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Issue: 1902 Vol. 34 N. 9 - Page 8
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8
THE
7Vi[VSIC T R K D E R E V I E W
A GREAT SYMPHONIST.
I N a recent contribution to a London mag-
azine, Ernest Newman, writing of Tschai-
kowsky, declares that of all composers,
Wagner "alone is master of every note of
passion, of pathos, of grief, of despair, and
of humor." Like Beethoven, Tschaikowsky,
on the whole, lacks humor; "he is indeed
preternaturally serious."
We cannot entirely agree with our dis-
tinguished friend. Indeed it is such genu-
ine, vital works as the
Pathetic
Symphony by
Tschaikowsky, that con-
vince one that the sym-
phony is not dead. In the
Russian composer's com-
position there is a vast
amount of musical clever-
ness which cannot but en-
chain the attention of 111 -_•
practical and analytical
musician, and yet, with it
all, there is a pathos and
emotion which carry away
the least learned of listen-
ers.
That is what art
should do. To sacrifice
beauty of workmanship to
emotional expression is the
characteristic of the half-
baked composer; to make
beauty of workmanship
subserve beauty of ex-
pression is the work of a
genius. The Pathetic and
Fifth
Symphonies
with all their transparent
more, Newark, Toronto, Rochester, Phila-
delphia, Brooklyn, New York; April 12th melodic charm and emotional effect are full
in Carnegie Hall, Washington; a Sunday of touches of the subtlest musicianship, in
night concert at the National Theatre, Cleve- harmony, melody, rhythm, treatment of
land, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati, St. Louis, themes, and orchestration.
Louisville, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
In the latter alone, the Pathetic Symphony
Milwaukee, Chicago, two concerts; Omaha,
MANCINELLI'S CANTATA.
is
a model to young composers, second only
Kansas City, Toledo, Troy and then New
T H E Biblical cantata, "Isaiah" by Sig. York City. The tour will continue until to the works of Wagner. The Russian com-
Mancinelli, of happy Metropolitan May 4th, and on the following Tuesday poser thoroughly understands the tone-color
Opera House memory, which was first pro- both Mr. Hofmann and Mr. Gerardy will of different instruments, not only from ihe
duced at the Norwich Festival in 1887, sail for Europe, Mr. Kreisler remaining here" standpoint of mere musical beauty, but from
achieved a brilliant success on its first per- to fill a number of engagements at the prin- that of poetic meaning. His instruments
formance recently at the Teatro Regio, in cipal musical festivals.
are voices. Here and there, perhaps, in the
Turin. The composer was the recipient of
I T has been decided that the next season of two symphonies with which we are familiar,
an ovation on the part of a numerous audi- * opera shall last for fifteen weeks. Six one comes across passages which fall short
ence.
weeks will be devoted to the Eastern cities.
of the grandest expression; passages which
POLAND, THE MUSIC LAND.
D O L I S H musical genius is playing a great
role in the important productions of the
musical season. This little country has been
represented during the past month in com-
position by Paderewski, in instrumental in-
terpretation by Josef Hofmann, in histrionic
vocalism by Marcella Sembrich—each stand-
ing for the highest personification of the art.
IL is a pertinent query in this connection—
why has Poland produced so many gifted
musicians? Josef Hofmann, though but a
youth still an extraordinary example of Po-
lish musical genius, says:
"It is grief for the wrongs of his nation
that has created in the Pole a musical re-
finement and sympathy which have captivated
the world. The country, divided into three
parts and under the domination of three sep-
arate, strong governments, can scarcely ever
hope to regain its national life. The injus-
tice and utter hopelessness of the situation,"
says Hofmann, "finds passionate protest in
music, art and literature. Nearly all of the
music by Polish composers is sad, you know.
Through it all there runs a plaintive note of
opposition to the oppression which the peo-
ple have known for a century."
So, Poland's loss is the world's gain. And
yet it remains a mystery that injustice should
triumph, while its fruits are apparently a
blessing to the race. On this question of
the justice of things, as affecting humanity,
Maurice Maeterlinck, in the North American
Review, asks how it is that nations are per-
mitted to act with injustice, while man, as
an individual, is ruled through his conscience,
by the law of justice.
Ts it necessary, then, that injustice on the
part of nations triumph, in order that we may
not be robbed of the inspiring pathos of life?
EASTER SONGS
NEW EASTER ANTHEMS
Blumenschein, W. L.
T h e R e t u r n
t o H e a v e n
.
.
.
2 K e y s
$ . 6 0
Dressier, Louis R.
O, Lift your Joyful Hearts!
(With Violin Obbligato)
() Light that Breaks.
.
( With Violin Obbligato)
.
.
2 Keys
.60
.
.
2 Kevs
.60
.
.
3 Ke\s
.50
2 Keys
.60
Fisher, William Arms
Be Comforted, Y e that M o u r n
(A Song ot Resurrection)
O Risen Lord .
.
.
( W i t h Violin Obbligato)
.
