MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2175, 13 June 1914, Page 11

MUSIC.

fßv TEL'Br.E CSBF.I . ftlischa Elman coming. I "go soon vis a& artist is satisfied with - himself it is time he wore dead--for lio is no longer an artist." Those are words , <vf Miseha Glmau himself It is because ' ho feels their truth so -stroiigly that ' tho bov-. prodigy of nine years ago has : developed into the virtuoso who is [ tivirtly to appear hero. To-day there k > m surer "draw" in the artistic world ) than Elm-ait, whether in . Ixcniloii or 1 Paris, in Berlin or New 'York, lio plays > invariably to houses paokosl to tho r doors; Khnaii i« • a . man with 1 a stmng pe-rsowiity ft™ tciinpcraiiieJii-. H» has i beeti tfn artist half his life, albeit oiilv 22 ' to-day, aud has made each forward stop . tho starting-point of a fresh steitlo up- - ward in his carocr. He will shortly ? stand before us hero., :uv.l wo shall be 1 abb to rod go for wrseives. tifikss we - nro wtterly to distrust tho judgment of men tife JoaeWiH and Nsildsch - mid P-'chtor, wo atq to, havo 1 a , feast of music . tho like, of , which lias rafc-lj. indeed •como our way. I'',ii:irii'd is ftt- present in Melbourne. On tim Now Zealand tour fovo will b» given in each centre in July. ; with him will be- Mdllo. Eva Gainhier, '• tho popahlr Ficiich-Oar.adian KOpraiKi, i and Mr. Percy Kalin, the brffiaflt youflg Loudoit pianist. 5 Notes. f It. is mat Ror.erclly Icr.own that "Vvc 1 Parted on t.ha Shore," oi;o of tlw fmest - hutnwotiS dittiss in tho ron-M-toire of I Harry Lniucfcr, Was firiginaliy, i'liteiiof cd as a scutlnwiitel sspg- Xante was . o.iicp travelltira by rail from Aberdeen 1 to D'.n-.'li's, and r.rar Stov-frliavmi., where ' (he lino ss?ii-ts the roe!-:-bom;:l coast, ' tlio comodinu noticed a small ship sfarugslhn? hard against the p'.le that wm'rajtmg at SMt. , imsclflative mind sfflrtrf. duelling ®« . i i:ho "mariner's iin.rd lot in VhV. .iikl_ St ■ lint- Ions: before he • I & song sp4 to tho -til®!? of the rfwilring j train. wtweVs. , Tho .aftist. wns fyc-tb.p.d: - t 011 well with fchfl convprjstii.oii when lie j thouchfc of 1 rhyiuiii.ii I»ia_ "It's ytwrs { and yeftßi a«d years," gaWftS a j enmie trend to the r.i'HSfsct of the nrti.sw. I Tlfv liuft w-*i§ too f?-fi(>d to bp ciit, i | 80 that a-dittr which was prinwrilv <leI signed to -pfettlfrt tho of | a 'small, ship nrjaiitsfc a toir'H's! . ! c:nnp in hi? ehi'lsts.neil, e parted oft I tho Rhw?." a»d evwituaUy served to - i&mct fW gr«i; Bfotahmaii in tme of > 1 his -most diverting <fcaMielw#Wd>es. 1 | Mi«eha F.im-ati is said to 'i", the 1 | greatest salaried artist ! iiai ha« vi&itod j Australia, his salary per perktHßimce f j ivi-vii;.- eclipsisi-i: that of !',a.ude'.?.-, I 'i'ln- liiiii-ii .ca •! is so ire!! > j with lishthonse? that if a- ship pnW ; right round KnghiHd, Sirotland, and .Ireland bf Bigh-t. <miy on sis otcasions v,-onls.i if. bi.i wliurft it - venb-i wot fee* tiji> Sash i.<{ a. lighthsuse lanteia.