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MUSIC By Helen Fetter. OMPETITION has always been a dominant factor in every phase of American life to date. The carliest settlers experienced the keenest competition with native savages and the natural elements in establishing themselves in this country. It was by militar competition that independence was won, the 150th anniversary of which -is being celebrated in the Sesquicentennial Exposition, which opened last week in Philadelphia. “Bigger and better” has been a featured slogan in many business lines and entertainment fields in the United States. Prize competitions for literary, masical and kindred arts constantly are increasing in number. These competitions have many good points in the encouragement and publicity given the winners. Yet the question always is open to discussion whether or not the creative arts can be justly treated in the same businesslike fashion and pinned down to set standards as the more mechanical lines of endeavor are so successfulty handled. E Hesiod, the old Greek, remarked in_his “Works and Days” that rivalry is not good for mortals.” John Ruskin, than whom there was no deeper thinker and philosopher, said in his “Ethics of the Dust,” “Noth- ing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship, nor nobly which is done in pride.” Comparatively recently Sinclair Lewis, author of “Main Street” and Babbitt,” whose latest book, “Arrowsmith,” was awarded the Pulitzer prize of $1,000, refused to accept the prize on the ground that acceptance of any form of reward of excellence 1s a menace to art; tic independence. it would seem, however, that Mr. Lewis assumed that, because his book happened to have been written so that competent judges felt that it was “the American novel published during the year which shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of American life and the highest standards of American manners and manhood,” his acceptance of the award would auto- matically stamp his st for future books. Undoubtzdly the book was 1ot written with these requirements in mind. Therefore, such an attitude would seem unnecessary, to say the least. The point seems to be that “art for art's sake” still is the first con- sideration in the mind of the writer, musician or painter who is sincere in his ethical convictions. Yet, should a completed work meet the require- ments and be awarded a prize, the artist need not feel himself compro- mised to accept such an award. * K K for competition brought as a constructive force into the music field! The early bards of kingly halls held competitions. Wagner immor- alized such competitions in his opera “Die Meistersinger,” and the famous Listeddfod, minstrel contests established in the carly days of Welsh his- tory and later revived so that these choral competitions exist today, h: the same underlying purpose. Within the past few years Summer festivals both abroad and at home have increased amazingly in number and types.\ There are operatic festivals, modern music festivals, choral festivals, chamber music festivals and many other combinations, as_well as “one-man composer” festivals, to intrigue the eye and ear an er multiple opportunities for rivalry in composition and presentation. These competitions may not make for beauty in themselves, but they do arouse and establish vital interests in broadening fields of music, a true path to eventual devdogmem of beauty, for beauty is that quality of objects that gratifies the esthetic nature, and only by participation and competition in the esthetic things of life, such the ‘arts, can appreciation be established. . In that way lies the natural Llossoming of eventual beauty from competition. * ¥ N has just received the news of the honoring of another musical son in the prize awards of the twenth-fifth commencement of the Institute of Musical Art last Wednesday. John Alden Finckel, voung Washington cellist, who was one of the soloists appearing in_ the I.enten series of concerts at the First Congregational Church this Spring, won the