.
Granier, Jules
H o y a n n a !
.
.
.
.
.
j
Keys .
THREE GREAT ARTISTS TO PLAY TOGETHER.
J O S E F HOFMANN, Jean Gerardy and
Fritz Kreisler, three of the world's great-
est instrumentalists, have joined forces
through the agency of Henry Wolfsohn and
are to appear in a series of twenty-five joint
concerts. The tour will open in Boston on
Saturday afternoon, March 29th, and on Sun-
day evening, March 30th, they will be heard
in the Metropolitan Opera House, this city,
after which they will visit Washington, Balti-
5
Our 1902 Easter list contains fourteen anthems by
the well-known church composers:—
Burdett, George A.
Dressier, Louis R.
Fisher, Wm. Arms
Frey, Adolf
Gaul, Alfred R.
Granier, Jules
Green, Vincent E.
Hosner, E. S.
Reed, William
Rogers, James H.
Rotoli, Augusto
Schnecker, P. A.
Stewart, H. J,
EASTER CANTATAS
JUST ISSUED
F R O M D E A T H TO L I F E . By |. C. BARTLETT. For Soli,
Chorus, and Organ. Solo voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor,
Baritone. 'rime of performance, forty minutes.
50 Cf nts
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED
EASTER
EVE AND
MORN.
By KREPKRU-K B. STEVEN-
SON. Solo voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass. Time of
performance, half an hour.
50 Cents
0
Klein, Bruno Oscar
It is n o t D e a t h t o D i e
.
( W i t h Violin Obbligato)
.
.
2 K e y s
. 7 5
Loud, A. F.
Life over Death
i s K i n g
.
.
.
2 K e y s
.
2 K e y s
. 5 0
Minetti, Carlo
Message
o f the Lilies
.
.
. 5 0
Wooler, Alfred
Rise,
Glorious
CAROLS BY
H. Clough - Leighter, George B. Nevin, and
Robert Schumann
1
New Thematic Easter Catalog sent free on request
Conqueror
.
.
.
2 K e y s .
5
0
Oliver Ditson Company, Boston
Chas. H. Ditson M CO., New York
TH£
RESURRECTION.
By CHAHI.ES KONTKYN MANNEY.
Solo voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.
ance, twenty-five minutes.
Time of perform-
40 Cents
T H E R I S E N K I N G . By P. A . SI-HNKXKKR.
Alto. Time of performance, twenty minutes.
Solo voice,
40 Cents
J. E. Ditson & Co., Philadelphia
8
THE
7Vi[VSIC T R K D E R E V I E W
A GREAT SYMPHONIST.
I N a recent contribution to a London mag-
azine, Ernest Newman, writing of Tschai-
kowsky, declares that of all composers,
Wagner "alone is master of every note of
passion, of pathos, of grief, of despair, and
of humor." Like Beethoven, Tschaikowsky,
on the whole, lacks humor; "he is indeed
preternaturally serious."
We cannot entirely agree with our dis-
tinguished friend. Indeed it is such genu-
ine, vital works as the
Pathetic
Symphony by
Tschaikowsky, that con-
vince one that the sym-
phony is not dead. In the
Russian composer's com-
position there is a vast
amount of musical clever-
ness which cannot but en-
chain the attention of 111 -_•
practical and analytical
musician, and yet, with it
all, there is a pathos and
emotion which carry away
the least learned of listen-
ers.
That is what art
should do. To sacrifice
beauty of workmanship to
emotional expression is the
characteristic of the half-
baked composer; to make
beauty of workmanship
subserve beauty of ex-
pression is the work of a
genius. The Pathetic and
Fifth
Symphonies
with all their transparent
more, Newark, Toronto, Rochester, Phila-
delphia, Brooklyn, New York; April 12th melodic charm and emotional effect are full
in Carnegie Hall, Washington; a Sunday of touches of the subtlest musicianship, in
night concert at the National Theatre, Cleve- harmony, melody, rhythm, treatment of
land, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati, St. Louis, themes, and orchestration.
Louisville, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
In the latter alone, the Pathetic Symphony
Milwaukee, Chicago, two concerts; Omaha,
MANCINELLI'S CANTATA.
is
a model to young composers, second only
Kansas City, Toledo, Troy and then New
T H E Biblical cantata, "Isaiah" by Sig. York City. The tour will continue until to the works of Wagner. The Russian com-
Mancinelli, of happy Metropolitan May 4th, and on the following Tuesday poser thoroughly understands the tone-color
Opera House memory, which was first pro- both Mr. Hofmann and Mr. Gerardy will of different instruments, not only from ihe
duced at the Norwich Festival in 1887, sail for Europe, Mr. Kreisler remaining here" standpoint of mere musical beauty, but from
achieved a brilliant success on its first per- to fill a number of engagements at the prin- that of poetic meaning. His instruments
formance recently at the Teatro Regio, in cipal musical festivals.
are voices. Here and there, perhaps, in the
Turin. The composer was the recipient of
I T has been decided that the next season of two symphonies with which we are familiar,
an ovation on the part of a numerous audi- * opera shall last for fifteen weeks. Six one comes across passages which fall short
ence.
weeks will be devoted to the Eastern cities.
of the grandest expression; passages which
POLAND, THE MUSIC LAND.
