Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-05-12

APLATTsBURG EDITOR ON GoTTsCHALK's
CoScERT,-The editor of the Plattsburg
IN. " Sentinel, having to pay for his
ticket to Gottschalk's concert, gets off
the following notice, which we print,
not for its appreciation Of music, for it
does not display much, but, for it's rath-
er sour wit. .z4.. .saT aa5I
The CoNcRRT-With about four hun
died, dollar ahead people, we attended
Gottschalk's G Grand Concert" on Tues
day evening. as 10 es IS
The celebrated Gottschalk presided at
the Piano, and Sig. Carlo Patti "presi-
ded" at the Violin. VH G s-d att
These gentlemen displayed great skill
in pounding and humping, saving and
striking and otherwise torturing their
respective instruments, so as to bring
out the most hideous AMI agonizing
sounds which were ever heard from q
piano or fiddle. If that was iRaSio we
will admit that we were unable to ap-
preciate it. There was neither melody,
nor harmony, nor concord of sweet
sounds, nor any of those delicious
through the soul for days after hearing
the music which we have heard at other
and less pretentious concerts. g9r55Ef
There is a universal language in real
music which every heart understands.
The " untutored mind of the rustic, as
we'll as the refined and cultivated INTEL
lect of the scholar, appreciates and feels
and responds to the language of the
spirit, ,F=saE 10 sqIgqgu1 bHU9l p
But the entertainment of Tuesday
night, if musical at all, we should call
simply musical gymnastics. 1t demon
strated what awful acoustic contor-
tions a poor helpless piano might be
forced to make. ~ fsdu woteiIa
"That is great execution" we heard
lady say after the pianist had finished
piece; and he is a great executioner
we added mentally g Sonvenv d Amer-
sque" was the name of one of the pieces;
that is the French for Yankee Doodle.
1t was played on the piano and violin.
There were few strains that reminded
us of that popular and favorite national
air; but it got so mixed up, and ANAL
gamated, and miscegenated with some
thing else, that we felt sorry for what
little of Yankee Doodle there was left.
Nine. Amalia Patti Strakosch exc
cuted" the singing. She sang three
pieces, The Spell is Broken" was the
name of the first Whether she sang in
italian, or English, or Chinese, we are
unable to state, neither can we say
what "spell" it was or how it was
"broken." 9A 49, cs
The next was The Brindisi." This
we are quite sure was pure italian. We
could understand only the final exclama-
ton it was oh -o-G ollee,n' mot
a very elegant expression for a lady, to
make before so many genteel people /.
q While singing the last piece, Italian,
too, Madame Amalia Patti Strakosch
seemed to be suddenly seized with an
attack of acute neuralgia in the teeth !;
her mouth was thrown wide open, her
head jerked back, her features distorted,
and she uttered one of those piercing
shrieks which we sometimes hear in
dentists office when an offending molar
is just being hauled out. Whether these
symptoms were real, or whether " it was
all in the play" has not been satisfac-
torialy ascertained
In the last piece played by Mr.. Cots
chalk there was very little pleasant
and agreeable music-about three cents
worth as near as we could estimate.
The remainder of the capital we inves-
ted in concert tickets is dead loss. Il.