New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-08
MUSIC.
Concert Of the Philharmonic Society.

Concert Of the Philharmonic society.
A Concert of the Philharmonic Society is an
object Of interest to the connoiseur and the rnorast
In the first view one is pretty Of hearing some
good music well played, and in the second there are
no lies humbugs in advertising its interpreters or
their work II musical artists are permitted 20 have
any dignity in this City 1t s the platform Of this So.
cety Their audience Is not called together by an ad.
vertisement Of exaggerstons, though it be put
under the head of "AInusements along with clowns
jueglers and what not Nor are they one portion Of
an assembly playing waltzes and poIkas for private
corps de ballet OF "our best Society," while the said
copsde ballet is another portion.-,he elect exclusive
and fashionable. We sometimes think that divine
spark Of professional pride and manly spendor should
fash among such collection Of artists placing them
socially on level with literary and scientific men
whose literature rejects music anil whose science dis.
avows acquaintance with the symmetrical crcularities
OF the vibrating chord the soul of which electricity
and whose measured grandeur springs from the hand
Of God, playing on the Eolian harp of the universe:
rejects too the calculations which made S,einbschs
Immortality, who welding mathematics and design
built the heaven houting cathedral -petracton of Ma
ture genial and foroscen symbol Of eternity In forms
and coiors such ~ poetry prophecy draws But 10
stick to the subject in hand. fall audience was
present Saturday evening to enjoy the third
Concert Of the Eleventh Season" OF the aforesaid So
ciety The Is not too large aud therefore we have
the compact and brisk effect Of a crowd very i'm.
porsni element In the enthusiasm of body OF listeners
growing out Of matter oiact physical reasons The
first piece Of the list WIS the Grand Symphony in
minor Of Beethoven This was finely led by Mr.
Eisield and ably played by sixty-tbree performers.
There is no more dreary not to say ptful task than
to write aboWa piece ofniusc without rigid technical an
aytes and direct and copious quotat musical char
acers Of the text Tocritcise musical score writer
must be able to produce one himself-nothing less
No knowedgeof Instrumentation rising TO the value of
criticism except of the lorg habit Of years in
writing for orchestra-not necessarily original
pieces but at leest Arrangement. Hence the rarest
thing In the world is musical criticism There IL an
abundance Of remark by those who cannot read much
less write full score, and the slashing temper IL
of in the direct ratio of the writer's Ignorance
We propose 10 describe what full score Is and that
will make our meaning clear. The composer taxes
sheet of paper with many slaves Cor groupes Of FIVE
lines, which music is witten) on page on each
OF these slaves he writes the part Of one or more
making at least many distinct parts q.
there slaves and ali these distinct parts are PLAYED
together in the time of each measure into which music
Is symmetrically divided The term score come. from
drawing lines at right angles to the lines of the slaves,
through the whole page each such line defining a
ffeth measure To learn to read or write such a
score for they 60 together, lie the work of year.
provided nature has fitted the student for the un.
dertsking. Reading and writing score 20 together
for this that unless the underftandn can grasp
shsrsc,edy from any performance, and call UP TO the
minds ear the entire effect OF all the musical passsge
and all the peculiartes Of instrumental colorng the
score cannot be read. Hence when man can read a
score he can write one Il is therefore serious bus
meas when one comes TO eriticise score consciea.
tiousy, and places himself IN the sacred Office Of
public teacher
AZ for the ordinary remarks about scores
hey deserve no notice exceps in way Of explanation
40 follows worthy OF note that Of all the trest,es
On Grecisn music that have down to u.s. not one
IL by professional musician and hence we are left
wholly IN the dark as to what their composition was
This arises from the fact that the ambition of Grecian
led them 10 descsnt any and every sub.
ec music included Now what 10 true Of the sncien.s
e true Of the moderns, stimulated in higher degree
~ the force Of special circumstances Madame De
Stael wity observed tina, the empire Of the earth be-
onged to the French of the to the English and of
he air to the Germans. The las; application may Ne
arther elucidated from the fact thar in Ger.
many, saving the short vacation in isis of the
chool of political slavery, there has never been any
reedom Of expression on political subjects, or
heir cognste tangibiiies and necessities; and
ence the writers there have been ss soaring a. the
est smoke-curls OF the Veiss and vedsnt Az
,usic is OF all arts the most spiritual, /, is fne
cid for this species Of tine writing and instrumental
ausic not being explained by words, defamation or
ersons'y, Niagara of sdjectives and subs.aniives
oils over il from this source of criticism Beethoven
eng among the cleverest of writers for the orchestra
nd loving musical surprises and revees (Which terms
re shan presently EXPLAIN especially selected for
bis literary deluge Whist i, all mean. Ell her in ori,
bal German orits English dluiicn we DO no, profess
understand Msse is not plastic art Its descrip-
I've euahnes are 50 mesger hardly to bear men,ion
esa neither give day date color FORM number orsny
'0s'a'e record Ii lis simply an exponent OF emotion 4
no passion II written in two scales. the minor and
ne these der chiefly in the third of the seven
'oes forming tie scale, which third in the rinor
i~u 'ore below The third Of the msjor scale Ta. diff
erenee though apparently slight is vas, n, The ,h
ninor Beng gloomy WIKI a certain ds.h Of sn-s, .na
he mslor being bright and exul:ant WIZ, -,
r wkhes'o give dark meaning. he choo.o. ~. -.
aood Is has Beethoven IN The opening roox.,,.,.
IL symT hopy If an angry expression. -. So. :.
eihridoss in depicting his PiEa:s G=.l,,cro