The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31
Strains from the World of Music
Recital Rudolph the ProPyleum..An
Wagner Publication Musical

The event OF the week in musical circles
of Indianapolis viii be the first appearance
IN this city Of Rudolph CAM. the distin-
guished Swiss pianist who viii give re-
oital Wednesday afternoon at the Propy
laeum under the auspices Of the Matinee
Musicale. Mr.. CAM is looked upon rs
brilliant musician and a pianist of the first
rank. He is now connected with the Chi
cago College Of Music. coming to this coun-
try to live when he married an American
girl.
Mr. CAM has won the praise of the Chi
cago musical critics, who consider him one
Of the best pianists heard in the Western
metropolis in a long time His technique is
said 10 be remarka BILE. his touch delicate and
refined and a performance by him full of
power, while being absolutely correct,
rhythmically. OF his first Chicago appear
ance the musical critic Of the RecOrd-Her-
aid wrote as follows:
When DR. ZiegfeId brought Rudolph CAM
TO Chicago some time ago We were told that
a genius mad come to reside among US. If
there was any doubt as TO the truth OF this
assertion II was quickly 0iSpeIed last FRI
day night when Mr.. CAM gave his first re-
cital in this city in Music Hall. Few artists
have ever been heard here capable of per
forming a programme Of SUCH variety with
such equal excellence. Mr.. CAM aStOnished
his auditors with his grea. versatility; the
poetic the brilliant, the humorous, the dra-
matte, all were wonderfully expressed. Mr..
CAM possesses a technique that is nothing
short of marvellous. His tone is large, warm
and singing. He brings to his interpreta-
tons refinement musicianship, imagination,
temperament and genius.
Mr. CAMS programme at his Indianapo-
lis recital will be the following:
Beethoven-Thirty-twO variations in
minor.
Observation-Disclosures Capriccio, Op. 129.
(Rage over the lost Groschen)
Brahms-Two Rhapsodies, Op. 70, B
Chopin-scherzo in sharp minor, OPP. SO.
Chopin-Three Etudes, e major, OPP. 10.
+ minor, OPP %. A minor, Op. Is.
P5zt@The e6aPei IN of william hahP oR Fell
Liszt-"At the Spring eau bord dune
source)
ner-LisZt-'IsOlde's LOve-Death.'
The Musical Leader and Concert-Goer of
Chicago says: Germans are prone to be-
Iieve that Chicago is the Berlin of America,
and that the reason for the patronage of
music and. above all. the support of the
Chicago Orchestra is to be found in the I'm
mense German population. Such a belief is
fallacious. And let him who doubts just
read the list of names OF the subscribers 10
the Thomas concerts For one German there
will be fifteen Americans. and as IL is for
the orchestra, so il is at the various miscel
laneOuS concerts. The Germans are con-
spicuOus by their absence. The spirit Of the
German may have spread over the West in
Balatka's time, but no traces of IL remain
to-day, and IL would not be surprising if for
the most part the Germans of Chicago, who
are supposed to be music lovers, were ig-
nOrant of the existence of the orchestra and
Theodore Thomas. The most influential Ger
man society and club, both composed of the
better class of Germans, are comfortably
wrapped up in their own little doings, but so
far as influencing the music of the West,
they might just as well be noneXistent."
The John Church Company, of Gin
cinnat, has just published in four volumes
the vocal score of Wagner's trilogy. THE
Ring of the Nibelung," in the simplified arr
rangement of the piano-forte part by Rich
ard Kleinmichel. This is an undertaking
that no other American music publishing
firm has ever gone into, although the copy
right laws are no more effective in pre-
venting the publication than in putting a
stop to the American production Of Par
sifal." The edition is an excellent one
with an English translation which follows
the German words as closely as possible.
The work has been edited by Henry T.
Finck, who is prominent as a Wagnerian
student and who has furnished a preface
to each of the four volumes in which he
gives an account of the circumstances
posed and many suggestions to aid the stu
dent in understanding and approaching the
masterpiece. This new publication Is sure
to be of much interest to the music lovers
of the country.
Regarding the great violinist, Ysaye, the
London World says: He is living protest
anaemic. jejune. rigid. square-toed. prosaic