Arizona republican., 1904-02-23
A WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST
Harold Bauer Who Will Appear at the
 Doris Theater Tonight.

MT. Harold Bauer, who will give a re- cital at the Doris theater tonight. ar
 rived fin the city yesterday morning. MT. Bauer is by far the greatest pianist that ever appeared in Phoenix and is one of the greatest that ever appeared
 on the coast. It may also be added that he is one of the greatest in the world, for he ranks with the best. He occupies a place on the high plane where only PaderewsH and perhaps
 two others stand. It will, no doubt,
 he years before the people of Phoenix
 will be given such another opportunity
 as will be offered to them tonight.
 Mir. Bauer is yet a young man and
 strikingly handsome one. He is not, as might be supposed from his Teutonic
 name, a native of Germany He was
 born in England, but was educated in Paris, where he now resides.
 He disclosed a fact last night that
 even the musical world does not gener-
 ally know lie said that he began his
 musical career as a violinist. He was
 asked how he came to be a pianist.
 That" he replied, "is a long story"
 And he diG not tell it. He came here first in 1900 and appeared with the Bos ; ton Symphony orchestra and also in
 
 In all he appeared in more than 200 concerts in this country. But this is
 his first western trip. He gave recitals at Dallas and Galveston, Texas. His next appearance was at Tucson He will go directly from Phoenix to San Francisco and remaining on the coast about six weeks he will leave in the middle of April for South America.
 He has recently come from a tour of Brazil and Argentina, with which he is so we'll pleased that he decided to re-
 turn. He will include Chile in his sec Ond tour. The cities of Rio Janiero and Buenos Ayres MT. Bauer says are surprising to those who visit them for the first time. They are more populous than they are supposed to be, Rio Jan iero. for instance, being larger than Boston. The standard of musical art and in fact of all art is very high, It does not suffer by comparison with art in the metropolitan cities of this country and Europe.
 Speaking of Europe. MT. Bauer has toured all parts of it several times. His first tour as a pianist was in Russia. MT. Bauer is, as most musical artists are, pleased with his reception in Amer ica and he says that this is by no means a farewell tour. By the way. | having completed his visit to South America he will return to Europe
 Mr. Bauer and his travelling compap- ion, Mir. Bacon, yesterday visited the papk and witnessed the cowboy sports. | which they there saw for the first time. | Today he will be driven about the val | ley. Next to the cowboy entertainment. | the most surprising and interesting | he in hi art of | ha country so far is the marvellous Feb 1 ruary weather. in sharp contrast to the ! climate of the east.
 A telegram was received yesterday | from the manager of the Tucson opera | house saying that the appearance there | of Mir. Bauer amounted to a sensation. | The audience was stirred to the high | est enthusiasm and men and women 1 stood waving hats and handkerchiefs | at the conclusion of the numbers of the | programme.
 The Musical Courier of New York in | two recent issues, gives more srace to | MT. Bauer than to any other musician | now before the public and musical crit | ics wherever he has appeared vie with | each other in declaring that he is one | of the greatest pianists of the age, if | not the greatest.
 For instance the Pittsburg Dispatch ! says of him: Musical enthusiasm was | never more spontaneous in a Pittsburg | audience than in that which assembled | at the Conservatory of Music last night | to greet Harold Bauer. This great ar tist needs no introduction to Pitsburg | audiences, but there is no exaggeration in saving that not even his warmest admirers realized fully until then what | marvellous powers he possesses"
 On the occasion of his first visit to | Cleveland, Ohio, three weeks ago, the | Plain Dealer said of MT. Bauer: "He | is a wonderful artist of the piano and | many people of the European capitals | do not hesitate to prefer him to Pader- | ewski He is an artist at once so full | of temperament but so lacking in senti- | mentality that the works of the mas ! ters of music grow luminous under his | skillful touch and through his vivid