Show PADEREWSKIS PORTION Ills Real Place Considered in fEnropenn Centers Is Paderewski the greatest living pianist and is he so regarded in London Lon-don Paris Berlin and Vienna This question is so frequently asked that we reply to it here and state that the ten musical authorities the world over agree that Paderewski I stands at the head of his profession and that the three performers who most nearly approach thim are Rosenthal Rosen-thal DAlbert and Joseffy A new man a boy of 17 named Herrman is now setting London wild and may soon enter the Paderewski class As one writer observes Booth impersonation of Hamlet I was considered by many good critics to I be superior to that of Irving while others claim that Fechter excelled them both In the same the most sqme way competent com-petent judge will claim precedence for their favorite pianist and who shall decide when doctors disagree So far as Paderewski is concerned we may hear the great classics of the piano differently interpreted but it is safe to say we shall never hear them better played Beyond this point it f i impossible togo to-go and we are driven t take refuge in the well worn motto De gustibus non est disputandum |