The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-06
WITH MUSICIANS
AND MUSICAL PEOPLE.

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With the coming of the first of Oc-
tober the eighth consecutive season of
the Savannah Music Club will COM
mence. Starting in the fall of 1896,
with sixteen members. the club has
grown steadily, until it's membership
now numbers nearly 800. Its success
has not been alone in the number of
members. The work accomplished by
it has improved with each succeeding
season, and during the past two sea-
sons no better musical entertainments
have been given in Savannah, and prob
ably in the South, than those given by
the Music Club. and the present indi-
cations are that this excellent work
VIII continue during this season about
to open, when the management hope to
see accomplished even greater things
than have yet been accomplished.
The programmes for both the October
meetings, which will be held on the LIST
and 18th of the month, have already
been made up, and those who will take
part are now engaged sin preparation
for them. Some other work has al
ready been assigned by the Programme
Committee, and by the latter part of
this month many of the musical people
here will once more be at work on the
parts they will take in the work of the
club, during the succeeding months.
Such position has the Music Club now
taken in this city and in the South that
any person connected with it is at once
looked upon as. occupying an excellent
position musically in the community.
After an absence of over a year Miss
Ysabel Smart will return to the city
the latter part of this month. During
several years Miss Smart has been
active in musical circles here, being
among the foremost pianists of the
city, and for several seasons before
going away was one of the board of
managers of the Music Club. Her re-
turn will add another to the present
list of solo pianists in the club. Miss
Ethel Taylor, another solo pianist, who
has been in Germany over a year, is
kxINected to return some time this
winter.
Nine. Zeisler, who was to have APP
peared before the club last season, but
who was prevented from doing. so by
the illness of her husband, will prob
ably appear at the first of the artists
concerts this season. Definite arrange
ments have not yet been made, but
she will, in all probability, play here
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After many efforts at getting the
Kneisel Quartette to come to Savannah
for a concert the Music Club has at
last succeeded, and this organization
will appear here in February. Every
year for nine years have efforts been
made to get it, but always with fail
ure. This will be the first time that
the Kneisel Quartette has appeared in
the South, and even on this occasion
it will visit but two or three Southern
cities besides Savannah.
For the third artist concert nego-
tiations are now pending for the ap-
pearance of Nine. Schumann-H eink.
David Bispham is also available, as is
Anton Van Roog and Nine. Suzanne
Adams.
The Savannah Music Club now en-
joys more than a local reputation. 1t
is known throughout the country and
is rated with such standing that
offers have been made by several of
the larger piano establishments of the
country to place one of their instru-
ments in the clubs rooms for the sea-
son without charge.
The Music Club orchestra. so sue
cessfully managed last season, will
again be heard this season. Mr.. A. c.
Meyer, it's director. will commence the
rehearsals as soon after Sept. Is as
possible, and a good repertoire will be
nrar1arad tho Coxraral
of the orchestra last season nothing
was given on the programme except
classical music, but it is the intention
to give several public, concerts this
season. A repertoire of popular music
will also be prepared for the public
at large which may not be so much
interested in the classics. The plan of
giving public concerts this season is
the result of the numerous demands
for the orchestra during this summer.
1t was impossible to accede to any of
these except to give one concert at
the Casino, as numbers of the anna
tours were absent from the city and
most of the professional members were
filling summer engagements out Of the
city. Last season the orchestra num-
bered twenty four, but this season it
will number in the neighborhood of
forty a number of other amateurs
having entered it and several other
professionals having announced their
willingness to assist.
Miss Emma E. Coburn. one of the
founders of the Music Club and the
organizer and director of the chorus
is still absent from the city on a well
merited vacation. and will not return
until the latter part of this month. I'm
| mediately upon her return the chorus
will be reorganized and rehearsals
| commenced on the works to be given
| during the season. This is one of the
| most interesting and important
| branches of the club. Last season
Mendelssohn's Athalie was given with
good success, and this season Miss
Coburn wishes to give the oratorio "Eli-
jah" If those who can take part in the