, 1889-03-05
ENHANCING.
. Splendid Musical Treat Last
Evening.
A Concert Patronized and Appre-
ciated in Cheyenne.
Mr.. musin and His Company Cap
tured the Audience.


gregated at the opera house to hear a
concert, was in attendance at the Musin
concert last evening. The best element
OF the city was present, and never before
was there a more enthusiastic gathering
within the walls of the opera house.
Every selection was greeted with r~apturous
applause and encore after encore was de
manded and responded to by the artists.
The opening selection, LISTS Rhapsodie
Hungroise No. 6, was played by MIR.
Edwin M. Shonert with a purity of tech
nique and fine shading which proved him
a pianist of the first rank. The excel
lence of this rendition met with such APP
proval by the audience that acknowl-
edgements were not acceptable and Mr..
Shonert was compelled to respond with
another selection. Q
Mr.. Whitney Mockridge, the celebrated
tenor, sang for his first number Thomas
popular 20 Vision Entrancing," and
from the very beginning the audience
recognized in him a vocalist of rare abili-
tY. AS a lyric tenor Mr.. Mockridge has
won for himself-and deservedly so-the
proud distinction of the first on the
American concert stage. His information
Is remarkably pure and his voice resonant
and full and sympathetic withal He
also was forced to answer to many recalls.
Many of those present had heard Miss
Annie Louise Tanner at the Gilmore
musical festival at Denver last year, and
upon her entrance she was received
heartily. She sang Proch's Air with Vari-
atoms with such charm and grace as to
win her listeners at once. Her information
in the rapid passages was marvellous.
Her voice is one of unusual purity and
i~exibility. Every note was clear and DIS
tinct, and the range of her voice is re-
markable indeed. Few who heard her last
evening would believe that but the day be-
fore she had an operation performed on her
throat. Nothing but her indomitable will
carried her through the concert and yet
the audience was in blissful Ignorance
thereof and recognized her merit from
first to last. AS the lady expressed her
self to the writer, ''She would sing or die
in the attempt" Although her singing
was beautiful, it is to be hoped that Chey-
enne will have an opport unity to hear her
on some future occasion when the lady
has totally recovered her usual repose.
The next number on the programme
was the Souvenir de Haydn" which
was the Introductory selection of Mr..
Divide Musin. His entrance was given a
greeting as was due this great violin
v~irtuoso. From the very introduction of
his solo Mr.. Musin captured the audi
ence and swayed them at his will. The
gentleman has all the qualifications
ofa maestro. He is a perfect master of
the instrument, not of an excitable temp
erament, and produces a tone of rare
strength, yet so sweet and sympathetic as
to touch the heart. His technique is
of a very high perfection. His staccato
alone in the world to-day. In this he far
excels the great Wilhemj. His harmon
les are pure and precise, not a slip does he
make in the most intricate passages. The
audience realized at once that they were
listening to one of the worlds greatest
artists, and at the close of his solo shout
after shout went up. such as we're never
heard at a concert in this city before.
The gentleman had to respond to many
recalls and his hearers were not satisfied
until he had answered to a double en-
core.
His Carnival de Venice produced many
a ripple of laughter and showed that the
artist could even produce comedy of
almost the farcical order on his instru-
ment.
Throughout the entire programme the
enthusiasm of the audience was I'M
bounded and each selection was encored,
even to the very last one. 1t was dem
onstrated last night that Cheyenne can
turn out a good audience that is apprecia-
tive and knows what is meritorious. The
concert reflected credit upon the members
of the company and the gathering upon
our city.
Result of the Revival.