Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-07
MISS WINNIFRED LAMB
RETURNS FROM EUROPE.
Rogers Park Musician Attracts Wide
Attention.

Attention.
Youth, beauty, talent. enthusiasm
all priceless gifts-are the possessions
OF Miss Winnifred Lamb, the Young
pianist and musical virtuoso who has
lately returned to Chicago and to
Rogers Park after protracted stay
abroad, travelling for both pleasure
and instruction and spending much
time in the studios of the great music
masters of the world.
Miss Lamb, whose early home was
In Stevens Point, Wis, showed talent
as young child and was taught at
first by her mother. Mrs. Lamb was
and still is a pianist of ability, hay-
Ing been identified with the musical
life of the small Wisconsin city.
stevens Point has its limitations. how
ever, and Mrs. Lamb frequently comes
to Chicago TO hear good music and to
gather help and inspiration.
Miss Lamb has spent several years
In Chicago. She is the pupil of one
OF the greatest American musicians
OF the present cay, Mrs. Clare Os-
borne Reed, and is on the faculty of
the Columbia School of Music. She
has played repeatedly before critical
audiences and has received invariably
the warm commentator of those
whose praise was not distorted with
Pout conscientious determinations.
For instance, after her last concert
before starting abroad, with Ludwig
Becker, second concert master of the
Theodore Thomas orchestra, w. L.
Hubbard, commenting on her perform
ance, said in the Tribune:
''Miss Lambs playing was of kind
which commands approval and affords
pleasure. Miss Lamb is the poSseSsor
OF technical equipment which has
clarity, SmoOthneSS, strength and a
goodly degree of facility to lend its
worth and usefulness; and the total
quality of her playing, like the inter-
pretative side of it, shows fine feel
ing and appreciation of beauty. She
plays intelligently and with the ex-
pressiveneSs which springs from nat
ural musical feeling, as we'll as from
acquired understanding. The
performance was an excellent one"
So much for ter town country'S"
honor to this br iant young woman.
Abroad she met With the same appre-
ciative comment. Such men as Har-
old Bauer of Paris, Ossip Gabrilo-
witsch, Howard Wells, Rudolph CAM
and Alexander Fielitz in Berlin, were
glad to 'say nice things" about Miss
Lambs playing. That these men, to
whom the visit of an aspiring young
woman from America is so much a
matter Of any-day occurrence that
they might easily be forgiven for
passing IL over with a perfunctory
compliment, should have gone out of
their way to praise her playing and
TO offer her valuable criticism and
suggestive comment shows the meas
ure of her worth.
1t has been the good fortune of the
North Shore News to get look into
one of Miss Lambs journal letters of
travel abroad, some of which is re-
produced.
II found Italy perfectly bewitching
so full of mystery, so full of his
toryl And the art, the pictures of
the Pitt and UtiZzi galleries in Flor
ence, the sculpture in Rome, the Won
derful Michel Angelo frescoes in .
Listine chapel! | spent hours and
hours studying them and then it
seemed as difficult to tear myself
away as when | first looked at them.
From Rome went straight north
to Lucerne and before going to Ber-
lin spent a few days away up in the
mountains at Murren. 1t was the lst
of October, and the little mountain
inn was almost deserted by visitors.
The air was crisp and cold and the
peasants were making their prepare
tions for long cold winter, strength
ening their little chalets, gathering
wood, etc. 1t was beautiful time to
he in the mountains, so res Cful and
peaceful.
81 cannot tell you how much | en-
joyed my work with Mr.. Bauer. 1t
was delightful. He teaches in a def
mite, scholarly way, bringing Gull
tured mind to his work and boundleSS
enthusiasm. l am happy to say that
he praised my work very highly and
wished me brilliant career /
think l told you of his professional
pupils recitals at which ] played very
often"
Miss Lamb comments on the musical
gorging of the Berliners where de
butts are made as fast as pianos are
manufactured, and are attended in a
most mechanical and unenthuSiastic
way; one wonders where the joy and
inspiration of it all has flown"
Miss Lamb is at home in Rogers
Park, with her friend, Mrs. f. A.
Thomas, 67l2 Perry avenue. She is
quietly occupied with teaching just
now, but will next winter be again
on the concert stage, remarkable
example of great attachments united
with youth and an enthusiasm that
is beautiful to see.-Chicago North
Shore News.
Miss Lamb is well known here and
has many warm friends in Wausau
who are watching her career with
much pleasure.