Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1943-01-21
MISS ELEANOR MELILNGER
GIVES CONCERT

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harp recital given by Miss Eleano,
Mellinger, OF Santa Barbara, Calf.
on recent Sunday afternoon, helt
at the Santa Barbara Museum O!
Natural History. From an accoun,
in Santa Barbara paper we take
the following:
The pleasure OF seeing lone Of
ours" lately just a school girl, take
her place as a finished artist came
to several hundred Santa Barbarans
Sunday afternoon.
They f1ocked to the Museum OF
Natural History until it began to
look as il there would not be room
in the spacious lecture hall for
those who desired to hear Miss Ell.
eanor Mellinger. harpist.
AS Arthur s. Coggeshall, museum
director. in introducing Miss Mel
linger, said truly the audience prov.
ed that here was one prophet who
had honor in her own country.
An innovotion in the monthly
Sunday programs at the museum
the concert was the gift of Miss
Caroline Hazard and Mrs. Frederic
IS. Gould. 1t appeared that every.
one who received an invitation re.
sponded.
The program, the same given by
the young harpist at the Harp Col
ony in Maine last summer under the
direction Of her teacher, Carlos Sal
zedo. was musicianly and delightful.
An arrangement for harp of George
Friedrich Handels 'sThe Harmon.
ious Blacksmith" "Giga," by Arcan-
gelo Corelli and q Theme and Var
iations. by Haydn made a classi-
cal beginning with music of the
harpsichord and early harp era still
admirably suited to the stately in
strument.
In succeeding numbers Miss Mel
linger demonstrated the harp as a
modern instrument capable of more
sonorous and p0lyphonous music, as
we'll as q most desirable medium
for the delicate impressionism of
Debussy's Girl with the F1axen
Hair"
1t was in three compositions of
her master. Concert Variations on
Areste Fideles." and especially the
long and difficult variations on a
Theme in Ancient Style" that the
harpist demonstrated to the full her
virtuosity, while at the same time
expanding the scope il her instru-
ment beyond what has seemed a
fairly limited field.
The concert had the wholly pleas
able effect afforded by thing per-
fectly formed and executed. For
years this Santa Barbara girl has
been studying hard both summer
and winter. To technical skill thus
attained, the flower OF maturity has
now been added. Her unhurried at
tack. sensitive response to beauty,
grace and exertion and charm Of
manner were elements combining
to make the afternoon one of un-
mitigated enjoyment. even to those
for whom the harp is still not Who'll
ly satisfying as . solo instrument for
today.
Those who rose to hurry out aft
er the first encore according to a
persistent Santa Barbara custom, no
matter what the occasion or how
the satisfaction, should be
subjected to the treatment the great
Ysaye is said to have accorded a
New York audience. The master Of
the violin. 30 they say. appeared in
hat and coat to give an encore. and
tipped his hat In response to the ap-
L.
Miss Mellinger is a daughter Of
DR.. W. ]. Mellinger and Mrs. Nellie
Dye Mellinger Of Santa Barbara,
and granddaughter OF the late w.
e. Dye Of this place. She is 2 pu-
pill of Salzedo and is on the faculty
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