The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-30


ordinary lecturer who gets himself up on
one little subject 10 de utter exclusion ob
ouoers, as can be imagined. He began at
.ne beginning Of English efforts in a vocal
Lins. ano Illustrated his lecture with songs
OF the different periods; 50 the treat was a
mental and musical one at the same time.
MT. Elson Is so we'll known and highly
Regarded as a great musical critic and
authority In Boston shat one almost hesi-
Ia.es TO say anything about him at ali, but
uaresay the students who have the pleasure
OF attending his lectures fully realize what
an immense advantage and education it Is
20 then. L quite forgot 10 say, while
writing OF the society concert, that two
very stout gentlemen, with an lair of the
courts ABOUT them, came in just before the
concert began, and my next door neighbor
nuoged me and whispered: 1.-The Grun-
Ieits. Sure enough, 1t was. They we're
very herman or Austrian, or something in
appearance and behavior, and said "bravan
at Mrs. Nikisch aud clapped vociferouslv
and ran out between times to congratulate
the performers; at least the pianist did.
his brother kept his seat, and was not as
nuch en- ectdeRce. Perhaps he did not feel
Sd Famous, or maybe he was not naturally
so enthusiastic. Are Americans more re-
served than foreigners, or are we blessed
with a keener sense of the ridiculous Q
Our Mr.. Busoni" was the soloist at the
NTH rehearsal and symphony concert last
Saturday evening.
Haydn's Symphony No. l in E-flau was
given for the first time, followed by the
beethoven concerto for pianoforte, No. in
G-major. cadenzs by Busoni. He was re-
called three or four times by the audience
who fellin love with his truly magnificent
playing.
In the historical and descriptive notes of
the symphony programme Mr.. Wilson says
OF the concerto:
ut is believed to have been begun in
1875, but perhaps not finished until 1906.
The work was a particular favorlte with
Mendelssohn, who, after it had lain I'M
needed for many years in Germany. played
1t at the Gewandhaus concert in
Leipsig, Nov. 3, 1896. Several years later
Mendelssohn played the concerto in London
on two occasions, making extemporaneous
cadences which differed totally from the
approximations in the same places with
which no I'D astonished and delighted his
hearers at the reheaTcsl ut each performs
ance. 1t was not until later wGr!. that
Beethoven infracted the previous custom of
leaving to the executant 10 insert cadences
at particular periods Ia the first and last
movements OF a concerto. (Mr. Busoni will
play cadenzas written by himself) Some
time after the completion of the G-major
concerto, Beethoven wrote several cadences
for the first movement and one for the last,
which were published subsequent to his
death. 1t is one of the most beautiful and
graceful compositions, but at the same
time is poem which, In the range OF CON
certos, has no equal. 1t is a concerto writ
ten by tone>poet, and only tone-poet
is able to perform it worthily."
A SPLENDID PUBLIC LIBRARY.
hn
week or so ago in It's very unfinished condi-
ton, for a display OF architectural de.
signs In the main room, and, suppose, to
give the people faint idea of its future
beauty.
The entrance and stairway Of marble are
partly done, and huge slabs Of what took
TO be Mexican onyx were lying about in
readiness for the walls they were to adorn
The enormous lions at the first landing were
in place, glazing amicably at each other
across the white steps aud far above the
heads of the spectators. They are noble
specimens Of the sculptor's art, and their
great size and apparent smallness gives you
some notion Of the superb proportions of the
hall and staircase. In the main room,
which extends the entire length of the build
ing, some of the lovely stained glass win
dows were in and the rough walls were COW
cred with designs from New ork and Boston
architects. Some of the designs for build
ings, public and private, in the south were
as beautiful as any IN the collection, AND
there was a fine sketch of the clock tower ia
Savannah and the mural decorations in
Christ church. by Haberstrah & Son.
There were lots and lots" of charming
drawings, water oolors, sketches, photo.
graphs Of buildings, towers, fountains, and
even a design for the entrance to a cave, by
Miss Edison.
cross-eyed, and then we ran across Copley
square to the art museum TO see the exhibi.
ton in the print room of Walter Cranes
illustrations and water-colors. can't be-
gin TO describe them they we're so English
and medieval; esthetic in the most approved
sixteenth century style. Some Of them
were weird and all were wonderful.