New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-26
NEW SONGS BY SEMBR|CH
j, Farewell Recital and an
Ovation.
CARNEGIE HALL FILLED
A. African Echo from Louisi-
ana, as Well as Many
Old Favorites.


10 Hall yesterday afternoon. She was
7.,as by a splendid audience on her
-.ro,ce as she has seldom been greeted
10 except after an absence of years.
her performances were acclaimed
~ a.. crescendo of enthusiasm which
',..,,sped 10 double tho length of an
lady generous programme. one of the
s..sons Of the orisinal length and the OK
.o,dinary extension would seem to
-. heen a subsconsCious feeling. per-
sa,s equally shared in by the singer as
..,u as her hearers. was that there was
..,s,binc in the nature of a leave taking
=. ,be affair. though there had been moth
49,, NJ the kind announced However. a
.,s,icious number of the songs i'm which
,,-,e senbrich has been most admired
90 years were among those added TO the
o,ogramne. and the mere suggestion of
,,sir contents by VI. La Forge at the
.iaroforte uniformly brought forth the
t..r,y kind Of applause which conveys
,,s conviction that they were wanted
nd hoped for, even if not exactly OK
,s,ted. Such songs Yesterday were
sobrmanns "NusSbaum. after the group
+ German songs which composed the
sAcond part of the programme: Mas
..nst's louvre ties yeux bleuo." after the
.-oun of French and Slavonic songs.
sromin' Thro' the Rye and the Nor
vsgisn Echo Song, which she has had TO
eng 10 the delight of her auditors ever
since she introduced II at her first con-
,er. of folksonCs Some Of these folk
SINGS formed the concluding section of
re, programme Yesterday. and though II
cannot be said that they were sung bet
,sr than many Of the songs which pre-
esisd them. especially after she had
cached the full command OF her powers
and her voice its full beauty. in the sec
ond group with Brahms's 'Wie Melodien,
y was vet obvious that she had entered
and they into her own sunny self after
she had begun with amazing individu-
Atty and sympathetic understanding 10
interpret the songs which the people Of
the world have made for themselves. in
Sspendently Of the artists. 10 express
their varied environments. But before
continuing in a strain awakened by this
rejection let the record be made that
Nonro's My Lovely Celia was added
with characteristic good taste 10 the
frs: group. made up Of old English,
nann's "Lotosblume, Brahms's VIE
Neloden zieht es' and cradle song
rom modern Greece were repeated in
to unmistakable demands. that
sali dozen other songs were almost as
redemanded and that the
Rowling in front OF the stage might have
ontinued another hour after the add
ion OF Comm Thro' the Rye" song by
Nr La Forge on translated German
'olssong text and the Norwegian Echo
song ''Kom Kiyre." If Mime. Sembrich
lad not yielded 10 the inevitable and sat
iown 10 the pianoforte TO play her own
nmitab!e accompaniment TO her own in
nitable singing of Chopin's "Maiden's
Wish" How often has such a record
'een made. we wonder? No one Will
Wish TO know until 1t is made plain 20 the
public that Nine. Sembrich will not come
-aek 10 them 10 make it again. Parting
with her is indeed such sweet sorrow that
al will wish they might keep on saying
farewell till II were morrow.
But 10 return to an interrupted topic
and an interesting one-Mme. Sembrich
does not seem 10 have been willing 10
say farewell even for the season only
IN songs with which the public have
closely Identified her. She sang their
tavorites. but also introduced new ones.
among them peculiarly plaintive and
beautiful song OF the Elizabethan pc
riOd-the Song Of Willow" which Des-
demona tells US in "Othello' she heard
from her mothers raid Barbara, ana
which would not 60 from her mind the
eve before her death. wherefore she nao
10 sing H. Opera composers like Ros-
Fni and Verdi have made their "Salcl
airs out Of Il since. but the old Enellsh
melody as IL was heard yesterday was
sveeter and more plaintive than any ~
the artistic settings. IT came too carly
IN the afternoon to make It's full effect
but Nine Sembrich sang ii with most
tender pathos and brought its beauty
home 10 many who will hereafter read
new meaning. or at least a deeper
telling into Desdemona's words.
Ny mother had maid called Barbara;
she was in love; and he she loved proved
And did torsake her She had a song Of
An old thing twas, but it expressed her
fortune.
And she died singing IT. That song to-
night
VIII no, go from my mind. ! have much
sut TO hang my head all at one side.
ana sing II like poor Barbara.
Another song which deserves some
comment came second in the concluding
group Of folk songs. 1t was entitled
V'eole Candid" and attributed TO Louisl-
a's--therefore an American folk song
strictly speaking. II is doubtful IL more
man one or two persons in the audience
"ao ever heard the song; certainly no
more In the arrangement used yesterday
~ came from this writer's collection
ana even he never saw Il in print or
n'drd 1t except at home. It's history -
'nerestng. Nine. Sembrich had II IN
"a. arrangement used yesterday rom
"'s writer; he had ii some twenty-eight
!eafs ago from Mr.. George w. Cable
-" before the articles on THE Dance
~ he Place Congo appeared in the
.sn'ury Magazine" for February ana
April. 1856.
'ne melody and words OF the song
~ch were not used in the articles. MT
90" mad from a Mr.. Macrum, who not
my transcribed II but translated II as
VEIL Nine SembrIch's hook of words