Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-09

tts4d " lAtet than tlr eth "a esth fnlii
srtylsi,arsc,i ~ Ne Cor psu'ei u tss sstcfsl
.ts... uv,.. 18th IN, ,.,,, ,s,ssuap, r.-pe',
AaJ tsv.iss . W. ur.-r ~, fssseNs hsuf.-
Won pulow. the pianist. Is dangerously ILL.,
Madame N5otna rsti. tho renowned enecr
Is ssain IN Amcrioa.
iseob kuutcl. II Kuntel Rrrs, ST Louis
!, dead lie vas ONO %; the tnust Artistic musi
clans tn the United States
tiat has wnucn ncv mass, which Is TO hc
lrsa-fh, cui e, Vienna
S,nl,h1ny c1ncrrts ~ the highest oniet arc
e.,,n .u boston. iot which q ehaEc ~ twenty
tive CENTS admission Is only asked,
nbctiotc THOMAS and his splendid orchestra
viii give scfics u cancorts in San Francisco
carly IN January. Il not before
The Neudclssahn Quaue, Clah is travelling
,n The State, with Mme, Christine Nilsson, the
swedish nightingale, meeting with great sue.
crss
NJ. lohu IIullah has bcen elected principal
ct ihc new Royal college 81 Music. London.
1t /, sad tha, Ait, the popular German
coupns,t. vii ,ie, America next season.
Nunc. rarpcnhcim Is singing With great sue.
oess in Rueno> Ayres South America.
The "Relcmr,icn is pronounced by the
teSt known EuroPcan critics to he the greatest
sotk Gcanod has evct accomplished, and viii
take rank Nth the ice grand oJatorAs.
\ letter has bcen received in this city from
Mir =. IT, Cowen, the composer Of "Rcss
Maiden" recently given by the Musical SO
CicD. Mt Co~en returns his sincere thank,
50 the society TOT presenting the work, which
was composed when he was eighteen year
old
Wagner Is at work upon a new opera, whiel
Is, indeed, religious. bu; no, Christian. Tn,
schie1 Of it Is Baddha.
A table, has lately been erected in IVES,
minister Abbey to the memory Of Balfe.
Some " our readers will remember a Mrs
Harictc, who attempted 10 teach vocal must
here tot few months. She adopted tn
squeezing method, VII; squeezing her pupil
waists, relieving j; 10 he the only proper wa
10 produce trse tone This same person ha
wu,ien leitet 10 san Francisco paper whic
IS ,afy all the way through. especially iha
part where the "premier" is brought in.
course the r. c. 4. had this brainless doov
neni in full
"Coafound these CATS" exclaimed old Xyl,
as he reached for his gun and erep, s,ealthil
toward the hack window. "why, those al
not cats, calmly replied his wiser seven eight
at IS only our new church choir practising {,
tomorrow "-E r,langr.
Chemical analysis Of musical amateur;
Essence u criticism .. .. ........-..... %
tszfvultty (c2Sco<sA- --....-. s-..---- 10
Stafli q Beethoven. ............-..- o.
S,sfli q Osentaeh. ......-....... IS
Traces q sell -oonSeli- o.. ... ...........
Perhaps nothing 70 retards the progress
the average student as the wan, OF 4 prop
system in the time devoted to practice Son
OF oar young lady students OF the piano
Honolulu would be wise il they were to res'
learn. marx and inwardiy diges, "Csesny
letters 10 a young lady on the an OF playing Il
piano forte.
Gilbert and SullivAn's new opera has he,
changed in title from "Perola to "Lolan,h
OF the Peer and the PEN"
Madam Jenny Lind Is living a, Malyer
Worcestershire, England, having purchased
beautiful residence there.
Discussing the voice. RosSini said: AZ
that ] want Is n resonant full sound, no,
sehreeching voice. ! care not whether il
fr speaking OF singing; everything, in fact,
sound melodious-"
To be able TO eStemporife upon the plan
the organ, OF upon any musical instrument,
one Of the highest gifts enjoyed by musician
for the improvisation is no, only composer
nay, he composes, auanges and executes
musical ideas ins,anianeously. Ex,empore pla
ing implies the power to invent theme. a
10 develop ], into pieee Of music without a
preparation. The greatest musicians were a
good imptoviSaiors, and they were proud
this particular gift.
A young lady, on - street, who is lea
ing to play the piano, wrote the following n
to her music teacher the other day: I'D,
Mr.. -, I wished TO lie excused from taxi
lesson until week from day, as We v
Bee Co BURY, and j won, have time to Pr;
tess"
The genius Of the piano-foue demands,
an essential quality in every performer, rapid
Of finger. The glitter OF notes evenly pla,
with both hands, long scales, uninterrupted
any break, permitting surprising touches
incubation and combination Of notes tina, C
no, lie Obtained with equal facility from
-. H.. ~
upon which our pleasure from the piano is
rived. There Is scarcely any instrument I,
presents such complex forms Of study. OF 4
demands s1ch constant. patient and judici
pracioe. And yet the common error is TO 5
pose that The road to the acquisition of I
fea command Of the ins,umen, is one
Amusement. Il is imagined that by play
pieces q MUSIC. to s~eeten the labor of pl
t,ce, mined Ai,h ie~ scales, player all
length be formed. A young lady is lief, u
she Is fifteen O, srieen years u age under
care u such teacher as she finds al sehs
She then quits. and. going with her friends
some concert. hear sDme eseelIen, play
and Is seized with an amb.iioa 10 excel
attempting 10 produce on her o~n piano W
thing like What she has heard. she beco
a<nSbls that her fingers do M, move with
rsen fcses and regularity tina, they coghi.
master il gagged 70 eou1ei her defects
even let him e, TO ~ork a. jodiciousiy a,
may. What ID be to DO With hand that
heen 70 long nsglecsedi Or what inelina
IL there in gIo~n Pspil TO undertake all
labor ~hsch shosld psoperb b< aooompl.,
m ehiIihocdi
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