The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-10
A Tete=a-Tete
with
the Musicians
Some Points
About Music
in Hous ton
and Elsewhere
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


the principles and styles Of their compo.
vastly enioyed "'iS was
most Interesting and prominent feature
otnv AFTERNOON pleasure was the dis.
bbeSs,on OF the Grap presentation OF 10
uehgrn Monday night The ladies wore
~ enthusiastic In praise, agreed thar In
eNerF particular the performance was su.
perp, that Is. muscally and histrlonically
! crstG ciup VIII meet next Friday at Mrs.
Inc musical part of the entertainment
given ON Friday night at Masonic temple
was ,arusucally ms well as popularity a
After After the playing by the orchestra of
TO which the knights Templar entered the
nan, quartet for strings was beantifnl.
~ rendered and took well with the audi.
ence' II was from Dellbes Malta" and
WAS Was played by Mr.. Anton Diehl, first VIC
In; Mr.. Ben Schram, second violin; Charles
SGhmidt viola and Prof. Schmidt cello.
WIZ TRe Mo love cTiN SSar@m @t the plane
Mark, Miss Bessie Hughes sang I'm her tts,,,.
style, which is Invariably exquisite. hel
hearers so warmly and insistently applaud
ed her that she was compelled to respond
WIN an encore, for which she gave thai
dear old Scotch song, whistle an iii
Come to Ne, My Lad" in the most touch
ing and unaffected manner without any
/ accompaniment '
Then followed violin solo by Prof
Diehl 'Nalse de Concert. and Mr.. Diehl's
name Is a guarantee that It was perfectly
PLAYED.
Mrs. Munger sang very sweetly Cham.
lnarde's The Little Silver Ring and Miss
Nevir'- lovely "Serenade" as nm cncore
The next number was Mascagni's inter.
mezzo arranged for string quartet, which
wss well done and highly appreciated
~he last vocal number Of the evening
was Pinsuti's Goodnight, Beloved" b.
Miss Bessie Hughes Mrs Munger, Mi
Woodhead and Mr. Nelson Munger.
The KNIGHTS filed out to the BANQUET fl,
time to the martial strains OF selection
from "Florodora,' played by the orchestra.
Miss Ora Averltt was the accompanist
OF the evening-and she is fine one.
~
Some of the features of the interesting
service Of song to be given at the Shearn
Methodist church tonight are these:
Dudley Bucks Anthem Jubilate Dea by
A tenor solo by Mr. Holmes.
II, Rowe Shellv's God be Merclful Unto
U.s." by the full choir
a soprano solo from Costas Eli" 81
win Extoll Thee" sung by Miss Bessie
Hughes.
J; Wiegand's "slpg and Rejoice" by the
The personnel of the choir membership
at present under the able direction of Miss
Bessie Hughes is as follows:
Sopranos --Mesdames j. |. Campbell. John
Lula Ilfrey, Jessie Clover and McGowen.
Altos.-Alrs Lee Campbell and Misses
Florence llfrey and Camille Braddon.
TenorS. -Messrs. Woodhead, Smith, Bar
Bassos; --Messrs. Phelps, Brown and Lee
Campbell.
organist-Mr. Lee Beasley.
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On Friday evening Mrs. j. A. Huston gave
charming musicale in compliment 10
Mesdames Beeson, Morse and CRANBERRY
Mrs. Spalding graciously sang the first
played a GODDARD mazurka, with Its char
ncterstic rhythm exqusitely. Mrs. r. A.
Peden sang The Sweetest Flower that
Blows" In the sweetest style imaginable;
Miss Mary Kidd playing for her an abso
lutely perfect accompaniment.
Miss Kidd, sympathetlcaly accompanied
by Mrs: Parker sang ChadwiCk's lusciou
song, Dear Love" Miss Kidd enunciates
may, but must, understand. Miss Kidd at
tacks her notes so surely and gracefully.
The beauty of her first song was en-
HANGED by the coutrastcd style of her sec
ond selection, which was the always lovely
aria sung Uy Leonora in the last act Of
III Trova tore "Sul all Roses"
~
From the musicians point of view, Hous.
ton just now is In a most interesting and
hopeful stage of development.
Beside the several high class attractions
booked for the season which are so eager
ly and generously patronized this writer
knows of at least ten clubs and study cir
Giles devoted to the interest pursuit and
practice of the best musical compositions
1t has been said that of all the arts mu-
sic Is practised most and thought about
least 1t Is an art of which, by right Of
birth, everybody is a critic.
sweet mystery enshrouds the nature
of music; and since 1t is, in one mani.
festaton or another, the most popular o.
the arts, and one the enjoyment of which
Is conditioned In n peculiar degree on
love. 1t remains passing strange that TIE
Indifference touching its nature and cic'
inents is so general