The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-06

orchestra, under the conductorship of
MT. A Z. Meyer, made at it's recent
appearance before the club has resulted
IN demands from all sides for a repeti-
tlon OF the concert. Those who were
present nave been most enthusiastic
and these, as we'll as those who were
not present, members as well as per
sons not members of the club who could
not nave been present, have made such
repeated requests for another concert
that 1t has been decided to give a pub
nc concert about the Goth of this month
Inc exact date has not yet been fixed
put VIII be in the next day or two. 1t
is Well Tor the orchestra to give a pub
lie concert. When it appears before
the club only members of the club
and their invited guests are permitted
20 near 1t, and with such an organiza-
ton as 1t has been made right
mere permanently, the public
should at least be given an opportunity
OF nearing it, Those who heard it last
month pronounced it to be far ahead of
any orchestra ever before in existence
mere, and fully equal to many of the
/ orchestras of the larger cities of the
country There are many who would
ike to see the orchestra give a public
concert once month, and there is no
doubt whatsoever but what a big sue
cess could be made by doing SO. Ger
tam II is, that there is a large portion
OF the population here who would hail
with delight such a movement. How
ever as the orchestra is COMPOSED
largely of business men, who can give
put one day a week to rehearsals, it
is hardly probable that public concerts
once month could be inaugurated
this season. The public will be glad
OF the approaching concert, which it
mas been decided to give, and the or
chestra Will undoubtedly be greeted by
tremendous audience
Miss Ethel Taylor, who has been alb
sent in Europe for the past eighteen
months, has returned to this country.
She is now in New York. and will ar
rive in Savannah on next Tuesday.
Miss Taylor is one of the leading pian-
lists of the city, and before leaving here
took prominent part in the affairs
! of the Music Club. She will doubtless
at once associate herself with the club
again, and will be heard on the pro-
grammes later in the season. For
! some time after her arrival in Europe
she continued her piano work under
the leading masters in Germany, but i'll
! health forced her to lay aside her work
during the past few months. There
are many who recall the delightful
SonataS for violin and piano played on
several occasions before the Music
| Club by Mr.. Harry Raslin and Miss
Taylor, chief among which was the
famous Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata,
and it is hoped that some more of that
work will be heard from them in the
near future.
Edward Baxter Perry, concert plan
ist and lecturer, will give a concert in
the Lawton Memorial Tuesday night,
beginning at $50 o'clock. Mr.. Perry is
well known in Savannah, having play
ed here a number of times in recent
years. The estimation in which he is
held in the musical world is shown by
the following from the New York Musi-
cal Courier:
Mr.. Perry is the originator and prin-
! cipal exponent of the lecture recital
idea. He is the only blind pianist in
the worlds history who has succeeded
in winning an unquestioned position in
the front rank of his profession. He
is the only American pianist who ever
played at the Imperial Court of Ger
many. He is the only pianist, Ameri-
can or foreign, who ever sustained him
self for ten successive seasons by con-
! cert playing alone in the United States.
He is the only pianist, living or dead,
of any country, who ever played 1900
concerts in ten consecutive years."
The programme to be given in Sa-
vannah consists of: Allegro from So