Harrisburg Organists to
It Hold First Meeting
The first formal meeting of the j
Harrisburg Organists' Association !
will be held next Thursday evening, !
January 3, in the Zion Lutheran j
Church. A talk will be given by I
Harold Jackson Bartz, F. A. G. 0.,
organist of the First Presbyterian
Church. York, Pa. All' members
have been urged to be present.
REFORMED SALEM
Morning—"Christmas offertory." j
introducing "Ancient Christmas!
Song," Guson; Anthem, "Sing, O,
Daughter of Zion," Rogers; with in- 1
cidental solo by Mrs. Myers; Anthem,!
While Shepherds Watched Their!
Flocks," Rogers: with incidental so-!
Los by Mrs. Myers and Mr. Cassel;
Anthem, "The Birthday of a King,"
Neidlinger; Mr. Rudolph F. Fortna
and Choir; "Postlude."
Evening—"Christmas Eve," Mai
ling; Selections from Cantata "The
Story of Christmas," Matthews; So
iiratio Solo and Chorus, "Glory to
Cod in the Highest," Baritone and
Tenor Solo and Chorus, "Behold
There Came Three Men From the
East," Contralto Solo and Chorus, 1
Sleep Holy Babe;" Soloists, So
prano, Mrs. C. W. Myers.: Contral'o,
Miss Wynn Cassel; Baritone, Mr.
Charles Cassel; Tenor, Mr. Roy Wal
born; "Fanfare," Lemmens.
TO SING CANTATA
The choir of St. Stephen's Epis- I
copal Church Church, composed of!
forty voices under the direction of !
Alfred C. Kuschwa, organist and ,
choirmaster, will render the follow
ing music to-morrow:
11 o'clock Service "Venite," |
Twile: "Te Deum in G Minor," Car- ,
penter; "Jubilate in F," Decevee; ■
anthem, "Christmas Bells," Mat- |
thews; organ, "Christmas March." |
Merkel.
7.30 O'clock Service —Processional,
Angels From the Realms of Glory;" i
organ, "Offertory on Christmas
Hymns" (No. 2) Gullmant; cantata, :
"The Star of Bethlehem," Harker: '
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SATURDAY EVENING
STACCATO NOTES
The Music Teachers' National Asso
i elation is now holding Its annual
! meeting; in New Orleans. The or
ganization was founded In IS7G, and
has gone through seasons of pros
prelty and adversity, but is now firm
ly established to further the educa
tional purpose of music, so higher
artistic results may be secured.
j Sing a sang of front seats, fiddles
start to whine;
Pour and twenty chorus girls stand
ing in a line. ,
I When the show is opened they all
begin to sing,
i And not a person in the house can
understand a thing.
Lieutenant John Philip Sousa, N. S.
N. K., has written two new marches.
in characteristic Sousa vein. These '
are "Naval Keserve" and "'Jack Tar.'"
The Landlady—l heard you singing
■ in your room this evening.
The Fourth Ploor Back—Oh, I sins I
a little to kill time.
The Landlady—You have an excel- '
• lent weapon.—Puck. J
A cablegram has just been received ;
from Albert Spalding, soldier, patriot
and violinist, stating that he has re
ceived a commission and is now a
first lieutenant with the American :
; Expeditionary Forces stationed some
where in Prance. Spalding, who was!
; one of the first to heed the call of his
country, enlisted last June as a pri
vate in the Aviation Corps of the
' Signal Service. He canceled his entire '
! concert tour for the present season
f and sailed from an American port '
, about the middle of last Septetn- 1
! ber.
i '
'part I, "Prophecy of the Coming:"
| part 11. "The Advent;" part 111, j
I "The Annunciation and March of the j
Magi;" part 1111. "Herod and the j
I Masi:" offertory, "Christmas in j
Sicily," Yons; recessional, "From
i Glory I'nto Glory;" organ, "Alle- j
Muia," Faulkes.
Walter Schumann-Heink, the fourth
son of the famous singer to enlist in
the United States service, has been
accepted by the Navy and will serve
as a cook of the fourth class. Mr.
Hein kwas the proprietor of a res
taura-nt in Paiterson, N. J.
There is much discussion about
songs for this war. For the Navy
only one choice is possible. The Navy
' sing: "Dare to Be a Daniels!" —
Life.
We will now listen to a duet by
Colonel Le #.s and General Crozler,
entitled 'Just Before the Battle."
TO CELEBRATE EPIPHANY
Epiphany, which will be celebrated
to-morrow and to which Twelfth
Night is an introduction, means
"manifestation," and is based on the
belief that Jesus Christ iirst mani
fested his mission on this day, when
a star revealed his birth to the kings
of the East, who hastened to Beth
lehem to worship the infant and to
offer him gifts. The second manifes
tation recalled by Epiphany was
when Jesus was leaving the Jordan
after baptism of St. John, and the
Holv Ghost descended upon him in
the "visible form of a dove, while a
voice from the heavens said, "This is
my beloved Son, in Whom I am well
pleased." The third manifestation of
divinitv was at the marriage feast
at Cana, when Jesus transformed
water into wine. The remembrance of
these three manifestations the Ro
man Catholic Church celebrates in
one and the same festival.
