The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
MISS LETA KITTS. TALKS
 OF EUTERPEAN CONCERT

into the court yard only to find his child dead in his arms.
 Now, in the cantata it is the Er1 Kings daughter who tempts a knight to his death. The story tells that Sir Oluf at evening stays his steed and rests be- heath the alders by the brook. Here he | is visited by two of the daughters, one of whom oaresses him and the other in vites him to join their revels. At last | they disappear and he returns home in a. | distraught condition, vowing to return in | quest of the beauties who have be- | witched him. It is the eve of his wedding day, but he goes back to the alder grove | nevertheless where he finds the maidens | dancing in the moonlight, singing and ! beckoning him to join them. One tempts | him with q silken gown for his bride and a silver armor for himself, and when i he refuses to dance with her she pre- | diets his death on the next morning. Ride home to your bride in robes of red,' she tells him as he hurries away The | next morning he rides into the court | yard of his home minus his shield and | helmet and with blood dripping from his helmet. As he draws rein at the door of the castle he drops dead from his sad dle.Y
 '@rhe story is dramatic, indeed" I said, "and l fancy the music would be de- leiously wierd'
 Well" said Miss Kits, s'the music in this cantata of Gade's is not passionate like some, or full of fire. It is essen tially graceful and melodlc in character. In the finale, however, the music De- l comes quite vigorous"
 'Nho are the characters in the canta- ta?' I asked.
 Mrs. Marie Kern-M -Mulln sings the role of the mother" replied Miss Kits; Mrs. Harriette Wiswel ONen i sthe Ery 1 Kings daughter and "Oluf' is MT. Glen 1 O. Friermood. The chorus, of course, is the Euterpean club'
 That is, indeed, a strong aggregation l of singers. Tell me something of the ac- l companists. l have learned that you are l to have an organ in addition to the i piano."
 Miss Edna Moore is as you know, l the accompanist for the Euterpean club. Miss Corrie Handley will perside at an 1 organ that we will have for this especial occasion. We will also have three string l instruments, violins, played by Miss Rosa 1 Fabian, Miss Regina Heinberg and MT. | Julian Koelkebeck. The instrumental part will be very good indeed"
 I asked Miss Kits if she had ever di- rected the Erl King cantata before. 1 No" she said, "but when l was a school girl we gave it one year and I have loved it ever since. Lillian Blauvelt was the soprano, singing the part to be | taken tomorrow night by Mrs. O'Neil l She was exquisite then. To me, an en- thusiastio school girl, her lyric soprano voice the most beautiful thing l had ever heard"
 "I did not know until recently I re- marked, that the High school had an ! orchestra in addition to its thriving music club. Why are they not to play in the concert tomorrow night?'
 T expect to have them play some day." said Miss Kitts "but the orchestra is very young yet-just year old. We hope to have this concert a really artistic s event. The orchestra is doing good work, but only very light work as yet"
 Flow many pieces has it?' I inquired, and she told me that there are four first violins, four second, a trombone, a cornet and a piano. T have not told you of the first part of our programme she con- i tinued '"The contata is part II. In part I the boys chorus sings two num- bers, (a) A Twilight Message by Nevin, and (b) The Midshipmen,' by Adams. Following these numbers Miss Rosa Fa- ! dren yet and children are automatic. bian will play violin number. The Prize Song from Die Meistersinger. (a) Voices of the Wood and (b) Snow flakes will be sung by the Girls chorus. ] Mrs O'Nel will render an aria from | Puceini's La Boheme, an dthe closing number before the cantata is the Beau tiful Blue Danube waltz of Strauss, sung by the Euterpean club"
 W ell, Lulik lldI ln6 muSlc or the Euterpean club Is quite wonderful" said, as I arose to take my departure "and it must be very pleasant for you to reflect that you organized and trained 1t from it's very beginning. Birmingham music lovers should be proud of the young peoples club and I am sure that they are"
 Mrs. Harriette Wiswell O'Neil, whose picture is reproduced in The Age-Herald today, will be one of the soloists in the Euterpean concert, tomorrow evening, singing the part of the Erl Kings daugh- ter in the cantata. Mrs. O'Neil will leave in a short time for the east to remain until October when she will go abroad to study for grand opera in Italy and France. Few musicians have so completely endeared themselves to the public as has Mrs. O'Nei Her beautiful voice has been heard at almost every local musical enter tainment since her coming to Birming ham and her departure Is an event that will bring regret to hundreds. She has sung for the past two years at the Church of the Advent and the affection of the congregation has been given to her not only because of her superb voice but the sweetness and beauty of her person. alty.
 That she will achieve success in the
 
 countless friends who know the deter imitation and bravery of this lovely wom- ans character.
 Miss Mattie McDavid, who will arrive tomorrow to visit Mrs. Robert McDavid Is one of the most interesting young women who ever visit Birmingham, She is extremely pretty and clever too. Her home is in Florence. Ala, and she is regarded there as one of the brightest and most talented of it's young women She is a graceful writer, contributing to the papers in her home city as well as others in Alabama and elsewhere. Miss McDavid will remain with Mrs. Robert MeDavid two weeks and afterward visit Mrs. Ned Richardson McDavid. A num- Der of delightful informal functions have been arranged in her honor.
 A RECITAL.
 The pupils of Mrs. Marie Kern Mullin will give, a recital at the parish house, Church of the Advent, Tuesday evening, at S:90 o'clock. The programme follows
 Chorus Qhree parts) (Mendelsshon) Mrs. Forney, Miss Maxwell, Miss Herz. Miss Proctor, Mrs. Moore Mrs Ellis.