The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-26
The Beeiheven Concert

rain combined to keep many at home
who would otherwise have been at
Washington Hall, but nevertheless the
members of the Society have good rea.
son to be satisfied with the audience
that was collected. IL fr. -
The programme was performed as fol-
lows: = IA -
PART FIRST. TX
I-cHoRus-Crownedw with the Tempest. Verdi.
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a.a9rAHrrrrf :;9' 'ri' Music that Whispers Ro-
MISSES ToDp NIcoLL, CAMPBELL and Mrs.
CHANDLER
3-SoLo-wearing Of the Green. e.
b. A. GALLI6AN. -..--..,
HSoLo PIANo-Rigoletto; W. Vincent Wal
lace. s.-.......g.
S.-CAvAnSA-In Qussto simplice; Donizetti.
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PART SECOND.
l.-SoLo PIANo-Cradle Song; Gottschalk.
.--li DE-. H j. WIEsEI. 10
2.-SoLo-n Baccio; Ardetti. .ss
Miss GUssIE TODD. .,
3.-SoLo-Cone back to Erin; Claribel
K. j. WHIPPLE
4-CHoRus-O Italia; Donizetti. ~
SOCIETY.
In response to an emphatic encore,
Mr.. Galligan sang very effectually a
comic song, the burden of which seemed
to be that certain young lady chad a
father and mother and sister and a
brother, and they all got living in the
hardware line" $780,. r'fs0i o.
Miss Gussie Todd was called out after
singing II Baccio and sang that sweet
old Scottish song "DowD the Buru,
Davie."
Mr.. Whipple. was also loudly encored
and sang in response, to the tune OF
"Polly Perkins," a doggerel address to
the audience which was received with
much mirth. As its publication has
been requested, we give it below:
I'VE thank you, kind friends for your presence
tonight,
For your courteous attention, your stamps on
the floor,
And likewise for the stamps that you left at
the door.
But for all that;
The Beethoven Society will do its level best
To sing for its patrons whatoer they request,
Here's Dewey, our leader, who makes iron
spikes,
And our gallant friend Arthur who lives on
"the pike" :,
And Chandler and Harper and Hubbard and all,
With voices loud ringing in Washington Hall.
wa But for all that; sc. t
To the Ladies, God bless them, much credit
il due ...
For the sweetness Of their voices, and their
We have all done our prettiest, but still must
That You miss old Max Feinler and his claro.
But for all that, &c. a.
The weather is so hot that we won't keep you
But VIII finish our Concert with one other
'Tis called 20 Italia, but that is not all,
For We once for our printing and for Washington
But for all that, &c. " 3'
1t is but just to say that all the pieces
sung were admirably rendered. The
chorusses exhibited very high degree
of training upon the part of the society
in general, and the solos were worthy
of much praise.
In Questo Simp!ice was sung very we'll
indeed. Mrs. Chandler has a flexible
voice, of great sweetness, and sings
with musical precision which is rarely
found in an amateur. Miss Gussie Todd
also deserves special mention. She has
magnificent voice, of unusual COM
pass, and, in all the songs she sang,
gave great pleasure to the audience.
Mr.. Whipples voice is very
clear and mellow baritone and
never fails TO please our Wheeling
people. He sang the solo in the open
ing piece, as we'll as the songs mention
ed above, and rendered all very effect
iv ely. Nor must We forget our friend
"Barney" Galligan, whose Irish songs
drought down the house." The in
strunental part of the Concert was e1-
cellent, but failed to awaken as much
enthusiasm in the audience as was cali
cd forth by the songs.
If we were to offer general criticism
upon the whole performance, it would
be that the music was generally of too
high sn order to give much pleasure to
any but an audience of educated musi-
clans. If the members of tho Society
sing for applause and to give real en-
joyment to an ordinary audience, they
must select a style of music which
accords more closely with popular taste
than DO the classical gems presented
last night. The popular taste may be
musically bad, but still, in order to sf-
ford genuine pleasure and hearty ap-
plause, the Society should take the pub
fic as il finds them and adapt its per-
formances to the manifest requirements
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