musical
sensibility, without any of the nauseous sentimentalism so
common among young players. His best performance in every
respect was Liszt's 'Rigoletto' fantasie, the mechanical
difficulties of which he has well conquered, and the
passionate meaning of which he interpreted very finely. In
answer to an encore of this piece, he gave Mr. Boscovitz's
exquisite little 'Chant du Matin,' Op. 68.

"He will make an excellent pianist if he prosecutes his
study as faithfully as he has commenced it. Mr. Jamieson
carries with him the good wishes and the highest
expectations of those who heard him."

He early showed a singleness of devotion to his chosen work, and has
always evinced a spirit of ambitious aim. Some particulars of the
latter, while winning him the approval of the thoughtful, have caused
him to be misunderstood and censured by others. With fine artistic
taste, ever aiming high, fully in earnest, and with no more than (as
the writer believes) a just estimate of his attainments and consequent
rank as a musician, Mr. Jamieson has sometimes declined to appear at
the "two-penny show" concerts given generally in the churches, and
often by "artists" (?) of abilities so poor as to render them fit
subjects for the training of a rudimentary music school rather than as
objects of public view or favor. Still I do not believe that Mr.
Jamieson has been unwilling to acknowledge the generally known fact,
that much good has often been done by amateurs and others at church
concerts, both by the aid thus afforded to meritorious causes, and by
the musical practice and public acquaintance obtained for themselves.
That he has not been without a ready sympathy for the persons or
causes to be benefited by such entertainments is well evinced by the
fact, that (notwithstanding he holds certain views mentioned in this
connection) he has appeared at times at the same, at the better kind,
making no charge for his services; and yet his occasional refusal to
appear at certain of these concerts has been attributed--generally by
ignorant persons, but sometimes also by others, who, as they knew
better, must have been influenced alone by bad motives--to his
possession of undue self-esteem, &c. But these unjust criticisms,
although often causing him pain, could never swerve him from his
chosen path. He would never lower his standard, and he always sought
to enter the lists with those who cont