Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-09-16
A SPLENDID CON -bRT.
Miss K.lloR's Farewell Bensn' Last Right
aGrsnd Success.
FINE MUSICAL TALENT REVEALED.

The farewell benefit concert to Miss
deorgie Marie Kellogg ST the opera house
last night was both u delight aud a re-
velatiOn. IL gave the music loving peO-
pie OF Albuquerque a clearer conception
OF the viTi,d musical talent. VI q nigh
order, which the city possesses, than they
ever had before.
Although II may seem p~aradOxicil, II
Is nevertheless Z that the best feature
Of the concert was Its shortcomings,
which we're manifest to even tbs most
uneultiyated ear. With two OF three n
ceptions, IL WAS clearly evident that the
participants did not appear at their
''leyei best" and this, too, Ia ADDITION 10
the fact that IL was one OF the beat nome
talent concerts ever listened to la Anu
querqne.
Miss Kellogg. who will leave In a short
time for 6ernany to study piano music
under the greatest masters OF the : fader-
land" pls, I'd solo selection from Chopin,
Grieg and MosZpowski. which revealed
IL trained ears a high order OF genius,
The duet from scnumsnn, by aisa
George Kellogg aud Edward GruDsfeld,
WAS played under great difficulties, "a
the players are not accus 0med to play.
ing together.
MIR. Grunsfeld. who il q graduate Of
the Leipsic Conservatory OF Music, play
ell a piano solo selection by request,
Here, too, he was baily handicapped ~
he had only returned the day before from
an extended overland trip ana was,
therefore, out Of practice and no. IN the
pink of condition. 10 those, however,
who had never heard him before. 1t was
an earnest OF what may De expected
from him under more favorable circum.
stances,
Mrs. Robert Marion Brown, who made
her debut ~ a singer before An Albu.
Querque audience, va the most delight
full surprise OF the evening. She possess
ses "A strong, pure and glorious mezz
soprano voice, which was appreciated Mt
its full value by everyone, judging from
the enthusiastic encores which her two
solos evoked.
Miss Ella Abrams sang "rhe Land OF
Vest, rday" In u rich c0ntralto voice,
which proved that thu time spent In the
pursuit. Of her musical studies In L0s
Angeles had not bsen spent In vain. II
was, however. when In response to n
second encore, she sang a coon song
that she set the audience wild with gu.
thusiasm. by the perfect manner Ia
which she initiated the real thing"
&. h. Burg sang the "Bedouin Love
Song" In admirable voice. but II Ia only
fair TO sag that he did not do himself
justice and that he has been heard Il
oetter advantage In the past. At the en-
tertainment last night, he combined the
role OF business manager and singer. and
as n consequence his actions were moi
characterized by that repose and Bbso
lutte indifference to external things
which IL his strong suit.
OF the singing by the quartet, com
posed Of Messrs. Nettleton, Allen, Bullart
and Newton, and OF the playing OF thu
mandolin club-Misses Margaret Kent
Margaret Lee, Flora Vann. Anna Den
nis, and Messrs. Patney, Thelin. KEN
merer, Lambkin and Burg-there could
be only praise. for they did splendidly
they same may be said Of the work OF
Miss Gilmore aud Miss Estelle Valcs
the accompanies on the piano and violit
respectively.