The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-07
SPLENDID RECITAL
BY TWO ARTISTS
Monday Music Club Sponsors for Pro-
gram Which Was Given With
Such Excellence Last
Night.
HARPIST AND SOLOIST
Alberto SalvI Presented Fine Pro-
gram on Harp and Martin Rich
ardson Sang With Much
Expression.
HARP1sT AND soLo1sT
Ipv clara Gertrude Fry.l

Of the series Of artist recitals pre-
scented under the auspices OF the
Monday Music club was given last
evening at the Grand to very ap-
preciative audience. The artists
were Alberto Salvi, harpist, and Mr..
Martin Richardson, tenor.
| Mr.. Salvi is a splendid artist, ana
he held his audience spellbound from
| the beginning to the end or MS pro-
gram. He possesses temperament
musical and poetical with superb
technical control and superior inter
Ipretative ability His thorough I'M
derstanding of the resources OF us
instrument, his beautiful tone pro-
duction from his most zephyr ike
pianissimos to the tremendous for
| tissimo passages produced highly
| finished performance which was
delight and revelation to his audience.
| Mr.. Salvi has been engaged Tor
five years with the Boston symphony
orchestra, and for life If he cares
| for it.
Mr.. Richardson, tenor, late OF the
Royal Opera, Florence, Italy, pos,
sesses a beautiful voice, vibrant and
dramatic. These qualities combined
with well balanced temperament,
sincerity of purpose and keen insight
promises brilliant career. his
| operate numbers were delivered WIN
authority, breadth Of style and aban-
don controlled by intellectual polse.
His singing was characterized by tne
most finished artistry and the pure
merit of his Interpretation explalheu
| the ovation he received.
| The audience was quick to recos-
nize the keenness of his intelligence,
his excellent interpretive ability and
his fineness Of perception which
were conveyed to them upon the
wings of song.
| MT. Richardson uses his beautiful
voice merely as the vehicle of expires,
sion for his refined and cultured
/ mentality.
His was a thoroughly satisfying and
artistic performance.
Roth artists were recslled again and
again and were very gracious Win
their encores.
Mr.. salvi's encores were as fol-
lows:
Minuet-Sarraro.
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoff-
man-O ffenbach
| To Spring
The Swan-Saint Saens.
Humoresque-Dvor
Mr.. Richardson's encores were as
| follows:
| Jean-Spross.
! The Little Irish Girl-Lohr.
| La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto.
| Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.
About the Harp.
The harp is an interesting instru.
ment historically. It Is one Of the
earliest instruments of which there is
record.
It has been discovered to have
been in use in Egypt with other mus
ical Northumberland at that time
as early as 1000 B. G..
1t was also used among the ancient
Hebrews and Assyrians. Among the
ancient Greeks, the wandering min
strels are to be found. 10 the Gets
great credit is due.
Quoting w. S. B. Mathews: Upon
many accounts the development OF
rninstrelsy by the Celtic singers and
harpers was one Of the most import
ant of all the forces operative in the
transformation of the art from the
monody of the ancients to the express
sive melody and rich harmony OF
modern music
In the eleventh century Gerald
Barry, an entertaining writer, states
OF the Welsh people: I'm each family
the art of playing the harp is held
preferable to any other learning.
In the thirteenth century, the harp
appears to have been played with
both hands.
The program was:
II. Concerto ............. A. label
9. Aria from la Boheme' . Puccini
3 Ballade A. label
4. (a) Lift Thine Eyes 49,. Logan
OBJ Little Mother of Mine Burleigh
Co Lies Paradise ....... Brown
Cd The Trumpet Call. .Sanderson
5. Fantasia Caprice 49,. Schueckei
6. Neapolitan Folk Songs
(a) Thou Glorious Sun .D1 Capau
% Faithless Heart $50. Cardillo
Co Mother McCree
IL. Grand Serenata -. Alberto Salvi
Is. Cavalleria Rusticana
(a) Arioso from Pagliacee
CD Brindisi from Cavalleria
Rusticana. ......... Mascagn1