highest possible award. The Morris Locb prize for highest honors throughout the course was given to Mr., Finckel. He also won the silver medal for highest honors in the artists’ course, receiving a pos! graduate diploma for f\is work in this course as a cellist. Mr. Finckel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Finckel of 1300 Monroe street northwest. The young cellist gave as his contribution to the musical part of the commencement program an interpretation of Saint-Saens’ “Violoncello Concerto.” The diplomas and awards were presented by Dr. Frank Dam- rosch, director of the institution since its foundation in 1905. * X i N interesting competition just held at Atlantic City was that of the music_memory contest, sponsored by the General Federation of Women'’s Clubs, Mrs. Marx Oberndoerfer, chairman of the music division. The other judges were: James Francis Cooke, editor of the Etud Victor L. F. Redmann, president of the Eastern Music Supervisors® Asso. ciation; C. M. Tremaine, director, National Bureau for the Advancement Mrs. Grace Thompson Seton, president, League of American men ; V. Hogan, Estey Organ Co., and Ralph Flint, dramatic critic of the Christian Science Monitor. An sn{ on “How the Motion Picture Theater Increased My Love of Music” also was required of all contestants. The contest was held Thursday, and the winners not announced at the time this page went to press. o ASHINGTO! * k ¥ 3k ANOTHER important and Nation-wide contest for the United States is that announced by the National Federation of Music Clubs, to be held at the Sesquicentennial, in Philadelphia, the first week of next November, when it is anticipated that 90 contestants will assemble from all over the country for the final tryout. TH The required list of standard ‘musical compositions selected by the lr‘eci;l committee for these contests is an interesting item in itself. For the best rendition of each one of these groups there is a prize of a total of $4,000. It is estimated that, including the preliminary district competitions before the natjonal finals, 3,000 young Americans will sing or play these works. The list includes: & SOPTARGTT. cho eavete.” from “Le Norze de Figgro"—Mozart. A'fong chosen from Schubert, Schumann, Strauss or Wolf. An American song. "iiens tiranna.” fro o Sopx chosen from S oo AR American sons. 37T Attempt From Love's Sickness to Fiy." from “The Indian Queen’— 2. A song chosen from Schubert. Schumann, Strauss or Wolf. 4. An American song. Baritone— 1. “Vision Fugitive." fr 2. A song chosen from Schubert, An American song. Fd Prelude rom “Suite for Violin and Piano"—Albert Spaldins. Vo e Pretnde from “Sutte No. 3 {n C Major”—Bach. 5 rom “Sulte No. 3 {n —Bach. (8} Rreinde,from, SutS Yoom Yolacerio No. T in Minor. opus 14"— ‘Goltermann. Piano— 1. Prelude and_ Fi F Major, No. II, First Volume. “Well Tem- Procii Entiderdt St " 2.'Any Chopin nocturne. Organ— N 3 . Peters’ —Bach. §- Etate antrype 1PN, YO R ceton—Pee ‘muet have in reserve— 3 Dli}m a. lonal Ami s, JTStasy “:I:EJ‘.'..EM i : Bnice: hort bleces. oW, O "Which shall :be by American * % % % ALSO the National Federation of Music Clubs has announced the tenth prize competition for American composers, all compositions to be sub- mitted before October 1, 1926, none of which should have been previously published or publicly performed. An important item is that all composi- tions entered shall have English titles and all vocal numbers must have Enghsh texts, This is, in truth, limiting the artist, provided he takes pen in hand only after reading the requirements. On the other hand, if he has, in the natural course of composition, completed a work that answers these requirements and would seem eligible, surely he cannot consider that it is the contest that has clipped his inspirational wings, provided, of course, that he had any to begin with. Elsewhere on this page is published the requirements of the Socicty for the Publication of American Music, which set October 15, 1926, as the limit for submission of material. * * * 'ESTERDAY at