The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-24
Cleo Clubs BriIIiant Concert.


Cleo Clubs Brilliant Concert.
Among the brilliant social events of the sea-
son was the concert given by the University
Glee Club at the Tacoma taeater last evening,
This was the second concert OF the year and as
III the past the music was as popularity received
as 1t was perfectly rendered. The theater was
filled with such an audience as is rarely brought
together except at these concerts, for the clubs
subscription list-the concerts being only given
to subseribers-consists of the names of the
leaders in fashion and taste Of the city. Besides
the active members, college men from the East
ern universities, are themselves all well-known
members of Tacoma's business and social life.
Though the club is barely three years old it
seems from its latest programme that there is ms
yet nothing too difficult for them to take up
and succeed in rendering. The programme:
PART l.
"Ths Beleagured" Arthur S. Sullivan
Henry F. Chorley.
"Once Uponne Tyne OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
............... Arranged by W. W. Pearson
J. Lawton Brain.
ousrtetse-aFirst Regiment March" $50.
"a Credo' William Makepeace Thackeray
Arthur NJ. Thayer.
'ltalan SALAD ....................h RICHARD Genes
Banjo and Guitar Clubs.
"The Song of the Tritons"
:.-:..:...: Arranged by F. c. Burnaud
"Pilgrim's Evening sorg' F. Kuecken
c. ]. Sprague.
solo-"The New Kingdom" Miss Rosini Rosin
"The Grasshopper" (by requesp.
The star numbers were. OF course, "The Be-
leaguered" and "Italian Salad" both of which.
as. in fact with all its music, the club rendered
from memory, using neither words nor music
on the stage, as is the custom with college glee
clubs, to which the university glee club still
adheres, though it long since exhausted the
stock OF light glees college cubs so render and
has graduated into the realms OF high art.
"Italian Salad has such class harmony, to-
gether with incessant changes Of time and sx-
preston aud very difficult obligsto accom-
paniment to the solo as to be a marvellous thing
that twenty or thirty people could memories
all so perfectly and render 1t together SO accu-
ratsly, with such precision and expression, sur
mounting also the diniculty of language. Yet
all this is what the club does with both these
pieces, for "The Beleagured" is nearly as diff
cult a com position in the clubs method of rem
dering as "Italian Salad is The latter is, as
its name implies, salad" of italian musical
terms. each of which is interpreted in express
sion in the music according to its true musical
value
"a Credo," as students drinking song, has
resisiibly to careless, thoughtless days OF I'M
dergraduate life. This is the only selection on
he programme suggestive of purely college
glee club music, "The Pilgrims Evening Soag."
an Ave Maria and "Spinn Spinn," a Norwegian
folk song, were both beautiful selections, and
were perhaps the most appreciated aside from
"The Grasshopper," a csntata full of keen hui
NOR, which finished the programme, and had
been repeated at this concert by earnest re-
quest
The selections generally indicate ambitious
aims on the part of the club and its rendering
fully warranted the many encores which were
given, and to which the club responded with
short and light selections. mostly of humorous
character In the soloist the audience were
rarely well treated by the club introducing Miss
Rosin, a new conner 20 the musical city, Her
voice is pure contralto of exceptional range
and expansion, and OF marvellous freshness.
And she sang her way Into great favor with
the audience, at once demonstrating that the
coveted honor OF club soloist, for this
concert. which she had baen invited to accept.
had been exceptionally we'll flied The mem.
bers of the instrumental club were enthusi-
asticaily received, as usual, and when they
ceased TO respond there was general feeling
that they should have had still another number
on the programme. 1t is long time since the
banlos, mendolins and guitars have appeared
at glee club concert, aud friends of the club
regularly expected To appear. The boxes were
filed with well-Enown people. among whom
were: Judge and Mrs. Frank ALLYN, Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Dickinson, Miss Little, Miss Plum
mer, Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Bull, Mrs T. V. Cses,r.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Marble, Miss Marble. MIR. n
F. Paine, Mr. Tyler, Mr.. and Mrs. l. E. Post.
Miss Post, Miss Piper. OF Seattle: Mr. Milford.
DR.. Adams, Mr.. staekpole, Mr. y. s. Bull. OF
Everett; Mr.. NJ ii. W,laes Miss Rosin ana
party hl!ed the soloist's box aud the reception
commiite had the usual ushers' boxes The
committees in charge were as follows:
House committee-Mr. II. s. Griggs, Mr. Z. G.
Griggs, Mr.. C. J. Snsyer.
Solo COMMUNICATION Frank Allyn Mr. w A
Bull, Mr. II. ). Griggs, Mr.. II. IL. Joy. ex-oaielo.
Reception committee-(Ushcrs T. w
Enos, chairman, Mr.. W. IL. Evans, Mr.. T.
Hslsted, Mr.. W. G. Heller, Mr. W. 5. OF. M
Morton Ramsdell, Mr.. Z. 4. Simpson, MI
Charles W. Whedon.
Patronesses-Mrs Frank Allyn, Mrs. sanuei
Collyer, Mrs. p V. Cesar, MIRA II. G. Poster
Mrs. L r. Manning, Mrs. Frederic Motte,. Mr.,
L E. Post.
Arraugemens-Mr. W. E. Bowen, Mr.. NJ. w
Graf, Mr.. K. G. Walker.
Floor-Mr. II. q. Foster, Mr.. W. A. Huu. Nv
William H. Evans, Mr.. II. $. Gsggs. Mr.. r ]
Handfor,h, Mr.. H. s. Nissan, Mr. r. Il. Rinlsv
Immediately after the concert the club hsld a
reception III the theater, at which the pat-on
esses received for the club, aud in tho mean.
time the stage was cleared and crash sprend for
the dance Ths decorations OF the stage were
in excellent taste, and the supper was a ysrv
successful feature OF the affair.