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ABSOLUTELY PURE
HASBROUCK MUSICALE
Excellent Work by the Gradu-
ates of the School Of
Music.

Commencement week at Hasbrouck lnstl-
tute began yesterday. Last night the pupils
| of the School of Music gave their annual ex-
hibition of progress made during the year
in the several branches of the study OF
music. LasE tasse.r.B So.
While the high standard of excellence was
maintained, the performances Of the various
solos would lave been more brilliant and
attractive had the compositions chosen Deen
of a less ambitious character It is, OF
course, natural that the. parents are pleased
to hear their children taekling big works,
but a far better Idea of real progress IS
gained when the executanta chooses a piece
within his or her compass se.i'.si
So far as technical playing IS con-
csrned, there is nothing but COM
mendation to be added. The system of study
and the style of playing are given great at
tention by the competent faculty CT the
musical college of the Institute.
The performance opened with a Chiacona
of Bach, arranged for piano -four hands, and
organ, played by Miss Leila Muller, Miss
Becker and Baier, carefully and pleasingiy
executed. Then came Miss Belle Newklrk
with Q dreamy Baroarole by Nevins, played
in a creditable manner. Miss Edna Ed-
wards contributed a violin solo, 8 fantalsle
from Rigoletto arranged by Singelee and
this unlbe was not as successful as one
could wish. The string broke at a critical
point and evidently its slipping down en-
baraSSed the player and caused false mtona-
ton. Miss Edwards redeemed herself in
the slow movement ana played II tastefully
and accurately in tune.
A pleasant contrast was the number fol-
lowing, a valse chromatique of Leschetlzky,s
played by Miss Lillian Morse, a very
promising p~ianiste. The execution OF this
moroccan was stamped with a high degree of
artistic merit and was very deservedly APP
plauded to an encore.
Miss Grace Winans sang Meyer-Het-
mund's 'Loye's Springtime," and delivered it
in an a~rtless, simple manner, c~onsonant with
the music and the libretto.
LISTS No. 8 Rhapsodie, interpreted by
Miss Maude Conway, revealed more the
dexterity of the young lady's fingers
than the artists feeling. A work like that
needs more force in ~deiineatlng than a
young beginner can give it. Miss Conway
has q good touch and plays intelligently.
The organ solo, which followed, played by
Miss Mildred Till, was a praiseworthy per-
Torrance and gives promise OF future e1-
cellence. Miss Nellie Gumbs played Men
delssohn's ever beautiful 'Rondo Ca
priccioso' in a scholarly style. Both touch
and technique were distinctly worthy of
notice.
Two small gentlemen, Nh. George K.
Griswold and Roger c. Smith, sang a duet
from "Maritana," and for such small soloists
sang very well indeed.
Miss Nellie P. Holhreok played a Cuban
dance of Hoffmann's for piano and was re-
warded with great applause for her sklllful
playing of a pretty composition.
Two dainty little songs were next sung by
Miss Ida Hoppe. an embryo Mime. Patti,
with a clear, sweet voice only just touched
with the tremolo habit. The songs were q
most attractive feature of the evening.
Miss Margaret Eye played a Valse Inn
prromptu by Bartlett, and fully sustained
the reputation she enjoys of an amateur
pianiste of great merit. Her playing was re-
freshing for its yiyacity and breadth Of
feeling. te
THE violin solo of Miss Ada Cadmus, a
souvenir de Haydn, arranged by that pyro-
technical writer, Leonard, certainly brought
out Miss Cadmus' execution, but that was
all. a.
In the Emperor's hymn there was even no
opportunity to judge of Miss Cadmus' play
ing because Monsieur Leonard effectively
buried that melody beneath a cascade of as
peggios. Miss Cadmus was, however, loudly
encored for her clever manipulation of the
fireworky banjo variations.
Miss Retta B.. Smith played Liszt's famous
No. II Rhapsodie with evident regard to
taste and style. The performance was emil
nently a worthy one.
The Misses Hoppe and Winans sung a
vocal duet and 1.-The Serenade," by Low,
played by the Misses Baler and Becker,
brought to a close a musicale of exceptional
merit and creditable alike to the pupils and
to the faculty of the Institute.