The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-10
Pianist Who Appeared Here Last
Night Under Direction OF Monday
Music Club, Scored In
qualified Success.
PROGRAM MASTERPIECE
Both Regular Numbers and Encores
Delighted Audience Which Packed
Auditorium to Its
Capacity.

Capacity.
[By Clara Gertrude Fry.1
Last evening in the Y. w. G. A.
auditorium the Monday Music club
presented Pasquale Tallarico, pianist,
in recital. An audience which taxed
the capacity Of the auditorium heard
the program Mr.. Tallarioo scored an
unqualified success. The audience
was delighted with his discriminating
program and pleasing individuality.
His style was convincing and it was
a we'll balanced achievement.
He possesses unusual interpretive
ability, his performance was brilliant
and with a singing touch that was
most appealing; also fluent technique.
richly modulated tone quality. and in
Iterpretation full of well-controlled
! temperam
rhythmic sense, which he made an
lmobtrusive element, was neverthe-
less a vital one and his playing was
marked by the essence Of subtle 40
cent.
! If any concrete proof Of his refined
artistry was required, almost any num-
Der Of his program gave 1t and his
technical mastery was shown in the
List numbers.
His style is broad and all climatic
points were played with telling effect.
Virile mustcianship and poetry COM
agination were distinguishing features
I0f LII x>Jo wi vrno0 q
OF remarkable scope, representing the
three great eras In art-classical, ro-
mantle and modern. His thorough
understanding was evinced in his in
Iterpretation Of his splendid program.
| His technique was superb but 1t
served him only as means of express
sion for his splendid interpretive
ability.
Master Of His Program.
His program was an exceedingly
taxing one and was delivered with
mastery execution and Interpretation
from the lighter numbers Of Scarlatti
with their Tausig difficulties. the
polyphonic Bach Chnconne with Blu
soni arrangement, the massive intel
lectuality of the Beethoven sonata,
the singing sweetness Of the Chopin
numb ers, the modern tonality and
harmonies Of the De Busy compost
lions to the prodigious technical
equipment Of the Liszt numbers. His
pedal work was the acme Of finesse.
Wonderful effects were produced, es-
pecially with the use of the third or
sostemito pedal in the De Busy num-
bers This pedal requires extreme
y al ~
" used will produce the orchestral
effects which Mr.. Tallarico brought
out in his Interpretation Of these
numbers.
Mr.. Tallarico is a past master in
the art Of program building and his
encores were as carefully collected as
his program. He was recalled again
and again and he responded generous
ly.- to encores. The following were
his encores:
Pelude, minor ....... Mend elssohn
The Dancing Doll .......... Poldine
Hark, Hark. the Lark. .Schubert-Liszt
Valse Caprice ........... Rubenstein
Educated In America.
While Mr. Tallarico is an Italian by
birth, he is quite proud Of having re-
'ceived his entire musical education In
this country. In 1914 he entered the
contest for Aforementioned p1anists,
playing the A minor Concerto by our
own American composer, Mac Dowell
with thirty-five pianists from nine
teen states Of the union and won the
unanimous decision Of the Judges. He
has appeared as solofst with the fol
lowing orchestras: Philadelphia Sym
phony Chicago Symphony, st. Louis
Symphony and Los Angeles Sym
hony and American Symphony.
A number from out of town were in
attendance: Miss Clara e. Reed, Ham
ilton; Mrs. L. w. Berdolt, Hamilton
Mrs. L. D. Macarthur. Hamilton. Miss
Edna Johnston Warsaw, Miss Fannie
Ehle Warsaw. Miss Agnes FARM,
Warsaw, Miss Katherine Ehlebe, War
saw. Mrs. Shirley Sharp, Warsaw,
Miss Ruth Citizens, Warsaw. Mr.. w.
B. Newbold, Miss Emily L. Newbold
and Joe Newbold of Keosauqua, Mrs. |
Lees Ballinger, Lansing, Mich.
The program was: r.
Pastorale ......... scarlatti- Tausig
Capriccio ........... Scarlatti-Tausig !
Chaconne d minor ...... Bach Busoni |
Sonata OPP. So (Waldstein) ........
- -. ooStnoNeh
Allegro con brio
............... Rondo !
The Engulfed Cathedral -. .Debussy
The Dance OF Puck ......... Debussy
Berceuse Chopin |
Ballade A flat ............... Chopin
MY Joys (Polish Song) ..........
Recommendations. Chopin-Liszt |
Dance Of the Gnomes List
Second Hungarian Rhaposdy ..Liszt |
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