The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 11, 1912, SECTION THREE, Page 6, Image 44

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EDITED BY JOStri! M. QI KNTIN.
GOOD protrfu I being mailt toward
cnmplrtrnts of finish In choral
work by the Orpheus Male Chorus In
preparation for Its first concert at the
JletTlg Theater. Saturday night. Febru
try 17. and a satlnf.it tury rendition of
th music is promised.
William Manrll Wildrr. thr milral
dirwtor. oranli-i this new choru
laat SptembVr out of III iratterrj
Mmbrriihlp of th thrn dl!lamlod male
rhoru of Graer Methodl.t Kplwopal
"hurrh. and at om- pluntnl the "bo a"
Into buy rehearsal work. Two meet
Insa a week have been held alnce thn.
and the different selection have been
the inbl'Tl of atudious care. Home of
the number have been "uns over" at
least & times, and alnsera will know
what thla. meana to obtain delicacy of
choral flnlh. One la reminded of the
ftamaecua blade In a fairy atory. n
blade that wax finished ao drllrately
that It hrlicMnena wa everlaatlne.
"At Our rnrr'rl." nald an officer of
the Orplieua fhorua lael tileht. "we
hote to present a flrt-claa vocal of -ffrlnir
of unaccompanied ainrlnir that
w-IU repreaent the beat work of which
we are capable. It will not be perfec
tion. a that cannot ha reached on thla
earth, but It will ahow what can be
done In chorua ainnlna. where there la
no Inatrumental accompaniment. ome
thins that haa not yet been done by
amateur In the concert line In thia
cliv. Thla la the Weal that the Or
pheua atanda f"r. We have nothing
bat cordiality to ahow toward the mem
bers of other male choruses In thla
city, and look upon them as friends.
We hope they regard ua as friends,
striving; toward the betterment of cho
ral music In thla city. We do not wish
to be considered as rivals of anyone,
and believe in the doctrine of 'IJve and
let live. There f room In the city of
J'ortland. with ita larare population and
crowing- musical activity, for say three
larare male voice rhoruses. and we ask
tor the rtarht to be heard."
The soloist at Saturday mpht's con
cert Is Nfrs. Rose Bloch Bauer, widely
r.nown here aa an esteemed concert
soprano and the musical director and
leading soloist of the Temple Belli
larael choir. M's. Bauer Is In excel
lent voice, and has chosen vocal selec
tions that will show her finished art
In eons.
The programme Is lareely of a popu
lar nature, but hlsti-clas. yet there
la nothing In It ton technical. Many
mood are represented, from patriotic
It pastoral. The selectlona are: "When
th Sou'.h Wind Blown" M'ox); "Trie
Old Brigade" iBarrt. arr. Vacy): soloa
a. "Morgen" illenschel). b "Ah Ixive
Tiut a Pay" Bach. Mra. Rose Bloch
Hauer: "Serenade" (Abtl: "Sweet and
Low iBarnbyl. by request; "Iove It
Waa Not Jo To Be." from the opera.
"Ier Trumpeter" tNesaler. arr. V
Krlchl. Mrs. Bauer, accompanlitd by
chorus: "The old Year la Pylna"
tWelah carol): solo a. Vacllle" 1 Rich
ard Strauas). b. "With You" (Nuttlngl.
Mrs. B.tur; "On the Hea" f Dudley
I.uck): "Drink to Me Only" fold Knc
!.h. by request. Carl Denton will
play Mra. Bauer's accompaniments.
Friday nicht. at the llelllg Theater.
John M'-rm-k. th celebrated Iriah
tenor, will be heard In concert, and the
occasion will b on of tbe most brlU-
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iant of the season. In tl.ls age and Gen
eration there Is a acarclty of real tenor
singers, and John McCormack haa won
world plaudits, both as concert and
grand opera tenor. He Is young;, with
all the brightness and freshness that
youth alone possesses. The audience
Will be large and enthusiastic on Mc
Cormack night.
At the coming concert of the Port
land Symphony Orchestra. March 3.
