The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-18
GREAT PIANIST IS
. HEARD LAST NIGHT
Arthur shattuck Gave Program Under
the Auspices Of the Monday
Music Club at tho
Grand.
HAS EXCELLENT STYLE
American Musicians Selection Of
Numbers Proves Him to
be Wonderful
Artist.
HAS EXCELLENT STYLE
[By Clara Gertrude Fr.1

Last evening at the Grand opera
house large and enthusiastic audience
listened to one OF the greatest ex
ronents of pianistic art who ever ap
Feared in Keokuk. when Mr.. Arthu,
Shattuck appeared under the auspices
OF the. Monday Music club In the last
OF the regular course OF artist recitals
FOR the present season. Mr. ShattucA
captured his audience with his very
first tones, and of the effectiveness OF
his playing there can be no doubt
The hall mark of his art Is his SINGER
1ty, and he is a serious artist in the
truest sense of the term All his work
is marked by both careful thought
and individuality, spontaneity and
po1se. A strong sense OF tone color
and contrast are important features OF
his playing.
His all embracing technique is nero
~ means of expression for his ex-
cellent interpretative ability, poetic
conception and understanding; his in
tellectual mastery OF the most compli-
Gated tone masses characterized his
entire program.
His thorough understanding of his
art enables him to handle with sue.
cess the theoretical architecture of a
composition. and bring the principal
idea out of tangled web of har.
monies. The precision Of his attack,
his brilliant technique, and clarity OF
tone combined with intensive vitality,
artistic conception and communicative
ability accounts for his position In the
musical world as distinguished artist.
Program Shows His Art.
His presentations were free from at
fectation and the Interpretation of his
well selected program proved him to
be versatile artist of refined taste.
Every number on the program de-
serves special mention. Dignity OF
Interpretation and purity of tone
characterized the Fantasia and Rugue
by Bach with the List arrangement.
In this number the artist had a two
fold problem to Manageable phen-
omenally intricate mentality of Bach
combined with the stupendous techn-
ical demands Of List.
It was an exacting proof Of his
broad musicianship and Mr.. Shattuck
handled this great mum Der with ease
and poise.
He displayed his perfect under
standing of Brahms in the F minor
sonata, his Interpretation was given
with authority. preserving the spirit
ual tonal beauty throughout the in
tricately woven technical difficulties.
The pianoforte technique Of Brahms
was remarkable and it is well
known fact that many Of his compo-
sitions for piano are beyond the reach
of any but the greatest of virtuosi.
The List Tarantella again gave EVIL
dence of great technical reserve and
was played with fuency. brilliance
and breadth.
In the lighter numbers THE
Cuckoo bears resemblance to the
DeBussy style Of composition. The
atmosphere of this number is due not
entirely to the construction Of the
composition, but is color effect at
tanned primarily through the judicious
use of the pedal--intricate and beau
tiful, exquisite and fastidious.
Let us remember the fact that Mr..
Shattuck presented program which
was novel in it's arrangement. 1t was
one which could only have been given
by a great artist, 50 colossal was
it in its demands, yet there was not
one com position by Beethoven, Schu-
bert, Chopin, Schumann, Mcdowell
or DeBussy.