. Bready; vocal solo, “Just a Wearyin' for You" (Carrie Jacobs Bond), by Mrs. Floyd Thompson; vio- lin solo, “Village Dance” (Roschel), by Miss Dorothy Dick, who gave as an encore “Out of the Dust to You" (Lee); Mis. Willlam H. Dawson sang “Kentucky Babe" (Glebel), Miss Mil- dred Mohler played “Negro Humor- esque” (Kroegere) and Mrs. Francis orvell Larkin sang “Jeanne” (Bur- leigh). The February meeting will be omitted, as the club will give a con- cert that month, the porceeds of which will go toward a new piano for the school. Mrs. J. Albert Hough- ton, William S. Blanchard and Fred East of Washington are expected to sing, assisted with numbers by local talent. Irish music will be the subject for the March meeting. Study Club rs. Harold What promises to be an interesting program of Italian music, to be given by Gretchen Hood, soprano; Bernice Randall, mezzo; Warren Terry, tenor; Harry Angelico, baritone, and Ervin J. Stenson, planist, has been arranged by Mr. and Mre. Edward Hood Wat- son, hosts, at the Arts Club tonight. Miss Hood and Misss Randall, Miss Hood and Mr. Angelico, Mr. Terry and Mr. Angelico and Miss Randall and Mr. Terry will sing duets from the Itallan operas. The four artists will unite in singing quartets. This will mark Mr. Terry's first public ap- pearance in concert since his return to, Washington from a 26-week con- cert trip across the continent A piano recital will be presented by Celia G. Luce, 2630 Brentwood road northeast, at the Presbyterian Church auditorium of Woodridge, Twenty second street and Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, Friday evening at § o'clock. The program will include: March Processional,” Louis Beer; “Pony Race” (Krogmann), Jessic Thornton; “Red Popples” (Bilbro), “Pr3tty Crocus Flower.” Juliet Hol- lis; duet, “Rose Petals,” Frances and Herrell Cole; “Libellenspiel” (Krentz- lin), Elizabeth Piper; ‘“Barcarole (Offenbach), Raymond Goodhart; “Kuyiwiak” (Weniawski), Mae Clem- ent; “Dawn of Spring” (Ellis), Made. line Notter; “Dance on the Green, Francis Strizzi; “Lullaby,” “Hunting Song,” Olive Dyer; “Evening Bells" (Heins), Lacey Terry; “Waltz for Grandpa” (Gurlitt), “Picnic Dance” Anna Strieby; “Return of the Gondo- Her” (Schmoll), Virginia Simeox; trio, “In the Arena” (Engelmann), Richard Rassier, Raymond Morgan, Raymond Goodhart; “Reverie” (Preston), Rosa 1te Goodhart; “Nocturne in F” (Schu- mann), Norman Morgan; reading, “The Wind on a Frolic” (Howitt), Eleanor Glotfelty Robey; duet, “Hun- garian Dance” (Moszkowski), Helen Notter, Mae Clement; “Tgrantelle,” Felisa Jenkins; “Petit Burlesque” (Mero), Raymond Morgan; “The Brave Boy” (Gurlitt), “A Study in Chords” (Bilbro), Stanley Speake; “Dainty Dorothy" (Ellis), Louise Dan- forth: “Santa Claus Guards’ (Krog- mann), Marie Coleman; “Melody of Love” (Engelmann), Harriet Luce; “Tywilight Shadows” (Heller), Rich- ard Rassler: vocal. selected, Saruh Mottier; *“Valse in 12 Minor” (Chopin), Helen Notter; trio, “Autumn Days"” (Lindsay), Felisa Jenkins, Elizabeth Piper, Virginia Simcox. “Grand McCall Lanham presents Raymond G. Moore, baritone, in a song recital at the Chevy Chase School Tuesday night at 8:15 o/clock. The program will be: “Vittoria Mio Core” (Carls- simi), “Turn, Ye, to Me" (Old Highland Melody), “Amarilli, Mia Bella” (Cac- cint), “The Happy Lover” (Wilson), “Promesse de Mon Avenir,” from the opera, “Le Rol de Lahore (Massenet “Standchen” (Brahms), “Die Lotos- blume” _ (Schumann), “Widmung” (Schumahn), “The Sands o Dee (Clay), “Spanish Love Song” (Bostel- man), “Sally Roses” (Bostelman), ‘Mah Lindy Lou" (Strickland) and n Arcady” (Woodman). The Rebsw Orchestra, under the direction of H. W. Weber, gave the first of a series of public rehearsals Monday night in the lecture room of Keller Memorial Church. John G. Klein, tenor, was assisting soloist. His numbers included “Sittin’, Thinkin'" (Fisher) and “That Wonderful Mother of Mine” (Goodwin), Mlss Lois Shive- 1y at the piano. The orchestra numi- bers included “Seeing Paris (Mou- geot), overturs, “Orpheus”. - (Offen- bach); concert waltze: corgie selection from “Fortune (Herbert), idyl. “Evening Chimes in the Mountains” (Behr Dvorak’s “Humoreske.” characteristic, “Sounds From the Valley” (Seidl). and i march, “Dixie Darlings” (Wen- rich). The Washington Readers’ Club has