The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22
WITH MUSICIANS
AND MUSICAL PEOPLE.

good results to follow. With a party
of less interested and capable persons,
Mr.. Meyers task would have been an
impossible one.
Associated with the amateurs in this
work have been a few who make their
ability as musicians their profession,
and they have shown a like interest
with the amateurs in the success of
the orchestra. Messrs. Louis Muller,
Frank Guffrieda, Arthur Riley and
Richard Tarrant, forming a nucleus as
experienced musicians, have, by their
weekly and patient attendance at the
rehearsa1s, been of vast assistance TO
the amateurs. They have gladly given
their time and labor, not only for the
love of the art, but to lend such aid as
was in their power towards the success
of the undertaking. And, like Mr..
Meyer. their only reward has been
their pride in seeing success follow
their efforts. By this purely voluntary
work on their part they have assisted
in the success of an organization which
is now a pride to the city, and have
displayed a public spiritedness that
could well be taken as an example by
the numbers of other persons here who
make profession of their musical
ability.
Fully recognizing the value that this
assistance has been to them, the anna
teur members of the orchestra have de-
termined to give to them and to Mr..
Meyer benefit concert on April %. A
committee from among the most prom
inent members of the Music Club will
have the matter in charge, and there
is no question but that a tremendous
success will be made of this concert.
With the close of the past week the
grand opera season in New York came
to an end. After a short tour to
few of the larger cities of the North
and West the Grau Grand Opera Com
pany will disband and cease to exist.
With the close of this season ends the
most successful period of grand opera
in this country, and Mr.. Grau will sail
for Europe in search of renewed
| health after the constant strain which
has been upon his nerves throughout
the past ten years. Though the Grau
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
will be no more, the Heinrich Conried
Grand Opera Company has already
been organized, and next season will
open at the Metropolitan with all the
glamour and brilliancy that have char
acterized the opening of the past ten
grand opera seasons there. Many of
the celebrated singers who have been
with Mr.. Grau will again be heard
| Already contracts have been made
Win Mime. SemDr1ch, SignoreS" Cam
panari and Scott, Herr Muhlmann
Mons. Gourmet and Bars-all of the
Grau company-and Fraulein Frem-
stadt of the Munich Theater. now fill
ing an engagement at Covent Garden,
London. Fraulein Fremstadt pos
sesses rich mezZo-soprano voice, and
is said to be one of the'best "Carmens"
on the operate stage to-day. Negotia-
lions are also on for a contract with
Nine. Schumann-H eink.
In an effort at a strict compliance
with the rule OF the Music Club which
prohibits any applause after any OF the
numbers on the programmes OF the
regular semi-monthly meetings, mem
ton OF which always appears on the
programmes, the audience OF last
Thursday night held itself In check
Just AZ long as endurance would per-
nit Only when Il could restrain It's