The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-15
MUSIC IN new YORK
KUBELIK, THE YOUNG BOHEMIAN
vIOLINTST, MAKES HIS IN
ITTAL BOW
SCORES A NOTABLE, TRIUMPH
Philharmonic Society Produces
the Prologue to "Oedipus, the
King and Tschaikowski's
"Symphonie Pathetique."

The week has been a triumph for ku-
belik. 1t was begun and nearly ended
by him, and during the days between his
two appearances he has been the ono
theme of musical gossip. No such re-
ception has been given an instrumental
artist in many a moon, and no such WON
derful exhibition of technical skill and
gymnastic fddling has been known by
the present generation. Kuibellk Is a won
derful player and has well earned the
title of "Paganini Jr." He Is but boy
yet-twenty one his last birthday, and his
needs are such as may be supplied by age
and experience-with practice and knowl-
edge of the world. His soul will grow
with his body and his brains, and by
and by we shall hear less of criticism
and more of praise; less EXPLANATIONS Of
wonder at his virtuosity and more signs
of satisfaction for his interpretations.
Kubelik played for his first number In
America his great show piece-a Pag-
amin stumbling block to most violinists,
and after parading his remarkable virtu-
osity turned to Spohr and Bach and
Beethoven, to show us that, even boy
as he is, his is no childs brain and that
he can play more than mere f1ve-finger
exercises upon his instrument Of four
strings On Saturday he won his greatest
laurels in the Bach Aria-possibly be-
cause 1t was so simply done. His Is a
gypsy bow. There Is the Magyar toss
at the end Of a phrase-tne culver ct
passion In the strings and there Is more
Sarasate is the quinteSsence Of scholar
ly Interpretation and magic charm. and
these qualities are yet potent In Kubelik
But Kukelik has to singular and re-
markable degree the human echo in his
fiddle. His tones are as beautifully varied
.iNl,s CIV DOL h la n al W
and every expression possible with the
human voice.
OF course his execution is first and
foremost among his claims to prominence
and popularity, and this has been the
principal and in some instances the only
part of his work that has received the
unqualified commentator Of the critics.
And it would be enough for him to rest
upon without other qualifications for Vir-
tuosity. It is marvellous execution.
There is seemingly nothing too difficult
for his nfmIble fingers and agile bow, and
for this we are indeed thankful. But to
agility Is added an intuttive knowledge
of something that gives color to the
notes-a meaning to the phrasing; a color
and meaning not always correct, but al
ways vitality present and always intense
ly interesting.
Kubelik Is feminine to the last degree
Feminine in looks, feminine by nature
You feel that he acquires things by in
tuition rather than by the more mascu-
line working out" process. He has the
feminine power of arriving at (musicaD
conclusion instantly and acting upon II
without hesitancy. Some of the violin
experts who heard him at his first con-
cert were wise enough to discern this
characteristic and their judgment OF his
capabilities was just and discriminating.
Kubelik is a slight little creature with
an intelligent face and serene manner.
He is never daunted, never moyd by the
demonstrations of his auditors He plays
as if he loved to play and attends strictly
to the business in hand seemingly obivi-
Gus to every one and everything save
his instrument and its music.
The second concert of the Philhar-
monte society brought us another novelty
in Mr.. Max Schilling's symphonic pro-
logue to .Oedipus the King composed
for a performance of Sophocles' tragedy
given in 1899 at the Schiller theater in
Berlin. The motto" for his prologue is
as gloomy as anything in the range OF
ancient poetry and consists of the lines
uttered by Chorus as Oedipus rushes off