The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15

with the walls OF the surrounding palaces
| for sounding board. Spanning the cana
| will be the Ponte de Rialto, and possibly
! one or more of the 31S other bridges o.
| Venice. This is a scenic featuring of al
| orchestral concert season which seems &c
| set new pace in the music world.
Thomas Ryan who died recently in New
| Bedford Mass, was the last surviving
, member of the famous Mendelssohn Quintet
| Club which did such effective missionary
| musical work in this country during the
half century from 1919 TO 1899. He was a
| virtuoso on the clarinet and viola, and was
| also a composer OF songs. Born in ireland
! in 1877, the son of a handmaster, he knew
/ many of the famous musicians of his time.
| and his ''Recollections of an Old Musician,
| published four years ago, was made pecu-
! narlv interesting and valuable by reason of
| this fact.
| St Louis music-lovers had the pleasure
this past week of hearing the Misses Ottyle
and Juliette Sondheim in a recital of COM
positions for two pianos. and the local sue
cess achieved by these players, who are st.
Louis girls was gratifying Boston news
papers are now announcing their appear
ance in that city on March %, and there
seems to be very genuine interest aroused
in their work. The favorable verdict OF
New York musical critics has served to
awaken expectation of performances far
above the average.
Hugo Herman, the Belgian violinist who
set New York raving over his mastery OF
the fiddle and his ''leonine aspect will be
heard soon in st. Louis. For an old man
he Is astonishing Eastern folk by his lively
getting over ground" to cover his engage
ments in various cities. At the close of his
Eastern season he will play in Cleveland,
St Louis and Chicago. appearing in the
latter city with the Thomas Orchestra
Next Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock the
tenth Bollman concert will be given in the
Rollman Recital Hall, Nos. 1l20-22 Olive
street, and an interesting programme has
been arranged. The numbers for pienoia
and orchestrelle comprise selections from
Weber Rive-King, Penn and others. and
the soloists will be Mr.. Herbert Owen,
barytone: Miss Besse Killingsworth, so
prano; Mrs. Nettie Greenbaum. pianist: Mr..
Albert BRETT tenor, and Mr. Paul Brown
Klugh, pian$list
The Executive Committee Of the Missouri
State Teachers Association have placed
dates of the coming convention and musical
festival at Jefferson City, Mo, on juno "A,
c5 and %. 1908. Owing to the Saengerfest
taking place in ST Louis the week previous
the committee thought it advisable to Sc
lect these dates. so as not to conflict.
The association has had very prosperous
season, having established chair of music
in the State University at Columbia. Mo-.
and is now offering a prize for the best
composition of vocal or instrumental music
composed by any school pupil in the State.
The Union Musical Club will give Its an
nual Lenten concert Saturday afternoon.
April 4, at the Church of the Messiah I'M
der the direction of Mrs. c. 3. Rohland.
These concerts have won a distinct place
for themselves in the musical life of this
city by the unusual character of the pro-
sramme offered and the sincerity of their
Interpretation
This year two very difficult and beauti-
full works will be sung. KiePs ''Stabat Ma
ter and LISTS Thirteenth Psalm" This
Stabat Mater has never before been given
in America and Is seldom heard. being
sung a few years ago at Cambridge, Eng
land 1t is a wonderfully beautiful and in-
tellectual composition. the work of a pro-
found contrapuntist.
Lists choral compositions are almost
entirely unknown in St Louis. The '.Thir-
teenth Psalm ia novelty. being especial
iy arranged, for female voices for the Union
Musical Club. 1t is modern, most dramatic,
yet full Of beautiful melody. Both works