Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-25
The Cohn Concert.


evening, at the New Metropolitan Theater,
rendered to Richard T. Coin, a popular
amateur tenor singer, was largely attended
and by q representative audience. The
programme was varied and gave entire sat
is~faction. Annie Davis. but eleven years
OF age, opened the concert with a piano
solo, Witches Dance" Paganini, playing
with remarkable strength and facility and
nicely OF execution not to be expected in
one SO young. Gertie Carlev. possessed of
a remarkably sympathetic and sweet voice.
sang the waltz song, Heather Bell" and
for an encore 1.-THE Cricket on the
Hearth" This young singer gives promise
OF broadness and great power in music.
AT present she sings with feeling such as
is but rarely met with. Mr.. Cohn, in a
fine voice, sang the tenor solo Never
to Part" and for an en-
core The Maid of the Mill,n giving
both with excellent effect and good taste.
He was applauded over and over again, and
favored with many floral tributes of friend
ship. e. A. Neale played for a flute solo
Caprice Militaire," and in response to an
appreciatiye encore played, with variations,
The Harp that Once Thro' Tara's Halls"
Mr.. Neale played with marked delicacy,
though manifesting a little embarrassment.
@AANAANS aPRLOF1NA AAAo ia CC1OC
and fine %tonguing by the most pronounced
applause. Mrs. S. Katzenstein gave the
soprano solo Roses end Violets," and for
an encore Angel Bird" giving both eff
fectively. Messrs. Beaumont, Sanborn,
Carroll and Auerbach sang with strength
and vigor and musical precision Praise of
the Soldier and for an encore enthusias-
tically insisted upon sang the comic quar-
tet Simple Simon Miss Hermina Fleiss-
ner for a piano solo played "Galop de
Bravura," her execution being notably
superior, and on recall played ga
Vote" composed by Professor Fleiss-
ner. Mrs. Addie Carter gave the
contralto solo, bright Star of
Love-" with feeling emphasis and pro-
nounced effectiveness, and on recall sang
" Far Away with equal success. In the
first piece she sang to flute oblisato by Mr..
Neale. Miss Gertrude n. Jones and r. Il.
Cohn sang the duet "Adieu.n Much in
terest was manifest to hear Miss Jones, this
being her first public appearance in some
| years and since her return from study at
the East. Her voice is strongly sympa-
thetic, not powerful, but with resonant
quality, of sweetness of tone and good
body and is well managed. The young
lady certainly received the warm approval
of the auditors, and on recall sang with
liz SilCNlleClCSS, WIFI MT. OOQl,
" Lies Dream Is Ger Mrs. w. C. Lewis
sang a cavatina from al Troyatore." and,
unless we greatly mistake, never sang better.
1t was an artistic effort and admirably
achieved. The applause was of the most
complimentary character and the lady re-
appearing, sang 9 By Moonbeams Bright"
a. Sanborn sang the tenor song, Loving
Heart Trust On" He gave it excellently,
with strength and feeling, and for an encore
sang "Postillion.n The Gypsy Chorus"
by Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Auerbach, Mr.. Auer-
bach and Mr.. COIN, sung with spirit and
precision, closed a most excellent evening
of song by people only three of whom can
be said to be other than amateurs. 1t was
a thoroughly successful affair. There was
no weak performance on the list, but merit
in every number no failure, and no effort
that was not worthy of even more COM
mandatory remark than has been here in
dulged in. The accompanies of the even
ing were Mrs. C.. A. Neale, Mrs. r. H.
Auerbach and Miss Hermina Fleissner.
New Metropolitan Theater Acoustics.
The new Metropolitan was tested for the
first time in concert last evening. Its
acoustic excellencies were fully demon
strated. We were at pains in company
with others to gauge the capacity of the
theater for varying voices in the three main
divisions of the house. In each the result
was not highly gratifying, but entirely
satisfactory. Nowhere is there any echo;
anywhere the Softest vocal notes can be
distinctly heard, aud in their original purity
and without diminution of quality. The
resonant qualities of the auditorium are so
positive that there is very little choice as to
points of vantage for hearing. The gallery
is, however, the best place, the center of
the parquet next best. But, as we have
said, there is very little choice, except as to
the gallery, which is very superior for hear
ing purposes. When the Palmer dramatic
troupe opened the new theater with society
plays, there was complaint that the actors |
were heard with difficulty. Architect
Grey insisted that this was not due |
to II faults of the house, and this |
was. in the next week, proven. Most of |
the Palmer people spoke in low voice, and
made ne effort to catch the " tone u of the
house, which Mr.. Long and his company
had no difficulty in doing. Last night
eleven vocalists and FIVE instrumentalists
fairly and fully, during two hours, tested
the capacity of the theater, and there was
not a tone nor an enunciation that was not
heard with ease in any part of the house,
and clearly, and without mufi1ng or Grip
ping. 1t would still further improve the
fine acoustic properties of the house if the
heavy drop curtains could be looped
back further and somewhat higher. We
understand that this is the judgment and
advice of Colonel Gray, the architect.
" Drapery swallows sound, y and hence its
withdrawal from over the singer is NEST
desirable.
a Dogs Mistaken Idea of Duty.
A week or so ago a party driving across
the Rancho del Paso, or possibly IN a pic