Mendelssohn's beautiful overture to "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" will be
played. It is Interesting to note in
connection with this that while the
overture waa written when Mendele
sohn waa but IT yeara old. It stands to
iay aa his most popular overture. This
number is descriptive of scenes from
Shakespeare's play of the same name,
and although the programme notes will
contribute toward a better understand
ing of It. the drama should be read be
fore the concert. In order that a full
appreciation of the work may be had.
Mra. B. E. Talt haa been engaged by
the orchestra management to handle
subscriptions and to make ticket reser
vations. Mr. Walter Tooae. Jr.. of Dallaa. Or.,
was the soprano soloist for the an
nual meeting of the Orajcon National
Guard Association. last week, and her
slnrlng won many sincere compli
ments. This comment appeara in a New
Tork newspaper: "In Portland, Ore
iron, the lorsl symphony orchestra held
ten rehearsals for the concert given by
that capable organisation on the after
noon of Sunday. January 21. The con
cert, of course, was a success and the
llflilg Theater was well filled. How
many New York orchestras rehears
their programmes ten times? Don't
all speak at once. Messieurs les con-,
ducteurs."
This programme was given under the
direction of Mia Marie Hetlesaler at
the home of strurk Aune. Kast Taylor
street: "II Trovatore." selection. Eva
jLange: "Con Amore." Karen Laissen:
j turn. "Holy Night" (Adams). Violet
Huflaker; w-eei nye ana Mre. 1 uora
Shlppern: "Valae" iPurnnd). Aucust
Lassen; "Faust." march (Oounod-
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Richard). Margrette Aune; sons. "The
IJTd Is Mv Shepherd." Violet Huffa-k-r;
"Valse" (Chopin). Gudrnnt
Brandt: "Hoy's Eallenne" (Smith).
Margrete Brandt: "polonaise" i Beeth
oven). Margrete and Gudrund Brandt.
Due to a misunderstanding a to the
oate. Miss Auguste Coltlow. the emi
nent pianist, will give a recital In the
Portland Hotel parlors thla afternoon
at S o'clock, when another .cmlrent pi
anist. Miss Olga Stceb. will also be
engaged giving a recital at the lieillg
Theater.. Kfforta were in progress last
week to change the time of these recit
als, but definite arrangements to the
contrary had already been made.
A concert will be given by the mem
bers of the faculty of the Institute of
Musical Art, assisted by other musi
cians, at Grace Memorial Parish House.
Kast Seventeenth and Weidler streets,
on the night of February 1.
Frederick Flmer Chapman. . the di
rector of music In the Portland public
schools. Is also to be the director of
the musical festival, which will be held
In the aurlitorlum. Nineteenth and Chap
man street. June 7. S. and 11. under
the auspices of Multnomah County Sun
day School Association. Mr. Chupnian.
who waa born In the state of Maine.
was a church organist when lie was
30 years of age. and has, been a chorus
and orchestral conductor.' composer and
professional music teacher. He studied
music under the direction of Charles
Capen. Carl Zerrahn. George W. Chad
wlck. Frederick Zlechtmann and Gua
tave Strube: passed Harvard College
svmphony examination in 1865: was
conductor of Catnbrfcire. Mnss., festival
orchestra. Catholic Reading. Club chor
us. Shirley. Mass.. Choral Colon, State
of Maine Chautauqua I'nlon. Instructor
for 11 yeara of Maine State Kducatlonal
Institutes, under state patronage, and
Is director of music In University of
California Summer session for the sea
son of 191. At the June rmielc festi
val, selections from Haydn's "Creation"
and from compositions by Mendelssohn.
Blxet. Gounod. F.lgar and Gaul will be
sung. Applications for membership to
the big chorus may be made to Rev.
Albert F-hrgott. Y. M. C. A., and the
first chorus rehearsal' takes place to
morrow night at 7:45 o'clock In the Y.
M. C. A. auditorium.
A communication haa been received
from Carl I-anxer, 07 Humbolt avenue.
Sacramento. Cal.. stating that he has
Just llnlajied his new violin solo. "Fan
tasll Characterisque." composed ex
presslv for the big California exposi
tion In 1913. and that he will play his
solo as a challenge to the world'a great
violinists to meet him In open contaat
during the said exposition at San Fran
cisco In 1915. He add that he I also
constructing hi bird s eye double string
quartette for the exposition and that
the quartette will be known aa the
Lanzer 1100.000 string quartette. He
challenges all comers, and particularly
such players as Eugene Yaxe, Jan Kub
ellk, Frltx Krelsler. Mlscha Klman.
