The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-06
Monday Music CLUB Presented Albert
saIvi ard Madame Helen Read
In Recital Last
Night.
ENCOREs ARE DEMANDED
Harpist Especially Delighted Audi
ence-Every Number Was
Enthusiastically
Received.
INV clara Gertrude Fry.l

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Seldom do we have the pleasure of
listening to so interesting and diver
sified program as the one pre-
sented last evening under the aus
pices Of the Monday Music club.
THE participants were Albert Salvi.
1 harpist, and Madam Helen Brown
Read, dramatic soprano, with Madam
4 Edith Harris as accompanist.
/ Madam Read possesses clear dra-
. matte soprano voice Of excellent
range, sweetness and purity. Her
numbers were equally well given,
from the heavier compositions to the
simpler ballads of lighter vein. Her
voice is of refreshing quality, full
and flexible, of excellent timbre and
pure information. Her high tones were
| brilliant. well focused and sung with
apparent ease.
| The aria from Sampson and De-
| lilah deserve special mention-it was
given with thorough understanding,
the dramatic effect was adequate
without having the sensuous beauty
Of the composition overdrawn. Her
| lighter numbers were equally pleas
ing and appealing, the Boat Song and
| the Hahn number with harp accom-
paniment impressed with their sweet
ness, the two Strauss numbers at
tracted with their modern harmonies,
the Arbutus, Wind and Tyre, Oliver
and Branscombe numbers on account
| OF their daintiness. The Barcarolle
| from the Tales Of Hoffman, with
piano and harp, was especially attrac-
| tive and always much loved.
Harpist Of Ability.
/ Mr.. Salvi, harpist, is great artist.
| Under his fingers his beautiful in
strument sings with dramatic fervor
/ in the heavier numbers and with ex-
IRENE delicacy in the lighter ones.
His work is sympathetic, at the same
time displaying wonderful technical
control His tone production is a
revelation. so mellow and smooth or
crashing as the occasion demands,
attaining wonderful dramatic effects.
Mr.. Salvi demonstrated his ability
1 as constructive as well as an in
terpretive artist in his own COMPOSE
lions and his arrangements. His own
arrangement of the Greig Sonata
vas enormous in its technical de-
mands and dramatic fervor, and con-
I trasted splendidly with the beautiful
tone production in the Fantasia by
| Saint Saens.
! The Reveries by Alvers was tre-
mendous in it's interpretive and tech
meal difficulties. 1t was quite sug-
gestive of the DeBussy style of COM
position in the use of the whole tone
intervals.
The Capriccio by Salvi, DANA
Sragnola and Scherzo were bewitch-
ing in their daintiness.
4 M. &C. h OF "a
ment, having been used in England,
Wales and Ireland at very early
date. The brilliant time of Ireland
was the reign of Sir Brian Boirohen
lin the tenth century.
Nine Harris added to the artistic
value of the program with her excel
lent accomplishments which she
played from memory.
The large and enthusiastic audi
ence demanded a great many en-
cores to which the artists very gener-
ously responded.
Preceding the program, announce
ment was ma lie that Mr.. Ralph Law
ton, pianist, who is well known in
Keokuk. has recently returned from
England and will appear in recital
ir Carthage, ILL.,, this evening. An
nouncement was also made Of SYM
phony study class which will meet
for the first time on Thursday even
ing Of this week g. !:2o o'clock III
the Girls club room Of the Y. W.
c. A. The object is to learn about
the formation Of the orchestra and
it's instruments and music before the
appearance of the Russian Symphony
orchestra.
The class is for those who are in