The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-20
VARIETY OF MUSIC
IN CONCERT WORLD
Three Newcomers aud One Old
Acquaintance Heard in
Theatre and Hall.
4. TWO PIANO RECITAL

There was a choice OF music yester-
day. II you were for songs and ditties
there we're two concerts OF these. II YOU
had n hunger for piano music OF the Kind
which you do not customarily hear there
was a recital for two pianos. lf you
succeeded in going to all three concerts
you heard four performers. four lns'ru-
ments and three styles. You must have
been fastldious II you found nothing
whatever to your taste.
In the first place there was the punch
and Judy Theatre. and that Is in itself a
symphony in architecture. n perfect little
tone poem Of a place, which even without
piano accompaniment would make one
happy. In this theatre In the afternoon
''teres ataue rotundus'' Tom Dobson gave
one OF his characteristic and now Ia
miliar salon r~ecltals. lie sits at "A piano.
ple W his own accomplishments and even
sings some Of his Owl songs Yesterday
he sang some lleder by Grieg, some OF
the German folk songs edited by
Brahms, lyrics by Hughes. BrockwaN
and himself and john Alden Carpenters
Improving Songs for Anxious Children
Mr.. Dobson has his peculiar merits. lie
has both fancy and humor. az well as
taste. and his entertainment Is one which
even the sober minded followers OF art
may receive without shock to theii deep
sulsibilities
Just toward the close of last season
Harold Bauer and Ossip G~abrilowitsch
gave a concert OF music for two pianos.
But that. as the young kiplIng was wont
TO remark. Is another story. stu they
did play the Mozart sonata in - ma ior.
opus AS. the only one he wrote for two
pianos. and the one which opened yester-
day afternoons two piano recital at
Aeolian Hail by Marta Milinowski and
Harry cumpson. These are newcomers
to the local concert platform.
There - no great announcement to
the study Of music" FOR two pianos, for
the public does not warmly love to scat
ter It's adulation. II prefers to rejoice
over one soloist. Yet there Is "A Cuusid-
cradle amount o! excellent must, com
posed for such a combination, and since
real masters have written 1t We should
have o~pportunit es to hear H.
Miss Mil.uowski and Mir, Cunpsor
played IN addition ~ the work mem
toned Sinding's variations. opus >,
Ave waltzes of Brahms. a scherzo Of
Saint-Saens and R~achmaniuoy'S fan
AhsAtt opuN ~ - WV ~
themselves competent to furnish agree
able entertainment Their art disclosed
smoothness and elegance Of style, sup
ported by technic sufficient for its pur-
poses. An occasional lapse from per-
lection Of ensemble might have been
due &c the natural anxiety attcndan,
upon a first appearance More ueedfu'
of serious thought. perhaps. was IN,
want Of color and incisivcness II IN.
playing.
In the evening and in the Same" hal
the days musical of erings were brought
10 their conclusion with - song r"Cita
by Carolyn ortInann. soprano ilel
programme was one OF ambitions thar
act,r. ranging from old Italian q rs a.
I Caco.n!. Handel and Ross through uuU.
bers by Schubert, Cornelius and S,hu
mann up 10 Gilbert Srru-s. MlrIoi
Bauer and Harriet Wtrc. and tu,p,,
onward to Brahms and strauss l. -
not necessary TO name all the song. hl'
since cara %sclve,' Die Allinaoht.
"Stille Thracu,u," "D,r S.nwied" aut
"Mein Liob" is ,iruu" were on the -
herself an arduOus task.
Nine. urtmLnn has a good voice ar,
has acquired SON" knowledge of sty'y
But her vocal %tc"ln... 80 Tar a. Il Wt,
! revealed last evening, Was not equal 2,
The task Of deliyeriiG good tones 81
steady ones throughout her soalo. nor %
remaining constantly Ia perfect tou,I
with the pitch Artist results iu sing
ing canuot we'll he attained In the fac,
of such shortcomings