The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-22

1gle brilliant succcJs Of The WUtnen's
Choral club concert IS much to the credit
ct those who got 1t up and gave it end
gratifying evidence Of the high class music
al culture Of the Houston public
The mastery muslcinuFhip OF hr. Al
dridge Kidd, the pinnistr who so brilliantly
accompanied the famous foreign ceulst
Eisp Ruegger was worthy OF any artist
TO he heard In cosmopolitan musical CEN
ter.
and bringing up, though he IS n Gisin'
guisheu graduate or the Boston conserVh-
Evidence OF the naturyi gifts md studious
efforts OF two Dther young HuuRton!aus wRs
presented TO Monday nights audience when
Miss Hcartt, the charming California ron.
irGito, sang "Cnrest touGu9issly s%' g
Tnily and the words supplied by her
younger sister, Miss Abbie Cleveland, And
hy the way the trausposition Of this song
compelled Miss Hcrtt 70 take an nlhi)t
and this eon be done By few women.
Miss HEARTS chest tones all have So
velyety smoothuess. in fact, the quality
OF her voice g AT times quite celiolikei
aud her singing always Immediately after
Miss Rueggcr's .wltehing performance %, 90
that glorious viola de gambia QSnee nddlal,
accented this peculiar quality OF richness IN
4 criticism Of the programs numbers
IN many details was given IA Tuesday morn
The scherso IN Boccherini's sonata No. !.
G Is 30 buoyantlY and lnfectiouSlr Iull or
Joy that IL must take somo mold OF re
least sympathetic listener even though he
be nearly tone-deaf; so that although this
sonata competition OF the great ItaAah
celllst IS highly classical In form nnd con
tent, its enthusiastic reception hy our HouS.
toa audience YVES not complete PROOF OF
the peoples cultured musical taste hut
their rapt attention while the cellst
brought forth for them the great spirit
ually uniting beauty Of the De Swert con
certO. and their close following OF the un.
exciting. placidly graceful movements and
gentle melodies Of Saint Saeus' la CygTe
did prove conciusively that the number
OF people in Houston who recognize ana
enjoy the best music when they hear it y
by no means 80 small as might be imagined
considering the opportunities we are sup
posed not 10 have had.
Tho piece that exercised the eeliists pure
ly. technical skill displayed the, deTteTity
OF the left hand (which 10 the artisan) max
Ing relatively little demand on the powers
of the right hand (which Is the artist
was the Pepper 1arantella.
There rs a popular error regarding tho
origin and meaning Of the name "taral
teiiG" as applied 70 this class of compost
lions written In 0-s time with wildly en-
e ernts 4ecoanting Tor this Belongs a,
much 20 the history OF pathology as 10 thai
Of music. There nave been certain periods
when music has been used as physlc-not
only as balm for the bruised spirit, but. 81
healing In mental unhealth. and physica
{ 1anglings out OF tune, too.
| Many cases come readily 10 mind, amons
! them that Of the Hebrew king. Saul, anc
! the fact that during the life OF Shakes
/ peare In England, music was regarded al
! ply sic--aH a true remedial agent. Ike aloes
\ eassin, cJiecynth and other druga
The ''Tarantella" takes Its name from
! Taranto, a South Italian town In the prov
ince Of ApultR- The people Of Southern
Italy for many years suffered from o.
ful than ths German epidemic Of 81 Vitri