Ovlde Musln, Jarosxl Koclan and others.
Miss Verna Smith was In good voice
at her recent recital. She was partic
ularly complimented on her German
songs, which were well suited to her
contralto voice. At the same recital
Miss .Smith presented Mis Mildred
West, a young pianist II years-old. who
plaved three groups of piano numbers
with commendable skill. The pro
gramme: "Concert Valse" (Moskow
kl) "Valse No. ." (Chopin). 'Polish
Dance" (Schnrwenka). Mildred Welch:
"Melleande In the Wood" (Goetz). "A
Oav Gltena" (Harris). ."HI Lullaby"
(Bond) Miss Vera Smith: "Frullnararau
schen" ISlndlng). "Etude" iWollen
haupt). Mildred Welch: "Sognai"
fSehlrai. "Per Aara" Rubinstein I.
"Hoffnung" (Relrhrdt. Miss Verna
Smith: "Nocturne. No. 4" (Schumann .
"Salut A Pesth" (Kowalski). Mildred
Welch.
letters -from San Francisco friends
aav that two muairal faction exist in
that city, one for and the other against
the continuance of the appointment of
Henry Hadley as musical director of
the San Francisco Symphony Orches
tra. The antl-Hadley people support
for the position of musical director
Fignor Polacco. seen In Portland as
director of the fine orchestra with "The
Girl of the Golden West" company.
On the occasion of the dediration
services at the Catholic Church of the
Madeleine. Irvlngton, February 21. Miss
Nona I-nwler. soprano soloim of the
choir, will sing the solo from a Marxo
mass, and Arthur Harbaugh, tenor, will
sing the solo from a Gounod "Sanctus."
Miss Helen Calhreatli I choral director.
At the Lincoln service tonight at
Grace Methodist Episcopal Clmri h, Miss
Iaiura Ferguson, soprano, will sing
"The Star-Spang led Banner."
Miss Haxel Hardle and Clifford Wood
land were the soloist at the last meet
ing of the Monday Night Male Chorus,
under the direction of J. William
Belcher. Miss Hardle anc "The Gar
dener" (Nledlinger) and "Hayfleld and
Butterfly" (Pel Rlego). and Mr. Wood
land sang "In the Time of Roses"
(Richard) and "Till Dawn" (Loewe).
A parlor musical was given under the
auspices of the Women's Mission Circle
of the White Temple last Tuesday af-
FAMOUS PIANIST WHO WILL APPEAR IN RECITAL AT
HEILIG SOON.
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Ll ; V ays
HAROLD
ternoon at the home of Mrs. O. P. M.
Jamleson. 5S3 Main street. Mrs. Sarah
Rla-'kman. late of Boston, sang two se
lections, accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Carrie Beaumont. Mrs. Blackman
possesses a soprano voice of good qual-'
Ity. with clear enunciation. Miss Rose
Robinson's singing of Norway's na
tional air and one of Ole Bull's compo
sitions In the Norwegian language waa
much enjoyed. Mrs. Cora Puffer gave
an Illustrated talk on "The Land of the
Midnight Sun." Mrs. Puffer spent
some time In Lapland and the far
North, and enriched her descriptions
with interesting personal experiences.
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Mrs. Fred L. Olson sang a group of
songs for the Oregon State Congress of
Mothers at the Young Woman's Chris
tian Association last Tuesday after
noon, and was a soloist for the Taidiea'
Aid Society of the Piedmont Presby
terian Church at the tea given at the
home of Mrs. George M. Cornwall last
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Olson was
cordiallv received and sang well.
At the Heilig Theater, at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon. Mies Olga Stecb. a pian
ist of International recognition and cel
ebritr. will give a piano recital, when
her programme will consist of these
numbers: "Fantasi and Fugue In G
Minor" (Bach-Llsxt): "Scherzo In E Mi
nor. Op. 4" 1 Brahms). "Sonata In B Flat
Minor. Op. 35" grave. Doppio Movlmento.
