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Show THE HARTMANN CONCERT. The violin recital by Arthur Hart-niann Hart-niann at the Congregational church on Tuesday evening was in all respects re-spects an artistic treat and was fully enjoyed by the large and cultured assembly. as-sembly. Arthur Ilartmann's triumphs in musical Europe during the past two years have won for him an undisputed place among the greatest violinists of the present generation. In Berlin, in London, in Holland, in Scandinavia, Scandina-via, in Hungary (of which Hartmann is a typical son) in Roumania, Austria, Aus-tria, Bulgaria, he has won from the public and the press such enthusiastic verdicts that they would be sheer unbelievable un-believable were they not recorded in black and white in the files of the foreign for-eign newspapers. In Christiania, 'ast month, Grieg embraced Hartmann publicly at one of the lattcr's concerts, con-certs, and called him an "inimitable master." In Buda-Fcsth, Jcno Hub-ay, Hub-ay, himself a violinist and composer of world-wide fame, headed the band of enthusiasts who oarricd Hartmann from the hall in triumph. In Holland, Hol-land, where the great violinist has given concerts with Harold Bauer and Pablo Casals, he is little less than a musical idol and his every appearance appear-ance there insures a sold-out house. In Roumania he is a prime favorite with Queen Carmen Sylva, who lias decorated him and never fails to attend at-tend his recitals in Bucharest. Ilartmann's Ilart-mann's travels over Europe have, in short resembled the triumphal procession pro-cession of a musical conqueror, and every day brings further reports of his sensational successes and his artistic ar-tistic victories even in such strongholds strong-holds of conservatism as Leipsic, Berlin, Ber-lin, Munich, etc., etc. Hartmann is not one of the greatest great-est violinists; he is the greatest, l'a-ganini l'a-ganini has come back to earth, but his name now is' Hartmann. |