the Thomson School an interesting exposition of conr- munity instrumental classes—so-called “melody way classes”—in piano study, was given under the supervision of Edith B. Athey by groups of little public school children. G Next Saturday a similar demonstration of the teaching of the orches- tral instruments—the violin, cello, cornet, flute, clarinet, saxophone and drum—will be given’under the supervision of Laura Fairchild at the same school at 2:30 in the afternoon. The value of such demonstrations is twofold. It gives the children and their parents something to look forward to and it gives the private 1eachers opportunity to show breadth of vision in appreciating the plant. ing of musical interest in little children, which may result, incidentally, in those children coming to them later for further instruction—as the public school classes are limited in length of time for training to he given—and which, above all, gives much that is practical in the forwarding of music appreciation for the coming concert audiences in Washington. Dr. Edwin Barnes is in charge of this important comparatively recent innova- on in public' school music here. Friday evening, May 21, the department of music of Central High Sehool Kresented a3 program of band, banjo, choral, violin, glee’ club, piano and orchestra music, under the direction of faculty members, Miss Clara Burroughs, H. P. Hoover, Samuel Wood and Sergt. Fred Hess, U. S. A.! Next Wednecday morning advanced students in the major music classes—that is, those obtaining credit for work done with outside teachers —at Eastern High School will appear in the annual major musjc assembly. There are 18 obtaining such credits for piano work, 16 for_violi for vocal and 6 on brass instruments. Mrs. Frank Byram is in charge of this program. e o is is not so much competition as exposition, while it is, too. “Amadigi"—H. an 4 chubert. Schumann, Strauss or Wolf. =4 ade”—Magsenat. chumann, Strauss or Wolf. and extremely worth- Benjamin Ratner, one of the group | At the recent missionary banquet of talented young pianists of this city, who has shown marked promise, has just returned to Washington from ew York, where he spent the past vear studying at the Institute of Musical Art. - Among his teachers there was the well known concert pianist and pedagog, Oliver Denton. Mr. Ratner is opening & studio here mflxm in piano for the Summer, s| end held at the Raleigh Hotel during the Baptist convention, the singing!was led by Isther Linkins, with Emily Dickinson aceompanist. Miss Linkins also led community singing at the annual banquet of the Lucy Hol combe Chapter of the D. A. R., held in Grace Dodge Hut last Wednesday Flora' M. Linkins was the. & pumher of large ELDA AV ged to sing leading roles at the Met dramatic soprano of the famous St. Louis Open Air and last Winter scored success in “La Tosca” as guest m, D. C. Opera Co. has been tho_leadin; Grand Opera Festival artist of the Washing Eva_Whitford Lovette will present Jack Charlton Wurd, mezzo soprano, in a recital at the Lovette Studios. 1731 Connecticut avenue, at 5 p.m. to- day. The program will be “0 Cessate Di Plaquarme Scarlatti, “Where the Tice Stcks.” Dr. Arne. Within a Mile of Edinborough. Solveig’s Tjed" Der Stadt Am Meer.. 01 faltgie o “Connais Tu' Le' Pays" fom “The Teland............ n Jour, Suizon * ittle Rifts of Sunshine, ir in of Astor’ T o air in o <154 0o Hean'o5 Rom ™ ‘Asthoreen. .1878-16 Mrs. Lovette will be panist. Emma L. Minke presented a group in piano recital at her home last week. The following participated: Marie Cook, Mildred Crampton, Cleola Wil- llamson, Anna Shea, Betty Lum, Frances Bartley, Margaret Lum, Gladys Wright, Dorothy Fox, trude Williamson, Evelyn Smith, Flor- ence Holbrook, Helen O'Neil, Lilian Craigen, Laverne Willlamson, Marian Balley, Frances Evans, zabeth Mid- dlemas. Mary Tipton Talbott presented sev- eral young pianists in a_recital at the Mount Pleasant M. Church South at 8 o'clock last might. She was assisted by Marcel M. Prevost, baritone, and the Powell Junior High School