D O L I S H musical genius is playing a great
role in the important productions of the
musical season. This little country has been
represented during the past month in com-
position by Paderewski, in instrumental in-
terpretation by Josef Hofmann, in histrionic
vocalism by Marcella Sembrich—each stand-
ing for the highest personification of the art.
IL is a pertinent query in this connection—
why has Poland produced so many gifted
musicians? Josef Hofmann, though but a
youth still an extraordinary example of Po-
lish musical genius, says:
"It is grief for the wrongs of his nation
that has created in the Pole a musical re-
finement and sympathy which have captivated
the world. The country, divided into three
parts and under the domination of three sep-
arate, strong governments, can scarcely ever
hope to regain its national life. The injus-
tice and utter hopelessness of the situation,"
says Hofmann, "finds passionate protest in
music, art and literature. Nearly all of the
music by Polish composers is sad, you know.
Through it all there runs a plaintive note of
opposition to the oppression which the peo-
ple have known for a century."
So, Poland's loss is the world's gain. And
yet it remains a mystery that injustice should
triumph, while its fruits are apparently a
blessing to the race. On this question of
the justice of things, as affecting humanity,
Maurice Maeterlinck, in the North American
Review, asks how it is that nations are per-
mitted to act with injustice, while man, as
an individual, is ruled through his conscience,
by the law of justice.
Ts it necessary, then, that injustice on the
part of nations triumph, in order that we may
not be robbed of the inspiring pathos of life?
EASTER SONGS
NEW EASTER ANTHEMS
Blumenschein, W. L.
T h e R e t u r n
t o H e a v e n
.
.
.
2 K e y s
$ . 6 0
Dressier, Louis R.
O, Lift your Joyful Hearts!
(With Violin Obbligato)
() Light that Breaks.
.
( With Violin Obbligato)
.
.
2 Keys
.60
.
.
2 Kevs
.60
.
.
3 Ke\s
.50
2 Keys
.60
Fisher, William Arms
Be Comforted, Y e that M o u r n
(A Song ot Resurrection)
O Risen Lord .
.
.
( W i t h Violin Obbligato)
.
.
Granier, Jules
H o y a n n a !
.
.
.
.
.
j
Keys .
THREE GREAT ARTISTS TO PLAY TOGETHER.
J O S E F HOFMANN, Jean Gerardy and
Fritz Kreisler, three of the world's great-
est instrumentalists, have joined forces
through the agency of Henry Wolfsohn and
are to appear in a series of twenty-five joint
concerts. The tour will open in Boston on
Saturday afternoon, March 29th, and on Sun-
day evening, March 30th, they will be heard
in the Metropolitan Opera House, this city,
after which they will visit Washington, Balti-
5
Our 1902 Easter list contains fourteen anthems by
the well-known church composers:—
Burdett, George A.
Dressier, Louis R.
Fisher, Wm. Arms
Frey, Adolf
Gaul, Alfred R.
Granier, Jules
Green, Vincent E.
Hosner, E. S.
Reed, William
Rogers, James H.
Rotoli, Augusto
Schnecker, P. A.
Stewart, H. J,
EASTER CANTATAS
JUST ISSUED
F R O M D E A T H TO L I F E . By |. C. BARTLETT. For Soli,
Chorus, and Organ. Solo voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor,
Baritone. 'rime of performance, forty minutes.
50 Cf nts
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED
EASTER
EVE AND
MORN.
By KREPKRU-K B. STEVEN-
SON. Solo voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass. Time of
performance, half an hour.
50 Cents
0
Klein, Bruno Oscar
It is n o t D e a t h t o D i e
.
( W i t h Violin Obbligato)
.
.
2 K e y s
. 7 5
Loud, A. F.
Life over Death
i s K i n g
.
.
.
2 K e y s
.
2 K e y s
. 5 0
Minetti, Carlo
Message
o f the Lilies
.
.
. 5 0
Wooler, Alfred
Rise,
Glorious
CAROLS BY
H. Clough - Leighter, George B. Nevin, and
Robert Schumann
1
New Thematic Easter Catalog sent free on request
Conqueror
.
.
.
2 K e y s .
5
0
Oliver Ditson Company, Boston
Chas. H. Ditson M CO., New York
TH£
RESURRECTION.
By CHAHI.ES KONTKYN MANNEY.
Solo voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.
ance, twenty-five minutes.
Time of perform-
40 Cents
T H E R I S E N K I N G . By P. A . SI-HNKXKKR.
Alto. Time of performance, twenty minutes.
Solo voice,
40 Cents
J. E. Ditson & Co., Philadelphia
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