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THE NEW YORK
VOL. XLI. No. 5.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Aug. 5, 1905,
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
TEACHERS MUST BE COMPETENT.
PAUL JONES'S TRIUMPH IN MUSIC.
A PLEA FOR MUSIC.
The New York State Music Teachers' Associa-
tion Want Teachers to Give Some Guar-
antee of Fitness for Their Calling.
Silas S. Pratt Prepares a Tone Poem in A i d of
Project to Erect Statue.
Mr. Carnegie's Attention Called to New Field
of Philanthropy by A. B. Smith.
The following resolution, adopted by the New
York State Music Teachers' Association, in con-
vention at Rochester, is of interest and import-
ance:
"That in the opinion of the New York State
Music Teachers' Association it is urgently desira-
ble in the interests alike of students, of the musi-
cal profession, and of the general public, that all
teachers of music should give some guarantee of
fitness for their calling.
"That, as a step toward the realization of this
object, the New York State Music Teachers' Asso-
ciation admit to membership in the active or pro-
fessional class only persons who shall prove their
fitness by passing an examination, or shall pro-
duce credentials which the association formally
adjudges equivalent.
"That a committee be appointed to digest a
scheme and lay it before next year's annual meet-
ing at New York."
A statement by Mrs. Mary Chappell Fisher, of
New York, in regard to the matter, is in part as
follows:
"Every year untold sums of money are spent
on teaching, that is not only useless, but harm-
ful. In every town there are teachers of various
shades of ability; some know what they teach;
others, it must be frankly admitted, do not. In
this connection it seems to us that we may well
profit by the example set by other professions.
Before a man is allowed to practice medicine or
the law he must prove to the satisfaction of a
competent authority that he has The necessary
knowledge and skill. These bodies grant a cer-
tificate of fitness, a diploma. It is said that
doplomas sometimes testify what is not true. But
against this occasional abuse must be set the peo-
ple's almost universal recognition of their value.
Nobody but a crank would ever dream of employ-
ing an uncertified physician or a lawyer without
a diploma. Nay. more than that, the law, which
represents the wisdom of many ages and many
people, shows its disapproval of any such uncerti-
fied practitioner by fining him or sending him to
jail."
SYMPHONY CONCERT DATES.
Felix Weingartner to Conduct Four Concerts,
Damrosch the Others.
Walter Damrosch has selected the dates for the
sixteen concerts of the New York Symphony Or- •
chestra. The eight afternoon performances will
be given in Carnegie Hall on Nov. 12 and 2<>,
Dec. 10 and 17, Jan. 7 and 14, Feb. 4, March 4,
and the evening concerts on Nov. 14 and 28, Dec.
12 and 19, Jan. 9 and 1G, Feb. 6, and March (!.
All of these concerts are to be conducted by
Walter Damrosch with the exception of four.
They will be under the baton of Felix Weingart-
ner. The Berlin conductor will have the direc-
tion of the concerts on Jan. 14 and Hi and Feb.
4 and 6. Herr Weingartner will also conduct
some extra concerts with the orchestra.
The arrival of the body of America's first great
sea fighter has aroused universal interest in the
career of John Paul Jones. It is natural that an
American composer should have undertaken to
idealize the hero's life. Silas S. Pratt, the com-
poser of the "Allegory of the Civil War," given
with great success at Madison Square Garden for
the benefit of the Grant Monument Fund, has set
on foot a movement to erect a statue to John
Paul Jones in the Riverside Park. In this work
Mr. Pratt has adopted a highly interesting
Iheme, a tone poem entitled "Paul Jones' Tri-
umphs, or the Birth of the American Navy," be-
ing an apotheosis in music and picture of the re-
markable deeds of the great man.
It is to be greatly deplored that. Andrew Car-
negie has never deemed it essential to consider
the musical branch of education. Gen. Horatio C.
King's words needs must be welcomed by all
music students and all who are interested in
music. It is indeed difficult for a sincere music
student to pursue his education with any fair
chance of success as the situation now stands.
