te of
which I cannot now recall), when he played the Mendelssohn
concerto and the Bach chaconne. The Mendelssohn concerto was
excellently played, especially the last movement; but it was
in the Bach chaconne that he proved how really good he was.
I have heard this composition by every violinist of eminence
(except Vieuxtemps) who has visited our city; but I never
heard so satisfactory a playing of it. The three voices
flowed on so smoothly and evenly, never seeming to be in
each other's way: there always seemed to be plenty of bow,
and just in the right place for each individual voice to
receive exactly its due prominence. The vociferous recall
that followed this worthy performance was well earned. White
is a Cuban mulatto, fine-looking, and extremely gentlemanly
in appearance and conversation. A Brooklyn writer speaks of
him as follows: 'His style is perfection itself; his bowing
is superb, and his tone exquisite. His execution is better
than Ole Bull's; he possesses more feeling than Wieniawski;
the volume of his tone is greater than that of Vieuxtemps.'
All of which I indorse."

On March 12, 1876, he appeared in New York as soloist at a grand
concert given by that justly celebrated and almost perfect body of
musicians, the Theodore Thomas orchestra. His performances on this and
several previous occasions elicited the most enthusiastic and
unbounded praise from the critical "Arcadian" and the other New-York
papers, nearly all of whom placed him beside the three or four great
violin-artists of the world.

On the 26th of March, 1876, White appeared at a grand concert given in
the Boston Theatre, in company with Levy the renowned cornetist. I
shall long and delightfully remember the emotions of thrilling
pleasure produced in my own breast by this virtuoso's magnetic
execution, and the feelings of joyful pride that I experienced when
witnessing, on this occasion, his great triumph. After he had played
the first few bars of the "Ballade et Polonaise" by Vieuxtemps, the
audience felt that he was a master; and his reception readily became a
grand ovation. He received a double encore after the performance of
each regular number on the programme. But of his grand success on this
occasion I shall let the journals of Boston of March 27, 1876, speak.

"Daily Globe:"--

"The concert at the Boston Theatre last evening attracted