The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26

Butte. June 26.-Ysaye, Gerardy and
Lschaume, the combination of great
musicians. will be at Maguire's opera
house tomorrow night for one per-
Torrance. Ysaye has no peer among
the heroes Of the violin and Gerardy
probably has no equal as a 'cellist. In
a recent number Of a New York must
cal publication II. l.. Krehbiel thus de-
fines the charms of Ysaye: He is from
first to last a puissant figure: a man
of extraordinary physical attributes: a
large sound man; "A normal man in APP
pearance; yet singularly engaging be-
cause of the expressive mobility of his
face. and the freedom from affectation
which marks his bearing-he is sanity
of body. mind and soul personified. He
sways TO and fro while playing. but the
movement seems unconscious. and does
not disturb the feeling of reposefulness
in spectators which his conscious but
modest strength inspires. Like no 9TH
er player that ] can recall, he illus
trates the intimacy which exists be-
tween a violinist and his instrument
which must exist IL we are TO be told
what violin music is. A wonderful in
strument. closer han any but the hu-
man voice to him who excites IL 10
speech. more tightly interknit with his
being. Mari how il nestles under his
chin. n throbs spontaneously with
his soul. No a twitCh, not n tension.
not a relaxation of the muscles of
either hand or arm. acting under the
stimulus of emotion. but will speak it
self out i'm the voice of this thing of
wood and hair strings. Almost as un-
v~olitionally as the human voice takes
changing color and pitch and dynamic
intensity from. variations of feeling
does the voice of this marvellous i'm
strument respond to emotional stimuli.
Therein lies the mystery of Ysaye's
playing. the miracle of his expressive
tone. He feels much and the violin is
his vehicle of expression. He sets his
bow TO the strings. the hairs seem to
bite them with human purpose; the
tone. as faint as a ghostly whisper. or
ringing like "A martial shout. fills the
room and is saturated with feeling.
There is an answering throb from the
listeners; the chords az their hearts
are swinging In unison. Cold judg-
ment is bound hand and foot. the crit
ical faculty carried captive. How bril-
llantly all technical difficulties seem to
be overcome, Are they 500 A thrust of
the bow n a hover of glittering
notes comes bursting from the strings.
What was the passage? Alas. come TO
think of IL. we kno MOI. Standing out
bright, strong, self-reliant now. anon
IL is blurred and unrecognizable. 1t
has been suggested, not played: yet so
obvious was its musical purpose, so
perfectly did il fit into the symmetry
the whole. that We failed to note
its imperfections. Our mind is upon
only one thing. the music-the music,
How il sings and croons and weeps and
walls and laughs and shouts for the
mere JOY Of expressing itself. IL is the
eloauence of romanticism. the spirit
through which music came into being
Ysaye's violin proclaims. whether
the composition in hand be a modern
piece sureharged with dramatic feel
or one of those old sonatas OF
which sound with the fullness OF
a quartette. breathe a marvellous ten
derness and scintillate in the very
sladness of their awakening when
Yssye plays them
Shenandoah" established the fortune
- Bronson Howard and the fame of
Frohman. but in al re- history
Il has given no reputation 10 any of its
actors. writes Hillary Bell in the New
York Press. That was the fault or
nerit-how you please-of Charles
Frchman. Bronson Howard wrote
Shenandoah" as an emotional comedy.
n which shape IL Vas tame and in
anectuaL. Frohman changed il into a
melodrama, and by vigorous adver-
Using carried III into Belefal applause.
In the recent Academy production IL
xas still further removed from the au-
.h0r's plan. and the story was told by
horses and annon instead OF by ac-
.ors. The difference between "Shenan-
as il left the authors library
Shenandoah as II left The New
York stage was 50 great tnat ia mar
reling over the transformation Of his
Kcrk Bronson Howard might well have
Exclaimed that IL is a wise dramatist
vhc knows his own drama. But this
vas a case in which the play producer
wiser than the playwright. When !