Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-06

| gest and the smallest, aud what mira
Clc5 OF dynamiCs he can show you be-
tween the Two, Your heart beats do
not accelerate the ritard when 3usoul
plays you stare at his mechanism and
utter 10 your companions Us IL pos
sible? Nevertheless, Busonl has spells
OF feeling occasionally and when this
Is the case one gets a glance at the
other end Of this piano business, point
which IS too far off to comfortably
think about or hope for ] take pleas
urc IN recording here that the perform
auoe Of three BeethOvens sonatas OPP,
26, 50 ana III and the Brahms Paganini
variations doth books at the hands OF
Rusoni pleased me more than anything
have ever heard from a piano before
or since.
GoDOWSKT's TRIUMPH,
Godowski has been the pianistIc sem
sation in Berlin this winter, The genial
little Amercan-Pole, whom Salt Lake
had the misfortune to miss hearing,
has been lately designated the greatest
pianist living by no less an authority
than Otto Floerschem, the eminent
Berlin critic Mr.. F'loerscheIm has
heretofore maintained that the coveted
mantle fell from the shoulders Of Rub
instcin to those Of the soulful pader-
ewsld. This is indeed a happy state
ment, TO those at least who have had
the acquaintance Of this the most mod
est and unassuming fellow I'm the whole
world. As | told you in my last letter
| believe Godowsk came to Berlin to
introduce his Chopin studies-in this he
succeeded most triumphantly, AT the
4. Lsr a
ence of critics, artists, teachers, and
musicians, but | believe only the lat
ter were his friends at the begin
ming OF the concert The GOODNESS
lasted through the Brahms concerto"
which. to my mind was unsuted to
Godowski, but when he got into the
Chopin, Godowski group of studies, the
bright sunshine of his extraordinary
genius melted the ice quickly, ana the
reserve Of the audience broke loose IN
a wave OF enthusiasm that swept the
hall from end to end and back again
Among those | saw stand up In the
middle OF the audience and shout
Braves" We're Pachman and Ham
bourg. with whom you are acquainted;
during the excitement that followed the
closing numbers, and while everyone
was making a rush for the front so as
| TO be able to get a nearer look at this
| tiny pale-faced artist as he bowed
again and again. Pachman rushed past
me uttering something In Polac ! be-
| lieve. and frantlcally waving his arms
| In a mad endeayor to get to the "Kunst-
| Ter thinner" following came many crit
les and wen known artists In a like
manner. Hamburg was among these
and | noticed he was red IN the face and
nervously twitched from head 10 foot
To show you how felt--1 perhaps need
only mention that l boldly addressed
Hamburg with the interrogation;
what do you think Of our little Amer
lean Pole?" TO which he replied, ZACH
Gott.' That was all I heard or under
stood as he few past to shake hands
with pale prespirine Leopold Godowskl,
who certainly has the most marvellous
left hand finger technic and control OF
contradictory rythms Of any pianist llv-
Ing or dead | noticed the Hamburg
wore pair OF broad toed American
shoes, and an American sult OF clothes,
also that he did not walk as he did
when he trotted on the Salt Lake Thea
ter stage last spring and that he had
had that Listzian wig clipped TO ordin-
airy length; by the way he gives a con-
cert az Beethoven Saal tonight and II Is
about time TO 60. | intended TO speak
about the continental favorite d'Albert,
but my time and space viii not permit.
SQUIRE COOP,