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Alexander Guilmant

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Day
11
Month
February
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Guilmant, undoubtedly the greatest living organist, as well as the Qnest comijoser for the instrument now living, will give a recital on the grt-:;t organ in University hall, Friday evening, February 11. Such au opportunity may never occur again as Guilmant is over sixty years of a.nv and in all probability thls will be his last visit to America. Fine themes, sustalned interest, ièeflned and scholarly treatment, anfl that nameless charm whicli ís the truc inspira t ion and ndividuality of the composer (and which so digtingulsbed the music of his master and friend, M. these are the characteristic proporties of of üuilmani's music. The New York Times has the folIowing to say of M. Guilmant and his organ recital in ilendelsshon hall in ih.-n city: "The audience was well pleased, as indeed it ought to have been. M. Guiltnaut is a thorough ecleetic, and, white he is essentially modern, he ís a master of all styles. He plays Bach in the true spirit and with an intímate knowledge of the teehnique oí Baeh's perlod. Hls own sonata, of which the adagio is especially 'beautiful, he played with great finish and with the tinesl possible taste in registration. lVrhaps notiiing in his performance was more gratïfying to those intimately acquainted with the organ than his impi-ovisation. The theme was furaished by Samuel P. Warren and was one which Immediately suggested fugal treatment. M. Guiltnant's scholarship was quite equal to the test, and he began his improvision in strict fugato style, bnt he presently develöped the theme in a graceíul intermezzo treatment, whicli filled all the organists present with delight. M. Guilmant will proiMbly give another recital. It ought to be attended not only by all those who kiiow the possibilities of orgau playing bat also by those who do not. Both will leara a lesson." The opportunity of hearing A'lexandre Guilmant on our great organ is one which no music lover can afford to miss. The Frieze Memorial organ is the greatest but one oí all the organs in the West, and Guilmant is the greatest living organist and composer for the organ. This will, without doubt, be the last opportunity of hearing hirn in this country, as he is over sixty years of age, and will in all probability never, visit America again. The folio wing program will be given: 1. Toccata et Fuga in D minor J. S. Bach 2. a. tn Paradisum Th. Dubnis b-Fup? in O D Buxtehude c. Adagio tn B minor (from the Second Symphony) Ch. M. Widor a. 5th Sonota in C minor, op. 80 Alex. Guilmant (Dedicated to Clarence Eddy.) ttÏ" èllesTO aBea39ionato II. Adagio. III. Scherzo. IV. Recitativo. V. Choral and Fugue 4. TwoCnorals. J. S. Bach ■■ 9 Mensen bewel dein Suende Gross. II. In dir ist Freude. (Peters' Editlon, Book V. Nos m and 34.) 5. Pastorale Cesar Frank 6. Improvisation on a Glven Theme. . Grand Chorus in Maren Form, op. 84, Alex. Guilmant (Dedicated to William C. Cari.)

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