Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-03-10
OUR PERSONAL COLUMN EULA HOWARD PRAISED t
For Excellency in Piano Work
in San francisco.

Miss Eula Howard, who gave re-
cital in Steinway hall, San Francisco,
February %, has made for herself a
prominent place among the musicians
of the Bay city if we may judge from
the press notices. all of which speak of
her in the highest of terms. We
take pleasure in quoting from num-
Der of the San Francisco papers:
Bulletin-"Mi Eula Howard as
tonished and delighted large
audience at Steinway hall Thursday.
Miss Howard is a young girl whose
home is in Grants Pass, Or. A year
and half ago all her dreams OF what
music might be were evolved from
her own consciousness, for she had
received only tho most primitive sort
of instruction and had never heard
anoyne play the piano better than she
could herself Now she has had 10
months of enlightened instruction,
has listened with a pleasure that is
given to few mortals) to music as iu.
terpr-ted by artists, and has applied
herself SO diligently to the work she
has chosen for herself, that she is
able to rouse a remarkable enthusiasm
whenever she plays for anyone. Her
playing is called original, her ex-
preston is beautiful and delicate.
Here teuhnlc is chiefly noticeable for
the fnger-work, which is maryelously
dainty, delicate and perfect. She
was repeatedly encored by her en-
thusiastic audience.
1.-TWO numbers on the program which
the audience especially enjoyed and
which were repeated were the Ich
liebe dich, by Grieg, and The
Lady Of Shalott," by Albert Elkus.
The latter appealed strongly to the
audience, Miss Howard playing it
most charmingly.
by her delightful Interpretation Of
art and her devotion to it, as well
as by her surshiny personality, little
Miss Howard has endeared herself to
a large circle of friends in San Fran
cisco. She is dearly beloved men,
Der of the Mansfeldt Club, named for
her instructor Hugo Mansfeldt, and
the other members of that organiza-
tion acted as ushers and attendants at
this recital. "
Chronicle-"M Eula Howard,
young girl pianist of unusual promise,
was presented to the public last even.
ing in concert by her instructor,
Hugo Mansfeldt, at Steinway Hall.
This attractive little maid rendered q
programme of difficult compositions
of varied moods not only with care
full and notable technique, but with
powers Of Interpretation seldom found
in musician Of her age. The OPEN
ing number, Schumann's 'Davids.
buendlertaenZe, was one of such
entirely distinct movements as showed
at once the young artists power of
expression
zone of the most interesting and
dainty musical bits on the pro-
gramme was Albert l. Elkus' Lady
of Shalott, suggested by Tennyson Is
poem. 1t was fnll Of dreamy sugges-
tion aud the sentimental romance in
melody so charmed the audience and
was so gracefully and lightsomely
played by Miss Howard, that compo-
sition and pianist were encored. "
Town Talk-"On, Thursday even
ing, February %, Mr.. Hugo Mansfeldt
presented his young pupil, Eula
l1oNdIu' III IihuO ItClAdl dI Olelu-
way hall. 1t is less than two years
since Miss Howard came to San Fran
cisco from her home in Oregon to
pursue her musical studies, and her
progress has been truly remarkable.
Her technical achievements alone are
sufficient to arouse enthusiasm, but
the greatest charm of her playing
consists in rare and beautiful indi-
viduality that lends an indescriba-
BILE piquancy to her rendition of GER
tain com positions, as for instance the
. Observation-Disclosures of Schu-
mann, her playing of which is some
what reminiscent Of De Pachmann,
the only pianist who has played the
composition in San Francisco. "