There is a lack of endowment in this direction.
Although we have orchestras upheld by endow-
ment funds, we still have no conservatory. Those
few private institutions now existing are insuffi-'
cient for the proper musical growth of this great
city, as well as the country itself. It is abso-
lutely necessary that there be more interest
taken in the line of musical education if it is
hoped that the United States will ever be able
WILL WRITE MUSIC FOR DRAMA.
to boast of a school of music with true American
Dr. Horatio Parker to Furnish Score for Gen.
musicians.
Wallace's "The Prince of India."
It remains for the people to be educated and
initiated into the true realm of music, and to
Dr. Horatio Parker, professor of music at Yale gradually discard their taste for the trash they
University, and a distinguished composer of sa- all cry for now and get in overwhelming quanti-
cred and secular music, has decided to undertake ties.
compositions for the dramatic stage.
If steps were taken in this direction; if, in
He has entered into a contract with Klaw & other words, Andrew Carnegie would include in
Erlanger to provide the musical setting for the his noble gifts a share equal to the portion util-
drama by J. 1. C. Clarke founded upon the late ized for literature to the music end of art, it
Gen. Lew Wallace's novel, "The Prince of India." goes without saying that his act would be appre-
After going over the play with the author, Dr. ciated to an extent impossible to conceive, and
Parker sailed for Europe a few days ago. He there would be ere long a marvelous outcome.
will compose the score during his summer's resi- Music would increase in popularity, and the
dence in Bavaria, and will return with the man- world be bettered thereby. Music is yet young,
uscript back to New York in September.
and needs but steps upon which to rise.
The play deals with the period of the over-
throw of the Greek Empire by the Turks under
VAN DER STTJCKEN AN AMERICAN.
Sultan Mohammed, culminating with the siege
and fall of Constantinople. It introduces the
Van der Stucken, who, as recently announced,
mystic character of the Wanderer as the Prince is to be conductor, with Sir Edgar Elgar, of the
of India. The whole furnishes a rare opportunity next music festival in Cincinnati, is not, as many
lor a fitting musical background for the drama. fancy, a Belgian, says the Evening Post. He did
Dr. Parker is probably the best fitted of Amer- receive his musical education partly at Benoit, at
ican composers to perform the work. He is the Antwerp, but he is a genuine American, having
only native composer who has used the Arabic been born at Fredericksburg, Tex. Grieg was the
scale with skill and power. This, together with first who discovered his talent for composition,
his familiarity with Oriental music of the fif- and Liszt invited him to conduct a concert of
teenth century, and his knowledge of melody and his American compositions at Weimar. In New
modern orchestral harmony will serve him in York Mr. Van der Stucken first made himself
good stead. The arrangement between Dr. Par- known by a series of Novelty Concerts. It was
ker and the theatrical firm calls for a largely he who took our Arion Society abroad and showed
reinforced orchestra.
the Germans and Austrians that German-Amer-
icans can sing quite as well as they can. In 1893
he was called to Cincinnati as conductor of the
CONRIEDS NEW TENOR.
local orchestra, and ever since that time he has
One of the new tenors that Heinrich Conried been the leading musical influence in that city.
lias engaged for the Metropolitan Opera House is It was a foregone conclusion that he would be
Carl Burrian, a youthful Wagner singer, who won chosen successor of the late Theodore Thomas as
his first, honors at Hamburg, where he sang for conductor of the May festivals.
several years until he went to Dresden to take the
first place in the company. He was invited to
The valuable music library of the late Francis
go to Munich to sing while Heinrich Knote is in L. Jenks, for many years the musical critic of the
this country, and he would have done so but for Boston Transcript, has been bequeathed to the
his contract to stay in Dresden for a certain num- Fitchburg Public Library by Herbert L. Wallace,
ber of years. Now he is free to sing anywhere, one of its trustees. It is said to be one of the
so long as he does not take any regular con- finest musical libraries in America, especially
tracts.
complete in its Chopin department.
raw
THE NEW YORK
VOL. XLI. No. 5.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Aug. 5, 1905,
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
TEACHERS MUST BE COMPETENT.
