The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-15
OUT AND ABOUT.

'IneSe lines are written IN tulnlmenL
of partial promise" writes Ivers S.
Paine of SaundersviIe. Not that l
assume to be a second Daniel come TO
judgment on Worcester festival mat
ters, but rather one among many who
remember a successful part, but know
perfection is unattained, and like the
Shaksperean seer, look in the proph-
etc glass and see future evils
Either now, or by remissness were con
ceived
And so in progress to be Matched and
born.
1t is pleasant to note that with in
creasing musical comprehension, the
committee receive less blame and more
praise every year. In engagement of
artists, so called, there may have been
vain repetitions, but financial reasons
demand singers who will bring a re-
turn in admission tickets, and an I'M
instructed audience too often applaud
the vocalist with brilliant leger line
notes and crude phrasing. The ability
to produce a resonant high or rotund
low A often like charity hides a null
titude of tvOcaD sins"
The re-engagement of Ffrangcon-
ure. His singing suggests a realization
of Lessing's words 1T seems as though
nature had intended music and poesy
not only to accompany each other, but
rather to merge into one single art"
The festival has suffered much from
| unwise criticism. After very sue
| cessful musical aid finarcial presenta-
ton of Rossini's Moses in Egypt" it
IS douotful II the management would
| hazard another performance Notwith-
! standing Rossini was a reformer. be-
| fore his time the vocalist INDUCED in
'cadenza" and "giorituri" literally ad
libitum The singer made aerial flights
as fancy dictated, and the orchestra
followed as best they could without
any written score. Rossini insisted on
singer and orchestra following a writ
ten score, and if my memory serves me
true, used the drum in direct vocal
accompaniment.
HIS music may be, perhaps is, of the
earth earthly. Rossinis music dwelt in
a summer land where birds sing ever
more and the air was heavy and odor-
Gus with the orange and magnolia
bloom. A good deal is said of the in
anity of the Italian school, but sim
plicity is not inanity. 1t is a truism
that the highest and most complete art
produces the greatest result with the
simplest means.
"A brilliant literary lady of Victoria s
early reign makes mention of hearing
Ia Sonombula' with Malibran in the
title role. In the scene with Elvino.
Wnere she declares her innocence to her
unhappy lover, cliEging to his ankle,
she was dragged across Drury Lane
stage. In the audience a man of an or
more years cried out; My God! How
can he stand it?' 1t has been sneer
lngly stated that the accompaniments
OF inns periods operas were like the
paying OF huge guitar. If a guitar
lts strings were of silver and gold.
Jenny Lind and Sontag tuned their
marvellous voices to its dulcet tones
ana thelr listeners. enchanted forgot
mundane affairs; the old saw visions
anu lhe young dreamed dreams. Wager
tragic earnestnesS is not forgotten aud
the heart-cOmpelling melody of Pns-
STA contraputal composers is remem-
pered. 1t is the old contention-the war
OF the white rose and the red. WouId
II not be walking in wisdom's WAYS IN
gather both the white and crimson
blossoms, inhale their fragrance and
pass onward and upward with a song
in the heart" 'S
Albert II. Chaffee has sent out cards
for an exhibition of prints at the char
fee studio Sept. 1890 from to ana
from to 10 p, m. These prints arc
from negatives taken by Mr.. Chaffee Il,
Europe during the summer. sor,o 90
mem are colored, others are platin,,,,l
prints, and all are remarkably artistIg
ana beautiful. Mr.. Chaffee had unusnai
c1urtesles extended to him wbile
abroad, so that he was enabled +o ~
tam new views of famous and fanirian
places. N iaiiilIlar
A touching story of chiId's IN ma
moriam is told in the Home Maga, ~
~ seems that against Lord NeIsn,,,s
tonp, In the crypt of St Paurs tbaro
stands a small card which has the Fal
owing history; A little child bropgb+
ana laid 1t there, having worked rs
sampler in worsted the words. 90 - d
,N2Ivlng memory Of dear Lord Horot,n
Melson; Thy will be done.'" Noha [io
then liked to check the little har ,VW ~,
snipers tribute, and it was aiIn,,.o IoI
remain there temporarily bv tbo ~ ~
seI,uanls, although quite againet ~
rules The powers that he bnno, .iie
were so touched by this genuine ' w n',
nlorIam that it has stayed there a i,ie