Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-27

BOOSTS PIPE ORGAN

making great strides IN the mus'ca'
world"
rhc speaker was charming Miss
| Christine Miller, the noted American
contralto, who is to sing i'm tonven-
| tion hall Monday night March !, un-
der the auspices Of the Hyechka club.
! Miss Miller arrived yesterday morning
| and will remain in the city untL after
her Convention hall engagement
"Tulsa is certainly attracting much
attention in the musical centcrs of the
country. The success that has at
! tended the engagements of Madame
| Homer, Maud Powell and Other IA
nous artists i'm this magic little city
| and the obvious love for musical tai
ent has distinguished Tulsa.
Heard of Organ.
80 Tulsa is to have a municipal
pipe organ? / heard this weeks ago,
and while | was more than a thousand
miles from Tulsa. Everybody inter
ested in music and pipe organs knows
that Tulsa is TO have this public in
! strument in your magnificent Conven-
! tion hail, and many organists are anN-
| iOus to secure engagements for con-
certs here she continued.
Miss Miller is medium of stature, of
charming personality and very pleas
ant to converse with. She is Just a
] " plNdl Nllltl ltdl blll anu d at 1T NlS'
with It. She has no hobbies, no
| fancies, no pet animals and modest
wearing apparel best suits her taste
The noted little contralto is a resi-
| dent of Pittsburgh, which city she has
| helped to make famous as a musical
center, She is widely Travelled, well
versed on public affairs and current
! topics, She is as pretty as she is tai
ented, and the possessor of a person
! ality that charms her listeners.
! The following are brief excerpts
! from recent press notices concerning
Miss Miller:
| With the Mendelssohn club Of Chi
cago, assisted by the Thomas orches-
ira, February 20, 1913 (second en-
gagement:
Miss Miller's talents lifted the per-
! formance of this number to heights of
interpretative eloquence not APP
| preached elsewhere in the program.
| Her delivery Of the solo strengthened
a conviction, long cherished that she
Is the first American contfalto in the
| concert field. d."-Glonn Dilard Gum
in the Chicago Tribune.
Miss Miller sang admirably. In
| tone, in breadth of style, i'm realization
of mood, her Interpretation was
great accomplishment This recently
risen star of oratorio has been charged
| WIN no uloIt tNdtlluE TASK uuIllE ntI
many appearances here, and she may
credit herself with a flattering sue
cess. Erie Delamarter in the Chi
| cago Inter Ocean.
With the St Paul Symphony orches-
| ira, February 20, 1913 (seCond con-
secutive engaSemenD:
"She is without doubt one of the
greatest artists and the possessor Of
one Of the lovelest voices on the
American concert stage today. Her
reception amounted to an ovation. 49,
! J. Mcclure Bellows in the St. Paul
/ Pioneer Press.
Her work is always done with
taste, with we1l-tempered judgment,
! with dramatic appreciation, with eX-
quisite elocution." ."-R. NJ. Pease in the
st. Paul Daily News.
| Christine Miller proved again her
! popularity in this, her fifth consecu-
tive appearance before a st. Paul audi
ence. The fine quality Of the voice,
an applied mentality OF high order,
and fine feeling gave splendid charac-
ter to her work as an artist. ."-Mu-
sical America.
At the Cincinnati festival, May T.
! 1912:
Christine Miller. a very gifted con-
/ tralto, sang the part of the Queen in
beautiful style and with security. w.
! Cincinnati Enquirer.
High praise must go to petite
! Christine Miller, ycicped The Little
Giantess.' She is splendid in choiCity
Of diction, strength Of technique and
power of Interpretation finished
artist. st."-Cincinnat Commercial Trib-
une.
Miss Christine Miller has rich
contralto voice, well schooled. and
sang the part with fidelity to the text
and fine dramatic effect
! Post.
With the Orpheus club Of Buffalo,
! April a. 1913:
1T was "a delight again to hear Miss
Miller's glorious, richly-colored voice.
| The quality Is uniform throughout the
vocal compass, and there is fulness
and warmth Of tone. She charmed no
| less by her winsome personality than
| by her vocal gifts and musical inter
/ protations. Mics Mary Howard in
I the Express.
Christine Miller, brilliant concert
/ star. has gained enormously I'm poise,
musi cianship and dramatic equipment
since last heard here. Her rich, reso-
nant 'contralto voice, her polished
French diction and her dramatic in
| depreciation won flattering tribute of
applause The Buffalo Courier.
With the Oratorio society Of New
| y Ork, December 26 and'2S, 1912 (seV-
! tCnth consecutive engagement within
three years):
Miss Miller never fails to carry
conviction by her refined style'and her
well-sch hooled voice" - New York
/ Evening Mail.
Miss Christine Miller sang the reci-
tative and all charmlngly. Her voice
| is true and sympathetic, and she
/ knows how to sing 7. Fink in
the New York Evening Post
Christine Miller sang with dra-
maticr force."-W. J. Henderson in
| the New York sun.
LIFE WITHOUT BITTERNESS
/ Usly ,Tcmpcrs Waste of Time and
/ Strength.
! In an active life like mine one is
/ brought face to face with stin, dog