The San Francisco call., 1909-01-04

~ no means do all those whose in
* fancy is touched with the gift OF
y song outgrow their genius with
their immaturity. Hofmann sur
vived his youthful precocity; Mozart
skill to sing antedated his mastery OF
the conventions OF speech. and he could
manage notes and dispose them with
Mozart characteristics on paper before
he could write a letter. Nine Semorich
played the violin, piano and sang when
her frocks were short and her hair In
ribboned baby curIs. an old, half Tor
gotten Polish composer lives TO this
day because Chopin played one OF MS
eoncertos when the pianos greatest in
terpreter was not Yet years old The
history of music is full Of the bioSra-
phies OF composers and interpreters OF
composers who uttered authoritatively
in musical sounds before they could
translate thought into terms of speech
Yet there is a danger in preeoeity'
it argues a fatal facility that roOs its
possessOr of the disposition to work Tor
the high rewards bestowed only on
those who labor hard; the fruits or
music are too easily plucked by the i'm
mature genius who is likely 10 be eX-
plotted for the sake of an immediate
gain. and at the expense of later
success.
1t will interest many old friends in
San Francisco TO know that Paloma
Schramm-little Paloma she is no
lonSer-has passed the period OF pre-
cocity and that her genius has ripened
and her talents have been cultivated in
Chicago. where for FIVE years she has
lived a normal life, removed from the
excitement of the concert lights and
applause. that she has been attending
school with her sister. karla, and that
she has been studying piano and COM
position under excellent guidance
She will make her debut as a con-
cert pianist early next season Mean
time there are reliable and eneOurag-
ing evidences OF her progress
When " alter Damrosch went through
Chicago with his New York symphony
orchestra last season he consented 10
hear Miss Paloma play. So pleased
was he with her performance that he
invited her to appear with his orches-
ira in a concerto. She did so. There
was an audience of 5000 in the great
hall. The soloist was unknown, but
genius needs no introduction any more
than good wine needs a bush. and the
little pianist conquered She was re-
called again and again. until she re-
Sumed her place at the piano and re-
peated with orchestral accompaniment
the last movement of the concerto
Nine. Carreno, whose catholic tastes
and broad culture have been the in
terested in Miss Schramm. During her
stay in Chicago the great pianist de-
voted much time TO the young lady
She gave her lessons which lasted from
one to three hours a day, and prOphe-
sled fine future for Miss Schramm-
She invited friends to hear her protege
play the Grieg concerto, while Nine.
Carreno played the second piano.
Composition is a necessary part Of the
education OF any one who aspires TO
interpret music Miss Paloma won a
gold medal for writing in competitive
examination the best piano sonata
There are many concert goers in
this city who will remember the lit
tie girl who used to climb laboriously
on her piano stool and then. with tiny
fingers. plunge into the depths Of i'm
provisation. bringing forth. now and
again, little pearls OF real musical
worth, the while her babyish face was
suffused with a light that, shining from
within, told of inspiration and flicker
ing genius
There will be many here who will re-
joice at the news of Paloma Schramm's
progress, and who will wait anxiously
the time when she comes back TO San
Francisco as unaffected and genuine as
when she was a child. but with ma
turity and achievement in her hands.
Madame Johanna Gadski VIII give
her first recital OF songs at the Van
Ness theater. 1t will be followed by
a matinee concert at Ye Liberty thea
ter in Oakland on Wednesday and her
final concert Of this season viii be
held a week from next Sunday after
noon at the Van Ness Meantime she
viii supply the program for the sec
ond recital to be given by the st.
Francis musical art society TO its mem
bers exclusively
Of all the great sopranos who visit
San Francisco. Madame Gadskf is.
perhaps the favorite and has been
welcomed here oftenest. On account
of her numerous appearances in san
Francisco she has been unusually care
full in her programs, arranging them
so that they would not contain any
thing that she has sung here before;
however il is not likely that certain
old favorites viii be unheard. There
will be. no doubt. encore demands for
many numbers which she sings as no
one else does to our equal satisfae-
tion.
The program for the first recital
will be divided in three parts. Early
composers will be represented in the
first section that will include Haydn's
suave and melodious song, My Moth
er Bids Me Bind Ny Hair Reich