New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-06
/ DAYS REClIALS
/ AND GRAND OPERAS
n Thibaud, French Violin
j. ist. Returns After a
Decades Absence
ON SONGS RENDERED.
BY NINE. JULIA CuLP
.vsuou Lescaut' Sung at the
metropolitan Opera House and
81 ouise" at the Century,
RN VI. r kRtHBihi.

ny u. p kREHBiEl-
-, eco last October New York
lovers made the acquaintance OF
Thihaud. a Young French violin
.so promptly won their interest and
.,-.,,on lie PLAYED 0gst at concert
-.,,,es by Herman weta'er' and fnd-
Ia friend and oountryman in tne
=, n Edouard Colonne. who had
,,,4,ed 10 come from Paris and con-
II. u. concerts Of the Philharmonic
sa.,v he was promptly invited to pay
=. hat venerable organization. Mex.
-, rscitals. and with at that ne 'lu
..sr.hed himself more and more nr"'H
-,,s or,nion % concerteoers. mus
",,.,,-s and critics That after
'..,.s 60 honorsbly achieved he sho"."
-. remained In Europe whole oecSue
-. ,e,urnine 10 America IS a TACT
-, of mention and not Mite Won
"a. {, now with rs again. and yes
y. rave his first recital In Aeollan
,,o,,nr some OF the music when
H'. his earlier lists. and receiving
~or5lal greeting from many VINO mao
,.,,.bed pleasant memories Of his carrier
Yislt -. e~s, visit
-. :. -on,antic glamour surrounded MS
-. and story He was one oil 'hree
who by their fine musiciansnlp
1900 ~ ~oos taste had brought the music or
-. CAFE Rouge. in the Latin quarter Oh
,.ss At which they played. TO the re-
.,.c,h,l and admiring notice Of commons
- We had been a pupil Of Mavsick'
-, -, first prize al the ConserNa-
-. ,esb invited BY NJ. Colonne 10 play
=, II, symphony concerts and had haoe
-. ,op- % Germany. Switzerland ana
-, as virtuoso. lie was only
,v,,,v.,hres years Old. and his FIRST per-
,.,r,ncs here not only gave keen pleas
=. "a the Iudicious. but awakened larse
80, ,o- his future lie played Saint
-. concerto IN y minor and Mo-
-. IN r fat. The impression created
b, HE performance Of the first compost
81, vas that he was a brilliant techm-
,i,n-nervous. energetic, masteriul' ho'o-
,,r the elements Of his art In a nrm anu
,orouering grasp. but disclosing little else
man his command Of his instrument ana
I'M. not very profound composition. III
m, Mozart concerto. however. he was
ros,ie Interpreter Of an exquisite artisuc
exclamation swayed by lovely and lot'!
anH TEnnGAft...
rreipg. inspiring Ills style was not
arr but refined and ingratiatinS. amiau4e
IA degree. and il was easy 10 imagine
tss .rowing into a maturity Of manner
Ike that which made Nsaye conqueror
from the outset The expectation 10 when
,,presslon was given then was not
-,siized in IT'S fulness yesterday. &c
rsred Ial0s symphonic cspagnole WIN
orlr a r,odicum ~ the old brilhancy, with
M Improvement in the quality OF the
tones Of his g string and with 50 many
5epa-frres from true information that IL
vas difficult 20 recognize I'm him the
fae dbred young artist OF q decade ago.
When he essayed Bachs 'Chaconne
finer qualities 81 muslcianship appeared
bur there was no revelation Of the serene
pclss the breadth and dignity Of utter
snce which q was thought would be HE
when he had reached his physical and
artistic maturity. Whether or not he dis
closed qualities calculated To restore him
70 his old place in the affections OF the
discriminating element among his listen
eTs with the pieces which he PLAYED later
Chaussou's "Poeme' and the "Havan-
s'sc' and Introduction and Rondo Ca
priccioso" Of ssint-Saens) cannot be re-
corded. II he has grown, the fact VIII
probably BE disclosed on another occa-
don