The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-11-01

GssAf GsvotHcA IN nrsicAL AND THEATRICAL
CEfrieisM h may perhaps b. known to u few indi
V'duas that the Courier and Enquirer of this city
htsfor several years past RETAINED from noticing any
To- thr 'heatses. on the ground that newspapers con
quoted BY foreigners" were in the habit of doing
So II appears, however, that this course has been
abandoned within the last few days, and the journel
referred to now contains daily notices. at gree
length, OF theatrical and musical performances
We have then succeeded at last in compelling t. e
Courier and with it other papers in this city, 10 COM
mence new system OF criticism in relation to mu ;c
end the DRAMA newspaper feature indspen sab 9
to the character and reputation OF respectable pubic
journal The Courier has had within the la 81 fc,y
days remarkably good notices of music and the drs
ma and particularly elaborate criticisms of Ole Bull
Tempeton, DeMeyer, Murdoch and other celebrities
II wil De recoected also that the Courier in spoo-
glsing for its neglect of this important part Of he
duty OF public journalist, stated, amongst other
hngs, that one OF Its reasons was the fact that the
Herald had pre-occupled the ground and that il was
foreign concern Singularly enough we now Learn
hat all the notices and reviews in the Courier have
been actually written by foreigner, specially en-
gagged by the Courier for that purpose, and more
than all, a fu-blooded Englishman ], occupying
deml-seml-quaVer position IN society
These notices in the Courier have been, we have
said, generally pretty good, but still they have
spice OF Ill nature and spite which makes them i'm
mensely amusing and laughabe. In relation to De
Meyer, that great artist the piano, probably ire
greatest IN the world the critic of the Comi9r
speaks in the most handsome terms, and sates th.:
his famous Marche Marocaine is to be imported
from France by some means, but that II will be M
possible to play it without the fingers Of the mag
clan himself. Of Ole Bull il is said that he has
succeeded in this country as much by KNOWLEDGE
Of the world as OF the violin-and very probably
there is truth in this Every great artist 10 be
successful must have great knowledge Of human
nature, so TO bring his talents properly before the
public and secure their just appreciation Bit it is
certainly very amusing TO hear full booded dem-
semi-quaver Englishman complaining that Ole Bulls
knowledge Of human nature had been SO success
fully applied to American sentiment and sympathy.
On the whole, we cannot help expressing our
great and unaffected qualification in finding, that so
far as regards music and The drama, we have dr-
ven that lazy and unwieldy elephant, the Courier,
INTO its proper positlon--that we have compelled
that bloated concern of impudence, arrogance,
ignorance, conceii, and vulgar prejudice, mo
course Of responsibility and some commol
serse and practical exemplihcaton Of the utter ed
laughable absurdity of all Its rigmarole about ci-
tigues written by foreigners. The grand object of
the Courier, however, 1t is proper to add, is to
ate Of them, If possible, the advantages Ion
and eagerly coveted b, III e Clique Of protectors
10 musical science and muslcalcrlucsm. We the
thing very funny, and ont OF II We anticipate much
laughter in time to come.