Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-06-15

ladies' bore the test with flying coli
Ors.
Trio-"Life Has No Power"
Misses Hester and Bruce and Prof.
Parker. We seldom hear a concert
in GAINESVILLE without the introduce
ton of this respectable trio; it was
sung with precision and animation;
Prof. Parker is in this, as in every
thing else, a sound musician, but a
heavier bass voice would have been
more suitable to the music.
-"There's no Harm in Kiss
ing" Miss Grady. We had the
honor at later hour of presenting
this young lady with the prize for
the greatest proficiency in music,
and she well deserved it. She sang
this piece correctly and with spirit;
we would have preferred the selec-
ton of piece by standard com
poser.
Four part song-"Greeting to
Spring" Misses Petrie, Grady,
Plunmer, Bruce, Hester, Angien
and Caldwell. This is an arrange
ment of the Blue Danube Waltzes
ass ouartettefor female voices; it has
been performed here before, ana
never better than now. This time
there was none of that hesitation in
the time and timid waiting for one
another which we noticed in quar-
tette the day before, but every voice
came in like clockwork.
Grand Galop de Concert. Misses
Muir, Parrish, Brunty and Grady
Another good test of accuracy in
time well encountered. =,
Solo-"Robert Toi que jaime
Miss Mary Petrie. We cannot as
miss this piece without more
extended notice than the rest. we
had heard her the night before, but
she was indisposed and the piece
was one which required greater
phvsical exertion than she was equai
TO. We therefore suspended our
Judgment till the concert night
r Mayerbeer's great song Is one OF
those which tests the abilities OF
professional priDad dORadSj she sang
il as if she were one of them, mol
only with a correct rendering of the
difficult passages, not only with
range of voice equal to the eXactlns
, demands of the composer, but WIFI
q realization of the dramatic feeling
! surprising in one who can have hat
but little experience in opera music
+ An interesting exercise in gestlc
ulation now followed, entitled eth
, Passions Personified." Eightyoun|
ladies assumed successfully attitude
expressive of Expectation, AtfeC
q ton, Grief, JOY, Meditation, Anger
q Vanity, Fear, Scorn, Devotion
: Farewell.
n Then followed the operetta {
''The Twin Sisters" This is one
: the many pleasing compositions /
Il operate form which are now GU
q rent, being expressly designed &c
~ occasions like the present. The pie
V is simple, relating to the fortunes
two twin sisters, one of whom
n stolen by Gypsies in, her infarc!
,s the other, elected May Queen an
1t wandering in the woods from h'
5. companions, meets her lost sist'
J. and a recognition is effected. The
90 is a chorus of May jewellers and al
o. other of Gypsies. The Sisters we
V. prettily played and sung by Mi
ye Petrie and Miss Plummer and II
choruses given with spirit by tt
in rest of the school; and this ended
Iv very delightful evening.
he Prizes were presented as follow
k For Houselkeeping-T Miss Josie Bains,
.,\ brownsville, Tenn.
- .Deportment-Miss Emma Cotton, Ark.
u Music-Miss Lulie Grady, Ky.
RI Art-Miss Jennie Anglen, Ky.
~ Reading-Miss Lula Drane and Miss Cli
Plummer, GAINESVILLE.
We First bonors in graduation-Miss M.Petl
an Ky.
oh second honors in graduation-Miss Bet
Levy and Miss Salle Irwin, the latter I
being pronounced equal.
ii0 In three departments, then, tht
>, of music, elOcutiOn and calisthenI
v, we have had the opportunity OF tie
Gu c ing the proficiency of the pupils
~, our Academy with most satisfactC
Vi results. We have little doubt Il
'ei the same thorOughness would
~ manifested if we were to eXami
lp' into other departments. We tn
10 that the able and cOnscientit
WI teachers who have contributed
this result will continue their etfo
among us next session, especla
i'"- Miss Thomas, in music, and NJ
ion Scott, in calisthenics; nor do
make these specifications with
"9 idea of invidiOus comparisons to
or disadvantage of the rest of the con
IL only, these two have zone the W.
no. which has come more directly un
our observation and are theref
ecu specially mentioned. We will
ue7 that we believe the proficiency
7o'' music to have been aided by
ou, caIisthenic exercises, the precis
'o9 with which the rythmical me
!eu ments were made in the la
l'i giving a sort of intrinsic accur
~ to the perception of time so imp
49, ant in the former.
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