The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
Mr.. EDDY is HERE
Greatest of Pipe Organists Ar.
rives in Topeka.
Heard at Auditorium Tonight
at Popular Prices.

Clarence Eddy, who is recognized by
the best authorities as one of the
| worlds greatest organists, and whose
ability to please in Topeka has been
| proven on former occasions, will give
| a recital this evening at the Auditor
| ium-
While in the city a. few weeks ago
/ for the purpose of dedicating the new
organ at the First Baptist church, the
gift of John R. Muivane, Mr.. Eddy
made the suggestion that 1t would be
a popular move If the city board of
| comm issioners would arrange for a
series of Auditorium pipe organ con-
certs of popular nature, just as in
the summer time the city pays for free
| band concerts 1t is possible that
sufficient interest will be aroused at
| the concert tonight so that the matter
! will be agitated and brought to the at
| tention of the commissioners.
| can organ needs exercise" said Mr..
Eddy, land I would suggest that an
official organist be employed by the
city,
Mr.. Eddy arrived in the city from
! Lincoln, Neb., this morning and one
of the first remarks he made in a con-
versation with State Journal re-
porter was: cit seems a pity not to
have that organ played frequently and
regularly. 1t is a very effective and
| splendid organ. An organ should have
exercise in order to keep it in good
condition.
'@when I was here recently to dedi-
cate the organ at the First Baptist
church, I tested the big organ at the
Auditorium, and it seemed to me that
it was in finer condition than origin
ally when I dedicated the instrument.
| s"The program which will be given
tonight I outlined when I was in the
city the last time. I had in mind the
| idea of displaying the most beautiful
characteristics of the organ, and giving
the people a popular concert.
ct have done a good deal OF jump
| ing about since I was in Topeka.
! went to Denver, and then to LeadVille,
just ten thousand feet above the sea,
where experienced difficulty In
| breathing. I dedicated new organ in
| a Presbyterian church at Salt Lake
City, and then I played on a new or
gan in Mormon tabernacle at Logan,
| Utah. From Logan I made the jump
to Lincoln.
cit is my intention to visit for few
| Nellis who are old friends, and then
Mills. who are old friends, and then
go on to Chicago. I will arrive in New
York May 2, after having been on a
tour which began January IL. ex-
pect to make a special trip later to
| dedicate an organ costing at least
| $4,000 in the First Church of Christ
| Scientist of Kansas City. There has
been considerably delay in the installa-
! ton of this instrum ent, and l nave
! held several dates open expecting that
the organ would be ready for dedica-
ton long before now"
| Mr., Eddy was born in Greenfield,
Mass, and began studying the piano
forte under Laura J. Billings at the
age of eleven. His first lessons on
1.-The organ were from J. Gilbert Wilson
two years later, after which he studied
a year under Dudley Buck IN Hart
ford, Conn.
bethany church at Montpelier, Vt,
land then went to Berlin, where he
tstudied the organ and composition I'M
der August Haupt, and the piano I'M
lder Albert Loeschhorn.
After highly successful concert
ltour in Germany, Austria, SWltzeriano
land Holland, Mr.. Eddy returned TO
this country and located in Chicago,
where he became organist or the F1rst
CONGREGATIONAL church for two years,
and later of the First presbyterian
tchurch for seventeen years. In chi
Icago he gave upwards of four hundred
lrecftaIs. Including a series of one hun
ldred programs without a single repetl-
ltion. This made him famous, and MS
REPUTATION rapidly grew by reason OF
his numero recitals all over the
Icountry as he was called upon to ded-
licate now organs in nearly every state
of the Union. He has probably opened
more new organs than any other Nv
ing organist-
Mr.. Eddy has been identified Off
since the one at Vienna in 1878; name
,Iy those at Philadelphia in 1876, Paris
lin 1889, Chicago. in 1898 with twenty
lone recitals, Buffalo in 1901, St. LOUIS
in 1904 and jamestown in 1907 with
six recitals.
/ Mr. Eddy's repertoire comprises
practically everything written for the
organ, as well as hundreds or manu-
scripts which have been dedicated to
him His four organ collections pub
~, T.. Il, O. nf
New York and one by, the, Oliver Dit
son company of Boston are extensive
Ily used throughout the United States
A new collection entitled Concert
lRepertoire for the Organ is now in
preparation.
Following is the Topeka program:
i PART FIRST,
II Festival Prelude and Fugue, on
"old Hundred (New) ..-...
........... :. Clarence EDDY
?. Spring Song Gin P.o tse IS Soq Ianare
8. Largo, CXerxes) ARRANGED by
L. B. Whitney, WaendeI
4. Nocturne in B minor (New) =.
/ Arthur Foote
IS. scherzo in E major (New) -.
I6. (a) "Love-Death," Christian and
| Isolde) ARRANGED by Archer
Gibson) -....... Richard Wagner
(b) March and Chorus. CTann-
hauser) arranged by Homer n:
| PART SECOND.
4. Overture to William Tell. (By :.
request). Ross1n1
2. Consolation CNew). ARRANGED
by Clarence Eddy ;. .Arpad Laszlo
l3. (a) "The Wedding Vow (New)
Giuseppe Farrata
| OBJ wedding March, (New).
1 Giuseppe Farrata
IA. moonlight" (Newl -.
| Edward D'Evory