Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-03
WONDERFUL LITTLE PAloMA.
Brief Skereh Of 'he Childhood Of The Little
Musician.

several excellent musical attractions
demand attcglon sihs week. hws ;dey
must all give space 90 the wonderful
,iuinEs ana sayings, not 90 mention she
being. Of Paloma Sohramm. she iftilo
planiss. who Is to give a concer, IN the
Congregational church Monday next.
pallma - the rlswcsi musical MUS,
ard one cannot bw. believe ghdg she is
destined 20 be a great one. perhaps one
OF she greatest the world has ever seen.
We are likely 20 view her a.
chiid-wondCr and Fuch Indeed she u,
although she word u objecaonable.
suggcstnR freak. which Palomi ~
NJ. She l. merely child simple.
sweot, u~Hpllled ara uran ovlc1. with a
musical Eift, almost without parallel In
the worlds history. Barely sen years
% age Palma plays thu works u ltu-
benFiein. Beethoven, ldszi, Chof7n,
and. tui only doeE she memcrlxc ihem
perfectly bW sho plays ihem wi,h an
undeuglrdt1g. "A breadth VI tone ara
sxpraHHinu nud an execution simply
marvellous IN a child % young. Her
technique. one Nigh, 10y. u one ~ her
OVID composition. fur Fhe has been
obliged s. lrycl's n way % make her
uttir hands p'ay effectively she great
tncrdE thns lietthOysn hvcd. and mas
Ter She if'ricate runs u ch1plna cnn-
ccrios. Paloml does nj include arg pop
uilr muric IN her repertoire. Whom she
IL not studying the works of the Old
Masters. she " composing. She has nov
four music books Nlici with she work
she has done In the last year. Her
"Pas;oralc" Ia "a gtuc1 ful work full OF
feelings and rich IN harmonles The piece
was inspired by b.nutful picture
representing large ilock or sheep
grazing In a valley. The Onkle % tho
bells and the ptucefuiuesH ~ the scene
are nuggcr,o1 by bif.s of soft mel
ody IN iegato style with a ripping treble
accompaniment. The Inspiration Of
Mount Lowe" In perhaps her most ann
bftIouH work. Ehowing, as u does. vivid
Imagination and great knowledge uf cx-
pfrnr.un. pnlOma IA essentially a child VI
nature. From nature she draws all her
Inspiration. In yolyng over her music
Il was charm.fS 81 have her, explain
she moaf ~ each piece. The ''fuHplfa-
tlof" bsElns IN a STAGE 60 movement.
THAT u the train g,4nE 20 mount Lowe.
II Jerks" she said, Nsih her pretty Ger
man accent. "and shAt IL the waves:
and shat II the sunset ON Golden Gate
caHplng her hands at she memory of IL.
And what u thatg'' was usked point
ing to the fnaic. which was a total
change from the preceding strains. be-
AUF wv Nnhkio movement IN minor
chords. THAT was where we came
home. and Oh. was ~ sad %
leave the lovely place!"
Iaioma II pissloratc lover Of wag.
nor ana kuows his operas by heart. A
student Of Wagner con easily see the
influence which che great composer has
had upon her work.
paioms SchNmm WIS born IN San
! Fioncisc1. When she WIS a year OH
d NUaHNH 10
| wherc qleY purchased an ola Mexlenn
adobe, plciur,rquely situated. In fur.
nlrhlng ana arranging tho home, Both-
Ing modern was allowed 90 mar thr an
tlqte und romantic uspCVt OF she sur
roundlnEs. Here away from the busy
world. away from the turmoil and strife
~ The great cities. among flowers. ana
the trels whose branches CULVER meath
| the weight ~ thousands OF singing
birds, close 90 she heart Of Nature and
ci0fcr 90 Natures God. was born and
rourlshed the genius that lives In the
person OF palomi, iiorc wua revealed
| tho soul OF music 7kat now speaks 10
us as great lessons have often times be.
fore heen taught 10 mlnklnd-fhr0ugh
ghe medlum ~ iktle child. The great
event Il her life took place when Fhe
was four. She was caiSen 20 nee LOO
bongrn." She STOOD during the entire
| performance, leaning fotwnrd lost IN
| festatie Upndrrmfnt. The neO, day
she hummed many of The most beauti.
| tut muster mshdler IL WI. nearly a
year before rnlAma's aish for a plaro
| could be gralned. Her father began
| 20 give her sue inrifur'idn, hu. Ia six
nFoHshs ahe had mastered what II had
taken him us many ytars 90 learn. she
made her firs. appearance IN Los An
/ geler. when she was Ave years old The
| concert was for a beneft. or her pnr-
enl. would not have allowed her 10 ap-
| pear al 80 curly an age. when seven
/ years old she begun 10 study under
| Herr Thil0 Becker late OF Leipzig, a
musician Of note. a year aFo she be-
| gan 10 compose.
| Paioma and her little sister. Karia,
who II also musical genius. have been
most carefully brought up. The mental
education has never been allowed "a
0utairlp the physical. In she garden,
AZ home, barefoot they run about. prac-
tlsed with dumb-bells or performed on
crosa-bara. They have each a garden
which IN tended by thelr own hands. II
IL out under th'trces that pllona does
her composing and her writing. fome-
times with her pei dove perched on her
golden hair. Thus iilled with music aud
flowers. the days, each one happier thar
the last. pass by. aud the lie OF IN,
gifted child reads like poem from
some ancient legend, or like story
from the lips of nature herself sending
out from the sunny gardens 81 the old
adobe n mefsage ~ beauty ana truth
In strains that pierce the earthly sou
and. rising higher, send their echoei
back from the gates OF HEAVIER.
pal0ma apepara al COngrcgatlnna
church Monday: admission, 20 cents
reserved seats, 20 cents Tioketa on sall
Monday az Dayues a Coal,ers.
Following IL her program:
Daauln 90. 10 Coucou Written In iGl3
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Chopin ..,., ,.,, '.sNpclurne, op, ., No,
pulomn ,,ss s,tt 600 'Nhlhc caprice, op, II
INTERVAL.
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SchuniAnn ,ssss s.'s' 80. ..s,s -. ,MhfuG
palomu ..,,, ,,,,,, sieHmutterling op, 2
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