Scherzo. Plu Lento. Marche Funebre,
Presto (Chopin): from "Etudea D'Exe
eutlon - Transcendante." Rlcardanxa,
(Liszt): "Etude in D Flat" (Liszt).
"Beautiful Blue Danube" waltz.
(Strauss arr. Schulx-Exler.)
Wagner'a opera "Siegfried" was the
subject of study of Die TJnterhaltunga
Klasse. and the latter will meet Thurs
day with Mr. McLlntock, 992 East
Seventeenth street.
Miss Edna Abraham was presented
by Mis Agnes E. Warren in piano re
cital last Thursday afternoon, and was
assisted by Roy Havens, baritone. The
programme: "Fantasia, C Minor" (Mo
zart): "Andantino." from "Sonata Op.
22" (Schumann): "The Two Larks
(Leschetizky); "Soinpnour's Song"
(MacFarren). Roy Havens: "Gavotte'
(Gossec): "Fantasia Impromptu" (Cho
pin). ...
Henrv Farmer's "Mass In B Flat" will
be rendered by the Centenary choru
choir of over 40 voices at the Centenary
Methodist Chnrch tonight. The choir
has been preparing for this presentation
for several weeks under the direction
of T. A. Flnley. and assistance will be
given by the Brotherhood Orchestra of
12 pieces. The opening will be "Kyrle"
and "Gloria." by the double quartet and
full chorus: then "Qui Tollls." by double
quartet and chorus, with violin ob
ligator "Benedlctus." by double quartet;
"Et Incarnatus" followed by a Fugue,
by double quartet and chorus: "Credo
and "Sanctus" by the full chorus. "Am
orlta." (Czlvulka). will be rendered by
Cenfenarv Brotherhood Orchestra as
the overture, and the recessional will
be "The Roman CarnlvaV (Nettleson).
also rendered by the orchestra.
A studv of MacDowell and Lis com
positions" Interested Miss Dorothea
Nash's music appreciation class last
week. Miss Muriel Williams assiuted
by singing three MacDowell songs.
Wednesday. Miss Nash begins a study
of modern opera, and the first opera
to be considered Is "A Ida."
A Wednesday Night Choral and
Study Club has been organized with
Miss Catherine M. Covach as director
for the purpose of studying the lives of
the composers, both vocal and Instru
mental. The club members are: Miss
Lela Muir. Mis Edith Abst. Miss Gene
vieve Lavne. Miss Fern Nlckutn. Miss
Lillian Peterson. Miss Mslda Nlckum.
Mrs P. W. H. Fredrick. Miss C leste
Albln Mrs. L. Walsh. Mrs. Lewis Garrl
gu 'Jr.. Mrs. J. Allen Leas. Mrs.
cha'rles Hacker. Miss Olga Johnson,
Mrs Frank Donnelly and Miss Clara
Tlmpkin. with- Miss Lucllf Chilcote
as piano accompanist.
Those who will be presented at the
complimentary concert. February 29, at
the Heilig Theater, by Mrs. Rose Oour-sen-Roed.
are: Mrs. Jane Burna-Al-bert.
Miss Zcta Holllster. Mirs Clara K
Howell. Miss Madeline Stone. Mrs. L.
W Schmeer. Mrs. Virginia Hutchinson.
W A. Walters and Henry O- Inflow.
Edgar E. Coursen will be plan) accom
panist. r
The largest audience that has so far
gathered at the Sunnyslde Methodist
Episcopal Church was present last Sun
dav night, when the third of the series
of 'monthlv song service was rendered
hy the choir of 10 voice, under th
direction of Jasper Dean MacFall. The
next "evening with the choir' will be
Sunday. March 3. when Mr. MacFall
will present several singers not before
heard In olo work, at these monthly
events. Charle P. Bowker will be the
offertory soloist tonight at this church.
His selection will be Gounod's "Baby
lon." "
A students' recital was given last
Thursday under the direction of J. H.
Cowen. " The programme: "Heather
Rose" (Lange). Miss Hallle Lyle; "First
Dancing Lesson" (Forman). "Tyro
lienne""(Waudelt). Miss Hilda Hansen:
"Scarf Dance" (Chamlnade). .Nils Ethel
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Langley; "Robin's Return." Miss Bertha J
Wilson: "Simple Confession" (Thomas).
