Maud Powell

              1913
Hardin Auditorium
MEXICO
Monday Evening, NOV. 3d

MAUD POWELL Violinist


MANAGEMENT: H. GODFREY TURNER
1402 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
STEINWAY PIANO USED




MAUD POWELL


MOST critics agree that the violin is the most sensitive and most personal of all musical instruments, while violinists agree that it is also the most difficult instrument to master.  In proof of this they cite the small number of violinists on the concert stage today.  It is unquestionably true that fewer women rise to a place of distinction in the violinistic world than in that of any other musical instrument.

ALL critics agree, however, that Maud Powell holds not only the premier position among violinists of her sex, but that she, without cavil, stands out conspicuously among her masculine confreres—getting something from her work no man could ever reach.

UNDER the Stars and Stripes no other violinist has attained as high a goal as Maud Powell nor has any other violinist held a sustained popularity among her own countrymen as she has.

DEXTEROUS as are her slim fingers, Maud Powell's chief appeal is through her warmth of temperament—through the vital tone that speaks without alloy direct from a great heart, and through a dainty, refined womanly personality that compels the listener, regardless of nationality or the quarter of the globe from which he hails.

PHILIP HALE, the stern Boston critic, writes: To speak of her mechanism at this day would be impertinence, for her abilities have long been recognized by two continents.  The greater the task to which she devotes herself, the more quickly do her skill, her brains, her soul respond.  It is enough to say that her performance of this exceedingly difficult concerto was worthy of the high ideal which she has steadily before her.  The composer was glorified and the occasion made memorable.  (The production of the Sibelius Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Muck conducting.)

OUR own Maud Powell is easily the first player among women and pretty near the top among men.  She stands far aloof from the Paganini school.  She is a blood descendant of Spohr, and when she tucks her fiddle under her chin, she makes a solemn reverence before the altar of music and officiates as a priestess in the temple.—W. J. Henderson, N. Y. Sun.

WHETHER in the classic or romantic school, whether interpreting a big work requiring strong masculinity of treatment, or a dainty trifle that seems the quintessence of enchanting femininity, Maud Powell is equally at home and is equally masterful.

EVER wishing to make propaganda for her instrument, Maud Powell speaks in an universal language.  The King of a mighty empire or his humblest black subject in the heart of Africa listens with equal enchantment.  The skilled ear of the erudite musician and the untrained ear of the casual concert-goer are both held captive by her wizard bow.

LISTEN to Maud Powell's tone, for she has not one tone, but many, and always the tone that the distinguishing traits of the particular music bid.  It was of clear and glinting brilliance last night; of sonorous breadth, depth and eloquence; of a delicate grace and adroit elegance; of sunny vivacity; of light and flowing charm; of feathery lightness; of songful intensity.—H. T. Parker, Boston Evening Transcript.

LISTEN to Maud Powell's violin.  If you want to be transported to a heaven of delight by the pathos of a simple sweet song,—if you want to feel the uplift which an evening of aesthetic enjoyment gives, or if you want to feel a thrill of patriotism because a great, modest, unafected, true and vibrant talent has been born in the Western Hemisphere, in short, if you want to find out how much can be got out of a fiddle, go — listen to — Maud Powell.




MAUD POWELL
IS SO WELL KNOWN THAT IN INTRODUCING HER TO OUR PUBLIC IT IS HARDLY NECESSARY TO RECALL THE FACTS


THAT she occupies the premier place among women violinists.
THAT she is regarded by musicians and cognoscenti as the best woman musician that America has produced.
THAT she is the best American violinist now before the public.
THAT Europe accepts her as such, placing her at the top among violinists, either men or women.
THAT she upholds the highest and best in musical art always and yet reaches the heart and sensibilities of her public.
THAT She is one of the most remarkable violinists alive.  She played the Beethoven concerto with repose, nobility of tone and a broad, intellectual conception.

J. G. HUNEKER.




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Victor Records Played by Maud Powell
Accompaniments by George Falkenstein and Waldemar Liachowsky




Number Size Price


At the Brook
René de Boisdeffre 64103 10 1.00


Ave Maria
Franz Schubert 74177 12 1.50


Bee, The (Schubert) (2) Minute Waltz
Frédéric Chopin 64076 10 1.00


Capriccio Valse (Waltz Caprice, Opus 7)
Wieniawski 74173 12 1.50


Cavatina (Opus 85, No. 3)
Joachim Raff 74283 12 1.50


Deep River—Negro Melody
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 74246 12 1.50


Der Zephir (Blumenleben, Opus 30, No. 5)
Jeno Hubay 74188 12 1.50


Dixie (unaccompanied)
Dan Emmet 64143 10 1.00


Finale from E minor Concerto, Opus 64
Mendelssohn 74026 12 1.50


Largo (Melody from the opera Xerxes)
Handel 64227 10 1.00


Le Cygne (The Swan)
Saint-Saëns 64265 10 1.00


Mazurka, Opus 26
A. Zarzycki 64104 10 1.00


Melodie, Opus 26
Christoph Gluck 64075 10 1.00


Menuett
Wolfgang Mozart 64073 10 1.00


Polonaise, Opus 38
Henri Vieuxtemps 64028 10 1.00


Romance from Concerto No. 2, Opus 22
Wieniawski 74179 12 1.50


Slavonic Cradle Song—Berceuse Slave, Opus 11
Neruda 64027 10 1.00


Souvenir (Morceau)
Franz Drdla 64074 10 1.00


Spanish Dance, Opus 26, No. 8
Sarasate 74259 12 1.50


St. Patrick's Day (Boquet Americaine, Opus 33)
Vieuxtemps 74025 12 1.50


Thais—Intermezzo (Meditation Religieuse)
Massenet 74135 12 1.50


To Spring (Opus 43, No. 6)
Grieg 64264 10 1.00


Traumerei, Opus 26
Robert Schumann 64134 10 1.00


Will-o-the-Whisp—Farfalla
Emile Sauret 74183 12 1.50


Zigeunerweisen, Opus 20 (Gypsy Dance)
de Sarasate 64262 10 1.00





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