People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1894 — BIRDIE BLY. [ARTICLE]

BIRDIE BLY.

A Voted Musician to Give Rensl selaer People a Treat. ] On Friday evening, Sept. 71 the people of Rensselaer will bl permitted to hear an artist in music. The Presbyterian, Meth] odist and Christian churchel have secured Miss Birdie BIJ for the above date and a grana entertainment may be expected! such as has never before beer! given in this part of the state! She will be ably assisted by ouil best local talent. Miss Bly iJ an accomplished performer oJ the piano and violin, having studied the former instrument! withNewpert andJoseffyin Ne\w York, at the Royal Academy ini London, at the Royal Conserva-I tory in Berlin, in Paris and! lastly under the master pianist] of the world—the great Ruben-I

stein. She has played in all the principle cities of Europe and America and her reputation as a musician cannot possibly be excelled. We append a lew press notices as to her ability: Miss Birdie Bly, who a few years ago, as a child, captured London by storm with hey wonderful talent, is also here. With her marvelous musical| gifts and loveliness, she was said to be a companion picture of those precocious children drawn by the author of “Charles Auchester,” and she is now realizing the brilliant artistic future that was then prophesied for her. Miss Bly may fairly be called an English pianiste for though corn in America, she is of English descent, and has a warm affection for London, where she has spent most of her life. As a virtuoso, Miss Bly is admired for her warm, true feeling, faultless technique and the strength and vigor of her conception.—London Musical News. The pianiste of the evening was Miss Bly, a very young lady, i who, however, in addition to a crispness of touch and a correct method, developed considerable power as well. The most successful of her three selections’ was Liszt’s “Faust” fantasia.—Philadelphia Press. ’ Miss Bly’s program was one of astounding difficulties, including Fantaisie and Fugue in G minor, Bach-Liszt; Sonate B-flat minor Chopin; Etude, Valse Noble and Ballade, Neapert; Berceuse, Ballade G minor, Chopin; and Rhapsodie No. 2, > Liszt. She achieved distinctive success by her fine performance. —Chicago Inter Ocean.

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