Mis Katherine Voegeleln: "Tulip"
(Lechner). Miss Myrna Ritter: "Con
vent Bell" (Ludovlc), Raymond Rich
ard: "Tyrollenne Zither Song" (Low).
"Arabeque" (Eric Meyer-Helmund).
Miss Ella Williams: "My Ain Folk"
(Lemmon). Darwin Phillips: "Kamenol
Ostrow" (Rubinstein), Miss Viola Goch.
ler: "It Was a Dream" (Lassen), A. A.
Larsen: "Minuet" (Paderewski), Miss
Doris Blrnbach.
At the last meeting of the Monti
Choral Club, John Claire Monteith. dl- :
rector, the chorus rehearsal was fol
lowed hy a group of solo numbers by :
Mrs. Harry McQuade. who sang "Sum
mer" (Chaminade), "Allah" (Chadwlck)
and "Indian Love Song" (De Koven).
Mrs. McQuade also gave a successful
.concert at Vancouver Barracks- last
Tuesday night, when he was assisted
by Miss Gertrude Hoeber. violinist, and
William R. Boone, pianist. Mr. Mon
teith will be one of the soloist's at a
tea to be given at the First Presby
terian Church February 22.
Mrs. Rose Coursen-Reed will give a
varied programme for the Monday
Musical Club, February 19. comprising
songs of Richard Strauss, Schubert,
Schumann, Augusta Holmes, Hildach,
Burmelster and Fontenailles.
Adrienne and Miriam Shermanski,
Gladys and Helen Kies. Virginia Wil
son. Lola Mulr, Laura Drake and Ruth
Chambers were lately presented in a
students' piano recital by Mrs. Lena W. -
Chambers. The young musicians played
well.
The St. Francis Octette, composed of
members of- St. Francis' Catholic
Church, are to be heard in concert,
Friday night. The members are: Miss
M. McNamee, Mrs. C. A. Alphonse. Miss
N. Habekost. Miss I. Lowe, Miss H.
Gallagher, Miss E. Mayer. Miss R.
Maskc. Miss R. Salm. Mlsa C. Dunbar.
Miss Pauline Heintz and F. P. Shea
will glng a new group of songs.
Miss Louise Huntley was lately pre
sented by Wr. Gifford Nash, in piano
recital, and played with commendable
skill and musical talent.
A Demorest medal contest was held
last Tuesday night at Cal-ary Presby
terian Church, and this programme was
rendered: Piano solos. Beulah Rohr,
Blanch Wallers, Mrs. William Dawson:
vocal duet, Helen McKenzle and flazcl
Lenghardt: vocal solo. Miss Brown.
Mrs. Ella B. Jones was director.
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Last Wednesday, at the Patton Home,
Charles Dickens' 100th anniversary
was celebrated, and piano numbers
were played by Mrs. William Dawson.
Mrs. Ella S. Jones. Sarah Gassett and
Annie Bauerle. Vocal solos were sung
by Helen McKenzle. Hazol Lenghardt.
Mrs. J. H. Patterson and Miss Watkins.
Waverly Heights Congregational
Church has secured the services, as
choir leader, of Miss Arah Hoyt. who
has had extensive experience in this
kind of work, having sung for two
years in Plymouth Congregational
Church. Syracuse. N. T., and as leader
of the choir of the First Baptist
Church. Stevensville. Mont. She was
lately a singer In the choir of Taylor
Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Miss Hoyt. who has a good contralto
voice, comes from a musical family.
Her father and mother, with their six
sons and daughters, all possess un
usual musical ability.
Miss Florence Wuest. concert pian
ist, recently rendered to an apprecia
tive audience in Forest Grove, these
classical selections: "Sonata, Op. 27.
No. 2" (Beethoven): "Nocturne. Op. 37,
No. 2" (Chopin): "Two Larks" (Les
chetlzsgy): "Man lebt nur emmal"
(Ptrauss-Tausig): "Sonata. Op. 13"
(Beethoven): "Second Hungarian
Rhapsody" (Liszt).