Orchestra, L. E. Manoly, di- rector. Young soloists participating in- cluded Audrey Lee Moler, Willlam Garnett Lee, Dorothy Theus Baugh, Emily Mary Pisapia, Raymond Wins- low Lewis, Marle Dorothy Kuhmar- ker, Frances Muriel Parsley, Evan Charles Brown, Jacqueline Chamblin Edes, Juliet Parker Edes and Ruth Evelyn Giles. ‘arl Bohm ignon, Thomas .. Rachmaninoft .Gabriel Pierne & Lovette Lovette Lovette Tovette accom- s, the Elena de Sayn presented several oung violinists in a recital at the Washington Club Tuesday afternoon. Three prizes for tho best work in application and progress were award- ed to Virginia Groomes, Wilmer Col- well and Volodia Grineff. Wilmer Col- well, who is only 10 vears old and has been studying the violin only since March 1, 1923, showed definite talent and earnest study in his playing of Hauptman’s “Sonatina in G major” for violin and piano, accompanied at the plano by Volodia Grineff, also in Port- noft’s “Concertino in D major.” Sev. eral other students showed promise and little five-year-old Betty Golden showed remarkable poise for so young a performer in her work on a quarter-size instrument. She showed a. keen ear, too, immediately detecting error in-the tone. Probably all the children performing would have done much better if so many of the parents in the audience had mnot insisted upon STTORI, ropoliian Opera House next season, was a string trio written by Gabrielll for two violins and viola and played by Virginia Gray, Miss de Sayn, and assisted by Lydia Brewer, viola player. La Salle Spier presented Carvoll Wolcott and Jessie Blaisdell in joint piano recital May 2 and Jean Stimeon in recital yesterday afternoon at his studio. s Wolcott played a program: of by Bach. Beethoven, Grieg and nd an entire Chopin group. Blaisdell’s program included works by Bach and Beethoven, an entire group by Brahms, three num- bers by Sgambati and a Chopin scherzo. Miss Stimson’s program yesterday afterncon {ncluded: Bach— masor. A'minor. in E flat C maior. D dAfll'-‘me-r e Preludes in P sharp minor, E flat minor, Ligge? 08t minor. A flat major and’F minor. Consolations Nos. 1 and 2 in E major. No. in D flat major and No. 6 in E major. ondo in E minor for two pianos. Mr. Spier at the second piano. Florence Howard and the Tuesday Evening Music Club, assisted by Helen Belt, violinist, and Alma Part. ridge, ‘accompanist,” will ‘present a program of music tomorrow night at 8 o'clock In the Immanuel Baptist Church, Sixteenth and Columbia. road. The program will by Hark! the Lark is—'"The Sun Little Pet .Schubert Catherine Gross. Violin Solog— . ~ Soni “To the Birds’ “Little Damozel 5 “A Spring Fancy' talking constantly throughout the re- |- cital. The most pretentious number, MEYER DAVIS. ECOGNITION. of Meyer Davis’ leadership in a_definite field of music was granted when he was chosen to direct his own band of 100 musicians at the Inaugural ball which opened the Sesquicentennial Expo- sition in Philadelphia Monday. Selection of Meyer Davis for this honor was made by the Sesqui¢enten- nial committee of Philadelphia, headed by Mayor Kendrick. The specially assembled orchestra of 100 represented the cream of the Davis musical forces. Its size enabled it to provide a suffi- clent volume of music for the huge new Philadelphia Auditorium where the event was held. In individual per- formance and ensemble effect, this orchestra was pronounced to be one of the very finest organizations of its type ever assembled. A native of Washington, Davis has.been in.the national.lime- light for some years as the contfoller of the largest chain of dance orches- tras in the country, while in the last DEajacies Meyer Vi e lefll'eninl Muse Club. : . Marle Howe. Spurr will present Vir- ginla Lee Barker in a plano recital tomorrow'eveéning at the Mount Ver- fion Place Methodist Episcopal Church at 8 o'clock. The young pianist is only 13 years old, but has been appear- ing in concert programs for the past two years and also has been heard over the radio. She was presented with a medal of merit for her studies and won the