The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-15

The next meeting of the Music Club
has been changed to Wednesday even
ing, Nov. Is. instead of Thursday, the
10, which is the regular date for
it. This has been done on account
of the appearance of the orchestra
under the conductorship of Mr.. Meyer,
and the engagement for Thursday
evening preventing Mr.. Meyer from
conducting on that evening. This will
be the first appearance of the orches-
ira this season.. and with the revolu-
ton of the splendid performances of
it during last season still fresh in the
memory of those fortunate enough to
hear it, there is no doubt but that
one of the largest audiences ever at
a meeting of the club will be present
on Wednesday evening. Whilst the pro-
grammes given last season were far
! in excess in point of merit of what
had been the most sanguine expecta-
tions of the members of the club, the
numbers to be given on Wednesday
evening will surpass even those of last
year. Among them will be the Sici-
! lienne and Intermezzo from "Caval-
| leria Rusticana," "Stradella Overture"
! Sousa's great American PATROL" and
! waltz of strauss. The few
! who have heard the recent rehearsals
| of the orchestra are enthusiastic over
! its work this season, and a most de-
! lightful evening may be expected. The
| ranks have been largely augmented and
! a number of the professionals are TAX
| ing part in it. In the absence of Miss
! Birdie Einstein, who last year presided
at the piano, Mr.. NJ. Wachstein is doing
| the piano work. He is one of the most
! deeply interested ones in the orchestra,
! and his work at the piano is far above
| the average of the pianists who are
! frequently heard with orchestras. Mr..
! Wachstein has proved himself a most
! capable addition to the ranks of the
| orchestra, and the Music Club is to
! be congratulated upon having his as
| sistance. OF the professionals who as
! sisted in this work throughout last sea-
son, Mr.. Frank Guffrieda, Mr.. Louis
! Muller, Mr.. ]. Kucera and Mr.. Rich
ard Tarrant are still in the ranks, and
| this year Mr.. James COCOA, Mr.. K.
! Ternest, Mr.. r. Jacobsen and Mr.. K.
| Pedro, are among the others who have
entered them. With the continued and
interested assistance of these profess
SIGNALS there is no doubt but that this
| orchestra will be made in the course
| ira of the South.
| Miss May Won Gundell, who has serv-
| ed as secretary of the Music Club dur
! ing the last few months, will leave the
! city Tuesday for New York. After
| about ten days spent there she will
! sail for Europe, to be in Germany dur
| ing the next twelvemonth Miss Won
! Gundell, during her residence here, has
| been a great addition to musical cir
| cles and her absence will be regretted
| by many.
There are many here who will hear
| with pleasure that Edward Baxter
Perry, the renowned blind pianist, will
be here for a recital at the Lawton
| Memorial early in December. Mr.. Per-
| ry will play here under the auspices
of the Westminster Presbyterian
| Church for the benefit of their build
| ing fund, and a large subscription ad-
vance sale of tickets will insure a large
audience. Mr.. Perry is well known
here, and always pleases his audi
| ences. Totally blind, he plays with a
most remarkable accuracy and ire
mendOus power By some he has been
criticized for giving practically the
| same programme year after year, but
| his infirmity is taken into considera-
| ton, that it Is realized that he cannot
| be continually working up a new roper
| toire, as is done by pianistS with their
entire eyesight, it seems marvellous
that he has been able to prepare the
repertoire at all that he already has,
and so skillfully gives. In order to
learn a new number Mr.. Perry seats
| himself at the piano and, with his
wife at his side, memories Us she reads
| the notes and chords to him The
| short explanatory sketches, which he
! gives with each number on his pro-
gramme always prove not only inter-
! esting to his audience, but very in
structive, giving ideas of the compost
| lions played which would never other
wise occur to the minds of the greater
| portion of his listeners.
Another pianist who will appear here
! in December, and one of the greatest
artists of the world, is Nine. Fannie
Bloomfield Zeisler. The Music Club
will present Nine. Zeisler at the first
of its artist concerts. to be given on
| Dec. IA, at the Lawton Memorial. Nine
Zeisler, Chicago woman, by birth, is
the greatest American pianist that has
| lived, and during the past five years
! she has gained for herself an inter-
national and world wide reputation of
| which all Americans may well feel
| proud. Repeated efforts have hereto
fore been made to have her appear
| here, but this is the first time that
the efforts have been successful. The
| box sheet for reserved seats will be
opened at McArthur's Music House on
! Congress street, on Friday, Dec. IL.
! and the members of the club are now
getting from Mrs ]. ]. Gaudry, treasur-
! er, their membership tickets, which
will give them admission to all the
artist concerts this season without ex-
ira charge.
| Tomorrow evening con1Y1encioo, al