Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-01
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There are some scenes in nature oil
such grandeur - to be beyond an imus.
date comprehension, but which. seen
again and again. grow in sublimity till
no who at frst gazed almost unmovsdly
becomes allied with, awe at their oonssm.
plation. It IL somewhat 30 with many
who listen to wilhslmj's music. Ger.
tain Il is, that all who hear him again
and again ind much In his playing to
appreciate which first escaped observa-
ton. II 10 80 massive, 80 proportion
ats, 20 harmonious In it, very PROJECTIONS,
that ito greatness and grandeur does not
at oncs appear to all. 1t was very no.
tiesabls al the concert ct Piper's Opera
House Saturday evening and last night
that those who were present the first
evening were londest In their applause
and most persistent In their sncores.
Even the ladies olapped their pretty lit
tie hands most vigorously (soms say
vulgarly, but the News says appropri.
atsiy), and most heartily joined their %.
oorts In demonstrations OF delight.
That violin OF Wilhelmj 10 an exceed.
inRly well. bred violin. II secs no I'M.
pleasantnsssss. II . dificult passage
COMES In It's way II passes over II with.
out in the least observing 1t, whereas
most instruments OF the kind make such
places conspicuous. that their style OF
surmounting them may be noticed. vii.
helnj's Stradivarius 10 above all such
vulgsritiss. and Il can afford to be; for
with an easy flight It reaches heights OF
harmony never before reached by . sim
gle instrument and plunges into the very
Avsrnus OF musical science, 10 bring
to its master all that Is pleasing in
the entire realms Of rhythm, melody and
dynamics. After q third hearing OF Will.
hslmj one is a. much at . loss to psrtio.
ularize Is to his exosllsnciss as ct hrst;
but among the more wonderful OF his
executions, his double oetsves and no.
string measures must DO added to his
thirds and sixths a. unsurpassed. Psga-
mini made . fortune BY playing on n
string. Wilhslmj might do the same ;
emily that he npds such excellent use for
the four. At the "saorsd concert
last evening vogrich made people won.
der what he had been about earlier
In the engagement. Not but that he
had played we'll before, but he played
most brilliantly as we'll al we'll last
night and surprised ven his most ar.
dent admirers. As an encore to Fan
TASTE ON Sonnambula" . very brilliant
production-hs gave . fantastic on the
"wsdding March," which wal more
brilliant still. Il was in fact ahead Of
Kstton's SPINNING Wheel" fantastic In
more respects than one. The News, In
its frst notice Of Sigra Marie Salvotti,
said she did not handsome . great deal.
On second thought she does, for "hand'
some il that handsome does" hence
the ~rstraction. The concert and the
season closed last night with Gave
Maria," which massed violin. piano and
voice into q harmonious whole most
grandly. It was . glorious CLOSE to .
very Hns though short musical season.
One lady enthusiastically remarked that
she never felt like becoming religious
till she heard Il. and 1t certainly wal an
overture to repentance and faith, II they
have that kind Of music In heaven.
So much In . general way; and now
that the company has gone, and has left
the kindsst Of reoollections behind, no
harm can come from mentioning that
the engagement should have shown. to
ct least one journal Of the Comstock,
the extreme danger OF allowing the pen.
Gil Of musical criticism to pass from
practissd fingers into the grasp Of those
who arc incompetent to use It. On the
first programme was placed o "Con.
BY Chopin, to DO played by Mr..
vogrich. he played In its stead 9 para.
by Liszt, Of Meysrbssr's popu.
lar opera, Robert 10 Diabls." The
professional critic not only did not know
the difference. but actually pulled Ohio.
pin. The next night the selection was
repeated and properly programmed a.
No. 6. In order 10 allow such accurate
musical acumsn to set itself right, but
Othello's occupation was gone" The
musical critic Of the journal had taken
the place so poorly filled professionally.
This should teach even . professor to
pss(s).more lightly IN selections, and
make critiquss more general and less
lsarned(7).