The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

! far as I could observe, did not look at
him; he seemed to follow it rather than
make it follow him. and the unfortun-
nate singer was left to do what she
| could in a piece where whatever effect
can be made at all can only be made
| by the freeSt style of dramatic sing
| ing.
! 1T appears to me that encores must
be easily earned in Mr.. Sousa's coun-
try In this retrograde one of ours the
audience is invariably given an oppor-
4 tunity of proving that it really wants
to hear something a second time But
so astonishingly nimble is Mr.. Sousa
/ that he jumped down and up again be-
/ fore anyone could clap twice. If an
/ English conductor, or even an English
| bandmaster, did anything of the sort
! he would promptly be called a hum
! bug, a charlatan. But l suppose GUS
| toms differ, and 1 must add that if we
! must needs have encores the English
custom seems to me the better one.
LAS for the marches. 1 have heard
them in music halls, pantomimes, cafes
, and on street organs, but until last
week l had no notion of their ear
splitting blatancy. Now 1 understand
why Mr.. James Huncker falls back on
Strauss as a calm refuge. After one
hour of Sousa 1 could have fallen
asleep with the battle in 'Heldenleben'
falling sweetly on my ears as a sooth-
ing lullaby. The Americans are, they
| themselves state, a great people, and
apparently they like great noises. In
no other country in the world but
! America could Sousa and his band
have gained the reputation they have
there. Musically we may be, as the
American critics say far behind New
| York. Obviously, either all or the
Americans have something to learn.
The Chicago Evening Post champions
the Americans as intelligent musical
: people and critics in the following COM
ment on this article:
Now is this gentleman piqued be-
cause his king likes Sousa-as the late
! Queen liked Marie Corelli-or is he
simply Enthusiastically ignorant of
the fact that cultivated American
taste, like cultivated British taste,
does not approve of Mr.. Sousa nor sub
nit to his instrument of musical tor
ture.
The rehearsals of the chorus of the
Music Club, under the direction of
! Miss Emma E. Coburn, are progress
ing we'll, and the choruses under prep
aration are being gotten in good shape.
Rehearsals are held at the Lawton Me-
mortal every Thursday evening, and the
attendance is larger and more regular
than heretofore. This is one
of the most interesting and
attractive features of the Music
Club, and under the management
of Miss Coburn excellent work has
always resulted whenever the chorus
has appeared before the club.
Isadore Rush. who will sing
the part of the Widow IN
! "Florodora' Tuesday night, has
| for many years been considered
one of the most beautiful women on
the American stage. She has not much
of a voice for singing, but as her
part is not much of a singing part
this is not noticed. The lack of voice
is completely lost sight of in The
midst of her attractive appearance and
excellence as an actress.
An offer was received during the
past week by the management of the
Music Club for the appearance of
Messrs. Schumann-H eink before the
club during March 1904. There could
be no better evidence of the reputa-
ton that the Music Club has gained
at the North than this. 1t has been
| less than two weeks since Nine. Schu-
mann Heink decided to make a con-
cert tour during next season and