The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-19
Famous Artist Lives Up to All Ex.
Pectations in Wonderful Per
formance; Well Received by
Her Listeners.
PROVES HERSELF TO BE
COMPLETE ART MASTER
Entertainment Unique Treat to Music
Lovers Of City; Playing Ranks
Among Greatest Performers Of
Entire World.

A treat, the like of which was new
er before offered the music lovers
Of Chickasha, was the piano recital
Of Nine. Fannie Bloomfield zeisler,
given at the auditorium of the Okla
homa College for Women last night.
Nine Zeisler is a real artist While
her technique is well-night perfect,
She subordinates it to, and makes it
only means of, musical expression.
Her speciality is that she has none.
She seems TO be able to enter into
he spirit of al the great composers
alike. But She has withal a great in
dividuality that makes her perform
ances new creations rather than re
creations Of the compositions she
plays She has often been compared
to Rubenstein, who was great ad
mirer OF her art Many critics have
called her the Sarah Bernhardt of
he piano" referring to the temper
amental side Of her artistic charac-
ter.
There remaIas u fascination ia he
9laying, delicaoy, a witehery taaL
aakes her unique She has The splfi
md the fingers that fairly rejoice in
ldmming along the edge Of the mu
sical precipice where the least mis-
step would be fatal, and yet is So
IRE that you have not the faintest
race OF uneasiness in listening %
ser but merely, pleasure in the
lazzling speed and brilliancy.
As number after number on the
program was played, she brought out
lew beauties in unsuspected places
md even made the familiar beauties
sound new again by the extraordinary
'resh and vivid imagination with
yhich she approached everything
Nine. Zeisler's private life and the
story of her rise to fame is as in
.eresting probably as her playing IS
leautiful.
She was born in Bielitz, in Aus
ran Silesia, but came to America
With her parents when she was less
Gan two years OF age. Her parents
etled in Chicago, where she still
ives Her musical talent showed it
.e.f when she was about six years
I'D and when she, before receiving
my instruction. picked out the tones
+ Annie Laurie, on the piano
lpon which her older brother, DR.,
Iaurice Bloomfield, now professor Of
San Scrit at Johns Hopkins Unigcr,
lty, did his practicing
Fannie Bloomfield ze!slors first
eacher was Bernard Ziehm Of Chica-
20. But very soon she became the
oupil OF Carl Wolfsohn, OF whom she
eceived instruction until she went
Europe. In 1877, when Madame
lssipoff, the great pianiste, toured
his country she heard little Fannie
Bloomfield play. and pronounced her
pianlstic genius which should be
'ducated. She strongly advised her
arents to send her to Leschetizky.
Who was then the foremost piano
eacher in the world, and among
whose pupils arc Essipoff, Paderews-
H. Gabrilowitsch, Hamburg. etc. This
advice was followed, and in the sum
ner Of 1873 little Fannie Bloomfield
vent to Vienna, and for five consec-
ltivc years studied under the great
master In 1883 she returned to
Nmerica, and soon began public play
ug in this country Up to the spring
II 1893, she appeared on the concert
tago every winter and has frc.
luently been the solosit OF oil the
Prominent orchestra organizations in
his country
Not satisfied with the position as
'igned to her by American critics.
he went to Europe in the fall OF
1898, and appeared at Berlink Vienna,
Leipsic, Dresden and other German
cities, and vas in all those places
recognized by press and public alike.
asthe greatest of women pianists mad
as one Of the greatest pianists OF
either sex and Of all times.