The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-08
WITH MUSICIANS
AND MUSICAL PEOPLE.

Mrs. w. P. Bailey, Miss Birdie Elm
stein and Miss Meta Fretwell, who
constitute the Programme Committee
of the Music Club, have been most ae-
tive in their department lately and
have arranged every programme and
assigned all of the work for the reg
ular meetings from now until the an
nual May concert which will take
place this season ION May Is. With
such a length ofnnotice given ahead,
every member who will appear on
these programmes will have ample
time for preparation, and the pro-
grammes will be proportionately bet
ter than heretofore when shorter no.
| tice has been given. Throughout this
season, however, the Programme Com
mittee have been vastly assisted III
their labors by the individual aid of
! the active members, who have in most
| instances kept actively engaged in the
preparation of works to be given when
called upon. 1t is this spirit of inter-
est and activity in the work of the
| club by each individual member that
has made it the success that it now is,
| and that has caused this season to be
the most successful of it's history. That
every member is pulling together and
| working for the same end is in full evil
dence, and it is also thoroughly appar-
ent that each member feels a personal
pride in the organization, realizing the
individual responsibility which rests
upon the shoulders of all. And this
responsibility alone can produce a
continued success.
The piano recital which was to have
been given by Nine. Fannie Bloomfield
| Zesler on the 18th of this month as
| the third artist concert of the Music
| Club, has had to be postponed on ac-
count of the sudden and serious ill
ness of Nine. Zeisler's husband. Nine.
| Zeisler has been compelled to cancel
all of her dates for the present, and
has FASTENED to the bedside of her
| husband. Owing to the serious nature
| of his illness it cannot be known just
yet what date later in the season Nine
Zeisler will be able to appear before
| the Music Club.
| The first regular March meeting of
! the Music Club which was to have
been held on last Thursday night was
postponed until next Thursday as a
| token of respect to the president of
| the club, Mr.. T. Lloyd Owens, in his
| recent bereavement. The chorus re-
hearsal for that evening was also
called off, and will be held after the
meeting on next Thursday evening
The programme for that evening will
be one of the most attractive of the
| season, consisting of works of the
| old masters only. Mr.. A. c. Meyer was
to have played on last Thursday. but
| whether he will be able to appear on
next Thursday cannot yet be known.
| ]. S. Dues, the remarkable band
master about whom so much has been
| heard and said of late, appears anx-
ious to scoop up all of the great oper-
! attic stars for his concert tour next
season. He has already contracted
with Nine. Nordica and Edouard de-
| Reszke, and it has been reported that
he is negotiating with Jean de Reszke
| Now comes the news that he has re-
| Gently endeavored to secure Nine
| Schumann-H eink, also. but that she
has declined to enter into a contract
with him.
Victor Herbert will shortly COM
mence work on a new musical comedy.
| The book will be written by Glen Nc
Donough. There are many people who
think that Herbert's music is mere
| trash, but with the masses il has
! proved very popular-for awhile. at
least.
| Mr.. a. J.. Baker. who will arrange
and drill the amateur operatic spec
tacular performance, Beauty and the
Beast" has returned to the city from
Brunswick and Waycross where he
went TO see about making arrange
ments for putting it on by the anna
tours of those places. The performance
will be given for the benefit of the
Savannah Chapter OF the Daughters Of
the American Revolution OF which
Mrs. Edward Karow is president. and
the dates fixed for II are the Friday
and Saturday after Easter. Rehearsals
viii be commenced az once. and the
young people are looking forward TO
them with anticipation Of an equal
amount Of pleasure as accompanied
the rehearsals for "POwhattan." which
we're ia progress under Mr.. Baker dur.
ing Lent last year. The cast Of char
sctsra has not yea been arranged. but