PAUL JONES'S TRIUMPH IN MUSIC.
A PLEA FOR MUSIC.
The New York State Music Teachers' Associa-
tion Want Teachers to Give Some Guar-
antee of Fitness for Their Calling.
Silas S. Pratt Prepares a Tone Poem in A i d of
Project to Erect Statue.
Mr. Carnegie's Attention Called to New Field
of Philanthropy by A. B. Smith.
The following resolution, adopted by the New
York State Music Teachers' Association, in con-
vention at Rochester, is of interest and import-
ance:
"That in the opinion of the New York State
Music Teachers' Association it is urgently desira-
ble in the interests alike of students, of the musi-
cal profession, and of the general public, that all
teachers of music should give some guarantee of
fitness for their calling.
"That, as a step toward the realization of this
object, the New York State Music Teachers' Asso-
ciation admit to membership in the active or pro-
fessional class only persons who shall prove their
fitness by passing an examination, or shall pro-
duce credentials which the association formally
adjudges equivalent.
"That a committee be appointed to digest a
scheme and lay it before next year's annual meet-
ing at New York."
A statement by Mrs. Mary Chappell Fisher, of
New York, in regard to the matter, is in part as
follows:
"Every year untold sums of money are spent
on teaching, that is not only useless, but harm-
ful. In every town there are teachers of various
shades of ability; some know what they teach;
others, it must be frankly admitted, do not. In
this connection it seems to us that we may well
profit by the example set by other professions.
Before a man is allowed to practice medicine or
the law he must prove to the satisfaction of a
competent authority that he has The necessary
knowledge and skill. These bodies grant a cer-
tificate of fitness, a diploma. It is said that
doplomas sometimes testify what is not true. But
against this occasional abuse must be set the peo-
ple's almost universal recognition of their value.
Nobody but a crank would ever dream of employ-
ing an uncertified physician or a lawyer without
a diploma. Nay. more than that, the law, which
represents the wisdom of many ages and many
people, shows its disapproval of any such uncerti-
fied practitioner by fining him or sending him to
jail."
SYMPHONY CONCERT DATES.
Felix Weingartner to Conduct Four Concerts,
Damrosch the Others.
Walter Damrosch has selected the dates for the
sixteen concerts of the New York Symphony Or- •
chestra. The eight afternoon performances will
be given in Carnegie Hall on Nov. 12 and 2<>,
Dec. 10 and 17, Jan. 7 and 14, Feb. 4, March 4,
and the evening concerts on Nov. 14 and 28, Dec.
12 and 19, Jan. 9 and 1G, Feb. 6, and March (!.
All of these concerts are to be conducted by
Walter Damrosch with the exception of four.
They will be under the baton of Felix Weingart-
ner. The Berlin conductor will have the direc-
tion of the concerts on Jan. 14 and Hi and Feb.
4 and 6. Herr Weingartner will also conduct
some extra concerts with the orchestra.
The arrival of the body of America's first great
sea fighter has aroused universal interest in the
career of John Paul Jones. It is natural that an
American composer should have undertaken to
idealize the hero's life. Silas S. Pratt, the com-
poser of the "Allegory of the Civil War," given
with great success at Madison Square Garden for
the benefit of the Grant Monument Fund, has set
on foot a movement to erect a statue to John
Paul Jones in the Riverside Park. In this work
Mr. Pratt has adopted a highly interesting
Iheme, a tone poem entitled "Paul Jones' Tri-
umphs, or the Birth of the American Navy," be-
ing an apotheosis in music and picture of the re-
markable deeds of the great man.
It is to be greatly deplored that. Andrew Car-
negie has never deemed it essential to consider
the musical branch of education. Gen. Horatio C.
King's words needs must be welcomed by all
music students and all who are interested in
music. It is indeed difficult for a sincere music
student to pursue his education with any fair
chance of success as the situation now stands.