issued cards for a recital to be given Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at All Souls’ Unitarifan Chureh, Fifteenth and Harvard streets northwest Mrs. Willam T, Reed, contralto, will be assisting sololst and give a group of songs. Thoe monthly recital of the Estells Allen Studio was given last Wednes- day evening, when the following took part: Mr. Kinsella, Mrs. Eckman, Mrs, Hallle, Miss Drake and Miss Clift. The Ceellia Singors will sing for tho firet time this season at the Cole lege Women's Club Wednesday eve- ning. The personnel of the guartet, which is under the direction of Mrs, Henry White, is Katharine Rich Fielder, soprano; FEmille Margaret White, contralto; Wilbur ©. Fielder, tenor, and G. A. Johnson, bass. Mrs Jnh_n Alfred White, 34, planist, will t with 2 group of solo numbers and as accompanist for the singers. Grace Dodge Hotel today will be ur usual. Carla Pasvolska, Russian mezzo-80prano, will sing a group of 80ngs n native court costume. Jewell Downs will be her accompanist, Miss Pasvolska sang with Chalia- pin in Russlan grand opera in Chi- cago. Louls Thompson, tenor, will sing John Marville will accompany alm on the piano. ‘W. E. Braithwaite is directing the series of musicals and much credit is due him for their unusual success The January meeting of the music section of the District League of American Pen Women will be held to morrow night at 8 o'clock in th musio division of the Library of Con- gress. The organization has been fortunate In having a special dis pensation for the opening of this div &lon at night, so that they may view the manuscripts of compositions and souvenirs of famous composers and other things of rare Interest musi- cally. Carl Engel, chief of that divi- slon, arranged this special exhibit and, in addition, will talk informally about the things displayed. All members of the league d guests are invited to enjoy this u usual treat They asked to be Present a little ahead of time, if pos- sible Those who have heard Mr Engel talk realize what a privileg this meeting will afford Announcement is made that the ‘ebruary held from 4 to 6 February 15, at this time meeting will be clock on Sunda instead of the usual Monday following, so as not to con flict with the concert by the New York ‘mphony Orchestra. At this meeting the works of American wom- an composers will be featured. Soms of them will be sung and played by members of the Monday Morning Music Club and a short talk conce: ing the composers whe works presented will be given by Helen Fetter of the Evening Josef Kasy violin students his residence took part incl Jean Westbro Virgin Josef Kas Koonin, ¢ panist, The selec Josef Trousselle from “Double Conc Bach; a movement ata in P for the cd a second caprice by ovement nor.” by fre arrangement and La mund. A progra able interest during was a P. E. O. recital £ Mrs. Sterns Barkley sang sever of which “Dai and “Rolling I were recelved by an appreciative au- dience. Mr. Barkley has a baritone voice of rich guality and sings with a great dramatic effect. He was ab supported in accompaniments by Mrs Barkley, who played several plano solos, three of her own compositi and Mrs. Barkley sang Mrs Barkley a new April” the music of wh s just com- pleted. The la of the eve ning’ 1 portraved two tions of the toreador a popul a number er Bize Mr. th created the p. given a Robert roups of songs consider Carmen Mrs. Barkle characteristi for the last group. Miss thelf, reader, and Mrs prano, accompanied by gave two selections The music section of the Twentisth Century Club gave a quaint costume re- cital with music such as was played at the court of Louis XV, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Duff Lewis, at the home of Mra. Bugene Byrnes recently. Those taking part included Mabel Linton Willlams, pianist and accom- panist; Beatrice Goodwin, soprano Mary Bruce Mackall and Ruth Marlow dancers, and M Lewis, viol Works played or sung were Gluck, Boccherini, Sacch Rameau Felton Mrs. Plerre V. K writes of Alexande sian pianist, who will play here in a few weeks: “The musical elect ex pected the unusual of Brailowsky anc found it. He plays Chopin and Liszt with amazing technical clarity—often with brilliancy, where that element is demandéd. 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