The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-14

nc announcement IN the Morning
News that Mr.. John r. Rebarer would
give a piano recital assisted by the
Music Club Orchestra, on Feb. "a has
created much interest. Returning aft
er four years spent in New York under
the best masters, with a well-merited
reputation as a concert pianist, there
are many here who have been disap-
pointed at not having heard him play
long before this. The approaching re-
cital will, therefore, unquestionably be
a brilliant success.
Mr.. Rebarer is the first Sa-
MAMMALIAN who has remained away
from home long enough to
gain reputation in the art of music,
and there are many anxious to know
what he has accomplished. The fact
that he was for two years before re-
turning here a member of the faculty
of the Virgil Clavier School of Music,
one of the largest and most widely
known institutions in New York for
piano instruction, is a good evidence
of the merit to which he had attained.
probably only this season, though he
may remain through the next, his in
tention being to go abroad for several
years in the near future.
The recital on the oath will
be for the benefit of the
Music Club Orchestra, and a num-
Der of great interest on the programme
will be a movement from the celebrat-
ed Rubinstein D minor concerto, with
the accompaniment by the orchestra.
Mr.. Joseph Coccia, who is now con-
Quoting the orchestra, is making GOOD
progress with the rehearsals, and it is
now very evident that the baton is
still in good hands, and that the or
chestra will not be forced to disband,
as it was feared Mr.. Meyers departure
would necessitate. Additions to the
ranks continue from time to time, and
among the most recent is Mr.. e. l..
Kayton, who is at the cornet desk, and
Mr. James P. Deacey, who is playing
double bass. 1t is rumored that Mr..
F. Hubner WILL also enter the ranks
to play the cello, bringing with him
three of his pupils, the Messrs. Lang
and Quint, one of whom plays the
cello, and the other two the violin.
Mr.. J. w. Steeg is also endeavoring to
arrange so as to assist in the work
of the orchestra. In the course OF
preparation now is a two-step compos-
ed by Mr.. Coccia and dedicated to the
Savannah Music Club, which will be
given the next time the orchestra APP
pears before the club.
Thursday evening the second Febru-
airy meeting of the Music Club will be
held. when one of the most interest
ing programmes of the season will be
given 1t will be an entire Schumann
programme, and additional interest is
lent to it by the fact that Mr.. r. G.
Garden will then sing before the cluo
for the first time. Mr.. Gordon has
host of admirers here, but seldom sings
in public except at st. Johns Church,
where he is the leading tenor. Before
coming to live in Savannah he was
for several years tenor in Grace
Church, New York, church in which
such eminent singers as DR.. Carr
Duff and Clementine de Vere-Saplo
have held choir positions. Mr.. Gordon
has a pure lyric tenor voice, not OF
great power, but of good carrying
quality, full of mellowness and rich
ness. Mr.. Gordon will also sing the
tenor parts in the oratorio Elijah, to
be given at the May concert.
In the performances of "Parsifal.
now being given in New York, some
marvellous scenic effects are being pro-
duced, In the scene where ParSifal is
conducted by GurnemanZ into the tenn
pie where the knights are to refresh
their hearts and souls by communion
with the Holy Grail it seems for time
to the audience as though it beheld
GurnemanZ and Parsifal vending their
way to the temple. AS they appear to
walk. the primaeval forest slowly
moves past them. The woodland van
ishes as they reach door in some
rocky cliffs, and for moment they are
lost sight of. The scene changes i'm
perceptibly, and presently they are
again seen ascending by steep, STOP
ing passages. Great bells are now
heard, accompanied by glorious from
bone notes. Again the picture changes
as suddenly as before, and Gurnemanz
is seen leading Parsifal into a mighty
hall lighted by a lofty dome, AS Par
sifal is seen standing motionless from
the summit of the dome, come the clear
voices of boy choristers. singing the
praises of the Lord, and in the midst of
this. through doors which open to the
right and to the left of the hall. the
knights of the Grail enter in solemn
procession, and seat themselves at two
tables. In order to produce these mar
velous effects, the stage of the Metro
politan Opera House was last summer
entirely reconstructed and supplied
with new electric appliances, and it is
estimated that close to 100000 has been
expended for the production of Parsi-
fall. Mr.. Conried secured for his Par
sifal," Alois Burgstaeler, one of Frau
Cosima Wagner's favorite pupils, and
Milka Fernine. the Kundry, is gen
orally accepted as the foremost dramat-
ic soprano now on the stage. Among
others in the cast are Anton Van Rooy,
the famous baritone; Adolf Muhlmanp,
Camille Seygard and Selma Kronold.
Every one OF the principals have sung
with honor for Wagner's widow in the
great Bayreuth Festspielhaus. and the
stage manager, Anton Fuchs, sang sew
eral parts in "ParsifaP' in Bayreuth