Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
GUI0MAR NOvAEs CHARMS
IN FIRST CONCERT HERE
Completely Captivatcs Audience, and
Excels in Her Extra
Numbers.
is SECOND TO .tcNE OF sen
Completely Masters All Accepted
Technique OF the Piano, and Sub
jugntcs 1t Wholly 10 Her Purpose.
Audience Small, but Discriminating.
By JOHN GEORGE uAnpIs.

Gutonar Novaes, pianiSte, the first
artist In the series of artists concerts
givcnsby the Musicians Club of Rich
mond, appeared III recital last evening
at the Jefferson Auditorium. She found
awaiting her appearance an audience
surcharSed with anticipation. for
wonderful accounts of her artistry had
preceded her. She left at the close of
her concert an enthusiastic body of
admirers who were loath to depart.
each one having been completely capti-
waited and enthralled by her transcend
ant art. Indeed. so charmed were her
hearers that the arts, herself must
have caught something OF the fcrvor OF
enthusiasm, for the extra numbers
which she played excelled in briiliance
her programmed selections. In these
numbers. radcrewski's "Crncovienne
Fantastiquc" and Liszrs Tenth Rhap-
sody," she rose TO heights of artistry
and technical achievement which al
most dwarfed her previous numbers.
marvellous as they were
OF Miss Novacss playing. words fail
one. AS to her pianistic ability. hyper
bo!c does not exist Others with great
or vocabularics have attempted TO de-
scribe her artistry. and have fallen
snort of adequate praise. When one
has said that she is OF the best. second
10 none OF her sex. something of truth
mas nean ventureI Under the spell Of
render unconditionally Completely
master OF all the accepted technique
OF ne piano. She subJugates il wholly
as great violinist plays his violin.
Each tone is briinming over with emo
tional effect literally saturated with
temperament. She has the ability to
ever she Will Her technical equipment
" rounded out TO completeness lack
bearing in mind that Miss Novaes is
In years scarcely beyond her teens, the
future appears to hold hitherto un-
scaled heights for her surrounding.
The fact that she is .unspoiled by aduI;i-
ton and open to further artistic de-
velopmenf "ugurs well for the years
that lie before her.
PROVES HER ME1'TIE IN
HER OPENING NUMBER
The Prelude. Choraie and Fugue" of
caesar franck was here opening num-
Der, and her serious Offering. This
great work OF one OF the masters in
her own school proved her mettlc \
salient feature OF her art, the clarity
OIL OK n"r h~l3dif line. WAS AT once APP
hand. the melody sang. Tie passages
In the left hand displayed the vigor or
1t was when the Chopin pastry was
opened that the birds began 10 sing.
flowed and waterfalls cascadcd. in lin
iiIess profus!on. Besides the faultless-
ness OF her phrases. the delicate cameo
A. c!can-cut as a gem, her runs flowed
her slissanuo like q silken thread her
sthccato as crisp as spun glass. What
would not one give TO hear an entire
artist?
Besides the Chant Polonaise o.
Chopin List and the + major Nocturne
OF chopin, the second group embraced
LISTS Dance OF the Gnomcs. This
Noc,urne and 'BhalenesS OF Isidore
Ihiiipp, this number distinguished in
The par5icniar tina, N. Philip was pro-
atoire during Miss Novaes's course Of
obstruction there. The composition is
french in texture and brilliant in a
The Debussy, group closed the for
ma! program In this grTu2 there We're
lines s dAnac apnT a anS hss Col
the last-named probably the most
striking, with its marital rhythms SUI
periative clmaxes AND marked con
with their unexpected hnrmonies and
strange phrases Whatever charm there
brought cut ffly
nave referred to the added num-
ners at the end Of the formal pro-
more about them. but all this will b.
said by the auditors, who would Wiz
nngiy have remained for round dozen
iSst content in the pleasant reflection
mat she mas won the musical fratcr-
MY oi hichmohd over completely and
Without reservation. From the COM
iments heard after the concert, the tes-
timony of the audience last night
fiaces Novacs as the logical successor
or the great Teresa Carreno and. un-
less her conferees OF the stcrner sex
look to their laurels, .Sovaes may be
acciaimed the successor OF Paderewski
As for the audience. it was keenly
discriminating, but not as large as il
should have been It would be idle
10 seek Tor reasons, but il suiiiccs TO
omar NoVacs lost an artistic treat. and.
moreover, missed the opportunity TO
near great artist of whom we shall