New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-19
MYSTICAL COMMENT.

This country has long been looked upon The
golden land Of musical artists. There have been few
Of great repue I'm Europe within the last sixty years.
either singers instrumentasts, who have not
visited these shores. The motive, formerly, was
tredomnantly financial. and the tradition Of the rich
rewards Which to be harvested mere Is stu
preserved ia expression which ever and anon Is
get found In the foreign journals. America, TO them.
Is sill the land OF dollars. The discovery Is
gradually making. however among the artists lhem'
selves that mediocnty has n more difficult row 10
hoe here that In the transatlantic countries of older
culture. and for some years there was marked IN
terruptIon Of the Influx Of visiting performers. The
present has witnessed something OF revival
" old notions possibly because OF the suspension OF
the representations mt the Metropolitan Opera House,
We have had virtuosi OF the Oldfashioned knd whe
came to exploit few snowy compositions In winch
they fancied they could bewuder and amaze Worse
than this however has been the advent Of youthful
PLAYERS and prodigies. OF whom the most STRIKING
EXAMPLES is Miss Castellano, who played first at
Tie last concert OF the Boston symphony Or
ch.stra and last night gave a recital in Chick
ernr HALL or the extremely youthful, Miss Cottow,
vho PLAYED at the Seld concert In the Lenox
Ivc.m last sunday evening II Is comparatively
easy 10 speak, for she IS unrpe In every respect
,bat the ONLY sentiment that she can excite Is one
Of regret that natural guardians and teacher should
have permitted her TO play In public at all That
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the strength nor the understanding which are exaced
v an artistic task Of half the magnitude OF that
which she assumed In the performance OF Chopihs
concerto The Italian girl has the advantage OF pe"s
two years older and much stronger. she Is aso uu'"
better equipped in the technical elements OF pashs
SIN We must question the wisdom OF her mother ana
manager I'm presenting her public performer at
IN. pr,,eut time She is too mature 10 be treated Is
a child wonder and too immature To be- treated rs IN
artist. OF the things which enter INTO th and
arfis Ia
volatile fingers Musical sense Is almost wholly WALL
ing in her playing. and feeling entirely So ~
nm audience OF music lovers 10 listen To her enoT.
ulaT Beehoyen's "Wald,ten" sonata Is an auiV.'
TO elr good Judgment and TASTE ana pred S NJ
sentiment i, igccnseqnen!!al eEmp"r p%1rs VII" IN
Yam W l" Marucd aud LIST; wh, ,c,
she played last night Much OF me s'' and il.
Performance might have passed muster II min
not been associated the programme" win m'un
:. rtIuehlne>maclt" which Is not within III" hoHnn
Of the girls mental emotional facniics. II s ,ry
10 NAV snc compositions: IL She is IN artist, ,he
Ought to be rebnked for PLAYING them 50 osu ls,nr'
dny afternoon and play at Chopn's first sonata, a
rhapsody by Brahms. ana two tran'cp,io , OF vi
ner'S music. The fact must De re'o"'" VII" ''e'"
II Is not often that it seems worth while 10 cor.
rert geographical errors in musical reviews; "er
ally the intelligence ol the reader e,l no , soms
supply tie reading intended by me wrl'' lr,,ns" a
Justice to a composer w P'Il"i"'i
correction however. such case o',ufr'u W. ~.
tribune last Monday, when phrase Intended 10 10
,nnJofory was changed into disprai>e by Tile 'rais
formation of the written word The reviewer IT.
to say that Henri Marteai the Young Penn h ,sh
Isl had PLAYED Bruch's first CONCERTO win G1sn,
hrilriancv and purity OF information tiat were la,i
rrrifvnp vet sacrificed not title OF us inusi,at
essence" The type changed little into i'te aaa
completely revoliliionizrd the sens, NJ "ar'eA"
deserves TO have the matter set straight
Mr. and Mrs ThicS will give an evening OF song n
- p,tsr's Hall West Tweniellst.. this evehhs' uhue'
tbr nm plces OF III. ST. Peters Aid society