, 1876-02-01

layo beeu, but et,ll it was g. good audience. cop.
sider1ng tho cnuricioua character of Chicauo
cnnrort1aonrs e,,; ,,asto, .is., II ", ~,
~ least 10 hmasical Hc'se, it WA tho most music
d audience that has bcrn assembled In ChicaNo
for years. All OF tho prominent u,usjcjons md
musical cnunniaaenrs of Tho cit1 warn /, sitond.
~, .,nm IT, " .s W.! "ss' ~ s.toha
anco' ana t'oS Esso INC Rfoas plnust, thefeforo,
the moed Of % eatnost, approcintiso, md critical
attention, md tho applause which greeted hin
playfne was t,igcruinntiya nnd t,sact, unnn
snmot,,o9 Ic.,cr ttar t,.ra aa ,,1nsa pansa .pon
.'...'',. '4 s""'' t4e1o 'A'p"'oo VI W.
'ouslsam'
II vas nearly quarter past 8 before Von Dtt}ow
made hls nppcnrapco, and IA ho caue down tbn
stare to hia i,s,r,,mont r;t,, r,,11 uto, ,,o ~.
caiSo,l moat cor1nl - aroo,,n ,r1.a T1.p s.,. su
s1',ve s','s' uoa' eosnnn' sfeo''n8' 4ho pf1nts
WHICH haVc hoFntdod LIS coming in tho shop win
domB give very fair idea OF hls porsounol. IIe
ID short, aliebtfy built nui ncrvnua in action
with n faco ri, NJ chnrortor n t,ro,v t,onot;a@
n.aa, sa.ass.. .ua VI s.saf"s'o1' oso" aonos'lg
gfeas aoso!lcctualiss' aud IN expression about
sao mouth and oTes Indicating docklad fra1rcss,
and oven aggrcBsvcuceB. His completion IA
dark. hia lorehea1 arehet1 anil ,,,ph ana
tda hoir h1oct mi, s,.,,,t,, ,r,.,f "' ,nsaI, s.
poihsoa pca1a' no eeatea hinaoif st Ills piano
without auy lourtali, mud aftor withdrawing Ills
gsoves tSas toady fos tho scrio,1a work of tho
cyoaing. Thoro Ia nothing Mza,ra or crcon,r;c
II, ,,ia nr,rocra,,co a. T., .. n,,I,,..s.st
~ ~ appoa'Hne.' 40 III 'ho easo o1 huo'natoin'
aud oosnln6 Of tnas poraohat magnetism which
charncserzea tho latter. There ia little t1npscs-
sIyo in tho man, hut much In bis pcrfornanco
Tia nrorrammo waa ~ n noh,o ~, ns non,,o
,,t;a.s T. o, 80 ~ Hoo wv ~. eompo.
attion shows tho "tdo range OF Won liulows art
and It's eclectic charaetor, Tlo scope Of ssthks
p7ogrRu7tne IL remarkably couurettnusfyn, cnv.
o1ior 200 ycars Of muslc. Il con,monce;, win
1ohn sebastian 11,of, tho sounta,1 .aod ~ n,as
@ orr music, aud ended with Liszt, who belongs not
oay 10 tho psohant Int to tho school Of tho
lususc' 1ho TRANSITIONS OF tho programme
welo mover abrupt. they lod naturally
i1om ono comPoeor TO tho oshor. tho Bach
Easatto 70 mihof lama the Colossal Nantasie
onsonesique, pf1atlane with dlihculslca, and dis-
playing tho plbycr'a astonishing mastery Of
tteeAnl4ue: "eto appropriately fotloWad bg Hoe-
thosan, VINO Atss developed the zobata and Byrn-
paans a. tler complete hnd snothodical propor-
SO. =. WHICH was m absolute revelation. ftom
neethoron TO toachos tnto cur own time with
the ptclnda and iuguc, on. 10. NO. l. Of Mem
ugssonn! Iy anu ,htoo OF blH "songa without
"as maintained ait through tue harmonic web
Win the noBt absolute precision. From tho
olegaaGe OF hehdelHsohn wo naturally pass to
.ne dol;cAto Almost erystalllne, beauty OF Chopin,
op. ", no. 2, tho lovely Cradle Song, which has
Inspired or colored all cradle songs since. and tho
Waltz, op.. a. Then again, what mora natusnl,
nftor closing Chopin, to 60 to lis rhapaotlcal
htogrtpher, Liazt3 This programme, as Wo
have said, .coyetB tho general ground Of two
centuries Of music. The Eoma!ndor Of tho eot
give nH tho dotniie, with ,nstrationH from Han
dol. Haydn, Mozart 0iuck, schumnnn, SCHUBERT
and Wagner. 1n theBo eclectic programmes wo
havo ~ conprolonalyo collection Of mnsic IS
ono could daatro, showing not only tho
ecilolastio character Of tho piayes htmsoLf, but
tho resouFcos Of tho piano when manipulated
BY master.
His playing throughout she wholo ovon1ng wna
watched with the closest attention, mud probsbIy
.naIysis like tho following. In memory. aston
iahing eyen to tue stigt4test datait. IN adhe.-
ehco to the scoro, perfect fidelity, reading the
composers idoas turt as ho has written them,
with tho most sorunuloua regard to tompera no-
cents. and expression. giving oyory note aud tho
moaning Of every note. lli8 phrnsing Is abso.
lutc perfection, and this joined with tho conAun-
nato oyonoeas and finish Ut hts tone,
- In tho Bsothoyan sonata, for instance,
developed the meaning Of tho composer
aud brought out tito full beauty and grandeur
OF the music more clearly than it has eyor boon
dono hero befose. Ills touch is not only elegant
md fodned, but ias uncr19ng preciston, vilotLor
IN fortiBsIaoa or pia1lisRtnoa with powor or deli.
cACY 1ouAl to any Fonr,iretuD1,tH anil TIM uua!itv