The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-03-04
The {. Qaai,ts:sa Concert.

The {. Qaarte:se Concert.
An audience a. - act in quality
as great in numbers. last Friday lis.
tened to delightful musical pro-
gramme at Lyric Hail.
There are suffici,si; reasons to in
duce me to say, that during my stay
in Cresco. there has been IL distinct
advance in the musical intelligence,
an advance not 0uly rr.nar.1;ihie for
the short period DURING ~Airl. II took
place. but further remarkable. ;,,A
cause Of its extent. = tan, ib;a
proof IF II higher state Of musical in
relligencc is to be found iii the On
CARNATIONS al our numerous csaIch
choirs. But the great success of the
above concert still further indicar,
very clearly that there has arisen iii
our people not on,v love, but
devotion for n,n-ic, which evidence
will scarcely find a parallel iii towns
OF Cresco's size. .i'i;. nin-.ira. pro-
gress OF Il town depends nliaiy up
on first class leaders. individual in
strnction. ard upon the number of
persons who can be educated to q
standard Of musical Intelligence.
And although the musical results
that have been obtained arc not us
yet very great in poinr Of culture,
still. the extent of the effort being
made is such rs to make it mere
question Of time when Crcsco will
lead DEBORAH in musical matt"rs.
The attractions of the c. Quar-
tette concert We're Miss Emma Won
E!sner, Mrs DR. Bennett, Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Moon. the ladies' quatt.tte choir Of
the Methodist church and the Ores
co Orchestra consisting OF Miss Win
ME Priest, Dr.. &. II. Kellogg. Messrs
Luther Schoiieid. Gro.nm and Alder-
son.
Miss Emma Won Elsue.'s VOC al
performances are the result Of seii-
Gus studies with good masters Of
practical experience. She has grown
IL remarkable singer, and as such
she was the browning attraction Of
| the concert. She evinced self reli-
ance, self control, power OF will, good
sense, enthusiasm for really good
| music, Il delicate sense Of hearing, a
icsree OF power Of feeling, fine taste.
good stage manners. WAS the most
| exluisiteiy beautifully dressed lady
in the house. and mistress Of be-
| witching sourites which were Il dish
for the gods aud therefore alarmed
me. She is free Of ma,trGi,e hcnte.
and appraised that on sucn grand &C.
casions manners, slexterity. address.
and the undetinahie .je ne sais quoi
triumph! ii properly exerted. their
conquest is SIRE, and the more last
! ing for Rot being detinable. Her vocal
teachers rightly taught her to man
age the vocal machine instead of
trying to remodel the vocal fabric
after manufacture. Virtually this
grand mistake lof forming the tone
in the mouth is made by nearly all
the methods now in vogue; for they
dwell mainly upon the influence Of
the mouth, not knowing the acoustic
fact that nearly all radical faults are
committed in the throat, or BY the
respiratory organs before the mouth
is reached, and that the mouth has
little influence over the individual
quality. pitch or power Of the voice,
save as il models the tone. already
formed in the throat, into the vari-
Gus vowels Of the language, Il task
we'll enough learned in infancy, and
requiring only the most general di-
reciious for the more exalted efforts
Of artistic delivery. The results OF
this physical method constitute the
surprising, almost incredible differ
ence between Miss Emma Won Els
ner's voice in singing and the voices
Of all the other vocalists OF the eve-
Mig. BY that physical method the
delivery of voice is generally revo.
i lutionized In Il single course; moi
only is the power Of every voice At
least doubled. and its scale largely
extended, but the quality becomes
pure not simply modified and i'm.
,proved, bat absolutely pure and res.
onant throughout its entire com.
pass. For proof [ point to Miss Vir.
ginia Strother Of this town. The
change in quality is due to certain
roundness and concentration O.
tone, which mnst be acquired by III
singers For huskiness, breathiness
! weakness Of voice and rapid fatigue
II ,h,.oat. are not, as Is generally
supposed, cau--ad by weakness or b.
the common cata,ra.. sta.e u 'h'
vocal parts. or even in the .~eS
measure by faulty respiratory hab
/ its. The true reason is, that the
/ whole vocal region. from the breas
bone to the palate and pharynx, !:
!. not made firm or solidifled by tn,
stronger throat muscles, which poin
could wish Miss Emma Won Elsne
, would permit me to present to he
I especial examination and attention
: And to the general consideration o
: all vocal students / beg leave to pre-
/ sent the following: All faults OF 70
/ cal quality, all loss OF compass, al
I weakness or rapid fatigue of vote
/ is due to .tatlty muscular actor
4 causing wrong movements OF til
i vocal parts. II the vocal chord
+ (muscles) are brought too tightly to
7 gether, causing harsh or gratin
j ones. If the voice-box Narynx)
sunk too low in the throat, causin