Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-04
ELIZABETH GUTMAN GIVES
UNUSUAL SONG PROGRAM
Young Mems Hebrew Association In
PRODUCES Remarkable Interpreter
of Lied and Folk Song

Elizabeth Gutman is unusual In voice. tn
person In dress and In bearing The hear
ing Of "A few Of her tones. by late comers to-
her concert outside the door Of the hail
niqutd curiosity. glimpse Of her rapt face
once the number sank away and silence
and the doors opened a sight Of the con-
Nentionally cut gown Of Cerisc. that by
certain pquanCies Of angles famed into
raiment which was peculiarly attractive
and distinctive. indicated that here on
Master street west Of Broad there was
something out Of the ordinary
Her recital was given last night in the
Young Mems Hebrew Association. the
energetic music committee Of which in
troduccd Kathleen Parlow, Dr Ludwig
Wullner. Alma GuCk tas concert artist)
and many another star" to local audi
ences. Attendance was by invitation. and
necessarily opportunity Of hearing Miss
Gutmans art was limited to members and
their friends and TO the capacity of the
clubhouse hall.
The program began with a routine rroup
including. however. such unhactucved airs
as 80 del mio dolce Ardor." Gmcl,; "wior-
eniied,' Mozart; My Lovely Celia old
English, and where tho Bee Sucks from
The Tempest" Arne.
Then came an array Of song fit to pi1ue
the Imagination including art songs" bv
modern Slav composers Tell me. little
star Moussorgsky: "BarCarolle" Rala-
kierev; "Sercuade," Tscha ikowslyy: "Ro-
nance Nikoloff and The Child" pas
chalov This song. known as the Russian
Efl-kinE tells of the mother watching over
her dying child In tho gloomy peasant hut
She trie" 90 still his wild fancicg--at last he
Is quiet The mother prays. but her only
answer IS the silence Of the long winter
night
Tho scoring differs from that Of Schubert
In its stress on the horrihc silcnces instead
or the furious nght-rder death. An accent
Of Grand Guisuol" terror and awe was i'm
parted by Miss Gutman
Then the plunge into the unusual. which
made the program different" in vast
degree The medium of distinction was a
sequence of five Russian foll, songs. three
Hiddtsh folk songs and four chdrens
songs.
Every one deserves its individual word Of
description. but space permits mention only
of The Reapcrs," in which the women are
reaping above on the hill. while below the
Cossacks ride to the war: sleep, wife.
sleep in which the peasant sings his
wife 20 sleep, so he can steal Off 20 the
taverns; The Red-haired Family"
CErandfather red, grandmother red, mother.
father, brother. slster--red I'm red too.
and I'll have none but a cG-haircd wife,,
a regular Slavic irene Franklin dtty; Die
Scheme Rochelle" in which beautiful Rachel
sits by the window and combs her hair,
and though many speak against her, to her
lover she is ever halowcd The jew Sings
(NIacht der ChossidD, wherein are Illus
trated three styles of song the jew sings
plaiutvely Lam, ira di raj room, room
etc. the ,sypsy sings denantly. "Dzam,
d2alum. dzaum, dzai etc. the Russian
sings boisterousy "Hei. hGi. hei etc,
and Potatoes" (BulhG), reCountng a plaint
of Sunday potatoes Monday potatoes. Tues
day potatoes. Wednesday potatoes. Thurs
day potatoes, Friday potatoes. Saturday
potato-cake and Sunday again potatoes
Miss Gutman has definitely the right
idea about Interpreting the lied and the
folk song; color of emotion, contour of
plot, psychology OF character even are OK
pressed through the voice tho singer is
actor, stage manager. scene painter and
all. W. Il. NJ.