The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
GUM RECITAL IS
MOST ENJOYABLE
One Of Americas Most Eminent
Pianists Was Heard Last Night
in Lecture Recital
Here.
MUSIC CLUB AUSPICES
Program Was Chronological in Ar
rangement and Included Old
and Modern School
Composers.
[By Clara Gertrude Fry.l

4 by Clara Gertrude Fry1
i Last evening in the Y W. G. A..
auditorium, one Of the most interest
ing and instructive programs Of the
/ year was pres ented when Mr.. Glenn
billiard Gum, pianist, appeared III
i lecture recital under the auspices OF
the Monday Music club. The program
was of remarkable scope. including
composers from the classical, roman
tic and ultra modern eras
/ Bach, representative of the strictly
Iclassical in art form; Schubert, Chop
in and Beethoven, the romantic period,
and DeBussy, the modern French
school, and our own Mcdowell.
Mr.. Gum is not only pianist Of
remarkable technical attainments but
Is an eminent authority on matters
musical, possessing versatility that
makes him at home in all departments
Iof piano literature. He is also mem
Der OF the extension faculty of the
University of Chicago. His playing,
last evening, displayed his marked
scholarship, his Interpretation of every
number on the program had the polish
and insight that pronounced him a
most refined artist and master Of
Ipianistic art.
His playing is dazzling in its bril-
liancy; his touch soft and caressing
yet resolute-a combination of tonal
Qualities which causes the delicate
nuances of shading to stand out N
hold relief.
! The arrangement of the program
might be termed chronological" ce-
ginning as 1t did with Bach and clos
A. al opl,
|melodically considered, was gen
ius OF the highest type-he brought
the art form termed ''Fugue" to per-
lection. It was an adaptation of the
INetherlandish art of canonic imitation
combined with more modern ideas OF
ttonal completeness and finesse. Beeti-
loyen's seriousness of purpose and
depth of mind are evident in every
note of his compositions-as tone
poet he is without peer. Schubert.
one of the principal founders of the
Imodern imaginative and romantic
school, is noted for the astonishing
jspontaneity of his compositions, espec.
tally in the department of songs; his
instrumental compositions show the
marked influence Of the Lied Chop
lin belongs strictly to the romantic
tperiod: his works are necessarily song
like in character, the treatment al
ways graceful with splendid and
strong contrasts.
on Dividing Line.
Brahms stands on the border land
dividing the classical from the ro-
mantle and modern; early in his ca
lreer as composer, he was considered
an advocate CT the modern trend, but
his later compositions represent more
strictly the classical principles in re-
gard to form. Within the last two
decades his compositions have be-
come more appreciated and it is an
established fact that the enormous
demands in technique are beyond the
reach of any but the greatest OF
4 virtuosi List, known in the musical
world as reformer, evinces his re-
formation in composition in his treat
!ment of the sonata
/ Deviating from the accepted sonata
form he created a lyric and dramatic
movement which he termed ss'Sonata."
The tremendous B minor Sonata is
! one of perhaps, three of his greatest
works for the piano-the other two
are his Concertos in E fiat and y
major. The Celtic Sonata, by Mac
! Dowell, is as masterful composition
as ever emanated from the brain of a
composer; its seriousness and solid.
4 ty of thought places the American
composer among the foremost cod-
posers in piano literature.
I DeBussy, who is SO fond of the har-
monies to be derived from the use Of
the whole tone scale, employs wei
come variety of tonal qualities
whimsical, shadowy and well balanced
emotional innovations, which call ~
mental pictures and throw aside the
restrictions with which the piano
has been bound, causing the single IN
strument to display the tone color re-
fected in orchestral effects.
Mr.. Gums explanatory talk COW
cred the entire range of pianlstic lit
erature and musical history.
| The Program.
The program was as follows:
Fantasia and F'uga, G minor.
DfieH-i-is 81
Andante favori -.........- beethoven
IScherzo in B minor ...... CHOPIN
Bear Dance beiid p''i w
Moment Musical ..-....... Schupeit
jCapriccfo blahhiS
Andante from Celtic sonata
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