New-York tribune., 1900-04-15


The IN South Africa has lessened the ranks
of the students OF folk music. On February Is,
while helping a wounded soldier, Major Charles
Russell Day shot and almost instantly killed.
Major Day was the author of one of the finest
works extant oriental music. The Music and
Musical Instruments OF Southern India and the
Deccan," published in 1891 by Novello, Ever & Co.
He the only of the Rev. Russell Day, rec
tor of Horstead. Norwich born In 1860 educated
at Cheam School and at Elton. In 1880 he joined
the Sd Royal Lancashire Militia. In 1882 he was
gazetted to the 1st Battalion of the Oxfordshire
Light Infantry, and afterward left England for
vice in India, where he remained five years He
severely wounded while queng a rising OF
the Mopahs in Malabar in 1885. 1t during those
five years he acquired his remarkable knowledge
of great branch of Eastern music, and could
return in 1887 with his magnum opus He was
instructed in the complicated system of pure Hin
doc music entirely by native musicians He served
the Duke of Edinburghs $ committee for the
British Section of the great Musical Exhibition at
Vienna in 1892, and also invited TO form one
of a Committee of Advice, meeting at South Ken
sington. to the Royal Commission for the Paris Ex-
position this year. He was gazetted major in 1899
Had he survived and returned to England his
friends believe he would have ended his military
career as commandant at Kneller Hall. the great
training school for military bands post that was
the object of his ambition.
Notes-M Henri Marteau has recovered from his
illness, and the recital at the New-York College of
Music with Alexander Lambert and August Spa
nuth which had to be postponed will take place
on Tuesday afternoon of this week. The Severn
Trio will give a concert at the Tuxedo tomorrow
evening with the help of r. c. Easton tenor
Hans Huber's Trio in E fiat and E. Severn's in D
minor will be played. At his free organ recital
in the Old First Church. next Tuesday afternoon,
w. c. Carl will produce Easter Organ Concerto
by Carl Auguste Fisher, for three trumpets, two
trombones and organ, with the assistance of A.
Seiferth, o. Freuyky, A. Schramm, /. Peifench-
neider and G.. Frank. In Association Hall
Brooklyn, next Thursday evening George Riddle
will read Shakespeare's Macbeth and or
chestra under the direction of Arthur Claassen will
play incidental music composed for the tragedy by
Frederick August Dresser. Reinhold r. Her
gave concert in Berlin recently, at which he
brought forward a composition of his own, a
dramatic legend for chorus, orchestra and solos,
entitled Der Geiger Gmund." Robert E.
S Omstead will give a song recital in his studio
in the Van Dyck Building Wednesday afternoon
F.. The last Sousa concert in this country until
next season will take place next Sunday evening
the Metropolitan Opera House. In aid of
the Industrial Colony Association Miss Grace
Tuttle. assisted by Joseph Phillips and Miss Mag
daIen Worden. will give evening of song in the
chamber music room of Carnegie Hall next Wednes-
day evening Miss Clara Doris will give a song
recital at the Waldorf-Astoria next Thursday
afternoon. . . Earl Guck, the boy soprano will
give an afternoon of music at the Waldorf-Astoria
next Thursday with help of Lillian Littehales,
cello Augusta Close and Adolf Close, pianoforte,
and Francis Fischer Powers.