The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-10

rounded by of loosely blonde hair ole has
wachfui large nose an intent eloouent mouth
She trailing dress that follows lincs Of the figure
vaguely supple every When she sings shc has
old high-bsck chair in which she can ait or on which
she lean When heard her there was mirror ON the
other side OF the ROOM opposite TO her be sa M enc ese
IN the ROOM once she had surrendered herself the posses
sion Of the but she always conscious OF that image
Of herself which came back to her out Of the mirror Il
herself watching herself in kind OF delight the beauty
which she was evokng out Of the words, and
nressivc movement
Her voice is and rich impcreetly trained but the
voice OF born singer her acting the acting
of born actress but II Is the temperament of the woman
that flames into her voice gestures and sets her whole be-
ing violently and delcatey before She makes
OF each and she that again. In her
rendns of the intentions Of the words the music
as much with her and her hands with voice
that she evokcs the melody of pcurc is picture that
sings and that sings in all Its lines There something In
her aspect what shall call itf-tenacous; is woman
who artist because she is woman who takes in energy
at all her senses and gives energy all her senses
She sang some tragic songs of Sehumann some ysr;os
songs Maeerlnc delicate love songs of Charles
Lerberghc As looked and listened II was imposs
bic think the words than of the music or Of the
music than of the words One took them in
feels at the softness and the perfume of
flower"
Here is art. exclams Mr. Syrnons "inade up of
mixing of the arts in subuy Intoxicating elixir
He eonesses that its dependent entirely upon
personality of the artist Madame Leblanc Ia ian exeep
tiona artist and she has made after her like
which exists because is the expression of herself
Strong nature always in vibration The decentralization
of adds Mr. Symons done by any completely
and iees sincerely artist might lead us something
disastrous than the official concert with its rigid
persons in evening dress singing the down
them TO the best of their vocal ability"
There be considerable interest In London in
the "new art of which Mr. Symons writes Mr. w B.
Yeats the Irish poet recently leetred Cords Inn on
the art of speaking pitch sounded musical
instrument He assisted by Miss Florence Farr who
spoke lyrics psatery made for the purpose by Mr. Doll
metseh III this connection IL is also interesting recall
the performance in New York few weeks ago of Richard
Strauss music Tennysons Enoch Arden" as an accom-
paniment Mr. George Riddles recitation the poem
sentng form OF musical closely akin that OF which
Madame Leblanc is the exponent Says Harpers Weekly
I'VE do not recall in retrospect OF exceptionally
full and active winter musical occasion completely
satisfying from artistic standpoint than this production
forte commentary Tennysons veresthe satisfying
II be because of its modest preliminary heradnR and
the engagngy and spirit which characterized
its realization In undertaking musical paraphraSe of
Enoch Arden Strauss set himself task of the peril
and delicate task requiring obviously the
poetic tact unerrng of dramatic values
unfaggng and inveerate exercise of intense imaginative
expression and difficult Of ALL effective solu-
ton of the problem of suitable structural form. To
merely that he has fulfilled these vital requirements
from acknowledging recognition OF the arReness of his
achievement Not only has he made his accompaniment
vivid and adequate commentary the which
best admit of Indifferent poetic value but he has
caught the underlying reality the essential sub
of the poem and has bodied ii forth in his music
with exquisite pognancy with noble poetic truth and with
and beautiful clarity OF musical form. Writing in
mode OF dramatic composition which uutrammeed In
its conventions Il is rich in opportunities for bombastic
and turgid emoonasm, this Of musical modcrniD
has achieved formal lucdity and dignity and confluence
OF expression scarcely characteristic the musical Zet-
gest We could wish though that Strauss would apply the
precise expressonal methods that he has employed in this
work a poetic text worthcr of his genius.