Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-02-20
N'IIs'l loilrutr ul lhe / rec frrS9.
COttschnIk ana Thalbcrg.

! as ~ NIDv3's Bi,ViBg Il Wyuid he .uD,riincu,,
Jor as 10 p,ah,' or, " Thibug Oty NJ course, per.
J''',' Or " Ih1HDg'S 1o,jovaance ,otisf,A all ou
mc1'," etc. These remarks may be all y.ry true
out they are getting somewhat worn out, through
frequent FePeuton' ana though VIC ourselves are
no music cnuc,-cn'y music htr-ytt for the
sake oi variety, having attoudc / one Of Mr. Thai
berg late corc'rts in Brooklyn, AMI al'o one oil
"r' "'tt'chaIh IN N'w York, we will give our
impressions OF these artists and thcir performance,
/ "oP'nS mat o"r genuine musical J''h'g, will be
! an oAcu.e Tor our having written upon them, dcs-
rl'e our want, in great measure, &C musical know
/ ledge MIR. dottschaik's concert took place tie
hrst ANA as this Is a true story wo -hal there
fore speak first of him.
Niblo's Saloon. in New York. l.. a LARGO hail
con aiming about twelve hundred rcr.ons. If NAV
be, more On the present oec,.io II was ouitc
| filled, AMI many rcople were slnudip, von.
der how a man feels. who Ep,,ys Inf II 10 tie in
visible cords attached T., Lisovn li,tl, fr,,r.s
that draw together all thi. crcat crowd Mr..
Gottschalk is small, slender, and pale. with feat
ures which tell that he lesc,rils from c .. rbos =,
people," the no les li,bmic melancholy inc
stamped also upon them. lie came ,ron the
stage a little care!es.lv and Lau,Ltilv. we tbopgb
and seemed in doubt whether he sboull oe.,rd hi.
very slight bow to the ulicuce or not. The Gr.t
piece was Wobcr's celebrated Concert.tuck. for
two pianos though the second riano is hardly mara
than an accompaniment to the first. which w,.,f
course played by Mr.. CottschoIk. Wlore ,vo 81,
we could net SEQ his hands. and tlc tvo ,i,,,,s
went together very uui,tlv C,r s,,,, soo.,,.i.
,Ao,, s,il,,, s''"'''
""'" Su""ch'y, tremendous roll OF oct1ycs in
the bass dashed over u. like a brcar err. and to,l
away our breath. "Tb,t's Cott.,I,,,. ,u all
our rrio,l La. ,.,,.,
49, '' '''''''' nan" "ti"Ie
ue sPoN'' We were to'd TINT the Conceltstuche'
is SO difficult that it is one Of the tcs, rocos oC
the Paris Conservatory. lpt II so.,,,1 ,..raa-,.,
r,..tu ~, =, '' - -
i"' '"I'' P'''S I'''oWlhs '-"Fen-
seo fuSili' "HaIlad,' and a NCcurnc by
Chopin, we had never heard before. blt the Cr,,cr
we tbou,It vcr,, ,v,,i.i,, e..
'''S''' i''u I" S'" anu con-
'''"''1 recurring sweep q chromatc tones. To-
which Gottschalk gave the effect Of tie sudden
moauinr which tbo yir1 s,,,,,i,,,,. o.. .-, -.
hoho,,5o =, ,.;.,l. nr ''''.'s "' Ut
''' muse :" "'''e'' VI t"e N"c'urhe OF chopin
IT - OF course " impcrtinencc for us to speak"
since Chorin's music. and indeed ,bo hast of
G,t,s,boIl,,, also ,.
