Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-14
THE PERFORMERS.

Mr. THOMAS, tie lesder and conductor,
was born in Hanover, Germany in 1885, the
.on OF musician and descended from a
lin player. and young Theodore received in.
structions from hiGl at very early age, and
Of six he was heard on the concert stage. In 1876
the family emigrnted 10 the United states, fixing
their nome in Kew York City where for two years
hniEt. The critic of the New York Tribune at
that time, hearing him at one OF these concerts,
wrote that Master theodore Thomas" would
create stir in the musical world in the eounse Of
tirne His prediction was strongly verified, for to
day Mr.. Thomas takes the foremost rank among
chorus directors and orchestra leaders in the world
MORSE 5. DOWNS, musical director of the Mozart
Society, is one of the most efficient vocal in
structors we have had in Memphis, and a chorus
leader of skill and magnetic force, possessing
In no ordinary degree the power TO euthuse and
inspire those under his baton; the ability TO inter
pref with simplicity and elearBess the great MAJ
ters teaches, and the consciousness and courage
TO execute faithfully and well all ne undertakes.
He has had thorough artistic training and long
experience in drilling large bodies of singers, and
has at various times In NewiYork given, with great
ecsdt, with the asststsuc of Adelaide Phillips.
Nyron W. whitney aud the Thomas and Philhsr-
monte orcE estras the oratorios of Messiah Elijah,
etc. He deserves great credit for the skifrl man
nsr in which he has trained the society chorus,
q wsrk in which he has been greatly assisted
BY Mrs R. Wayne Wilson, accompalyist Of the
Mozart Society and pisno-forte teacher In the Con-
choruses es hsye no orchestral accompanimsnts
She is powerful auxiliary to the chorus, who
have much reliance in the re-isiou and readi-
ness Of her support 81 her audience.
MME. JULIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with her
debut at the famous Gewandhsus of I,eipsc, where,
at the age of seventeen, Nile. Rive crLated an al
most unprecedented JnToTe in the very cradle OF
cls-sicism aud before an audience once the most
cultured and critical 10 be found in Europe, LEI
success great it hzs been, may be said 10 have
kept psce with her steady advarceHent and
artistic development. The remarkable little Amer
lean prodigy whs was at once the wonder and
pride of the brilliant eoteri> of art students
who, in 1871 assembled at Weinarst TO draw
inspiration and instruction from List, the
great modern master OF piano playing
has ripened into one of the acknowledge Grtisil
of the world, and has achieved a reputA tia
yiei win that Of her sisters in arr Aesda1es eehu
mann, Enpof KTebs and ZimmermRnn- Sincs
her return to her native land the career of Nine
King has been continuous succession Of brillisn
triua phs. her versatility being such that she hal
been enabled to present to her audiences roper
| toire inconparzbly greater and more varied thar
that Of any pianist now before the public and he
enorm Gus technique (which aeTns TO have no limit
but rather to be only seeking new directions II
which TO unfold ilsslb, placing her equally q
home in the entire range OF pianofor htersiur'
from the severely Classical style OF Bach and Rae
| del. to the brilliant and sensational tnspirsron
OF LiEzt and hiz followers.
| Ms. z. HUMPHREY-ALLEg, whose voice Is
| pure soprsno of great range and eriHaney, hs