The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-02-09
Oride Mnain

On Friday the 9th inst. our music low
ing people win be afforded rare treat
NJ the public school building
On that date Divide Musin with al
unexeelled company Of artists nill girea
concert at the public school building for
the purpose Of completing the payment
ior the piano recently purchased.
our people have been remarkably
fortunate this season IN the character Of
the entertainments afforded them, but Of
all that have come and gone, not one
afforded the opportunity to those who
are really judges Of fine music that will
be afforded this Friday evening, The
house should be crowded. In fact it
would reflect sadly upon our city IL 50
great musician as Divide Mnsin should
fail to fill the house. His performances
on one string Of his violin Is said 70 DO
marvellous.
When Paganini, the violin Yirtuoso,
first appeared In London 1881 the report
preceded him that he had previously
been imprisoned for term of twenty
years, and during this incarceration he
was 50 poor that be could not even pro-
vide himself with q proper instrument'or
strings for the same. He therefore made
q violin out Of n wooden shoe, on which
he played almost constantly. At last lie
had but the ftGR string left on his instrn-
ment. 1t was then that lie composed the
beautiful and very difficult variation on
ROssini's Prayer of Moses ia Egypt
These reports resulted nnfav0Fably to
him socially, but his artistic engagements
were very successful. Mr.. Musin will
play this famous composition whenever
requested to do so on violin having but
one string, the s'G.n Mr.. Musin is the
only violin Yirtuos0 who plays the origi-
nal PagaIliIli variations, having secured
them from relative of the famous
Paganini, and possessing now the only
copy in existence. The variations arc So
very intricate and deceptive as to
frequently call forth doubt from yiOlinists
IN the audience as to their being played
upon one string, yet the violin upon
which this great composition will be
played is open to inspection from one
and all No yirtn0so who has Travelled
through America has received such uni
yeral Oyations from the public and sueh
unanimous high praise from the critics
as Mf, MuBlBt lie mas never yebfeeelPea
an adverse criticism in any American
paper. This is truly very remarkable
thing, and only has the tendency to
prove that Divide Musin is all, and even
more, than is claimed for him, Many Of
our most eminenteEities have pronounced
him the greatest yiolinist living today,
and the only yiolinist that can BE favor
ably compared with the great gWleni-
awski.a
The following is the program for the
evenings
I. Caprice No, l. tMusinj Divide Mnsiu
2. sleep, Baby sleeep." i2sndsgger) Bessie Bon
3. Hungarian March lKowalski >. EdaaFd EehaFf
4. Air and Variations, iPFnehl Annie Louise M1siI
5. Souvenir de Haydn. leonard OXIDE Mpsil
=, because Of Thee. Tours, ,,,.,,R. W. Elliott
ISTBRAssIoH
J. seTenade. For Soprano and Violin, tGonnodl,
| ..,,,,.-,,,,,An Annie Louis Musin and Dytde Musir
| s. Nina Duct for COnttalt0 and Tenor. t3uer
eiR) ,Y.,..,.,,. Resais R0nsali and ~ w, Elicit
/ ., by requestl; YaEiatiOnsOn Theme of K0ssin
/ Paganint on one string :..,,,pr..Qgids Ausil
\ 10. Laughing Trio tMaFtinI ,.,,,,.,...,,,,,y,t,
Annie Lonise Musin, Bessie B0usall, y. W Elliott