The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-27
Lo. the queen of the night.
Shining with silvery light.
Smiles on the world from afar,
Radiant with many a star.

I,o. the queen of the night,
Shining with silvery light,
Smiles on the world from. afar,
Radiant with many a star.
The music possesses a velvety richness
which seems drawn from the placid btue
of the night itself. In Mr.. Baier's inter-
probation. the softened head-tones OF the
tenors seemed to turn the moonlight into
a veil of silver song, while the round,
full, warm chords of the blended BASES
filled the senses with the sensuous inn
pressions. of the tropic atmosphere The
piece is sung piano from beginning to end,
but. by a variation of detail. as beautiful
as the subtle changes which the march
of the night diffuses< over grove and gar
den. a new appeal was. addressed to the
ear in every phrase, and the delightful
enhancement was prolonged to the closing
note.
The Contented Lover" is a cavalier
song with a mingled tone of good humor
and gallantry, as far removed in inspira-
ton from the song with which it was
linked, as they both were from the some
what stiff and formal Comrades in
Arms of ADAM, with which the concert
opened. . The Schuberts can march along
in song, when they get a piece with a
strong step to it. just as they can swoon
in liquid harmonies on appropriate occa-
sion. They made the cavalier song go
with a manly. joyous swing that stirred
UP the audience to smiles and set heads
noddlng and feet tapping all in time.
When they finished, there was a genuine
outbreak of applause.
d. +ha ox-o1f of tho o1yaninp woo the
grand finale of the first act of Rienzi.
with the demonstration which attended
it. The glorious musical poem of patriot
ism and valor was given with a fervor and
a technical perfection which defy descrip-
ton and battle praise. The chorus was
supported by a string orchestra OF min
pieces selected from the late Anton SeidPs
following. These with Mr.. Charles Baier
at the organ and Mr.. Edward ]. Groebl
at the piano sustained the Instrumental
branch of the score. Mr.. Sidoine Sauzade
! Jordan sang the solo music of Rienzi's
part with taste and feeling adequately
to maintain the general effect of the
| scene. The work of the chorus was simply
| magnificent. The gradations by which it
| approached the tremendous melodic
| climax which Wagner has here written,
to the eternal confusion of all his critics,
displayed the rising emper of the Roman
| populace with irresistible virility, while
| the shrill appeal of the violins constantly
| suggested the cries of the wives and
| daughters of the citizens.
The close of the number brought with
it a thunder of applause and a demand
for an encore.
The encore came in the shape OF the
ssStar Spangled Banner"
The Tabernacle was filed from the edge
| of the platform to the last seat in the
| gallery. The aisles were filled with chairs,
and there remained men and women
standing along the walls. 1t was not an
| ordinary audience either. 1t represented
most of what Jersey City can boast in
wealth, in thought, in refinement. 1t was
not a Eighty or hysterical gathering OF
young people, nor was it a hot-headed
| aggregation of the inconsiderate. It was
the very flower Of the people. This is
why the wave of emotion which swept
over it at the first note of the glorious
anthem was so deep and potent in Its
significance. 1t showed that the trial of
the Nation had reached the very soul of
the people.
Cheers and hand-clapping began at the
very first note, and the audience rose to
its feet. The plaudfts were renewed when
at the second verse every singer on the
/ stage produced a flag from the breast re-
cesses Of his coat and waved it in cadence
with the patriotic strains. The Seidl
musicians, who were evidently unpre-
pared for this feature of the performance,
~ frct lnoled SURPRISED At the scene.
Then. catching the Infection, they began
| to rasp away at their violins with equal
enthusiasm. and the flames of the gas
Jets quivered in the roof with the waves
Of patriotic sound and still more patriotic
resolve that surged by them and up to-
wards the Heavens.
Once again, the grand old song was
repeated, this time Nj. Baier facing the
audience, beating time for 1t to join in
the chorus. Men and women lifted VI
their voices and their hearts, and 1t is
safe to say that never in its history had
the surrounding walls been witness Of a
more inspired plea for the guidance and
protection Of the all-seeing Providence.
The rest OF the concert must be dis
posed Of IN a few words. To complete the
4 record Of the club there must be mem
toned the Wynn or Praise by Mohr,
All exquisite selection in which the MUSK
Of the strings was most skillfully fea-
tured hi coincidence with the voices. while
the tones Of the flute 1neilowed and en-.
riehed :the harn1onies. The eyocai Com
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