The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
WITH MUSICIANS AND
MUSICAL PEOPLE.

OF the interested and active members
of the Savannah Music Club there is
probably no other person who gives the
interest and labor to it's work that Mrs.
j. ]. Gaudry does. Mrs. Gaudry has
been the treasurer of the club during
| the last two seasons, and under her
management the finances are in better
condition to-day than ever. The
amount of work attached to the Office
is unknown to the members of the
club or to the community. 1t is con-
| tinuous and daily, and no man of bust
ness could keep 1t in better shape.
Aside from her work as treasurer, Mrs.
Gaudry is one of the most prominent
vocalists of the club, and is frequently
heard with pleasure on the pro-
grammes of it's meetings. For several
years she has been the contralto in
Christ Church choir under the direc-
ton of Miss Emma E. Coburn, and is
recognized as one of the best contral-
tos of the city.
Nine. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, who
will play here on March II at the third
| of the Music Club artist concerts this
| season, plays a Steinway piano. When
on tour she carries with her two of
the finest instruments made by the
| Steinways, and also an expert piano
man and tuner from the factory in
New York.
With the retirement of Mr.. Maurice
| Grau from the management of the
| Metropolitan Opera House, at the
| close n on
of ill health, the Grau Grand Opera
| Company will disband, and Mr.. Grau
will sail for Europe in an effort to
recuperate. Three other prominent OPP
cratic managers, however, are already
in the field for the Metropolitan and
for a reorganization of the grand opera
company-Walter Damrosch, Heinrich
! Conried, present manager of the Irving
Place Theater, and Henry w. Savage,
who has already been a successful
manager of English grand opera, and
| who three years ago attempted an
elaborate season of it at the Metropoh-
| tan. The indications point to the Sc
lection of one of the two latter as the
next manager of the Metropolitan.
! With the retirement of Mr.. Grau it
remains to be seen with what success
the future productions of grand opera
in this country will meet
|
Reszke may again be heard in Ameri-
| ca next season. Owing to the uncer-
| tainty of the grand opera next fall, J.
| S. Duus, with whom Nordica and Ed
| Guard deReszke are now under con-
| tract for a tour with his famous band,
is arranging to renew the contract with
| them for next season, and hopes to
! close for Jean deReszke also. His
| brother, Edouard, has already written
| him to urge him TO enter into the con-
| tract.
The Manhattan Conservatory of Mu-
sic of Brooklyn, New York, is looking
over the musical field of Savannah
with view to locating branch of
its conservatory here.
Though never having identified him.
| self with the Music Club, Mr.. F. Hub
ner has repeatedly shown interest in
| its work and given valuable assist
ance towards the good results of its
musical programmes by coaching vio-
| lin numbers for it. Notable among
these have been the recent violin solo
of Mr.. H. NJ. Prayer and the violin
| duo by Mr.. Levy and Mr.. Prayer, both
| of which did credit to him as we'll as to
| the intelligent study of the players. A
number of Mr.. Hubners pupils are
members of the Music Club Orchestra
ed nucleus from which Mr.. Meyer
| has been able to attain such excellent
! results.
| The only operate novelty that there
! is any prospect of being presented at
the Metropolitan in New York this sea-
! son is Der Wald," a one-act musical
| drama by Miss e. M. Smyth, an En-
| glishwoman, which will be heard there
| after the next Ring performance. The
! popularity of a woman's name attach
ed to an operate composition is at
| tracing wide curiosity, and the APP
preaching performance is being looked
forward to with interest. The state
ment that this appears to be the one
modern English opera worthy of con-
sderation will procure for it wide at
tention and a careful criticism. Though
Miss Smiths name is comparatively
unknown to this country, she has writ
! ten a number of things which have
met with success. One of her ear
| lest compositions, an overture, am
thony and Cleopatra" was produced
first opera, "Fatasio." was produced
with success at Weimar in 1898 and
at Carlsuhe in 1901. Der Wald" had
! it's first performance at the Royal
Opera, Berlin, in March. 1902, but the
German critics were far from enthu-
siastic in their comments on it. When
II was presented at Covent Garden,
! London. on July is. 1902, however, its
reception was far different and sue
cess for it was immediate and unmis-