complimentary tickets to the Josef Hoffmann concert in com- petition with other students in the public achool which she attends. The assisting soloist tomorrow eve- ning will be Jane Elizabeth Smith, contralto. = ‘The program will be. “Sonata” (Moonlight). Adajlo-allexro. ‘Besthoven Virginia Lee Barker. iy Dee, Valsante'. Poldin oS and o Chopin $4—No_ 1 “Chobin +Chopin .Chopin The Answer’ “My Heart at rom 3 th Smith Friade ZH dho PR Virginia Lee Barker. The twenty-third annual piano re- cital presented by Prof. William A. Beall and son was held at Pythian ‘Temple on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday evenings of last week. A program including compositions of the old masters was given by the following: Virginia, Sanderson, Gladys Earn- shaw, Evelyn Elbender, Elizabeth Adams,” Elsie Rosson, Helen Steiner, Irene Castleman, Elizabeth Mari: Madge Everett, Mary Seaford, Mary Davis, Helen Shellhorn, Katherine Pfluger, Freda Shapiro, Rose. Brill, jorma. Issertell, Ellen Henley, Anita eltzen, Grace Robey, Rose Kessler, Jeanette Racoosin, Blooma Morris, Rachel Clark, Helen Feldman, Hilda Marks, . Beatrice Schwartz, Ethel Schwartz, Rose Wertleb, Erma Dyer, Madeline Notter, Silvia Donovitz, Fan- nie Brill, Marion Hayford, Mary Ruth Smith, Dorothy Travers, Mildred King, Bessie Barron, Eva Castleman, Eleanor Embrey, udrey Yaden, Freda Levin, Edna Wood, Edna Mae Botts, Dorothy Schutz, Ida Millbff, -Bertha, - Schutz, Irma.. Hayes, - Evelyn Continued on Thirteeath Paged LUCY DICKINSON MARX. TCY DICKINSON MARX, soprano, assisted by Fvel. S violinist, and Lofs Stuntz, accompanist, will present a recital for the benefit of St. Matthew's Church at the Playhouse. 1814 N street northwest, tomorrow |“Perpetual no‘u.i“, Mis night at 8:15 o’clock. Among her num- bers Mrs. Marx has listed by request, |- written with words by Rankin. Her program will be: “La Belle aux Bois Dormant . “Du Meines Herzens Kronelian Fa La Nana Bambin Fourdrain Strauss Sadero UNITED STATES MARINE BAND. A'r the Marine Barracks at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow a concert by the United States Marine Band, William H. San- telmann, leader; Taylor Branson, sec ond leader, will have March—"Entry of the Bojars". Halvorsen “Rhapsody’ - No. Norwegian military m ar ‘and arranged by the celeb: ‘major in the X collerted ted com- orwegian "Ole” Olsen i a; a ‘Gudbransdalen) (b) “Krigermarsch jagen) . (¢) “Reveliemarsch™ (Tronderske mo- ver) (Nord Tronde- iver). g . Characteristic—"Rustle of Spring, . Trombone solo—"Love's Enchantment. - ncipal Musician Robert & . Symphonic Episod n Chi the Great Flan or . Clark any from Busc n i Bt T Morning. alle#ro vasiorale ) e Bedtns. andante. doioroa i) Anitra's Dance. tempo di mazurka. (d) Dance of the Imps. allegro molto T ymn—" Halls of Montezuma.” Mty T Siar Svandied Danner. At Walter Reed General Hospital Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. the pragram will be: ilaes Over Rossim ndian Romance—'Hobomolio . . Reeves et for Cornet ne—"flome Mountal Verdi e Stas Spansicd B At the United States Capitol, ‘Wednesday, at 5 p.m., the concert pro- gram will jan’ Arthui 5 Witcomn. *Sewels ot the M L Wolft-Ferari donna’ o 8. Waltz—"Giris ‘of Haden® . Komz %. Music de Ballet—"The Shoe"'. . Ansell (a) The Sabot. tempo di mazirka (b) The Ballet 8hoe. andants con moto. The Court” Shoe. gracioso. ‘mode At the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., the program will be 1. March—"Hall to the Spirit of Liberty. 2. Overture—'"Fineal's 3. “Re 1t 4 e, 5 usician Frank [ . Grand Scenes from Waltz—"'Simpliciu, rato. (c) Evening - Reveme (at Blidah). b (d) Freneh Military March. allegro 00080, 3 “The Star Spangled Banner. P Glee Club Concert Thursday Night THE Glee Club of the Women's City Club will present its initial con- cert Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock under the direction of Gertrude Lyons, the organizer, with Mrs. Leon- ard Schloss and Mrs. Charles Brooks Smith accompanists. The program will be b ‘Robin ‘Harm. by Dudley Buck ‘Bitds."” op. 67, Rubinstein HReaSs iy eyt : ‘The Spanish Serenade. IR 0 T The Negro Chant (“Nobody Knows the Trouble Tve Seen™). " white Elpom. member of the Giee, Club. o RO e Ciib, oo Taivse Ros Maniy. member of the Gies Club. .Drorak-Fisher B . 