The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-15
eREENvILLB's MUSICALE.
Clever Young amateur Artisfs Play
In Columbia Hall.

A complimentary musicale given BY the
| pupils of Mrs. J.. Livingston Dewey at
traeted a large gathering in the Columbia
Hall last night and demonstrated thai
Greenville young people have musical cui-
ture in addition to their many other ac-
| compllslments. The programme showed
/ nice discrimination and Judgment and the
| Young artists ~astonished their audience
| with their excellent work. Tho opening
| number. a piano quartette. "The Mockins
Bird, by Misses E.. Schultz, Il. Van
Blarcom. Julia Dodds and E.. Smith,
! beralded the good playing which followed.
Miss E. higgins came next with a vocai
| solo in which she maintained the musical
prestige of a very musical family. Miss
e Smith gave admirably a piano arrange
ment of Faure's Palms, and asa contrast
in composition Miss Elsa LIE Marie played
with much grace and expression Wilson's
chapel in the Mountains. A prlillah.
duet for piano by Misses Lille Perry and
Hattie Wilcox preceded a very peautliui
| and skillful rendering of a beautiful COM
| position, Moonlight on the HUDSON ~
Miss Gussie Barr. Miss Barr IS the
laughter of Alderman and Mrs. f.. Barr
and is fast developing into a clever
pianiste. Later in the evening she par
ticipated in a quartette eight hands. where
the same careful playing was notieeapie.
The worthy Alderman's family furnishea
another small artistic in the parsonage OF
Miss Nellie, or more affectionate KNOWN
.sJim.'' This young lady played a scnot,
tische very neatly WITH gooa marAe
time.
Another clever little performer was Miss
Ressie WIFI who played Sounds OF
Dawn an exquisite composition. MISS
Witt has firmness of style ana ner tone
coloring was admirable indeed. These az
tributes were also seen in her playing III
the ouartette "Danse Ecossaise. Next
came a very praiseworthy performance py
Miss Julia Dodds, who played sydney
Smiths "Eolienne." The intricate norio
passages were carefully and accurately
played and the tout ensemble was a
scholarly production. Her second SOLO,
Sweet Genevieve, was IN equal sooo
taste and style.
on the little nonsense" principle there
followed a vocal duet by Misses Myrtle
Tannehill and Ida Woodson,. two dainty
ger melodies and limitations of correct
form in de high cullud suckles' evoked
roars of laughter These able little ladies'
were twice recalled. 1t is a hard task TO
follow a comic number with a serious one,
but Miss Kyte's piano playing commanded
much admiration and applause A duet,
aatohaTp and guitar solor. by Misses ses
ished the second. After the opening,
sDanse Ecossaise," in the second part. by
| Misses Edna Barr, Bessie Witt, Gussie
Barr and Myrtle Tannehill, of course
| splendidly played, followed a beautiful
| arrangement of ar extract from Meyer
beers Robert lie Diable," presented by
| Miss Emily Schultz.
Miss Schuhtz'S playing was among the
| best features of the evenings perform
| ance. 1t was clean and accurate, and her
reading of the motivs was intelligent and
| graceful, Miss Van Blareom played mag
| nificently a selection of RubenStein, and
| then came a piano duet by Misses Crosby
| and Zeltner, who showed that the playing
| of the autoharp and guitar were not above
| their accomplishments. Miss Carrie Brun-
| ner played a lovely selection from Oberon
| and played it well, and she was followed
| by the only boy pianist ON the programme,
! and a very bright young gentleman at
that, Master Myrven Hovenden. This en-
| bryo Paderewski played Trinity Chimes.
| by Hoffman, very ably and in a finished
| and artistic manner. Equally delightful
/ and clever were the solos of Miss Lizzie
| vreeland and Miss Reusch, followed by
Miss Edna Bars brilliant performance
of Andrews "Ripples of the Alabama
| a beautiful solo, beautifully played.
In the vocal part of the performance
| Miss Vreeland was exceedingly prominent
| with an operate aria, replete with runs,
trills and cadenzas. Miss Vreeland has
an excellent voice for ballads, but is
scarcely adapted to bravura singing
There is plenty of rich quality of tone
which would shine better in composition
of a less ford character.