The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-04

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= the sudience Of stsanway, HAN last night had
such treat as seldom sliS 70 tas lot Of concert
leosrA "A tine chcice pregremne offered On me
vocation there was ono ccoHlnaudlng Seature-she
uncquaned rendering o. LAazt's concerto In e nat
~ Rpbinstein. such plano playing has never been
heard here before.l she gwork has been gwen
MsQueaty IN thts city by Miss Tcpps hias Krehs.
-. Aila And We believe, Misc AehlAss but, with
cpf exaggeration, Il may be said that not all the
acomhined sen0rts ef our resident talent could
snch gAppinc artistic sensstton - did tho
Russian ptanist last evening. the wsrk Ia the best
Of Lszrs piano rompositions, because It has one
well defined and ihtelitgible subject. This theme
isony two bars IN length and ia simplicity itself
but its treatment is eective IN the highest degree.
Would that the composer Could always be spoken
OF IN such terms. Rubtnstein's rendering was aim
ply grand. The long, trying trtll In the second
movement such Q bughear to all piantsts, was but
childs play to those steel wrists and fingers OF iron
to which mere technique or endurance Is nothing.
But the mere mechanical perfection or Ruoinstelns
playing would be but sorry idea OF his wonderful
genius IL u Ia the crystalline clearness with
phraSed, that complete mastery OF the piano BY
which II thunders, slghs. declaims and sings land
answered every thrsb Of feeling Communicated
Ri tes zee On
a. king Of ali pianists He played in the second
S5Tt four q h4 Syn MorS Rs~sS sSs
s1 valse weDiawss Who may take rank an
with the best of living yollnists, played his own
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s.Egmont' overture, finale TO christian and Isolde"
Wagner, and .. schubert March, M. Thomas pre-
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oerts commencing on the 22d inst. The principal
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But one advice we give Mr. r, Thomas, He has .
America. Let him not waste the talents and ener.
represent MT the school Of tie future We have COM
posers here In America-take Bristow as an IN
! stance--who writes better music than those de-
mented individuals who have, by the sheer force or
tmpudence, forced themselves into positions which
are are an insult 20 Beethoven and Mozart Out upon
rityby the same reprehensl6le means that made
mad. Mere mechanism lin music, no mat
t tsr now g. clever X may be; cannot s,, BE-
American public for true @ art Let wagner lobby,
"a Albany, mixing music and politics. and let
Liszt don and dof the monks cowl at pleasure to
we want only good music. and trash, whether COW
cred by the purple or Bavaria or che vestments or
Rome, cannot and Will not prevail as1als 1871
The Duntlrsarv Farce at waIlscI.s. Il
The farce Of "Dundreary Married and Settled. . by
Mr. H. J. Byron, was produced for the first time in
this country at Waliacks last night III had been
called "Dundreary Married, but Unsettled" the
title would have been more descriptive OF the
piece. All the FRIENDS Of Lady Dundreary had come
to live upon his Lordshp, and It was In getting rid
of them that Dundreary became settled by the aid
OF Asa Trenchard. From all this It win be seen thar
the piece is roaring farce as absurd and funny as
possible. Mr. Sothern, as Lord Dundreary gave the
old part its old interpretation but under other CIR
cumstances, and with dinerent surroundings
Some OF Dundreary's observations are very droil.
he to r.. bis hOw
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son-in-aw. The part OF Lady Dundreary was taken
by Miss Rose COghan, and Mme POnisi played
Lady Trencnard to the Sir Edward Of MI: ]. " Car
Ing it as in the payhis extremely broad Yankee
character not being modified at all BY long rest
dsnSs In EnSsnd ss would have
piece was the Abel Murcott Of Mr. q. B. Bishop,
night. Mr. Bishops kurcoIt is very ike the Gus Gus.
temary pictures Of Chadband, Pecksnin, &C., and
rom the part Of Abel On sns
ThGs e Is .s saying ssat gr,s deal deal
part in the play, ana IS vet disrent and thor.
edy like David Garrick . in which Mr.. Sothern con-
tends successfully with Mr.. John Gilbert, certainly
ss to Ss ana
farce supplementary to the Dundreary story, which
win meet with tes Of the asdous
the farce presented last night not only to the salts
faction Of the audience but in q way to show con-
CiuSlVely IH8J Tue Oiu HOuie VI COHl0uy nus lOSt
none OF its power in every specially OF the
drama for which 1t Is famed.
Musical and Dramatic Notes.
Mr.. E. L. Davenport - to play Richard I'LL at
the Chestnut street, Philadelphia, next week.
Mr.. Albery Is the latest Of the dramatists re-
ported as writing comedy for Mrs. John Wood.
sUnole SAM Is to be withdrawn nom the stage
Of the Grand opera House after next week, and
ssUnder the Gaslight" will be produced for two
weeks run on Easter Monday. .........
Lent's Circus, at Twenty-six street, has proved
q great attraction this week. The specialties are
unite mn 70 the standard Of this class OF antArtan