San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-21

afternoon, January 10, at the Menger
Hotel ballroom, as a part of the educa-
tional lecture course sponsored by the
Tuesday Musical Club. In reviewing
the historical background Of the SYM
that previous to the latter part of the
Sixteenth Century the use of musical
instruments in combination followed no
system, the grouping of instruments
and their performance being entirely
extemporaneous in character. Monte
verdis orchestra, in 1643. used six
harpsichords, two large flutes, nine
violins, ten violas, two cellos, three bass
viols, one double harp, three trumpets,
two comets, one clarion, one small
flute and three portative organs, the
tendency Of the day being toward volume
and variety of tone. Many strange ex-
periments were made with weird COM
binations of instruments but all lacked
a central principle of organization. The
orchestra was used chiefly for ac-
compartment having but a subordinate
place until about 1850. In the eighth
zenith century Bach and Handel applied
the orchestra in different ways. each for
his own purpose. To Haydn is due
the credit of finally establishing the
strings as a dominating factor. Bee
thoven, great genius as he was, added
nothing. To Richard Wagner we are
endebted for the modern orchestra as
we hear it today. Richard Strauss
has since dared to use the orchestra
in hitherto unheard of ways. Bringing
out orchestras which have made mile
stones Of history. Nine. Stjerna referred
to the Mannheim Orchestra as the first
to have fame.
Nine. Stjerna's paper continued with
an exhaustive review Of orchestras of
Europe and America, with personal
characteristics and achievements Of their
conductors.
For the next yectrue OF the course,
Mrs. c. c. Higgins will lecture on
Wagner's "Parsifal," March 10, at the
Menger Hotel.
The San Antonio Musical Club. with
Mrs. ]. G. Houston of Floresville in
charge, entertains with a luncheon in
the tapestry room of the ST. Anthony
Hotel on Monday. The program is an
unusually interesting one, for Mrs Hous-
ton, as president Of the Floresville
Musical Club has engaged several art
lists of that club to give numbers. This
exchange of musical talent among the
clubs Of the Texas cities is an interest
ing as well as profitable one, and en-
ables the artist to obtain new and i'm
partial audiences while it broadens the
audience to a keener appreciation Of
Texas talent. The progrm is as fol-
lows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Song ..wertzel.
Mrs. Gilbert Franklin of Floresville
Mrs. ]. G. Houston at the piano.
1I-Vocal-"All for You ..... Brown
Josephine Houston of Floresville.
Mrs. J. G. Houston at the piano.
II-Vocal-"When Ny Ships Come
Sailing Home"
Media Mcdaniel Of Floresville.
Mrs. ]. c. Houston accompanied
IV-Reading ........>..... Selected
Mrs. A. Z. Arneson.
Y-yocal-"Sing, Sing, Bird on the
Wing" ............... Nutting
Josephine Houston
MI - d. ~ IlOustplls dCCOulpdnlSI
VI-Vocal-"When Celia Sings" .Moir
Melba Mcdaniel
Mrs J. G. Houston, accompanist.
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Miss Catherine Clarke, one Of the
most talented younger pianists of San
Antonio, has had the honor Of being
asked TO come to Georgetown to the
Southwestern University to accompany
Arthur Bonucci, the famous cellist Of
international repute, who will appear
in concert on Friday, January 90. Miss
Clarke will leave Wednesday. Janu-
airy "a, for two days previous rehearsal.
Mr.. Bonucci's program is a taxing one
and his selections suggest the romantic
school with sufficient of the scholarly
classics to give variety.
Mr.. Bonucci is an Italian and is rec
ognized as one Of the great prodigies
in the world of cellist. He is still in
his early twenties.