ORGANISTS TO MEET
The first meeting of the Harrisburg
Organist Association, will be held
Thursdav evening in the Zion Luth
eran Church. Harold Jackson Bretz.
F. A. G. O. organist of the First Pres
byterian Church, of York, will de
liver an address.
HAJttUSBTJRG TEI.EGT* A"PH
E. A. Heffelfinger to
Direct Choir For Last
Time at Christ Lutheran
E. A. HEFFELFINOER
To-morrow will be the last day
which E. A. Heffeltinger will direct
the choir of the Christ L'ltheran
Church. Mr. Heffeltinger uas ar
ranged a very interesting musical
program for the day. The evening
program includes Christmas num
bers. Mr. Heffeltinger has been in
terested in the musical circles of the
city for a number of years. He has
had charge of the choir of the Christ
Lutheran Church since 1890. Before
assuming his duties at this church
he led the choir of the Memorial
Lutheran Church.
The Christ Church choir is made
up wholly of volunteer siffgers land
includes the following artists: So
prano, Miss E. Gertrude Heffel
tinger, Miss Ella Fenical, Miss Ruth
M. Heffeltinger, Mrs. J. E. Feeser,
Miss Margaret Wilson, Mrs. A. R.
Todd; alto. Miss Alice Rollison, Mrs.
J. E. Whisler, Miss Mary McKee,
Miss Ida M. Plough, Miss Ruth E.
Sanders; tenor, George L. Ebersole,
W. W. Witman, N. E. Huber, Ralph
Shader, Arthur F. Eby; bass, F. E.
Crist, S. S. Fackler, Warren Lyme,
Harry A. Boyer, F. J. Wallis. The
organist of the church is Miss Ruth
I. Steinhauer.
The first part of to-morrow even
ing's program will include:
Prelude, "Christmas Pastorale,"
Merkel; male chorus, "Silent Night,"
Haydn; Scripture lesson and prayer;
anthem. "Behold, the Days Come,"
Woodward, tenor solo, Mr. Eber
sole; hymn; bass solo and quartet,
"Hear the Music Ringing," Stam
baugh, Mr. Fackler, Mr. Ebersole,
Mr. Boyer. Mr. Crist; chorus, "Of
His Kingdom," (from Geibel's "The
Lord of Glory"); offertory, "Fan
tasie and Christmas Carol," Ash
mall.
The second part of the program
will consist of Geibel's cantata, "The
Nativity," part one of which in
cludes: Introductory, organ; bari
tone solo, "Behold, the Years," Mr.
Crist; chorus, "Hark, the Harps;"
tenor recitative, "Bethlehem, Beth
lehem," Mr. Shader; chorus, "Re
joice Greatly;" duet, "And His
Dominion," Mr. Ebersole and Mr.
Lyme; soprano solo with chorus,
"Glory Be to God," Mrs. J. E.
Feeser.
Part two includes: Chorus,
"Blessed Is He That Cometh;" con
tralto solo, "Sleep Sweetly, Babe of
Bethlehem," Miss Rollison'; (a)
chorus of men, "Gold," (b) chorus
of . women. "Frankincense," (e) full,
chorus, "Myrrh;" soprano recitative,
" Tis Christmastide," Miss Wilson;
chorus, "Peace to All the Earth;"
benediction; postlude, "March Pon
tificate," Lemmens.
Church Music
MARKET SQ. PRESBYTERIAN
Morning Prelude, "Christmas
Chorale (A Rose Bursts Forth),"
Dicgendisch; "Bethlehem," Mailing;
Anthem, "Like Silver Lamps," Barn
by; Offertory, "Shepherd's Song,"
Andrews; Carol, "Upon a Syrian
Height," Ken's Chorus, Stainer-
Barths; Postlude, "Grand Chorus,
'Hallelujah,' " Lesbure-Wely.
Evening—Prelude, "Adoration,"!
Callaerts; "Variations on an Ancient
Christmas Carol," Dethier; Chorale,
"Break Forth, O Beauteous, Glorious
Light"—The Christmas Oratorio,
Bach; Cantata, "Christmas Eve,"
Gade; Offertory, "Christmas Pastor
ale," Rogers; Carol, "Ring out. Wild
Bells," Gounod-Gilchrist; Postlude,
"Grand Chorus," Guilmant.
METHODIST
Morning—Organ, "Christmas Pas
torale," Rogers; Anthem, "Brightest
and Best," Hanscom; Organ, "Pas
torale on Silent Night," Hacker; An
them, "Hark, What Mean Those
Holy Voices?" Heinrich; Organ, "Of
fertoire on Old Christmas, Carols,"
Guilmant.