There is a lack of endowment in this direction.
Although we have orchestras upheld by endow-
ment funds, we still have no conservatory. Those
few private institutions now existing are insuffi-'
cient for the proper musical growth of this great
city, as well as the country itself. It is abso-
lutely necessary that there be more interest
taken in the line of musical education if it is
hoped that the United States will ever be able
WILL WRITE MUSIC FOR DRAMA.
to boast of a school of music with true American
Dr. Horatio Parker to Furnish Score for Gen.
musicians.
Wallace's "The Prince of India."
It remains for the people to be educated and
initiated into the true realm of music, and to
Dr. Horatio Parker, professor of music at Yale gradually discard their taste for the trash they
University, and a distinguished composer of sa- all cry for now and get in overwhelming quanti-
cred and secular music, has decided to undertake ties.
compositions for the dramatic stage.
If steps were taken in this direction; if, in
He has entered into a contract with Klaw & other words, Andrew Carnegie would include in
Erlanger to provide the musical setting for the his noble gifts a share equal to the portion util-
drama by J. 1. C. Clarke founded upon the late ized for literature to the music end of art, it
Gen. Lew Wallace's novel, "The Prince of India." goes without saying that his act would be appre-
After going over the play with the author, Dr. ciated to an extent impossible to conceive, and
Parker sailed for Europe a few days ago. He there would be ere long a marvelous outcome.
will compose the score during his summer's resi- Music would increase in popularity, and the
dence in Bavaria, and will return with the man- world be bettered thereby. Music is yet young,
uscript back to New York in September.
and needs but steps upon which to rise.
The play deals with the period of the over-
throw of the Greek Empire by the Turks under
VAN DER STTJCKEN AN AMERICAN.
Sultan Mohammed, culminating with the siege
and fall of Constantinople. It introduces the
Van der Stucken, who, as recently announced,
mystic character of the Wanderer as the Prince is to be conductor, with Sir Edgar Elgar, of the
of India. The whole furnishes a rare opportunity next music festival in Cincinnati, is not, as many
lor a fitting musical background for the drama. fancy, a Belgian, says the Evening Post. He did
Dr. Parker is probably the best fitted of Amer- receive his musical education partly at Benoit, at
ican composers to perform the work. He is the Antwerp, but he is a genuine American, having
only native composer who has used the Arabic been born at Fredericksburg, Tex. Grieg was the
scale with skill and power. This, together with first who discovered his talent for composition,
his familiarity with Oriental music of the fif- and Liszt invited him to conduct a concert of
teenth century, and his knowledge of melody and his American compositions at Weimar. In New
modern orchestral harmony will serve him in York Mr. Van der Stucken first made himself
good stead. The arrangement between Dr. Par- known by a series of Novelty Concerts. It was
ker and the theatrical firm calls for a largely he who took our Arion Society abroad and showed
reinforced orchestra.
the Germans and Austrians that German-Amer-
icans can sing quite as well as they can. In 1893
he was called to Cincinnati as conductor of the
CONRIEDS NEW TENOR.
local orchestra, and ever since that time he has
One of the new tenors that Heinrich Conried been the leading musical influence in that city.
lias engaged for the Metropolitan Opera House is It was a foregone conclusion that he would be
Carl Burrian, a youthful Wagner singer, who won chosen successor of the late Theodore Thomas as
his first, honors at Hamburg, where he sang for conductor of the May festivals.
several years until he went to Dresden to take the
first place in the company. He was invited to
The valuable music library of the late Francis
go to Munich to sing while Heinrich Knote is in L. Jenks, for many years the musical critic of the
this country, and he would have done so but for Boston Transcript, has been bequeathed to the
his contract to stay in Dresden for a certain num- Fitchburg Public Library by Herbert L. Wallace,
ber of years. Now he is free to sing anywhere, one of its trustees. It is said to be one of the
so long as he does not take any regular con- finest musical libraries in America, especially
tracts.
complete in its Chopin department.
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