Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-25
CONCERT LAST NIGHT.
Small Audience Heard famous
Artist.

Heavy Loss to Dean Wrightson De-
tails of the Event Which Was a
Great Artistic success.
AS Mrs. Jenny Osborn Hannah
stepped on the stage at Commerce
ment Hall last night murmur of
admiration could be heard through
the audience and when she began to
sing hush fell upor all and pot
until the last note had died away,
pause which seemed an hour, then
every one awakened to the realiza-
ton that it was over, then burst
of applause deafening with enthusi
astic appreciativeness repeated re
calls for the singer, glorious en-
core, and then every one settled
themselves back into their seats for
each successive number, which each
and all In their magnificent rendi
ton as musical gem.
That the press notices copied from
other papers prior to the arrival of
the artists last night, we're enthusi
astic we are fully aware, but neither
words or pen could truly describe
! the treat Morgantown had last
night in musical way and it is only
to be regretted, that for some un-
known reason, there was such a
small audience present. That Dean
| Wrightson should take the trouble
and go 70 the personal expense to
arrange such an evening. and that
such poor audience should turn
out, is deplorable fact which seems
xplainable, because his previous
concerts have been such revelations
as to musical possibilities. The very
fact that he is to bring an artist
here, from now on should be a shffi-
cient guarantee as to the merits of
the evening. He cannot keep on
bringing people here if we don
support him. Last night he must
have fallen short $200.00fand as he
has no fund to fall back upon the
deficit must be met by him alone.
Mrs. Jenny Osborn Hannah is
beyond all doubt or question the
greatest singer ever heard here. Her
voice is perfect and further praise is
hardly necessary. She sings divine
ly and her b eautiful stage presence,
combined with her glorious voice
and temper ament, Immediately won
for her the hearts of her hearers last
night. She so generously and gra-
ciously responded to every recall.
and it must be said that she sang
her way to the hearts OF her hearers
reaching the deepest emotions when
she sat at the piano and played
THE Last Rose of summer" She
can carry away with her the thanks
oil every one who heard her and also
the wishes of all that some day she
will cone again and that we can
greet her with larger audience but
we doubt if it would be possible to
find a more appreciat;ve and en-
thusiastic one than she found last
night.
i Mr.. Frank Hannah has a supurb
tenor voice with true tenor quality,
something seldom heard these days
his upper tones are sweet and reson-
ant, beautifully placed, and his meg
20 v0ce tones are perfect. He sang
group Of catchy ballads, he won his
audience Immediately and his inter-
probation was musical
The Choral Society was revelation.
The attack and spirit with which
they sang was wonderful inspira-
ton. We have here In our own city a
Echoral society that many city, a
thousand times as large, would be
proud to own. The cantata, "God
Thou Art Great y, is hard and DIFF
ticult composition, the last number
being an intricate and difficult fugue.
1t was rendered perfectly, with thor
ough musical expression and interpre-
tation. Miss Shaw and Mr.. Barnes
proved themselves in every way capa-
BILE of the solo work intrusted to
them, and In the " Heavens are Fall
ing y, the first chorus sang on the pro-
gram, delightful trio was given by
Miss Shaw, Mr.. Page and Mr.. Barnes
The closing number was that glori-
Gus masterpiece, the Hallelujah "
chorus. 1t was simply magnificent
and the audience left with the stirring
anthem ringing in its ears. In this
: number Mr. and Mrs. Hannah grac-
, iously sang with the choir
Dean Wrightson is conductor sell
dom met, and he is deserving OF law
ish praise for the wonderful work he
has done, and we have just cause TO
feel proud of our Choral Society. H.
has added another triumph TO the
many he has alread, achieved here
1t would not be fair to end this ar
ticle without few words of praise
for Miss Bray and Miss Foster, the
accompanies The latter did the
lions share of the work Of the even
ing, proving herself a musician in the
true sense of the word Her accom-
paniments alone were musical treat.
We must also mention the beautiful
duet in the cantata sung by Mr.. Han
nab and Dean Wrightson.
In talking with the visiting artists
after the concert, they were both warm
: in their expressions OF admiration for
the good taste, clean-cut phrasing and
shading done by the chorus under
Dean Wrightson's direction, but as
Mr.. Hannah remarked, 1--WE have
heard his choruses before. He is only
again demonstrating his ability to
make success of this line in which
his many friends in Chicago think he