The San Francisco call., 1908-10-19
With the Musical Folk
By Walter Anthony

TIME appearance of either Anna
Miller Wood or Mrs. Beatrice
i Priest Fine at a concert would be
enough to establish its merit: the
joint appearance of the two singers
should be a treat of rare pleasure and
profit. Both are California singers and
both have made fame for themselves in
the larger fields of eastern musical life
Both are in California on their vaca-
t1on; Mrs. Fine has been spending her
time In Oakland mainly, and Miss Wood
mas been resting in Berkeley. Both are
10 return to their work in Boston and
New York soon. This probably win be
the last time to hear either of them-at
the concert Thursday night at Christian
Science hall
Frederick Maurer Jr. will be the ac-
eompanist and Wallace ]. Sabin will be
the organist The program was pub
llshed In Sundays Call and is marvel
of excellence.
viii Greenbaum. who has charge of
the affair, says that a big audience is
assured.
The program in full to be given
Thursday evening at Calvary church by
the Calvary choral society and the Zech
orchestra is as follows:
symphony in minor lrst movementj schubert schubert
The Night with orsan Rhenberger
A legend when Christ Was But Child"
March and chorus. ..Tannbanser Wagner Te
Orchestra and chorus
Marshall w. Giselman, leader of the
chorus. will direct part of the program.
and William +. Zech,' director of the
orchestra. will take charge of part.
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pipe organ, which will be used in some
of the numbers. The proceeds of the
concert will be used to add TO the re-
spective libraries of the two organiza-
tions.
Gradually the musical organizations
which existed before the fire are reas-
sembling and taking up the work of
providing San Francisco with good mu-
sic. The latest to resume activity is
the st. Francis musical art society, of
which j. Downey Harvey, Templeton
Crocker, George a. NewhaH, W. L.
Gerstle and Robert Eyre are the direc-
tors. The recitals of this society are
subscription affairs and the member
ship is limited to 400, that being the
number which can be comfortably
seated in the hall devoted to the con-
certs.
VIII L. Greenbaum will engage and
represent the artists who are to be Sc
cured during the coming season, and
number of society women have been
invited to act as patronesses of the
series and to circulate the subscription
list. Six concerts in all will be given,
and Nordica, Bispham and Gadskf are
some of the artists with whom Green
baum is negotiating to appear.
| At last, and finally, the date of the
Nine. Blanche ArraI CONCERT has been
definitely settled. 1t will remain as an
nounced yesterday in the daily press
Sunday afternoon, October %, at the
Van Ness theateE
| The artist, of whom so much is ex-
pected because so much has been prom
ised, has entirely recovered from her
sickness.
DIR. H. ]. Stewards pupils were lis
tened to last Thursday evening by 4
crowd that taxed the capacity of
knights of Columbus hall. The vocal
lists who reflected credit on their teach
er were:
Miss Rene Rird Miss Cecilia Gilchrst
Miss Hortense Gilmore Miss Maurise Reichling
Miss Louise Smith Miss Gladys Worden
Miss Leola Sponord Miss Zellor Mitchell
stone Miss Alma LewisOn
Miss Julia NJ. Neppert Mrs. \. j. Harrington
Miss Irene Meussdorder
Miss Irene Palmer was the soloist