1.0 Chariot (Negro F i Sieren-Page Glee Berwald Hi “The gome ® epititual | Navy as the program: | Chavles | numbers wi . Svendsen | Sinding | “Clavelitos” ... ... Vaiverde Mrs Marx Aria, “Pleurez Mes Yeux' (“Le Cid') Massenet Mr “Chanson et Pavane r-Krejsler 5 2 jeethoven .Bohm outerie “Minuet in G 5 B lgger Baijo’ Song” uilaby e Wind “Hungarian Love Poeme, No. I° ‘From the Canebraker' Scene de’ Ballet Hub: “Gardner e’ Beriot Lucy D, Marx -Leroux U. S. NAV I prog I be given at the east front of Capitol by the United States Band. Charles Benter, leader: second leader. The BAND. 1. March, “The Shenandoah Park nter (Dedicated to Col. Roberi . Harper.) 2. Overture, “Fingal's Cave" " Mendelssohn *“A Soldier's Dream, National e Rogers Bandmast, De Giorgig Grand fantasic {rom the opera “Pa- Tiace .......Leoneavallo Drymm aliacer Meditation’ Rhapsody, - xeerpts 1 o ent Pringe.’! oraegian. i “The St Rombes eelected. ar Spangled Banner.” A program Tuesday, at 7:30 pm., will be presented in Franklin Square, Fourteenth and 1 streets northwest, by the United States Navy Band, in- cluding the following selections: 1. “The Washington . Fox trot, Rl . Suite from the opera “Boabdil.’ Malaguena. b “Inauguration . Excerpts from “The . Suite. “'Summer Day . (a) in a country lan b On the edge of the lake. i) At the dance. Rhapsody, “Slavonic” Yalse. Il Bacio”. Selection, “Moszkowskiana' 3 ¥ox trot, “Peaches and Cream. ..’ Sousa “$tar Spangled Banner. A third program will be played Wednesday, at 7: pm., at the bandstand, Navy Yard, including: “On the Atr. (Goldman " Overture, n T Bacchanaler from the Opéra “Samp. son_and Delilah’ p- 8 e . Sint.Saens . Selection, “Gems of Tschaikoweks.” Arr. Clark . Fantasia. “Dixi Beélistedt Rhapsody, an; © Suite de ballet, part % (a) Waltz of the dolla. (b) March of the warriors, (<) Hungarian dance. Excerpts from “No, No, Nannette.” Youmans man 8. 5 ark o *Coppeiia, PP petibe 9. Novelty marc) “Star angied Banne: Woodruff Young, tenor. is singing Petworth Baptist Church during absence of the regular tenor at the 'a | soloist. OTTO TORNEY SIMON. OTTO Torney Simon, a recognized leader of choral works, having been especially successful with Christ- _Chopin | a8 motets for many years in Wash ierson hree R ve work in < Eerson eyers ( | o Fenbody Hastitute: 1a only 15 vears Mes Peabody Istitute: old). 2 Baritop? derck G, Sghaster. soloist at “ging. Smile, Slumber” (violin obbligato) ., T‘GM Night, G%‘k?%mfimmm' Pinsuti Annual' Commencement : Proves Great Success WELUNG‘R)N A. ADAMS, di- rector of the Columbia Consérva- tory -of Music, announced that the annual commencement recital of that school, held Tuesday evening at the John Wesley African Methodist Epis- copal Zion Church, proved ‘unusually successful. s A diploma was presented to Frank James Tinner, senior in banjo-man- dolin. » "Those participating in the program with solo numbers and demonstra- tions, - incl Odessa__ Clybourne, Elizabeth Watson, Alice Peters, Julia Marshall, Catherine Harrison, Edgar T. Redmond, Marie Snowden, Harry and Estelle J. Evans. address was made by Medtords | ! \ 1 ington, will present a concert Fri vening in the auditorium of the Y » €. A. building, 1736 G street" nces. west, beginning at 8 o'clock. The f. tus Quartet, Hazel Gem Hughes, so- prano; Frances van den Bogert, con’ tralto; Edward R. Pruner, tenor, and Thomas Leef, basso, will be featured in several numbers. There will al be choruses, duets and solos. 3 .The program will be: “I Arise tmmi)fiem e A '!“llm Gem °llld Romn Pl:‘ I “Lullaby”. ¢ ! O B demenr’s "Srea “sulanuvé‘l %} pe Shenenice’ P gl am tomorrow at 5 pam. |, Moszkowskl - Chabrie abrier | & MUSIG Marcefl Greenhalgh, young planist- {accompanist, sailed yesterday on the 8. 