New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

There Z iedy Sweet and Kind" Gar! Hsuses n!n
Nl|F!te'. ....-.... Chaminade
It is characteristic of Nine sembrioh that
Of these twenty-one airs anG songs in many
styles. not half dozen have ever appeared
one Of her many previous programmes The
great artist seems indefatigable in seeking out
| interesting and little known specimens OF song
literature and never fails to bring exquisite
shocks of delight by her selections. Particu-
lariy fortunate from the beginning have been
her eScursions into the field of English song,
and here she has again been happy. She is
introducing new American composer, too, In
song which has the old English flavor. This
is Carl Hauser, who was born in San Fran
cisco, muscaily educated in Cincinnati and has
long sat among the first violins at the concerts
of the Philharmonic Society Of New York. 1t
was Mr.. Hauser who laid the foundations of
the musical career of Mr.. Edwin Grasse. the
blind composer and vionist. feature which
will arouse special interest IN the scheme is the
inclusion OF FIVE (all but two) OF Dvorak's
Gypsy Melodies" She sang them her re-
cent Western trip in Chicago and moved Mr..
w L. Hubbard to write in 1.-THE Tribune" news
paper:
Nine Nordica was talking evening of
singers and singing. and the name of Nine
Sembrich mentioned After expressing her
unqualified admiration for the eminent Polish
soprano and her exceptional art, she added:
And the most remarkable part or her Work
is that she is able to color her fine, light voice
just as we singers with full powerful ones do
ours and thus obtains the same artistic effects
as do We
The remark was recalled last evening when
listening to Nine. Sembrich sing the "Gypsy
Songs" of Dvorak in her recital in Orchestra
Hall. Hero were five songs, four Of which
filed with the widest dramatic passion and
emotional abandon-songs which 1t would seem
only strong, full volumed. vibrant voice could
interpret satisfactorily.
And yet Nine. sembrich sang them so tell
ingly that her audience was reused to some Of
the intensest enthusiasm Of the evening, and
the group became Of the btg moments of
the recital The voice not large, and there
never was an instant when anything like fore
| ing of the tone was in evidence. but filed
with the gypsy spirit was the performance and
| &c completely was the inner meaning Of the
| text made clear that the auditor received the
! impression of having been In gypsyland itself
| and contacted all the wild abandon that sounds
| out In the singing Of those wonderful children
| OF the outdoor world.
Nine Schumann- -Heinh will give second song
recital in Carnegie Hall the afternoon Of
Sunday, December g. She will then go on a
concert tour through the Western States. and
| return TO New York for her engagement at tho
opera in February.
| RosenthaPs second pia poforte recital will take
| place in Carnegie Hall next Saturday after
noon He will play Weber's Sonata. op. 80.
| Schumanns "Carneval,' beroeuso, nocturne,
scherzo and valse by Chopin, Lszt's transcript
ton OF SchubertS 'lAnQenDaufn, Day1COW 3
"At the Fountain" and his own "Eiumoresque
and Fugato" themes by Johann Strauss
| At his concert in Mendelssohn Hall next
! Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Edwin Grasse, violin
ist, will give hearing to pianoforte quintet
of his own composition which has been highly
| spoken of by those who have heard It in private.
Associated with him In the performance will be
J Mrs Carl Hauser, pianoforte; Michael Bernstein,
/ violini Joseph Kovarik, viola, and Leo Schulz.
} violonoello. Mr.. Grasses solo numbers will be
Tartini's '"rrtllo del Davolo" arranged by Cesar
/ Thomson), an andante and rondo by Mozart
! Schumanrl's "Garten Melodie' and Am Spring
brunnen" q ballade by Sinding, and Wieniaw
skis Polonaise Brillante. in d.
! Two classical concerts at popular prices are
scheduled for the Hippodrome this afternoon and
evening At o'clock the Philharmonic Society
viii give a popular concert, with Josef Lhevinne