Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-07
ELMAN ENCHANTS
WITH HIS VIOLIN
prssiau Artist Charms Capacity
Audience of Music Lovers
at the Illinois.
e ACCORDED AN OVATION
o,,lied TO Encore Every Number
an Preerzm-Triumpn ior the
Club Bringing Him Here.

Foek Island gave Mischa Elman a
-s,sr;lou last u.ghi that was as cred
,.,hia 10 the city as . was comp /
-,entarv 10 the great Russian yiolinist
I'D the audience was worthy OF the
,-rlst-s best efforts. fo- 70 packed the
uYnofs from foyer 20 orchestra rail.
- No uraver ever had % more cordial
: .,,r,usisstic welcome than Eiman-
Tsa Rock Island Musical club, IN
der whose auspices the artist appear
a 4 much gratif!ed with the support
80 IL fu i.s eSfo-r 20 bring the best
d, the concert STATE To- the city. TIA
,lub members worked very hard 20
raEe OF che recital q riHaucia. as well
a. musical success. and thei- efforts
vsra we'll rewarded. lCr several hun
srad dollars will be cleared Tor the
club treasury.
A splendid Urogram was Irc-en'ed
bv Elmau and ne did not commit the
Mistake 80 ofieu made b. artists
WIEN appearing before audiences IN
cities o. the 10000 class. OF undcresti.
mating the crirics. taste and giving
them a lighter program than they
void ChIcsgo or New York audiences.
vlmsr mus have been Eratined with
Ii audience. g. he ever takes notice
q srch things. and DE seemed 10 dc
90. for there was enthusiasm IN the
ai- from the start. Time and again he
vas brought back on the stage ard
vas comDclIed 70 encore every mum
Der
Charms and Thrills.
Il would be impossible for the lay
nan or enc not very well versed in
The EImsn az. 10 attempt 10 enter into
anything like a Technical Critici ~ OF
his work last night. Sufficient for the
majority OF the people present was Il
that be charmed and thrilled them
from the moment he appeared untu the
last strain OF music had died away;
that he held them spellbound by tho
magical sweep Of his bow. and that
be let them come back 20 earth again
only when ne had drcFped his instru.
ment and was bowiEz himself off the I
stage
Elman makes a pleasing appearance, Z
with none OF the eccentrfcities that
enc associates with great musicians .
BE Is yOung. only % years old. small .
Of stature: he does not wear long
Tsvy hair. % did Kubeliz. ana ne has .
Tone Ct the peculiar maunerisms Of .
hat cher artist lie is an interesting
study 10 the musical auditor. for
when the expression or his face is
watched closely il reveals all the fee
ins IN the music that comes cut at .
his finger tips.
He has an exquisite sustained
leSsto and the steady wei-ht in his
ocwin= g. perfect and in the lighter
passages nothing bu, the natural warb-
Ing Of birds could be anything like
BIS perfect trills. To the laymaa his
Eie ding OF the bow on the bcautiful
instrument represents the ne rlu7
Ultra O. perfection and purity. Each
note spoke 20 the musical auditor Sc
GEAR was fits meaning or shades and
VARIETIES - tone his supply was end.
Jess and his paiui-sino was the faint
esf whisper.
Toncs Like Rain Drops.
Elman opened his p-r-r-ru with the
As1deissohn Concerto i1 J. minor OD.
r. playing the three movements.
TIE allegro neutrality-suspicious. was
iechnira. but AZ THAT easily under
''ocd s7d beautiful. The andanfe was
notable To- tho soft. sweet melcdiour
.oles and in the allegro motto vivace