St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-10
MUSIN, THE MASTER.
An Appreciative Audience Gath
ers to Greet the Violinist at
Unity Church.
His Power to Charm All
Hearers.

Unity church was filled last evening
with an enthusiastic audience, full OF
the memories of what Divide Musin has
given them before and expectant of
greater things. For Mr.. Musin's fame
is worldwide. and the present trip con-
cludes tour around the world He is
supported by a competent company, and
tue concert proved a delightful success.
Divide Musin is not only violin vir-
tuOSo. but composer of high rank, and
the king of instruments proves will
ing subject to his magic bowling. A
caprice on Scotch airs of his own COM
position was selection full of fire and
dash, breathing Scotch heather and res
onant of bagpipes. The air Charlie
Is My Darling" seemed resoundlng
from the clans in their mountain fast
ness. In technical work, the double
string and harmonic effects were fine.
two, he gave minuet from Boccherini,
and finale from his own first ca
price. Mr.. Musin's second APP
pearance was i'll the solo Even
ing Starr from "Fannhauser,"
and Musin's mazurka. The last is a
characteristic moroccan, and the encore
was responded to with Pagonini's varia-
tiOnS for Ii string alone, feat which
few VlOliniStS of today attempt ana
fewer succeed in. 1t seems marvellous
that one string can produce such varied
melody, unbelievable except as the
flashing of the hand back and forth on
the string Indicates the necessity of
rapid execution. This was followed by
Carnival of Venice" and third en-
core resulted in selection from Bohm
with united strings. Mr.. Musin is GER
tainly an artist of high degree, and critl-
cism can find few flaws, ii any, to pick
in his execution
Annie Louise Tanner-Musin was the
soprano soloist. and has been heard here
before. She has a voice that is ranked
phenomenal for heXibility ami rauge.
the ease of Patti. Her first selection
was difficult waltz from Arditi, and
she followed it with Spanish song.
Her greatest achievement was in the
solo "Pre aux ciercs," from Herold,
withviolin obligato.-& Her higher notes
have all explosive, brilliant quality
which is electric. The encore was
Cuban Serenata, by Paladiche.
The meZZo-Soprailo, Miss lneZ Parma
ter, has fresh young voice. which has
not been worn by the concert trip. Her
upper notes are particularly pleasing,
but the middle and chest tones are very
often thin and childish. Her solo
"From Out Thine Eyes, was given with
clearneSS Of tone, but it lacked express
sion. For a recall she gave 80 Promise
Me- of De Koven.
Pier Delaso is the most finished artist
Of the company. His full bass voice
has brilliant quality in the upper reg
icff rnttt y,A 4 In III oh
notes and t1eXibility seldom combined
in one voice His artists soul is visible
in the rendition which is marked by
no mannerisms, but graced by perfect
musical instinct. His selections were
Verdi's "Infelice" and Jude's "Mighty
Deep" For encores, Mr.. Delasco gave
"A Brigand's Life" by Ferrand. and
the catchy college song "Fumeula."
Eduard Scharf was the pianist of the
evening. and he deserves unstinted
praise. AS player he is of the brilliant,
snowy order, partly from the selections;
but his touch is firm and true. delicate
at times. The greatest fault is lack
of color and tone-the virtues, deli
cate nuiance in time and brilliancy
Of ensemble. As an accompanlst, and
the task last evening was an arduous
one, Mr.. Scharf is perfection. One
doesn't realize that all accompaniment
is being played, but the support to the
singers is constant and intense. The
piano selections were LISTS para
phrase Oh "Rigoletto'' and Hungarian
march of KowalSki.
One unfortunate thing was that the
piano was keyed whole tone too low,
and robbed the singers and violin of
much brilliancy, but it certainly tested
the mowers of the DaSSO