The times., 1899-12-17
Notes.

Notes.
Three things" said List. in variant
Of familiar apOthegm, are necessary in
the making Of a great pianisr-frst. tech
nique: second. technique; third. tech
nique.' The remark revealed his own per
sonal limitations, but il was far from be-
ing a truth of art. For a pianist who has
supreme control of his keyboard may lack
one other essential without which he is
hardly more than a brilliant machiue-a
sort Of sublimated street organ That one
other essential is the iudednable but al
ways recognizable quality Of heart com
munIcation with the master interpreted
that is best described as soul. Not in tech
nique only, but in the depths and breadths
Of his emotional nature must the auditor
look for the true artist. Most of the great
tone poems Of the world were borne in
travail and TO understand is 10 have suf-
fered also" If l were that womans
teacher" quoth a famous master of an un-
impassioned debutante 4 should break
her heart. In two years she would be the
greatest singer in Europe.
From Poland. the Niobe Of nations,
whose music always is in a minor key.
comes IgnaCe Paderewski, and in his self
are all the tenderness and sensitiveness
that make the genius Had his intellectual
development been less Paderewski might
have developed a morbid trend. but this
saving grace has rounded his capacity.
Those who hear him on Tuesday afternoon
at the Columbia Theatre viii hear-unless
the man has changed grearly-all his heart
speaking from the piano Ii IS this that
has constituted him a celebrity.
The programme arranged is one that
should render appreciable this quality It
contains many OF those numbers which
seem 10 have been composed for reverie.
The bill as a whole follows:
Fantasie ard Tugue A Minor. .... Baah-Iiszt
Sonata Appazsionata, Minor, op. 81
serenat9 ..'Hark, Hark, the Lark" Fri
p.,,,IS hihS -Lszt
Etude Op- 10, No. 3, Polonai-c Op.
% 49,. Chopin
Barcar0lle Minor. ..-........... Rubiustein
MeHuet A Ma aI0r..........-....... Paderevski
Eaise. Man Lebt Hur eiHmal" . Strauss rar,sig
RhapsCdie H0ngroIsa No. G............-.-. List
The second OF the series of special per
formances being given here by John Blair
will take place on next Thursday after
noon at the National Theatre, the pay Sc
iected being Paul Hervieu's Les Te-
nailles," which has been adapted under the
name OF Ties" The Times which has
fully explained the nature of these produc-
tions and their purpose, also has men
toned how admirably the primal presenta
ton was made. II is promised that Ties"
viii be ACTED even as creditably as was "El
Gran Galeoto," the principal members of
the cast that appeared in the former hav-
ing been retained for the latter. Among
these artists are John Blair. Florence
Kahn, and =. Augustus Anderson, while
the newcomers are Alice Harrington. Fred
erick G.. Lewis, and Gage Bennett NJ
Hervieu's drama, which was offered in
Paris with NM. lie Bargy Langier. Dufios,
and Gaudy, and Mines. Piersen and Brandes
as interpreters, treats of divorce from a
Gallo viewpoint. The story is too long for
fun description, but it is a strong story
and well told Altogether those who at
tend the matinee in question are likely to
find something worthy OF their attendance
and OF their thought.
For many years the Stoddard lectures
were considered an event in local educa-
tional and amusement circles and a large
number OF citizens learned with regret of
John L. Stoddard's retirement from the
platform. A worthy successor. and one ap-
parently most acceptable to Mr.. Stoddard
himself in the person OF Burton Holmes.
took up the work from where il had fallen
and. IL the verdict of critics in such cities
as New York and Boston may be believed
and accepted. has proved himself quite
capable Of continuing it. Mr.. Holmes has
been an excellent friend Of Mr. Stoddard
for a long time. and. in their profession
al capacity as "globe-trotters' the two not
infFequently were travelling COMPANIONS.
The new aspirant is a Chicagoan OF no lit
tie wealth and social position, whose en-
thusiasm and ability as an amateur pho
tographer and wanderer led him to adopt
his present calling for a career. All OF
the views with which his discourses are
illustrated are the result OF his own
achievements in this direction. These still
pictures are said 10 be beautifully cOlored.
In addition his talks are improved by the
exhibition of a number Of motion-pictures
taken for him by the Depue Chronomato-
graph Company Mr.. Holmes will give a
series Of lectures at the Columbia Thea
ire on Eve consecutive Tuesday afternoons.
the first OF which viii be that of Deceni =
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