The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
WITH MUSICIANS AND
MUSICAL PEOPLE.

When the Music Club decided last
season to present such great artists
as might be within it's limited means
it was never anticipated that in so
short a time such celebrated ones
could be presented as have been
reached. Holman was secured by the
chance of his being on Southern tour.
But this season Campanari and Blau-
Welt, two of the greatest singers in the
world have been brought here direct
from New York on special contracts.
Only the best were wanted, and only
the best have been secured. The next
artist to come, Zeisler the famous
pianiste, the peer of Carrer1o, will be
here March IT, and will, like the 9TH
ers, come direct from New York
under special contract Such special
engagements have never before been
made for Savannah. And each artist
who has appeared before the Music
Club has gone away highly pleased
. with the Music Club audience and also
with the home of the club-the Law
ton Memorial.
No one who has attended these ar
lists concerts has left the hall with
the slightest disappointment. On the
contrary, every one has left possess
ing the satisfaction of having gained
a pleasure far in excess of what had
been expected. There is no cause for
great wonder, then, that after Hoffman,
played the membership of the club in
stantly grew from 120 to ITS; that
when Campanari appeared the MEM
bership had reached $50, and when
Blauvelt sang it was 2S6. And all of
this a steady growth from sixteen
when the club was organized in 1896.
Mr. L. w. Mehrtens has issued invi-
tations to a private musicale to be
given at the Savannah Conservatory
of Music tomorrow evening at $3.50
o'clock.
Nine. Blauvelt left for New York
Friday afternoon, after spending the
morning driving about the city and
through Bonaventure and Thunderbolt,
stopping for short while at the
Yacht Club. She declared herself
charmed with Savannah and partic-
ularly with the audience of Thurs
day night. In speaking of her pro-
gramme of that evening she said it
was the heaviest that she had ever
given, and that she gave such a one
merely because requested to do so
by the Music, Club, and because she
had learned from Campanari of the
kind of audience she would sing be-
fore. 1t will be of interest to know
that Nine. Blauvelt and Campanari
made their debut together at the same
concert ten years ago. The large
medal worn by Nine. Blauvelt, the
decoration of the order of st. Cecilia
in Rome, Italy has been conferred on
but seven persons since the order was
established in 1889, and Nine. Blauvelt
is the only woman and the only Eng
disappearing person on whom the
honor has been bestowed. In addi-
ton to receiving this decoration, her
name has been carved upon a slab of
marble in the hall of st. Cecilia, in
Rome. Nine. Blauvelt will sail again
for Europe in April to be abroad for
the next two years. She will COM
mence an engagement in grand opera
at the Royal Covent Garden, London,
in October.
Mrs. N. H. F'innie has been confined
to her house the greater part of the
past week with severe cold and
slight fever, and was prevented from
attending the Blauvelt recital Thurs
day night. Besides being the soprano
in Christ Church, Mrs. Finnie is one.
of the most prominent singers in. Sa-
vannah, and it is hoped that she may
soon recover entirely from her pres
ent indisposition. During its seven
seasons there has probably been no
singer here who has done as much
work before the Music Club as Mrs.
Finnie has done.
Mr.. Pierre N. Hoist has recently
composed a ballad which he has dedi-
Gated to Miss Saidee King. The music
is put to the lines of Byron, There was
a Time" MIR. HOSTS work has been
most favorably commented upon by
several persons here who are in a posi-