The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

Inc programme given dl tiS AoSI
meeting of the Music Club Thursday
night was one of the best and most
interesting of the season, and was
listened to by the smallest audience
OF the season. due possibly to the in
clement weather In fact. it was of
such excellence that it was decided to
repeat it in full next Thursday even
ing, which will be the first February
meeting On the programme were two
numbers given by members appearing
before the club for the first time,
group Of songs by Miss Mainline White
and a group of violin numbers by Mr..
Rudolph Jacobson. Both were a great
surprise to those who heard them and
are destined to take a prominent part
in musical circles here. They are both
young in years, and this was their
first public appearance Miss White
has a mezzo soprano voice of delicious
quality and we'll poised, and little
experience on the concert platform will
make her one of the best singers here.
She has been studying with Mrs.
Teasdale for some time, and her work
already displays a reasonable amount
of musical intelligence and tempera-
ment which will readily develop with
experience. Mr.. Jacobson's perform
ance was a great surprise. He is
hardly above IS years of age, but he
plays with an amount Of fire and brill
liancy that might be expected only
in one OF maturer years and expert
Ifa ~io nd f1rl
his style and Interpretation was that
of one of a thoroughly musical tenn
permanent. He is undoubtedly one of
the best violinists who has appeared
before the club, and at once became
popular one. He comes by his mu-
steal temperament naturally, being
cousin of Josef Holman on his moth
ers side. His training has been in
Boston, where he studied for several
years under good instructors. Both
Of these new performers are splendid
additions to the club and will be val
liable members. The continued APP
pearance on the programme of the
club of new material goes to show
how excellent is the work that this
organization is doing here.
1t has not yet been definitely deter
mined just what will be done about a
director for the orchestra of the Mu-
sic Club since Mr.. Meyer has left the
city. Several people are under consid-
eration-chiehy Mr.. Frank Guffrieda,
who has played the flute in it since its
organization, and Mr.. Joseph Coccia,
who has played alto with it this sea-
son. The chances are that these two
will for awhile alternate in conducting
until something definite can be decid
ed. At any rate whilst Mr.. Meyer
will be a great loss to the orchestra,
it has been decided that it shall not be
abandoned after such progress has
ben made up to the present. The
weekly rehearsals will continue as US
ual and either Mr.. Guffrieda or Mr..
Coccia will hold the baton this week.
Mr.. Meyer has accepted a position in
Hot Springs, N. c., and left for there
during the week. He is undoubtedly
one of the best, most sincere and gen.
uine musicians who has ever lived
here. The work that he accomplished
with the orchestra showed him to be
an able instructor. There is an excel
lent opportunity here for such a vio-
linist and instructor as Mr.. Meyer.
Mrs. r. P. Wickenberg will leave
during the week for New York to take
a course in voice culture. She has been
granted leave of absence from the In
dependent Presbyterian Church choir
and during her absence Mrs. Saidee
King Harrison will all her place.
Nine. Schumann- Heink arrived in
New York from Europe during the
week and opened her concert tour in
Boston Wednesday. The tour will in
clude all of the large cities to the Pa
ci1c. Upon her arrival she announced
that it would be many years before
she would leave America again. Next
sea son she will star in a comic opera
now being written for her by Julian
Edwards and Stanislaus Strange, and
she will spend the coming summer at
Mr.. Edwards home in Yonkers, prepar-
ing for it. Nine. Schumann- HeinlS in
comic opera really sounds incOngruous.
Her name should be connected only
with grand opera or concert. One can
hardly imagine her scampering and
running around comic opera stage.
Perhaps Mr.. Edwards is writing for
her a very quiet. dignifed opera con-
tanning comedy of a higher type than
is generally understood by the comic
opera of the present day. Who knows
but what he may produce for her a
second Barber of Seville?" This opera,
it is doubtless well known, was orig
inally intended as a comic opera. A
redeeming feature about such a great
artist as Nine. Schumann- Heink going
into comic opera is that there will be
many more people who will then hear
her sing than would ever have done
so had she appeared only in grand
opera and concert. And, after all. the
great artist can continue great in what
ever class of music appears.
Mr.. John Wiegand, organist of the
Independent Presbyterian Church, has
recently composed a sacred song,
Bow Down and Hear Us, Lord" which
he has dedicated to Mrs. T. p. Wick
enberg. To-day will be the last sun
day that Mrs. Wickenberg will sing
before leaving for the North, and she
will sing this as the offertory at the
morning service Mr. Wiegand has
composed a great deal of church music
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