The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-26
Music and Art Notes.

Miss Mary Shedd will give a musicale at
her studio IN the When block Saturday even
Ing of next week.
Miss Cora Daggett will return home I'm
April to remain. She has been spending the
past three winters studying the harp with
Cheshire, in New York
Mrs. Henrietta Barme.er has taken charge
of the choir OF the Central-avenue Church
temporarily. While there Mrs. Barmeier
will sing soprano, and Miss Mclaughlin,
who has been the soprano. will sing alto
Mrs. w. II. Donley gave an organ recital
Thursday evening at Piqua. o., in which he
assisted by Mrs. Charles Divine, So
prano, of this city. Both artists were splen-
didly received. and so great were the re-
calls that several responses had to be given
The Metropolitan School Of Music will give
It's eighth pupils recital next Wednesday
evening; ,. AmSng those to partieipate are
rymple, Mary Graham, Mabel Watson,
Emma Davis and Messrs. Louis Dochez
and Rudolph Roster.
A number OF ladies will give an exhibit
of pictures of Mr.. r. B. Gruelle. of this city.
Invitations will be sent out early this week
for the exhibit. which will be given Friday
and SATURDAY afternoons from = to O'CLOCK.
654 North Meridian street. The patronesses
will be Mrs. E. G. Atkins. Mrs. c. J. Buch-
lington. Miss Mary Dean. Mrs. John B.
Elan. Mrs Charles w. Fairbanks, Mrs. F.
W. Flanner, Mrs. J. d. George. Mrs. NJ. o.
Haldeman, Mrs. J. w. Hess, Mrs Nathaniel
A Hyde, Mrs. Bement Lyman, Mrs. J. A.
Milburn. Mrs. j. A. Mnturn. Mrs. Charles
F. sayles. Mrs. r. B. F. PIERCE. Miss Laura
Ream and Mrs. E. NJ. Thompson.
Mrs Theodore Boilman. OF Cincinnati,
fine mezZo-soprano, assisted by Messrs.
Gorno and Ehrgott of the same city, will
give a concert Wednesday evening at Ply
has been prepared: "Nocturne'' and Ma
zurka,' Chopin. Mr.. Gorno; aria, 20. Milo
Fernando" Donizetti, Mrs. Bollrnap; violin.
Romance" Svendsen, Mr.. Gorno; baritone
solo. Honor and Arms Handel, Mr.. Ehr-
gott; aria from Der Freischutz." Won
Weber. Mrs. Bollman; "Elegie," Bazzini.
Mr.. Ehrgott; .Warum." Schhumann. Mr..
Gorno; aria from Sampson and Delah,"
eteer Won Sakkingen," Mrs. Boilman and
Mr.. Ehrgott.
Music has been the theme for many a
mind. and it has been played upon in many
variations II is not often that the divine
art is reduced to such commonplace as in
the following:
1T requires more force to sound a note
gently on the piano than to lift the lid of
kettle. German composer has figured
that minimum pressure of the finger playing
pianissimo is equal to no grams-a quarter
than two ounces. At times a force of six
pounds is thrown upon single key to pro-
force is generally spread over the various
notes sounded simultaneously. though a
greater output of force is undoubtedly ex-
wonderful strength in their fingers so often
commented on.
"A story used to be told of Paderewski
that he could crack pane Of plate glass
half an inch thick merely by placing one
hand upon IL. as If upon a piano keyboard,
and striking it sharply with its middle
finger. Chopin's last study in G minor has
a passage which takes two minutes and five
seconds to play. The total pressure brought
TO bear on this, il is estimated, is equal
TO three full tons. The average tonnage
of an hours piano playing of Chopin's mu-
sic varies from twelve to eighty-four TONS"