The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-28
MISS v1hhA WHrfSEr WHlrE.

Her Recital In This city ro-n0rfOw Night
Concerning the last recital in Hart
ford by Miss White, who gives one OF
her delightful song recitals in this cit,
| tomorrow evening al Harmonic hall
yesterdays Hartford Courant says the
article being from the pen of Richard
Burton:
| THE very popular series of song re-
| citals by Miss Villa Whitney White OF
Boston was concluded brilliantly last
| night at Hosmer hail. when the artist
devoted the evening to the early Ger
man Lieder of the fifteenth and six
| teenth centuries, with the later de-
velopment. The audience once more
| filled the hall and spilled over into the
rear room, the increased number of
gentlemen being noticeable. Miss
Whites idea in thus recurring to the
first and simplest form Of the song was
to leave In the minds of the auditors
a clear conception of its origin, and
hence of its significant growth and
meaning to-day, The educational gain
Of such a clear conception is obvious,
and her aim Is to do something more
than furnish passing amusement. But
her charming way of interpolating ex-
PLANTATION and historical comment pre-
vents anything like technicallty or dull
ness, and an hour under her guidance
is as enjoyable as it is instructive Last
night she dwelt in her Introductory talk
upon the evolution of the song from
,l,a la ~
ular songs of the wunnesingers and
meistersingers, giving them some elev-
en- of the volksieder, and a number of
the early attempts at more elaborate
expansion by composers hike Hasler,
Schulz, Himmel and Won Wintar, clos
ing with representative songs by Mo-
zart, Haydn, Mendelsssohn Schumann
and Brahms.
ut is impossible not to use the super
latives of praise in referring to Miss
Whites work last evening She was in
superb voice and aroused the enthu-
siasln of her auditors by her exquisite
Interpretation of music ranging from
the naive, jocund folk product to the
modern lyric passion of a Schumann or
Brahms She unites rhetorical and
vocal expression in way that is rare
among artists and the technique where
with her noble instrument is used to
the best advantage is perfect. In such
folk music as Der Hlrsch' and Spin
nerliedchen,' the former of which was
repeated to an encore, she gave rem
dering of the arch yet tender which was
something to remember; and the en-
cores won by the singing of such utterly
different creations as the Schumann
and Brahms selections We're richly de-
served. In response to the prolonged
applause following the final cradle song
Miss White proved her power of render
ing the old English ballad by giving
Flow Gently Sweet Alton" with de-
lcIlous purity, simplicity and pathos.
1t was a beautiful climax to a course
which will make Hartford eager to well
come this winsome artist and woman
next year.
Tn Miss Dillingham; Miss White has
an accompanies of taste and refine
ment who is with her for the first time
this season, but who will hereafter be
the singers companion lin her gracious
in the loveliest of all the
arts"
Among those most interested in intro
ducng Miss White to New Haven are
Mrs. Newman Smyth, Mrs. S. S. Fisher
Mrs. Frank c. Porter, Mrs A. d. Grid
ley and Mrs Henry w. Farnam.