The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-15
SHUBERT'S OPENING.
Preparations for the Sea-
SON. Chamber Music
Events.

The Schubert Glee Gu is hard at work
| en- the music for the first concert which
will be given at the Tabernacle. on
Tuesday evening, November %. Arrange
ments have been made thai the concerts
this year will be of a higher grade than
ever before. With this in mind, the club
has made a slight increase in the cost of
subscriptions. Four tickets are still given
to each subscriber, and the price is six
dollars This makes an even charge Of
fifty cents a ticket. When the class OF
music and the grade of talent is consider
ed. no enc viii object to the increase.
In New York such concerts are never
given at a cost of less than one dollar
per ticket.
Among the numbers to be sung by the
club are several arrangements by Dudley
Buck. One of these is an old piece by
Theodore Eisfeld, one of the first con-
ductors Of the Philharmonic Society Of
New York. The original manuscript has
been in the possession of Mr.. Buck since
1858, n only recently was published by
him. 1t is entitled @On the Sea Shore
In has something of the lullaby move
ment, the air being carried by the diff
ferent parts in turn.
Another arrangement by Dudley Buck
is after an old composition by +. Kncxen.
1t has a chorus in which the second bass
carries the air and will be remembered by
all who hear it because it is Sweet and
catchy One of the most difficult pieces
in the programme is '~Thou'rt Not the
First by A. M. Storch. The music itself
is simple enough, but the waltz time is
very catchy and much work viii be neces-
- rxr hofnra Mr. Raiar will fan1 SatiGfied
to have the club sing it. 1t will be ac-
companied with the strings of the orches-
ira.
The three principal pieces for the club
will be a work by Mendelssohn, entitled
ssTo the Sons of Art" an arrangement Of
the Ave Maria in Cavalleria Rusticana.
Victor Herbert. All of these three NUM-
bers will be accompanied by the full or
chestra and piano and organ. ITO the
Sons of Art" is one CT the usual style Of
works which the club presents once a
year. It is a number which will appeal to
those who are fond of the full chorus;
they will get the full benefit Of a full
chorus here. Mr.. Fitzhugh's arrangement
of Cavalleria Rusticana looks very unas-
Stunning upon a casual look at the music,
DUI,1lG dt@St1lElE VI Liz FCiAOAhS eA-Nt
general movement as presented by t,ie
club makes some, delightful harmony.
The fine passages will be strengthened by
the orchestra n the rich notes in the
bass will be further accumulated by the
organ work. which is receiving special at
tention at the hands of Mr.. Baier.
Some years ago music lovers used to
talk about Victor Herbert as a great
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bert Glee Gu used to love to hear him.
Then everyone in musical circles were
surprised to hear that he had taken
charge of Patrick Gilmore's band, and
perhaps some of the Schubert subscribers
remember seeing Mr.. Herbert lead this
band at Ell Dorado a few years ago. With
in the last two or three years Mr.. Her
bert has become very prominent as a
writer for comic operas and now his
friends will be more than surprised to
know that he has written a grand four
part piece for male voices emitted, THE
Sunken city, This work is a weird COM
position which is dedicated to Frank
Wonder Stucken. 1t is something of that
character Of the Sands of Dee, which
was sung by the club SO successfully a
fewA years ago. The words indicate that
far down the bay,
There lies a town for centuries hid,
Under the waters dim flowing,
Sea shell and coral and slippery weed,
Over her turrets growing
The chorus, il It may be called, is the
awful weird and dreary sound Of the
buoy-beil. and the whole piece ends with
a magnificent chord after severAI beats
for d rest. This work is probably one OF
the most difficult pieces of music tina.
the club has ever sung.
The arrangements are not yet complete
for the ~sololsts. Announcements will be
made in these columns as soon as the COM
tracts are signed.