8. La France to spend four months in study at the Conseravtory of Music at Fontainebleau. She will spend a fortnight in England before going to France. The choir of Keller Memorial Lu- theran Church has prepared a special program of Mendelssohn's music for }Mn elvenln :H X . Prelude, “Spring Song." delasol %, 5olo. “on. for the Wiss of Dove." . Deborah_Lawso 3. Double guartet. He, Shall Give His Angels” (from “Elijah"). Deborah Lawson ~ Raymond Fillius Esther Folmer arren Seltzer Ruth Kobbe Douglas Shaver Touls Bowdier Pauf De B Solg, “Lord. “God of Avralam” (trom , (Douglas Shaver.) . Chorus, “I Waited for the Lord” (from “The Hymn of Praise”). (Solo parts by Deborah Lawson and Gertrude Wolfe ! ‘But the, Lord Te Mindful of His ) “War March of o. “Athalia™), Wines is organist the Priests’ and Quartet composed of Fannie Shreve Heartsill, soprano; Lillian Chenoweth. contralto; Charles Myers, tenor, and Francis Heartsill, bass, will furnish the music for the Confederate Memorial at Arlington this afternoon. The singers will be accompanied by the Army Band, Capt. Stannard lead- ing. The band will also give several appropriate selections. 1 ‘The choir of the Anacostia M. E. Church, Fourteenth and U streets southeast, under the direction of Carl 1 Millard, organist and director, as- {sisted by Gladys Price, soprano; Lucy | Hopkins, contralto: Frank Boyer, tenor; Richard Bailey, baritone and Ethel Payne, violinist, will give a special musical service this evening at 8 o'clock. This will be the last musical service of the season. This evening at 8 o'clock at the Church _of the Covenant the evening choir, Claude Robeson, director: : vey Murray, organst: Howard Blandy, planist, and the solo quartet, arx {on account of numerous requests will epeat the musical service given last Sunday night. The choir will again sing Gounod's St. Cecilia mass, with the solos, duets land trios carried by Miss Scherger, Mr. Farrar and Mr. Fakler. The public is invited to this service. The doors of the church will be open at 7 o'clock. Dorothy Lowell Willard, presented recently in a radio recital by Mrs. ! Rouett Johnson-Manning, has been re- { quested to repeat her program over ‘RC. She played MacDowell's ‘cottish Tone Poem,” “The Lorelei” y Hans Seeling and excerpts from i the opera “Tanubauser” by Wagner, arranged for piano by Raff. The first two numbers were preceded by word pletures written by Mrs. Manning and excellently read by George Ross. The Columbian Male Quartet, Paul G. Ledig, W. E. Braithwaite, Ray- mond G. Moore and John C. Smith, successful concert for the Home and School Association of Chevy Chase at the E. V. Brown School Wednesday. was guest soloist in the special pro- gram of music presented at Luther Place Memortal Church last Sunday morning under the direction of Ervine J. Stenson, when the service was at- | tended by the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden. Harlan Randall. baritone, has just returned from a concert tour in Penn- sylvania. He will be heard in con- cert in Martinsburg, W. Va., Friday. Helen T. Murray, accompanist for the Charminade Glee Club, will enter- tain its members at the Spring busi- ness meeting tomorrow night at her residence, 5316 Colorado avenue, at which time important matters will be taken up and an election of officers for the ensuing year. All members are requested to be present. Mary Helen Howe, coloratura so- prano, was soloist at the memorial services at the Capitol, under the auspices of the Lincoln and Grant circles, G. A. R. She has also had engagements at Plscataway, Md., re- ently. Vespers will be sung at St. Patrick’s Church today at 7:30 p.m. by the Sanctuary Choir, under the direction of C. A choirmaster. The utstanding choral numbers will be Ive Regina” (German), by Haupt- man, and “Lauda Sion” (Spanish), by Calajora. Elizabeth Keyes, harpist-soprano, announces the opening of her studio at 4431 Greenwich parkway north- west, Foxhall Village. A delightful program of music was given Sunday evening in the lobby of the Hotel Roosevelt by the or- chestra. It being the last concert of the season, the numbers were all request- ed. They were