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Thee." American music was laid out upon
a noble scale at the Columbian Exposition
by Mr. Thomas, but, as a writer says, his
scheme was ruined by official ignoramuses
from Utah, Arkansas and Wyoming. It is
to be hoped that at the Paris Exposition
this country may be represented in a dig-
nified manner, and that American compos-
ers like Buck, McDowell, Chadvvick, Park-
er, Paine and Foote may have a hearing.
jVIEVER before in the history of music
,*• ^ in this country has an American vio-
linist made a complete tour with the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra. This distinc-
tion has fallen upon Miss Leonora Jackson,
who at present is making an extended tour
through the middle West. But this is only
one of the many triumphs of the gifted
young virtuoso. From the time in '93
when she played for Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land at the White House, she has been win-
ning triumphs year after year. They com-
menced with her debut in Berlin in '96 with
the Philharmonic Society, when her mas-
ter Joachim conducted ; since then she has
played under probably every distinguished
conductor in Europe, before the crowned
heads of leading countries, with a steadily
augmenting reputation until to-day she
stands as one of the leading exponents of
her art. Since her return from abroad
Miss Jackson has appeared with all the
important orchestral societies of America,
and her playing has won the highest en-
comiums. The accompanying picture of
Miss Jackson was taken after her decora-
tion by Queen Victoria.
IN the course of a recent sermon, Rev. C.
* Norton, of Montreal, paid a graceful
tribute to music as an aid in worship. He
said in part: " The ear was created by
God, and it also can assist us in worship.
Sweet and reverent music is to the ear
what pure and beautiful and dignified arch-
itecture is to the eye—it is full of religious
expression, and it subdues the restless and
worldly soul, and so far helps to prepare it
for true spiritual worship, by the aid of the
divine spirit. Music has always been the
handmaid of religious worship on this
earth. Christian worship has been the
school which has produced the grandest
and sweetest and most reverent music that
this world has ever known; and this divine
music has found its most perfect home,
century after century, in the great cathe-
COUGHS BRONCHIAL
drals of England, whose example we hum-
bly endeavor to follow. There the highest
musical art is perpetually dedicated to
God, and employed in his service. Music
comes to us with revelations of its own.
It expresses to the soul itself, and to God,
a thousand sweet and delicate shades of
feeling and spiritual perception, and a
thousand noble- and mighty impulses of
devotion, which could never be expressed
by all the words and phrases of dictionaries
and grammars. And music is as needful
in heaven as on earth. Angelic worship is
MISS LEONORA JACKSON.
so infinitely full of holy meaning—holy
thought and devotion and feeling—joy su-
peradded to joy, joy to joy in endless sweet
variety—-that it must needs lay under con-
tribution all pure and holy means of devo-
tional expression; and of these music is
pre-eminent."
J«
T H E resignation of Dr. Hans Richter as
* director of the Imperial opera in
Vienna, has been accepted by the High
Chancellor, who has appointed Prof. Hell-
mersberger as his successor.
J*
/"^IACOMO Quintano, the well-known
^ - ' violinist, celebrated the opening of
his college for violin students at 1227
Lexington avenue, on the eveni-p; of
March 7 th. About one hundred friends of
Mr. Quintano enjoyed his hospitality on
this auspicious occasion. Max Droge is in
charge of the department devoted to the
'cello.
A N unusually interesting program, con-
'*• sisting exclusively of violin music,
was rendered at the Violin Recital at
Chickering Hall last Thursday evening,
by pupils of the well-known violin peda-
gogue Ferdinand Carri, Director of the
New York Institute for Violin Playing.
Every number in the program was per-
formed in such a finished manner that the
audience was interested until the last notes
of the closing number rang through the
Hall. As in all previous recitals, those
young artists whom Mr. Carri brought be-
fore the public at this concert also mani-
fested the excellent schooling they have
gone through, by their solid technical qual-
ities, fine tone production, and excellent
musical conception. The concert opened
with two numbers by Borrelli and Bach for
four violins, played admirably by Miss
Theodora Lilienthal, Miss Josephine Graa,
Messrs. S. Silber and S. Newman. The
ensemble showed good rehearsing. Little
Rosa Olah, played Singelee's "Trovatore"
Fantasie. Her intonation was true, her
bowing good, and the tone this little child
draws from her violin is very remarkable,
for one so very young. Later in the even-
ing she played her master's variations on
the "Carnival of Venice " with her little
partner, Willie Monaghan, in a brilliant
manner, and also took the leading part in
a quartette with Willie Monaghan, Harry
Zucker and S. Ungerleider. Willie Mona-
ghan gave a very fine performance of De
Beriot's "Scene de Ballet." This little
fellow has such a tiny appearance, and yet
he draws such a big tone, and also a musi-
cal one. His tremolando sounds so very
natural, and he plays with so much expres-
sion, and his little fingers run over his
fiddle with perfect ease. Miss Theodora
Lilienthal gave a very artistic rendition of
the Andante and Rondo from the Men-
delssohn Concerto. Miss Lilienthal ex-
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