N'' ~ '' "V"' '"o'c IMAM
once 10 DC appreemted' lie played n Marche So
lonnellc Of his own, which was equally beautiful
and mel,ncbnIr Wbvisit rG..t M,
,..---...'. way 80 - '''' "' VI ''''''n"A
i"P''''l'nS are 50 very SAD Is there no such
thing as hope or joy in tlis world no bri,Lt
sun no blue sky n, faith in a n.reoct lir, ,o
came b,t i.it all tt,,c,,,o,.,.,., ,ur..;.- -,
'''' ''''-''7 "I'''-
Out remedy "ottSchaIk'S music, tells u noti-
ing else. We do not include in this remark tLe
dances he has arr,pcc1 r,r bf, ,.,~.,,:....
..t .,, '' "'''"' w."
''"'' P'of'o '"'"''>' "u' those "i ms c"mpo-
slu"hS Whlch bear not only tho " outward and
visible" erace, hut also tho inward and si,i,i.
tuaI" NrB, Of Gottschalk There wa. Lc.tI.,,
F,rt,.i, ,,,r .. +, en-. .J p...l
Wv "''.'''J
!" WHICH ""c o' inc AIRS hAi the cnnnlnse-t little
accompaniment of descending ciromt ,ir chord. for
the left hand that can he ro,,sn,J rloo,.,,,.,
t. ....; ,
an,Iior,, ar%r,,t .,'p ,u', j.. Nhr 'Ne
n ,,,rJ I,,,. r .' .,r' w. me- '''''' co. WIS
Goi,scnafr 49, ~" wy
onI Nr Th,Ihcr TL" TLc,, ' ,.r, r,'v't' n.y. 'u %
',lo c,,.ri,o,,,.,r, "a n r.,.,. if H. 80 ,a"
nj bcl, I.,.r,,. -, , tho ,,i,,, .l, i,'Ir
in errc,in, tLcse i,,,Ii, ,ir,c,,c ..,',I ,',
The r.urI1,ion ,r ono,brr c,,,,,.o- s,ci,,.,i.,
M, ,,,,t,,.r L,,r trilIi,,, ,t.o, ,- ~, ,, ;
G.,y yc,,s ,.rc ,y, r., 9,bo.' s'.., ,,,.,,r,
c,,u,II, r,.li,, ,.,,,,I,r ,,i a,l.,, r.I rI
If was , crc,t rv,ito,pon, ~ L,,r Tb,,I,-.,'..l
G,tt..LoIk ,r,yir., t...,I.rr ami ,Ln c'',,, :,;
,y,. rN,,,,it c,,,,.I ,.Ii ,,, III i.,r ,,,,-r
cyccnti,n Tto -,,,t ,l,y'i H., ~ ci..,,i,,,i'
,rl. ,crf,c,Iv trcprT,l.n. 1nI ,rI.n ,r L,a,I III.
,,',,o c,o.b rr,, ,ra c,I ,r +, =, r ,L' i
thn.r i,ccssart ch,rl rrL,,L L,,Is r..r, I.'. q, a.
trollp b,rLyard. o'J c,ry,rls ,,,r and ,,..
a,,,i, as Ln rc,r.l ,l.r .,.r.l,.i.n , .,,'I 49,
wonder ,t mo ex,r.,nc ,,I.rlr "a cc,,,,,,so-.,s
Le rosa cr,n tbe l., .,,,,,n.,t ,,j ,b,..r r..'.,
,.,,,r ,,Ii.L ,,oia ,I,,,r r,, ~ :; -
,t o,,,s, I;,,', ~ ,, ' li' ,i ','',' @
yct f sccnci to n. ycr, c-ual ,rc vr r, ~
cba II, ot,aars ,,,' Ii,ht c,. s'.l ..,.t I;..i
n,t,,, .li C,,,,,u, ,,., l.,, ,,,au,, ,,..,, Ill.,
A io r5I, ,,i Wv I'i IT,. L'"" 1"a 'H'n
s,,,,t yo,an IN ,,Ij, ,,,,i "''E
,,sI ,''' ;,i '" "" ~. ~ G'L9 "'tS' '''"''
tro,oG c.D., ,'" I