Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-26

the Birmingham Music club. augmented | by Herr Otto Ottekering, the celebrated violinst who has just come to Birming- ham to reside, and MT. T. L. Tice of Lou | isville. whose unusually fine voice is greatly admired was one of the most en- l joyable yet given by this new musical | organization, notwithstanding, for sever- | al good reasons, the chorus was only l half it's regular size. Rehearsals under | the new director, Prof. J. Morton Boyce, | will begin promptly at o'clock tomor- i row evening at Seals hall. and much fine
 work and the most satisfactory results
 are predicted for the club.
 | The Old Folks concert on Friday even- | ing at Seals hall, under the management | of Mrs. W. L. Sims and Mrs. W. A. Ma | jor, was one of the most refreshing and | delightful musical treats of the season. All the participants-from the grave and | ambitious professor, MT. A. R. Dear | born, to the irrepressible bad boy, MT.
 Solon Jacobs-were in full sympathy | with the spirit of the evening and with | each other, and immediately the appre- l ciative audience was en rapport with | them and heartily applauded the entire | programme. There were several encores | demanded because of the excellent vocal | ization of the evening. The quaint old | costumes were picturesque and becom- | ing and excited much genuine merrment. i Miss Katie Morrow, in the prettiest little
 
 | effect an appropriate selection. Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, Mrs. H. H. Sinnige, | Misses Ruffner and Bridewell sang the | sweetest songs Cf our childhood with ex- | quste voice and sentiment, and were | enthusiastically appreciated. Mrs. c. Reese and MT. Smith sang What are the | Wild Waves Sayng?" delightfully."-, and | MT. Ben Carter and MT. Cartwright were | at their best in solos and part songs.
 The Fiddle Solo" by Philander Push l l.o., nI,c- of "a | triumphs of the evening. Mr. Jacobs | was compelled to respond to several en- /! cores before the audience would permit l him to put his violin down. Miss Mccoy l accompanied the vocalists and instru- | mentaliStS with her usual success. MT. | Claude Seals gave a cornet solo that was | fine and in accord with the other musical 1 features. It was refreshing, enjoyable | entertainment, one that Mrs. Sims and
 Mrs. Major should repeat if possible. Speaking of music and musical mat l ters, a magazine devoted to such subjects l has this item of interest in a recent | number:
 l "A long lost aria by Mozart has just l been discovered by Dr. Kaufman, pro- l lessor of music at the University of Tu- l bingen. In letter dated February, 1778, | preserved in the Mozarteum at Salzburg, l Mozart wrote to his father that he had, | on the preceding day, composed an air | to the words 'Ah non lasciar mi;' from | the 'Didone AbbandOnata' of MetaStaSiO. | The music, however, was lost until Dr. | Kaufman, a short time ago, happened | to find an old copy amongst the papers of his fathers, who was an enthusiastic
 collector of Mozartian music and manu- l scripts. The air, which is preceded by I short recitative is said to be charming
 melody, without fioriture. It/has an ac- | compartment for quartet of strings two
 flutes. two bassoons and two horns, and Is dedicated to Frau Dorothea Vending, | a famous vocalist of the period"
 The Edgewood Literary club was en- | tertained on Thursday afternoon charm | ingly by Mrs. J. R. Ryan on College hill, South Highlands. There was large at | tendance of the club members. Mrs. Charles Abbott read an original paper
 upon Louisa Alcott." and Mrs. Louis l T. Bradfield read paper upon the Life
 and Work of Margaret Fuller" Mrs. | Arthur Adams gave a short sketch of | Prentiss. Mrs. w. H. Johnston closed the literary exercises by reading one of Lou isa Alcott's short stories. After the serv- ing of delicious refreshments the club ad-
 journed to meet next with Mrs. W. F. Nabers, Thirty-f1rst street.
 The music at St. Mary's-on- the High lands last Sunday morning and evening | was especially fine and was enjoyed at both services by large congregations. The programme for today-morning and
 evening-is equally as good as that of | last Sunday. The principal selections | are from the compositions of Warren and | Dudley Buck as the appended pro- | gramme shows:
 Morning service-Processional hymn 516, Venite RandalD, Te Deum (Warren),
 Jubilate CWarren), offertory (Miss Bride
 welD, recessional hymn 403.
 Evening service-Hymn 12, Cantate | Domini CD. Buck), Benedic Amma CD.
 Buck), Nunc Dimittis (Nevin), Hymn 13.
 The Clionian circle was entertained on | Friday afternoon by Mrs. Dr. Riggs Mrs. | w. S. Brown read a selection from Ma jor Jones' Courtship" CThompson); Mrs. T. L. Robertson read Paul Haynes poem,
 "Tallulah Falls" and Mrs. s. L. Ledbet- | ter read an essay upon "The Men and
 Women of Whom Georgia Is Proud" | Current events were discussed by the | club members. and the quotations were l from Georgia poets. Mrs. Riggs served
 dainty refreshments during the after l noon. Next Friday Mrs. s. l.. Ledbetter | will entertain the Clionian circle for Mrs. l Sturdevant.
 Mrs. B. B. Conner has issued cards for | a handsome reception next Thursday af- | ternoon and evening at her home, cor | ner of Twentieth street and Thirteenth avenue, South Highlands. To her mar | ried friends Mrs. Conner has sent the fol- ] lowing invitation: Mrs. Braxton Bragg l Conner, at home Thursday, January 30,
 4 to G." and enclosed is the card of her | daughter, Mrs. James H. Blount Jr., of
 Macon. in honor of whom the afternoon l reception will be given. The invitations | to the young people read: "Mr. and Mrs. l Braxton Bragg Conner, at home Thurs l day, January 30, to IT. and enclosed | are the cards of Miss Blount of Macon, Miss Trapp of Anniston and Miss Cham