Evening—Organ, (a) "Offertoire
in D Minor," Nason; (b) "Shepherd's
Song," Merkle; (c) "Christmas in
Sicily," Yon; Carol, "Silent Night"
(Repeated by request). Harmonized
by John W. Phillips; Contralto Solo,
"The Virgin's Lullaby," Mrs. Fager,
Buck; Anthem, "The Angels Song,"
Dressier; Organ, "Cradle Song, '
Gounod; Cantata, "The Heavenly
Message" (New), Lang; Orgon,
"March of the Magi," Matthews.
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN
Morning—Prelude, "The Shep
herds," Salomf; Anthem, "Bethle
hem," Bartlett; Quartet, "Only a
Little Village," Maunder; Offertory,
"Christmas Musette," Mailly; Post
lude, "Hosanna," Wachs.
Evening Prelude, "Christmas
Fanfare," Bridge; A Cantata, "The
Christmas Story," H. Alexander
Matthews; Offertory, "Christmas
Night," (Free Canon on the Carol
"Silent Night,") Goller; Postlude,
"March of the Magi," Dubois.
PINE STREET PRESBYTERIAN
Morning Prelude, "Communion
in p Minor," Batiste; anthem,
"Chrisian the Morn," Shelley; offer
tory, "Elegie," Massenet-Rogers;
duet, 'lSee You Not Yon Radiant
Star?" Coombs. Mrs. Cox and Mr.
Sutton; postlude, "Toccata, 3 and
Fugue in D Minor," J. S. Bach.
Evening—"Allegro Vivace," (Son
ata II) Guilmant; "Christmas Pas
toral," Merkel; anthem, "When the
Day of Toil Is Done," Homer; offer
tory, "Angels Serenade," Braga-
Shelley; anthem, "In Heavenly Love
Abiding." Halden; postlude, "March
in F." Wallis.
[SINGING IN ENGLISH!
By JOHN W. PHILLIPS
A few earnest souls are using a lot
of misdirected energy trying to stan
dardize music and the teaching of it.
This will be the subject of a future
article, but the point to be empha
sized nOw is, why not devote that
same amount of energy to standard-*
izing English. Almost every state in
the Union has its own peculiar way
of twisting and warping English, be
sides injecting a certain amount of
local color into a language that has
been sadly mistreated. The South
has its version of how English should
be spoken, the West also has adopt
ed a style which is different and the
East has a mixture which is partly
imitation —in the larger cities —part-
ly nasal in other localities, and hard
ly recognizable in other places—in
some parts of Maine and Massachu
setts for instance. In short, theie
is 110 existing evidence that Simon
Pure English has been adopted and
practiced anywhere in Uncle Sam's
four dozen states. The public school
teaches how to read and analyze
English but not how to speak it.
The National Educational Society
has a task before it. The problem
has not been properly or seriously
approached and never will be until
we give up the idea that efficiency is
the only watchword of education.
Nature is efficient, but also expres
sive, and beautiful, and inspiring.
Mankind has not yet caught up with
nature's lessons. Slang is heard
around the upholstered seats of the
learned and mighty, just about as
much as around the places of the
ignorant and lowly. Is it not time
for a New Year's resolution, advo
cating a standard of English speech,
that can be adopted and taught
throughout the country? This will
do much to create a greater respect
for the Engish language. We ha\e
shown a tremendous respect for oth
er languages—that we did not un
derstand—by purchasing our way
into concert halls and opera houses
and applauding lustily, what?
A folk song in Russian, Hungarian
or Armenian, or some other tongue
is enthusiastically received, because
we have assumed an appreciation we
do not possess. Tliis make believe
attitude has invaded pretty nearly
everything we do, and has even
found its way into religion and state
craft.
We are trying, even if not in a
very convincing way, to he an Eng
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a foreign song, sung in English,
even with a poor translation, than to
hear it and not understand it.
Our language lacks beauty because
our minds and tongues are lazy along
this line. English can be sung just
as well as any other language, if we
once make up our minds to do it.
The statement is often heard that
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been sacrificed for the tone. Nobody I
can realize more than the singing I
teacher, how poorly our English lan-I
guage is spoken, and is especially l
noticeable among the young people, l
or whopi we had depended for aj
step forward in this important fea
ture of education.
The singer in English is expect
ed to articulate clearly, notwith-l
standing the oftimes opposing ac
companiment, the prolonging of:
words on certain notes, oftimes from |
one to ten or twelve beats—the fact)
that many people are slightly hard!
of hearing —and many other morel
or less important details that aro In-
I tiniately related to singer and 11s
! tener. However, English was good
I enough for John Milton Abraham
| Lincoln and a few others, who hava
advanced the world's thought, and
llt should be good enough for us,.
English can be beautifully sung as
well as spoken. This reform will not
come all at once. French will be-
I come popular for awhile at leas* be
| cause of our present relations with
'I that best beloved of countries. But
I let us not forget that we put our
! selves forward as an English think
! ing, and English speaking nation,
land it is high time to become an
- English singing nation.
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