The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
MORE DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS.
Classical Arias to Again Resound Through
the Halls of Delaware Collega.
The Nature of the Entertainment to he Held
in Newark November nISt

The Nature of the Entertainment TO he Hell,
in Newark November 2Ist.
Lovers of refined and classical musi,
Will again be given an opportunity tC
enjoy themselves on the evening OF No,
! vember 2lSt., when Camilla Jrso and
her troupe of eminent artists will per
form in the oratory of Delaware College
at Newark. If the entertainment con
sisted alone of performances by Urso
herself it would be a magnificent one.
but in addition the programme contains
such names as that of Alice EStay,
| Carlo Russo, Auguste Sauret, Annie
Savage, and Frederic Luer. \ bril-
liant galaxy, indeed, and one from
which all that is expected will be OBJ
tanned. About Camilla Urso herself,
the majority of interest will center,
however. Camilla Urso is one of the
many remarkable women and talented
performer OF the present day. She is of
| French origin, but so thoroughly has
she studied to please the tastes of En-
| glishmen and Americans that she dis
| pleases none, at the same time retaining
that piquancy, grace, and cclnt, for
which the French are noted. AS won
derful musician Camilla Urso has long
held high rank. Her talents and
abilities are founded on thorough
| knowledge of the rudiments of her art,
and therefore her perfection. AS wo-
man she is much more than a performer
upon the public stage. Her life has
been serious struggle for the pace
she now holds, but every harsh aspect
of the toll has been relieved to her
personally by her soulful love of the art
of which she is mistress. She has fig
ured prominently in three countries of
the globe since the days of her first per-
formance at the Louvre at Paris. Her
art, and the perfection she has attained
in it, has brought her honors innum-
cradle, yet these tlattering victories of
the past but poorly compare with the
| general esteem in which she is held to-
day, since matured practice, increased
study and patient perseverance, have
| given her greater mastery than she be-
fore possessed. Urso's prominent traits
as musician are. in her violin perfor-
mances, a sweetness and purity of tone,
with an expression most remarkable.
Every light and shade is observed and
all the intentions of the composer faith
| fully rendered. Effects of double stop
ping-staccato, rapid appeggios-evcry-
thing is executed with the same purity,
the same grace. When she first arrived
in this county she appeared i'll concert at
| New York city: She was at first re
| garded as simply a curiosity-a girl who
| played the violin. One night estab.
llshed her reputation as 4 child with an
unlost soul-a master mind in small
girlish head. From New York size
went to Boston and then it was that
Camilla Crso first began to be familiar
character in our American life The
slender blue eyed girl, who to our no.
| tion seemed TO dress with a tritie Of the
unconventional, Won all hearts by ler
simplicity and girlish character, ard
| captured the critics with her playing.
| 1t was strange combination. The de.
mure foreign looking child with a hall
suppressed twinkle in her eyes and the
splendid technical ability, the light and
yet firm touch and magnificent tone. 1t
was IN Boston she obtained II an in
credibly short time her English educa-
tlon, and began her series of tours over
all parts of this country tLat made her
known to US as the child violiniste, Ca
milla Urso. When fourteen she refused
to appear publicly, and for a few years
people wandered what became of her
when suddenly the Camilla Urso that
we know reappeared. With immense
energy she had retired to her humble
home, and with the sole guidance Of her
Unborn genius, had completed a metha-
morphose, from the wonder child she
had become the great artist. She had
all the child's persistence, with a ma
turer spirit and broader talent. An ad-
| Vantigeous offer to be heard quickly
| appeared aud in Boston she PLAYED for
the first time as an artist. She had full
filled the promise of her girlhood and in
the very city, where as a child she had
won every heart, she now captured the
most critical Judgment by her playing.
In one night it was told that an artist
had appeared. Immediately after she
played at the Philharmonic Society.
New York, and her reputation was con-
tirmed and established beyond discus
sion. Her playing as child had been
remarkable. 1t had still much of the
same spirit that had appeared then
added to maturer character a nobler
style, more womanly sweetness ana IL
| higher artistic refinement. This was
the entrance upon the long series Of con-
cert tours that have made Camilla
Crso's face familiar i'll all parts of the
United States. While thus entering
upon an active artistic career she still
| found time to continue the study OF the
works of the great masters and to make
them all her own. Not merely to be
| able to read the notes at 81 hit, but to
| commit them to memory. Such is the
| character of the artist whom the wise
managers of the Review Lecture Course
| have secured for their third entertain.
| ment. This recountal of her own vir-
| tues as musician, and account of her
excellent support should be sufficient to
attract large audience from this COM
munity, and we hope it will. Camilla
| Urs) is the heroine of Charles Banards
| interesting little inovellete 'Camllla-a
tale of viosin.' She has figured prom!-
Hentiy in literary circles, and IS q vo-
man of extraordinary intelligeLcc, re-
| fnement, and comliucss. The orr torv
of the Delaware College, wherein size
will perform, is a pleasant and commo-
| dious room, the admission fee is nomi-
nal compared with the quality of the
entire performance, and the managers of
the entertainment should therefore be
literally supported in their effort to
| furnish the residents Of Newark, Elkton,
and their vicinities, evenings Of enjoy
ment. amusement. and Instructions.
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