St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-15

Paderewski, the peerless pianist, will
be heard for the first time in st. Paul
at the Metropolitan opera house next
Wednesday night. That Paderekski is
without a peer in his art, no one can
doubt who has read the countless en-
thusiastic and eloquent tributes to his
genius. The following description Of
the man and the artist from the New
Orleans Times-Democrat expresses in
graphic language his most striking
characteristics:
The newspapers have great fun with
Paderewski, and the public is merry
enough to join in the frolic, but to the
thoughtful observer the fun must stop
when the musician seats himself at the
piano. He is then no longer the man,
no longer the hirsute phenomenon, but
the artist, dignified with that divine
halo which makes the true musician
well nigh as near to heaven as to
earth.
There is nothing Of the charlatan
about Paderewski as he approaches
and seats himself at the plano. His
walk is firm, modest, dignified, the
walk of genius, the deliberate, calm
stride of man confident Of himself
and master of his art. His face is
rather placid than grave; his express
sion is thoughtful; his demeanor is
courteous, unobtrusive. The entire
man seems submerged and subtilized
into the finer qualities Of the artist.
There was not one in the vast audi
ence at the Academy of Music last
night who laughed at Paderewski, not
one who smiled. Yet in his superficial
self he was every whit as mirth-pro-
voking as at any other time. The eX-
planation lay in the genius of the man,
GA1 saI, IL
oped him and which repelled frivolity
as certainly as does the purple and the
cross of the archbishop. There have
been known beggars in the streets,
garbed in a motley of rags, ill-shapen,
unkempt and ignoble, who have sung
simple songs to wiring tears from men
in broadcloth. Just so it is with this
musician His hair is long, his form
is spider-like, but no man may laugh
while the invisible MUSES. walk by his
side.
Why was there not more applause?
The audience was enthusiastic, but it
was by no means frantic. 1t did not
go wild, it did not rise from it's seats,
throw canes, hats and programmes in
to the air, shout and scream and bravo
Listen to this: 1t was the very
greatest tribute that could have been
paid to the genius of the pianist. just
such tribute as. might have been ex-
pected from so musically appreciative
an audience as New Orleans alone of
American cities can furnish.
Why?
Because the character of music that
Paderewski rendered was not the kind
to arouse applause. People who see a
beautiful flower, a grand sunset, sub
lime landscape, do not applaud. The
tramp of infantry, the thunder of ora
tors, the strains of national airs, set
the blood of men to rushing through
their veins, but 1t is not soTwith music.
Music hath charms to soothe the saw
age breast" it is the impalpable sill
yer thread down which the angels
climb to bring the sounds Of heaven
into mems souls, it is as holy and
sweet as religion, as pure as true love,
lost chords of Paradise straying
through the sin and cities of the
world. Men do. not applaud true
music.
Many eminent musicians Of ST. Paul
will, as usual, play at the concert of
Danz's orchestra at Harmonic hall, Min
neapolis, this afternoon-F. DanZ Jr.,
Conductor" F. Will, D. Muhlenbruch,
H WurZ, Emil Straka and others. The
latter, the wide-known violin soloist, will
play 1.-The Faust Fantasie, and togeth-
er with the rest of the programme will
not fail to please every one. The pro-
March Estate Camp ...........W Weingarten
Overture-"Egmont" ...... Beethoven
Symphonie-''Rustic Wedding -. .Goldmark
a In the Garden.
b The Dance.
First time in this city.
Violin solo-"Faust Fantasie" .Wieniawski
Herr Emil Straka.
Concert waltz-"Weddin of the Winds
Hall
Dream on the Alps" .......-..... .Labitzky
BY request, for two violins.
Second Hungarian Rhapsodie..... ..... .Liszt
The tenth and last concert by Sci
bert's orchestra will be given at Con-
over hall on Sunday next, March %, at
D. m. The programme for this con-
cert will be particularly interesting and
all of the orchestra numbers are of the
lighter and popular kind. but of the best
standard substance.
The overtures, "Lieberstraum," by
Balfe. and "Fingaps Cave" by Men
delssohn, will prove two pleasing num-
bers. A potpourri of classics, 1.-The So
loist,'' will introduce all the principal