Miss Iola Frlce gave a song recital
at the last meeting of the Tuesday Af
ternoon Cluh. Mrs. Rose Bloch-Bauer,
director. Miss Price possesses a pleas
ant soprano voice, and sang In four
languages. Particularly Interesting
were the old French folk songs hy
Wekerlln. sung' for the first time In
Portland, and other numbers. In Ger
man. Italian and English, were given.
Other soloist were Mrs. Charles E.
Branin, Miss Geraldlne Loiser and Mrs.
A. A. Price, of Oregon City. Or.
The many friends of Miss Genevieve
Butterfield. a former member of the
Tuesday Afternoon Club, will be glad
to Var that she is convalescing from
her recent illness. Miss Butterfield
graduated-recently from Portland
Academy, and was soloist at the com
mencement exercise. She is at present
nt Newton vllle. Mass.
Schumann's song cycle "Frauenlieber
und Leben," was sung at the last meet
ing of the Tuesday Afternoon Club,
under Mrs. Rose Coursen-Reed's direc
tion: "Seit ich lhn gesehen" and "Er
der Herrllchste." Mrs. C. W. Sherman:
"lch Kann's Nlcht Fassen" and "Der
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Hear John McCormack
and
The Steinway Piano
At Heilig Theater, Friday Eve., Feb. 16th.
Portland music-lovers will not be surprised to
learn that. John McCormack supports his prefer
ence for the Steinway Piano by using it. It is
the choice of every artist.
New Steinway Pianos are for sale in Portland,
only by
On Morrison at Sixth Street
Ring." Miss Clea Nickerson: "Helft
mir, ihr Schwestern" and "Puesser
Freund," Miss Maurene Campbell: "Ail
Meinen Herzen" and 'Tun Hast du
Mir den Ersten Sciimerz Gethan," Mrs.
R. W. Schmeer.
Mrs. G. Y. Salmon has resigned her
position as soprano soloist at St,
David's Episcopal Church, and has ac
cepted the position of soloist and leader
at the Third Church of Christ, Scien
tist. ,
At a recent social, held at the par
ish house of St. David's Episcopal
Church, this programme was well ren
dered: Piano solo. Miss Olive Kineaid;
violin duet. Miss Elsie Lewis and Miss
Frazer: soprano solo. Miss Marguerite
D'Aurla: piano solo. Miss Mabel Ber
nice Warren; soprano solo, Mrs. John
E. Wolfe.
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This will be Falfe week at the Heilig
Theater, with "The Bohemian Girl" as
the bill. This opera Is the most suc
cessful of all Balfe's- compositions, has
won not only renown with English
words, but in French. German and Ital
ian text, and it remains Balfe's master
piece in the public, mind because of tho
volatility and spontaneous character of
the music.
John Ross Fargo has been appointed
tenor soloist In the choir of the Tem-
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fully fine quality of tone for orchestra and solo work; in fact, these
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ple Beth Israel, and sang for the first
time in his new position last Friday,
his singing meeting with cordial ap
proval. Mr. Fargo has a sweet, clear
tenor voice, and his musicianly ability
and willing spirit of co-operation havev
found him many friends. He is also
tenor soloist at the First Congrega
tional Church, and formerly occupied a
like position In the choir of the First
Presbyterian Church.
The opening musical number to be
given as an Introduction to the play
"Every woman," which will he read at
the Multnomah Hotel Wednesday night,
under the auspices of the Monday Mu
sical Club, is a trio for violin, cello and
piano, to be played by Mrs. Cornelia
Barker-Carse. Mrs. E. E. Goodwin and
Miss Florence Jackson. There will also
be two vocal solos by Mrs. Lulu Dahl
Miller, and two piano solos hy Harry
E. Van Dyke. "Mazurka" (Bonowskl)
and "Hungarian" (MacDowell).
At the spociiil ordination service last
Sunday at St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral,
the choir, under the direction of Carl
Denton, organist, effectively rendered
Alfred J. Eyre's brilliant "Communion
Service in E Flat" and the anthems, "I
Waited for the Lord," from Mendels
sohn's "Hymn of rraise." and "How
Lovely Are the Messengers." from tho
oratorio of "St. Paul" I.Mendelssohn).
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