Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-01-30
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Il was our pleasure and good for
tune to he present at The concert
! for the benefit of Tie poor, under
the auspices Of A. o. X. of
NJ. G. Friday night at King Street
Hall Tie obj ct fer which it was
given being one so worthy, the
people of Martinsburg, by their
presence in such great numbers,
testified 10 their large heartedness
and open-handed charity, so char
acteristic OF its citizens. 1t was
certainly evidenced by the crowd
ed hall that the poor of Martins
burg have no reason to fear from
starvation.
But To The exercises Of the even&
ing THE announcement of the
performance was made by our fell
low toWnsman, Mr.. A Oden, in
very neat and appropriate little
speech. The opening was with a
"Grande Overture" by the Orches-
ira, under the leadership of that
most excellent musical director,
DR.. S. N. Myers. The rendition
was certainly very fine, although
the Orchestra is AN amateur one,
and the instrumental part of the
concert was altogether an inn
promptu affair, having had but
two or three evenings for practice
and rehearsal. 1t was universally
admitted, however, that they ac-
quilted themselves handsomely
and reflected great credit upon
the musical talent of Martinsburg,
as well as honored their director
and instructor. In addition to the
overture they treated US to the
"Blue Danube Waltz" "Village
Beauty Ga!op" This last named
piece was considered by our must
cal critics as being by far the best
instrumental piece Of the enter
tainment, and greatly enjoyed,
not only by them but by the en-
tire audience.
The vocal part of the entertain
ment, under the direction of Mr..
b. G. Bushnei,is deserving consid-
cradle more notice than we feel
able or competent to give. To do
justice to the participants 1t would
be necessary 10 notice them at
some length III each piece in which
they participated. The piano
accomplishments were by Miss
Muth, u performer of aeknowl-
edged ability The voices o. the
lady participants were upon the
whole very good. Deserving pat
ticular notice, Miss Wall, Muth and
Russler in the trio, Distant Chimes
Miss Hoffman and Russler in
quartette, "I'll pray for thee at
nightfall," Miss Walland Muth in
Quartette Little Bro Wn Church,
Miss Wall in this piece and in solo
Its evening brings my heart to
thee, ''acquited herself SO nicely as
to convince the auuience she pos
sessed the voice of an artistic of no
mean ability. Miss Herring in
her ballet song "Call him back
before its too late," certainly ac-
quilted herself elegantly; as did
the Muth sisters in "The flight of
the swallows" Our "dapper little
friend Simmons with Miss Rus
sler in that pretty song "What are
the wild waves saying" did nobly
and LETT the stage amid deafen-
ing applause. We were sorry to
note that Mr.. Bushnell was suffer-
ing from cold and he certainly APP
peared TO his disadvantage, never
theless in the solo "a Hundred
Years to Come" he won the uni
versal expression, "good, good"
In We're Ish Dat Cat" he proved
himself master of the situation
and pleased an approaching audi
ence, the boys especially. Our
friend Riddle being encored on his
excellent rendition of "Down by
the River, You and l." treated us
with his comic song "Esau Kiss
ing Kate" Mr.. John S. Matthews
with his Whistling chorus created
much merriment, and enabled the
boys to give us an exhibition OF
their whiStling talent. The enter
tainment was concluded with g
very appropriate song by Miss
Lizzie Muth, titled THE Beggal
Girl" to represent the character
and secure the undivided atten'
ton of all present, a better selec.
ton than Miss Muth could moi
have been made.
Thus concluded the evenings en-
tainment and the general expires.
sion was ''well done"
Hoping that friend Myers will
shortly give us musical treat by
his "Orchestra" that is winning
for itselfa name of which it may
we'll be proud not only at home
but abroad, and that Mr., Bushnell
will shortly arrange for a voca
concert, we will not tire your
readers further with SO Die DIES.
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