well played by the trio, composed of Harry Seigel, vio- linist; Myer Seigel, cellist, and Lucia Collins, accompanist. A delightful musical was presented at the Ambassador Theater at 10:30 Monday morning by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cunningham of Washington, with their nephew, Willlam Bellar of Burlington, Wis.,, as the artist. >\\5ubscr1'be,/ ‘ MUSICAL WASHINGTON 8" NS ONG! ‘! S G Homer L. Kitt Co. 1330 G 'St. N.W. “Everything Musical” Emily Harrold, Washington soprano, | RAPHS Mr. Bellar, pianist, pleased his aud ence and numerous encores were ¢ quested. His program included nun bers by Chopin, Grieg and Moszkow ski. His touch is firm and sensitive His program was well chosen. He i3 an all-American product. studied with Richard Renter, als. with Howard Wells of Chicago, and in June, 1925, won the. national prize at Portland, Oreg., offered by the Federation ‘of Music Clubs at its bien nial convention. Mr. Bellar, who has just finished a successful concert tour of the United States, sailed Friday fou Europe and will study with Toblax Matthay of London, in addition to giving a serles of concerts. This ix his last appearance in this countr: for at least a year. Mrs. Maribel Lindsay, organist a the Ambassador, played three nun. bers on the organ, the Rachmaninof e, He “The Daughters of Jairus, tata by Sir John Stainer, will presented by the choir of All Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase. thi< evening at 8 o'clock. Soloists for the occasion will be Phyllis Pric soprano; James T Nicholson, tenor, and Robert I{. Da vidson, baritone. The choir has rehearsing for this cantata for s eral weeks under the direction William H. Taylor. organist Saints’ Church, who also will part in the program. Some confusfon has arisen the origin of the interpretative s that was played at Crandall's Metro politan Theater during the I record-breaking run of Cecil Mille's “The Volga Boatman doubt_being occasioned by the fact that Dr. Hugo Reisenfeld complied the score for the New York premie: of the picture and a natural suppo sition would be that the same coni pilation would be in Washing {ton. Such, howeve cas engagement was completely compi by Daniel Breeskin, conductor of tli« Metropolitan Symphony, who w sisted by Fred Starke, violinist composer, who contributed an or fnal theme number. Mr. Breeski scored a triumph with his musician! handling of the thematic possibil ties offered by “The Volga Boa man,” as well as the personnel of | organization throughout a heavy a1 trying week. 24 Choir Wifl Present Spring Concert Tomorrow rtet Choir of Ca Church Julia ¢ breth Gray, director, will present 1 annual Spring concert in Guild Hal tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock. Heler { Augusta Colhoun. reader. will be as aisting_soloist on the prosiam. an: Elste F. Montgomery will act as ac companist. The members of the quartet ar Marie C. Deal, soprano: Mrs. ¢ contralto: Harian Randall. bar and . Evans, tenor The program will be: .Dorothy Fo: .Oley Spe Liewra: ... Rasba e Der Erlkonig. Mrs. G 0, Italia, Italia Beloved" T s el Calvary Quartet R he Faithful Lov be Biue and the Gray w Southern Soring Far : pringtime of Love .. [ [, . Moszkowsi Deal. sanges .. Mendelgeoh: CampbeliTipto: Song™.. OLD FAVORITES 1. iComm’ Thru the Rye.” 20 vIn_An Old-Fashioned Town. ‘Believe Me 1f ~All Those Young Charme. Calvary Quartet i it Imperial Male Quartet Gives Benefit Concert A CONCERT by the Imperial Male Quartet—W. Arthur McCoy, first tenor; George E. Anderson, second tenor; J. Renton ebb, baritone Francis P. Heartsill, b Mrs. G Harris White, accompanist—assisted by Fannie Shreve Heartsill, soprano Richie McLean, contralto, and Flor- ence Adams, reader, will be given at the Metropolitan Memorial Methodis Church, John Marshall place and « street northwest, 8:15 o'clock, Wed nesday evening. The program will Endea D ’ udk‘"l!&‘h ¥ 6% Miss MeLe Readings— (Selected) - " orella dei Riego (sextct from ale Quartet. MUSICAL INSTRUCTIQN. 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