Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-18
her, and we'll merited the applause che re-
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her, and we'll merited the applause ene re-
ceiyed from the audience.
PIANO SoLo-"Rondo Cspriciosa," e. MeadtSSohR.
Miss Juiis DJran.
Here we baVe the making Of a fine pi.
anisr. Miss Doran's performance was char
acterizsd by that d~elicacy of touch and
of phrssing which at all times mark
the thorough musician, and it was mani
testify apparent that her endesvors to mas,
ter the principles of music and the tech
meal difficulties which lie in the path OF
the young pianist, had not been in vain.
The writer, who was 80 fortunate as to
have heard her upon q former occasion, q
year or more ago, noticed o marked N
proyemeDt in shading, tone and touch, and
il ia evident Miss Dorsn has but to perse-
we're to become al artistic of high rank In
the world Of music.
Premiums In the Division Of the Second Class.
In this connection Father 0'Conner
read the m of Misses Frances Hand.
Ian, city; Edith Scott, chihuahua, Mexico;
Mary Kennedy, city; Clare Hale, Elizabeth,
W. Va; Alice Gloninger, Allegheny, Pa;
Margaret Kenna, Charleston, W. Va ;
Anna Reymsun, city; Brooksie Robinson,
Lake Village, Ark Nellie Cannon, At,
lants, Ga; Frsrces Stllwagen, Claysville,
Pa {; Nina McGrsw, Grafton, W. Va;
Ada Black, Burton, W. Va Loretta Leon
ard, Parksrsburg, W. Va. Cora Welsh,
East Bethlehem, Pa; Cora Friday, Pitts
burg; Mary Hsgan. DuUgannon, o. Mary
Fitton, city; Martha Beszsll, Steubenville;
Minnie Marvin, Csyuga Falls, o.; and
Isabel Corcorsn, Corning, o.
RECIrATIoN-"Borgia's ow".~........"... DoHneHy
Miss Jennie Brent.
This recitation OF Eleanor C.. Donnelly's
poem, chrouicling a dramatic episode in
spanish history, entities Miss Brent 10
both favorable and adverse criticism. Her
voice was good, her presence graceful, and
her manner Of delivery pleasing and etfec'
| tive, showing q correct appreciation OF the
scene described and much dramatic sbill'
~, but her gestures. while always graceful,
were not uniformly appropriate. and her
enuneiation, while clear and distinct, was
marked by q tendency to draw out certain
words to an abnormal and unnatural
length, thus msrring what would otherwise
have been q perfect recitation.
HARP soLO-"Le Sylphe" ~"...."".... Oberthu'
Miss Anna Lang.
Miss Lang is quite young, certainly not
over Is, and has been a student OF the
harp only about two years, but she rem
dered the poetic and beautiful strains Of
lie Sylphe" in a manner which at once
pleased and surprised her auditors. 1t
should be, and we have no doubt it is, q
matter of general regret among musicians
that the harp does not tud more favor III
the eyes of students in America Pos
sessiug a tone far more sweet than that oil
its modern offspring, the piano, its play
ing briggs out to the utmost whatever Of
grace the player has been endowed with by
Nature, while no other instrument, with the
exception of the violin and cello, affords
such space for expression and the fine eff
fects borne of poetic feeling aud refined
musical nature. Miss Lang should feel
encouraged to persevere in her studies on
the harp; she is already almost its master
VOCAL QUARrErTE-From "Fidelio" ......B eelhoren
Misses Agnes Kean, Mary Tully, Marie Hamil and
Mary DOnOhue.
This beautiful quartette was sung by the
ladies 10 which it was assigned in a most
delightful manner, the fresh young voices
responding most effectively to the judicious
accompaniment furnished by Sister Angela.
Aside from the purity OF the tone, the
most noticeable feature of the number was
the perfect time, not a break being apparent
from the opening to the closing notes. The
whole rendition msyjuStly be characterized
as splendid, and the applause bestowed was