New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-21

The utter techriesty a music hampers me AZ every
t-fn, II deseopipg The nature q nusS1 dces ~ tney
wefehrsttsrned sp the Opera wesre al1llersry We
undsrstsnd more or ess grammar and rhtorsc snd cana
eertSiny resd H>kee lecture ftersfurcis open
book Which al can psr1se sri understand Such easy
residing day gor.hed b., nsu.ic language apart,
requires special study and does sppear 70 be known
to cur literary men AZ al bcyoo few common place
words, and ming u SINGLE voice cosnposifion
strictly such = never recognised Our COLLEGES Tor ex.
ample, sncred They Prusess, TOO, 70 teach yrcs and
the Ct poetry as the resources yrirally speakins
of tic language could be app-a ended wthou Ut music
Henc. difhcuhy attending thssc lectures, they ne
Their recognise ntr respect TIE ordinary sanctions OF
rtc NJ IS applied % the resources Of the Eaxfsh Ian
susse They bold equally esesp history, which = wrs
ten ty literary ignorant OF Art They do NOT re-
srec, opinions huf deal IA fscts For the next lecture
shsn reeerve an historical sketch q the Opera - 10 on
g.naly appeared in Italy, and give various examples 81
the earliest forns Of nmsicoirsnstic writing.
portion o the music this evening" VIII be sung solo.
BY an American srtist L gives me great pleasure 10
have such one st these lectures Tslk a. We VII I'M
t we render An national our POSITION In the wortd
OF culture VIII he and provincial ircgrct TO md
50 ifte national feeling existn; here the subject Of
Ant Our whole concern IN music appears 60 De TO hear
an individual singer. Whether such singing v per.
msneney IN the country whether if places ~ beyond
vulgar prcvineialsm Is not open question Ct all
Whether such singing stimulates TIE production OF
American masicsl works Il never considered Six hun
bred thousand dollars were sitn, on Single singer
lsely; and six thousand dosrs were REQUIRED 10 place
American composition on lsve with European, il would
be raised Va the thirty two States Six hundred
thousand dollars spent in founding ConservaScrio
would turn on. every year Tor all time 10 come one
hundred Of the best instructed American cosiposers
vocslists and rstrspientssts and would place ne 81
once sYtistcsly on level with any nation Of Europe
The Amer lean artist ii amateur with private for
tune put his works the stage; but II not there
u the slightest public spirit education sympathy
10 elevate the American nsme with his works. On the
contrary there is in this city direct opposition. Ia
gard b. cpsrs of our OVID we seem proteseily and
kopeles.y provincial few individuals who think 9th
erlvisc only establish the rule.
The music OF Mozsrts Mass has been selected to
show thai the snities Of hst eminent masters music
for the church with the operawere 80 strong, that one
would answer for the other almost. The melodies
clear and defno the rhythm perfect and much Of the
form of the Barber OF Seville, heard on "Wednesday
night, viii now be heard The chords of the joyous
parts are scrupalousiy simple snd;ae whole devoid Of
pedan,ry.
The lecture concluded by Mr. Fry analysing melody
on the Piano Forte indicating the Qualities of each in
terval of the scale the nature OF rhythm climax and
so-forh This though much sgplsu'ed, cannot ow
ing to its technical illustrations be reported The
musc sang aso analysed interpreted with various
critical remarks. II was announced that Madame De
Vrc. having recovered from her inaisposition would
sppear at the lecture Gu Tuesday next, the subject
being the continuation Of the History and Characters
tics Of Operate Music, brought down to our times.