, 1922-02-22
WOMEN'S CLUBS OF CITY
TO LEND ASSISTANCE IN
PROMOTING BIG CONCERT

With the promotion OF tho Leo
pold Godowsky musical concert as
tho object in view, n committee of
members from the Delphian. the
Welfare. the Woman's club, the
Casper Matinee Musicale and the
Business and Professional woman's
clubs met last evening with George
Richter to decile upon the artists
who will appear ut the remainder OF
the series of concerts, as well as to
discuss the use OF the funds for mu-
steal purposes. and to start the
ticket sale for the Godowsky SON
cert which Is only nine days off.
The concert will be the first n
presenting a world renown artist
which has been brought to Casper
for nearly three years and an en-
thusiasttc reception Is promised the
master pianist. The members of
h clubs who were present at the
meeting last night will present tho
subject before the next regular club
meeting and the evening of music
will be held under the aunpices Of
tho woman's clubs with the assist.
ance OF Mr.. Richter.
The clubs will also assist in the
sale of the tickets. which will be the
regular concert price. with no addi-
ttonal charge on account of the dis
lance from Denver to Casper for a
one night appearance. The price
was set after an investigation
through the trades journal showing
the charges of similar concerts in
the eastern cities including New
York and Chicago.
An active interest in the concert
is beng ghown by all music lovers
of the city. and the success of n
music promotion bureau which will
enable Caspr to hear the greatest of
artists. will be the result of the sue
cess of tho first concert 1t is also
possible that n suitable place to
hold concerts and such entertain.
ments will be the outcome of the
musical venture.
Tho program for the evening Of
March /. will include many num-
bers from Chopin, of which Godow-
sky is a noted interpreter.
Mr.. Godowsky. In speaking Of the
Mikuli edition of Chopin at the
opening session of his Kansas City
Master Class remarked, that no
one misrepresented the teacher so
much as the pupil" Thus 1t Is with
n great sense Of diffidence that I as
sumo the role of scribe in recording
the teaching OF this master of mas
ter pianists, knowing full well how
difficult it Is to give an adequate
description OF his matchless art 1
L.-. .,J..roral vn1t11p 60 silva n
faithful and simple e picture of
the man and his work rther than n
detailed nalysis of all the compo-
sitions tina were studied = a task
manifestly impossible without the
printed music
Mr.. Godowsky has been accused
of being merely a great technician,
which is amusing to those who at
all understand his genius. -Some
critics" said Mr.. Godowsky. think
they are abusing me when they
call me a technician but they don't
know that they couldn't pay me a
higher compliment, for technic is
something entirely different from
virtuosity. It embraces everything
that makes for artistic piano play
ing-pedaling, dynamics, agogics,
phrasing, lingering, etc, = in a
word, the art Of musical expression
distinct from the mechanics. I con
slider it an insult TO be called a vfr-
tuoso. Any fool Ear learn the me-
charles of piano playing"
II has been said of Mr.. Godow-
sky that he is an Unconditional play
err which is not true. though unlike
so many Poles he neve runs wild
destroys the music or rhythm.
His intellect is always in the saddle
and his tempo rubate is the most
beautiful and poetical thing imagin-
able. If you think Of a flower. for
instance, gently swaying in the
wind. you viii get an idea of it.
something very different from hat
same flower in a violent wind To