The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-20
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On Saturday evening, January 18th, th
young ladies ofMt de ohaatal gave thei
first soiree musicale for 1885, and on III
10th they will commence the semi.annua
examination in the English course, Frencl
and German. As this will be . very en-
crossing affair another musicale may no
| be looked Tor until the young ladies hay,
had sufficient time TO rest after their extri
exertions
The performances on Saturday evening
were conducted, mainly, by beginners
and, therefore, were not so interesting Il
the audience aswhen the more advanced
pupils presided.
But to the teachers this concert was par
ticularly attractive, as giving evidence oil
the earnest study and great improvement
made by those who are 50 often discour-
aged with the hard labor demanded for
the acquisition OF finished technique.
The rudiments Of music are simply mech.
anical drud9ery, and nothing but the hope
OF what may be Its results can sustain the
courage OF any student. There comes the
great advantage Of children being away
from home, and compelled by firm and
steady. discipline to discharge their duty
faithfully by not being permitted to shirk
their practice or waste their time. uea-
ven help the poor teachers who are de-
pendent upon home influence for the pro.
gress OF their pupils! To-day somebody
in the family has q headache and cannot
endure the sound Of tho piano-to-
morrow visitors will call Just as
the child takes her seat at the
instrument, and the next day some foolish
pretext or other will set aside the bug-bear
again and so to the end OF tho chapter.
Ask those whose lot it is to be music
teachers, how often they find pupil who
comes to them without having new faults
and with no attention paid to
the directions given at the last lesson.
Very much might be said on this subject,
but wo must proceed without further do.
lay to tho musicale" in question.
The first piece on tho programme was
little melodyof schumann' 8, called Hap
piness Enough" This was played by Miss
Alice White, of West Virginia. Der touch
is sweet and for beginner the piece was
creditablS performed,
This was followed by the song, "Let Me |
De Near Thee, sung by Miss lone White,
OF West Virginia. Her voice Ia clear and |
sweet, but lacks truth Of imitation. Miss
Lou Riley, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, read q
piece entitled "Daniel Webster's First |
Plea, but as she lost all self-possession
she failed 10 do herself Justice. L
Miss Carrie 0'BTien, OF Toledo, Ohio,
played HSweet Remembrance" By Stephen
Heller, with good deal OF taste, neatness
Of execution and with correctness. Misses
Marie Hamil, OF New York, and Carrie
0'Brien rendered the vocal duet, "When
Know That Thou'st Near Me, "by Abt
with fine effect. Their voices blended re.
we'll, and they sang with q
great deal Of spirit.
Miss Sallic Wensel, OF Natohos, Tom,
read comic piece called "Jehn Jcnkins,"
which afforded great amusement and
elected unbounded applause. This was
sufficient to prove how well tho piece was
read,
Miss Flora Bishop, Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
opened the second part OF the entertain
ment with vocal solo, 'Tit for Tat, y and
would have made quite success oft, had
It not been for q nervous attack in the !
midst Of it, which caused such hesitations
as greatly injured the effect.
Miss Teresa Maser, OF Bellaire, Ohio,
played q nocturne Of I4eherts with delicacy
and nestness, When she is further ad.
vanced she will know how to distinguish
between vaiientondo and a slow move
ment. -t.p f1 lgH
Miss Mary Donohue, Of Grafton, W. Va,
read poem OF Father Ryan's, entitled
sThe Old Year and the New" Her voice
g full, deep and clear, the enunciation dis.
tinct aud the conception Of the piece was
intelligent.
Miss Kate Owens, Of Victoria, Texas,
played a "Polka Caprice hy Rive King.
Her touch is exceedingly sweet, her exc
cution neat, and for q first appearance the
whole was an excellent performance.
Miss Marie Hamil gave the song "Who's
at My Window" with considerable arch
ness, and in style that manifested great
on the voice itself since her |
last appearance.
Miss Julia Doran, OF Lock Haven, Pa, |
and Miss jamie Humes, of Abingdon, Va,
closed the evening with beautiful couzo.
META, by Pnchtler, for two pianos. This
was the only brilliant feature OF the pro-
sramme, the two young ladies' doing them
selves grea. credit by the perfection
Of time which they preserved throughout
The entire piece; their variations In the
Tempo were also accurately observed,
heir shading, phrasing and execution
being equally good. But when Joseffy
himself is announced in Wheeling as
being deficient in character and expires.
sion, we hardly know what to char.
acterize as such. BY competent
iudges in Europe and in
his country he is pronounced the unrivai-
led Interpreter OF Chopin. Now how any
one can faithfully interpret Chopin, and
yet not play with feeling and the charac-
ter SO distinctly impressed in his compost
lions, is indeed mystery. Chopin stands
In school OF music so peculiar in itself,
that he may BIO considered as apart from
all his compeers and no one can translate
him worthily, who does not make his
style speciality. As Chopin could not
have written Beethoven's sonatas, neither
could Beethoven have written Chopin's
waltzes, nocturnes, ballads and concertos.
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