The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

Inc greatest musical event ever Of
fered for the enjoyment of the people
of Butte will be the concert by Rosen-
thai, the world famous pianist on
Monday, May Is, at the Grand opera
house. Many eminent musical critics
say Rosenthal is in many respects the
equal of Paderewski, and in some re-
spects his superior. Rosenthal is MAX
ing his first visit to the West, and ev-
erywhere his coming is heralded by
music lovers as an event that occurs
rarely in a lifetime. In all the large
cities where he will stop his coming is
looked upon as a great musical and So
cial event. Through the efforts of
Manager Mcfarland of the Grand. Ro-
seminal has been induced to visit Butte,
and give one concert here, without
guarantee, while other cities are re-
quired to subscribe a large surety for
the great pianist. An idea of his pre-
eminence in the musical world can be
gathered from the following notice of
him, on the occasion of his first ap-
pearance in New York recently, by
well known musical critic of that city:
'Moriz Rosenthal, the Polish pianist
has taken New York by storm. His
success, unlike that of others of his
art, was purely due to his tremendous
virtuosity. 1t is not case of stimu-
lated enthusiasm, of excited imagina-
lions. The mans personality does not
dominate the artists genius. Author
ity of style, mastery of technique alb
solute command of the instrument
which seems to become a mere play
thing in his hands and marvellous
exhibition of artistic achievement,
y, iv,fr
ity, these are the factors which arouse
his audiences of musicians and music
lovers to the sincerest bursts of APP
plause a public performer has ever re-
ceived in this country Carnegie hall
has been crowded at every perform
ance. The crush was such that the
sale of tickets had to be stopped on
there were no contentious, no taking of
sides, no comparisons. The existence
of differing forms Of pianistic express
siveness was recognized. The erection
of a new idol did not mean the topping
over of an old one. The acclamations
were not LIE Roi est mort; vive lie Rolf
The assertion that Rosenthal is the
greatest of all technicists cannot be at
tackled. Such absolute perfection in
digital dexterlty was never exhibited
to an American audience. Running
passages in the purest legate: trlls as
even and smooth as the trill of the
nightingale; runs in thirds in strict
tempe; glissandi that seemed to be fin
gered on harp strings; chromatic scales
that swept the keyboard, and above all,
octave effects that We're simply Won
derful in their rapidity of execution
these were the manifestations of Ro-
senthaPs pre-eminence as an instru-
mentalist. Vivitied as all this was by
the bravura, the virility of firm mas
culine mind, directing an equally firm
masculine touch, the effect was tre-
mendous. 1t was triumph of mind
over matter such as is seldom seen
even in these days of human victories
over physics, 1t is true he aims at the
use of manual deXterity purely as a
means to the end, but the brilliancy of
the physical work certainly overshad-
oWs the intellectual and emotional eX-
pressions. OF this more can be said
when he has been heard oftener. EIe
played concerto by Schytte This
composer Is a Dane. who writes sim
ply and effectively. The first move
ment is brilliant, the second recalls the
Liszt-iike piece of work formed of a
succession of almost impossible techn-
cal problems. Then came two Chopin |
numbers, sweetly and deeply interpret
ed, an extraordinary contrapuntal |
study on a Chopin waltz; two List
1piilI'ositloHS, lely ana
as an encore Henselt gem, deliciously
played, and a Fantasia on the waltzes
of Strauss, in which the themes were
buried in a web of musical embroid-
cry
Clay Clement, for his brief engage
men't at the Grand, next Thursday and
Friday, will present his new romantic |
comedy drama, "A Southern Gentle
man. and 1.-THE New Dominion The |
following unusual editorial tribute is
paid the author-actor and his new plav !
by the Louisville Courier Journal:
THE failure of the effort of the stage
to produce distinctively Southern !
speech, and hence Southern atmos- |
phere. has been painfully apparent to
all Southern people who have heard |
plays interpreted by Northern actors.
There are perhaps some people in the
South who talk as if their mouths were
full of hot mush, but that is no reason
why the Southerner, as a type, should
be made to talk thus. 1t is very evil