The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-09
POWELL CONCERT An
EXCEPTIONAL
TREAT
Americas Great Artist De.
lights Large Grand Forks
Audience

The many music lovers Of Grand
Forks came out last night to greet an
old friend and favorite violniist. Maude
Powell who gave the second concert
Of the Wesley conservatory artists
course in the auditorium. She needs
no introduction to Grand Forks au-
dtences having made two appearances
cess.
Last nights program follows:
Program
Spanish Symphony, Op. 81 5000. Lalo
!. Allegro non troppo. -"
~. Scherzando: Allegro motto.
III. Andante.
Nv. Rondo: Allegro.
Praeludturn. allegro 100000. Pugnani
Arr. Maud Powell
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Wedding Music ............ GrieE
Plano Solos
TO Spring" ...... rieg-Marcos.on
Etude. E Major $500. Pagnini-Powell
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We car truly count Maude Powell
an american v%iolinist," and our fin
est n on the concert stage today. She
was born in Peru. ILL.,, in 1868 and
was particularly fortunate in having
the most excellent education it was
possible to have in the day Of her
study. 1t was o an education confin-
ed to the teachings of one school and
one pedagogue but had the broad adj
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finally studied with Joachim. who be-
fore his death was universally recog-
ntzed as the worlds greatest violinist.
When we consider Powell's natu-
raj endowment Of a genuine violinistic
temperament, reinforced and balanc-
ed by a strong intellectually and
combined with the finest training the
world has had to offer, we can appre-
ciate more readily why she is called
the greatest woman musician Ameri-
ca has produced.
The present day violinist, lamenting
the fact that as yet no violin COM
poser has appeared who could give
to the violin what Chopin did to the
piano and Schubert to the voice; no
one who could write things so purely
violinistic in type that they could not
easily be utilized in any other way,
and SO as violin literature stands to-
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works of musicians who are primarily
composers Of music for the piano and
voice. This accounts for the many
arrangements for various pieces on the
program of the concert artist. Near
ly all of h artists have at least one
number on the program that they
themselves have adapted for the violin.
The song form is the most popular
one for the shorter numbers and the
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Der Of people. and the bulk of the
program Is made up of groups of
these. The beginning of, the program
is usually n long number of the
sonata or concerto form. This gives
broad scope for technical display as
well as variety of mood and tone
color.
Powell is to be commended for her
splendid choice of numbers on the pro-
schools were represented, the Span
ish, Italian. French, German, Scandi-
navian, Russian and American, al
though we a hardly presume to call
the latter a school. None but a vio-
linist of great breadth could present
them all successfully and this Pow
ell did with exceptionally fine distinc-
ton.
The Lalo Spanish Symphony is one
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violin literature, grateful to the play
er and to the audience hearing it for
the first time. Powell gave 1t q
beautiful reading. All of the shorter
numbers were SO perfectly given that
it would be difficult to mention the
preference of any particular one. 1t
was quite evident that the audience
was delighted to hear again the
charming Beethoven minuet which she
gave as an encore to the second group.
Her generosity with encores wal some
thing to be keenly appreciated con-
sidering that the program was long
and taxing. She played the Dralo
Souvenir" after the third group and
at the close of the program a new
composition, Caprice Viennois" by the
violinist, Fritz Kreisler.
Waldemar Liachowsky, the pianist
was very satisfactory both as soloist
and a~ccompanist. His piano group
was given in a true musicianly man.
ner and he very kindly responded to
a generous applause.
The whole evening will be long re-
membered by all who were present.
With two such splendid concerts at the
beginning Of the eason the artist
course bids fair to offer an unusual po-
portunity to Grand Forks and the sur
rounding country, an opportunity that
everyone should take advantage of.
Gail Hamilton Ridgway,
Grand Forks School Of Music.