The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24
MUSIC R|PPLEs
NlGERS
Of MASTER
De Pachmann, Grand Old
Man of Piano. Entrances
Audience Here
BY JESSIE MacBRIDE
Music, when sweet voices vanish,
Vibrates lin the memory

MUSIC When sweet voices vanish
Vibrates lin the memory.
Vladimir DePachnann took his
audience into his confidence at the
National Theater yesterday after.
noon in the traditional DePach.
mann way, when the grand old
man Of the piano left behind. him
strains Of music that win linger
long in the memory OF all who
heard him. For he was his inimit.
able self. talking around to his
hearers, telling them In advance:
I play for you Bach as Bach
wrote it, not in any transcription.
Bach is beautiful enough as he Isl
It was the b major concerto Elm
the Italian style that he used.
I'm an old man, he told US also.
And the marvel Of 1t all Is, that
alone out Of his generation, De
Pachmann is here to- bring us the
joy, the .gayety Of music, that
ripples from his fingers in rare and
lovely tone with facility Of runs,
Of bird-like trills, like gushing
water in pearly tone.
Lessons to Be Learned
There is q world Of lessons to
be derived from this intimate hour
wherein sDePachmann reaches across
the stage boundaries and explains,
as in his own drawing room at his
hotel to a few Of US the evening
before:
I like this very much" referring
to the Chopin ''Mazurka." opus SO,
A flat major. Il 1T is noble, grace.
fulp' And OF the 'Scherzo,'' opus
81, 3 majors: 'See how easily I
play it. Five years / spent re.
lingering 1t. after having known II
the other way for fifty.fiye years.
Now it Is $50 easy!" That is the
DePachmann1o f his ''new method
"a legacy for Dosterity to live be.
yotd the boundaries of remen1.
brance. for the children whose spirit
he eInafates. ST
Modern tone in plano, playing il
his. The command OF his macs
toso" has full dignity and perva-
Mve depth. Or zone hears ringing
chords or organ chords, "harped"
arpeggios, music's speech of elo-
quence, elegance and sheer beauty.
But he is not of the confused
music thought Of today. Music he
loves, endearingly DePachnann de.
hvers his every phrase. Hear the
melody picked out amid harmony
In which every tone sounds. Il
play it thousand times, !" he says.
Joy at Beautiful Sounds
So one has tho whole background
IN lovely tone, Of his music. Of his
Chopin with delectable retards that
drift breathlessly away. And 90
he comes to Schumann, to q love,y
LAszt, Annees de, Pelerinage.a to
Brahms, in the tRhapsodien 3
minor, through all of which ran
that dramatic variety Of mood IN
which one shares DePachmann's
own joy at beautiful sounds
adorned with the personality OF one
to whom then are life itself.
Some may be disturbed at his
interruptions. We bid them listen
with love to this CLEAN Of sim.
Shine from yesterday, when music
was pure beauty. Catch the Inv
OF his hunting horn" or the big
development Of the second Chopii,
1mpromptu, f sharp minor. hjs
1irst encore. Hear his final encore
I mis- own arrangement OF the Han.
self "Gondola' with Its wafa,sr,
flow and rich left.hand trilI.
played it for Liszt.'' he asi.3
Then take the shoes from OFF ;o,,r,
1eet in saying 'auf wiederaAI,n Il
foR dld not tel them that WAC.
ner kissed my hand" he said Il
me. In that is almost an aeon A
the world Of music. a.. a..