The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1901-12-06
THE SAN ANGELO MUSIC
SCHOOL.
Two Recit.,ls ~ the Hall

Finger, Mr.. l. Garrison. Mr.
q. Ferguson. after which Miss
play ed in very agile man
ner, Salon stucke, Pluie OAR
gent, by S Smythe. Then fol.
owed: e..
G rand Triple Concerto. ..,...
......J. Sch Bach.
Vocal :. The Lost Chord"
.... A, j. Sullivan
Miss Maud Wells accompanied
by Mrs. Findlater.
Romance (For Left Hand. ..
Opus Ia H. Spindle
Mss Courtenay Baker.
Intermezzo piano and Organ. -.
From Cavalleria Rustlcana
..... Pc Mascag nj
By Miss Sadie MIllspaugh
Fantasia Brilliaut.............
.......... Silver Spring, Op. 8.
......Dr. VIM. Mason
Played by little George Fergu
sou.
The Triple Concerto by Bach
is a wonderful piece of work
The instruments opening the
theme in unison, after few
measures, commence concert.
ing amongst themselves, the
first piano INDUCING in varia
tions in strict Bach style, Mss
Ragsdale and Miss Millspaugh
did exceptionally well III tins.
In Part III the opening nun Der
Sans.Souci by r. de Vilbac was
performed by Miss Maude Wells,
Mr.. l.. Garrison, and both sur
prlsed all hearers. The melody
was especially pleasing and in
teresting; after this an Etu de,
Up. /. Gerville. by Miss kath
leen Francis, was encored. and
the little player gave second
mum Der
Vocal duet. over the Ocean
Blue" s. Petrie. by Miss Mary
Bland Mi.lspaugh, was especial
ly sweet.
Miss Maggie Underwood hac
u difficult task before her in play
ing the four following mum bers
II. Noontide Nocturne. Jno. FieIt
b. Polonaise Mllltaire. FIR. G lopil
II. La tontaine, f Pauer. b Hun.
garian RhapsodIe No. IL, + List
and made 1t clear To all that sh'
easily surpasses all competitors
The Rondo by the Irish Musi
clan, Field, entitled Midi" il
founded on a Carlton or repeti
ton of bell melodies. In the las
part, or Coda, the tower cloct
begins to strike twelve on a con
tinous note. and this is ingeni
ously accompanied by the bel
melody. The whole rondo il
very interesting and bright. ant
Miss Underwood showed heren
her clever runs. Her chorC
work came out in the Chopin
Polonaise in A Flat. OPP. SO. Thii
great polonaise is like q culmi
mating point, and exhibits Il ma
jestic and finished style. Ia
composition is such u gloriou
apolheosis Of the past. that it LEI
Chopin into Authorizations an,
caused him to fly from the soil
tary tower of Nohant Castle
where he fancied he heard tn
footsteps of his ancestors il
their rafting armor and say
their figures gliding toward hin
in majestic procession, Mis-
Underwood was enthu siasticall
encored in this.
Miss Nettie Bacon playe,
The Last Hope" meditation
The story runs that dul
ing his stay in Cuoa Colts
chalk found himself at s.
where a woman of mind an
heart. to whom he had been pal
ticularly recommended, conceiS
ed for him at once the most az
tive sympathy, in one of thos
sweet affections, almost as tel
der as maternal love. Struc
down by an incurable malady
Madame S. mourned the al
sence of her only son, and coul
alone lind forgetfulness of he
sufferings while listening to he
dear pianist, now become he
guest and her most powerfu
physician. One evening, Will
suffering still more than usua
I'm pity" said she, making us
of one of the ravishing idioms {
the Spanish tongue; I'm pity, m
dear Moreau, one little melod
the last hope" And Gottschal
com menced to improvise an al
at once plaintive and pleasing
one of those spirit breaths tha
mount sweetly to heaven, whenC
they have so recently descended
On the morrow the traveller ar
list was obliged to leave his frien
to fill an engagement in a neigl
boring city. When he returne