New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-29

the demers Of Interpreters II there be no roy. ro,s to
Fsreneber Is there any rsdan aud Persian necessity thu.
Genius doH roush.t'"
The above extracts show the amount of fostering
unied cendidates for the laurels Of composition
receive from The Sacred Harmonic Society As
TO the London Philharmonic Society it never pro.
duced any original works by young composers until
recently gesded into doing by the establishment Of
a rival society. Then Mr.. Henry Smart, who hsd
been engineering for that end for trenty years sue.
ceeded few months ago in obtaining the performance
of bis work-s syDph pronounced by the London
pres when beard, work Of the highest order. The
New.YcIk Philharmonic Society in the twelve yeas
o. it's existence has produced symphony by an
American composer, and refused to perform one pre-
sented by Mr. BistOw the composer Of the opera pro-
duced on Thursday night The same Mr.. Henry Smart
composed an opera. Like all English composers he
had difficulty to find poet capable of writing IT,
bretto, and was obliged to set the music to very in-
ferior one. For ten years he struggled to bring this
opera before the public, and finally succeeded in June
last, when was produced at the Hsymsket Tbester
under every possible disadvantage. Yet the press Of
London proclaim it work Of genius, and 7HeLondOn
Times in elabo,a ate critique, after condemning the
bretto thus speabs Of the music and Of the trials Of
composers:
aged make it II framework for of tie besual
END sry writing that has been contributed TO the sage BY
gish composer From the overture % the end the
dDee Of coD,unmse murcispsp united to rich invention
eEt' All this couId rot Be eouesslec BY The s!snty
IroyoroIs Of orchestra aud the neciency of tn,
and vsiied with great felicity while the choruss bede being
Of the highest importance to the general effect
sus capable of producing should have chance wh,'eve
Of die HsssgeDeDt sd MI Blackstone done everything in
biz for the scenery costumes and other stage accesso
sa. and aI no l05
and effective band 5PpODg even that e.sS Be obtained
most absorb. the hest in.rum .nta talent poses.
Our dramatic composers are. indeed, in worse plsht
fss% .sd fs Ms and they
ca. I'd 70 60 rois and '. S;g sSsf the Ss
sur,ns their energies are not DRIED up and b,ir
smsfs Be,ta sboush, believe the g'eer part Of vas
written ten years ego which may account for II. model
LAYER come to light lyrical hsstsr hand like
s se to s DS"
wors produced But this Is fooru hope; 'nd unless
themselves they must satisfied remain in obscuy Gov
sInment will 90 nohng i is sheer folly T. espse
m considered in the State policy individual
energy The . e1 Of TO- se''fa to S 'p ss
iy Of energy it would seem nqsieiaos, 2, at Least
favo" shown to foreigners iosead of combining pro-
ject and carry ou, something like an attractive oopos
the public TO their cause the pubic If will
nothing help himself he must not expect the world to help
cause looking in leisure hour the of business
Rs ana fIsy Win o1 money % pay pabc
will the Italian Opera where English Opera best
will 20 English Opsrs and where the two eqna 10 at
trsctop it's fsyo viii De indcr uinsey bestowed Musicians
who complain that painters are richly pst,ooz "a while they
flushed has hut to be hung to be seen and appreciaed while
the Of musical work is nothing more th.n paper and
sDts Let te music be good would be earia,e to
the world unless well performed in all its parts and the
been led INFO observations simply BY the excellence Of The
e cw Sps,i TO be apparent to who ere capable Of
Bat is corposi'ion Of much too great preten9ns for
epso5csl the and appliances in,iequate MI
Smart should have brown this beforehand and have written
sd are sppaudeI and encored he forward
os, medium for o .Os the public into nsea e %
among the best operate composers Of the day
which we have anded offered mucb be paused without
qua alton Mr. smart himself presided in the orchestra and
with amateurs spd musicians. long of his
abilities as composer though they had enSye no previous
in the humor to be pleased and the opera went on WIN rue
ps from severe cOd ..ns hi: very best in the part Of Michael
end Of the ba lad-ln vain would forget thee aud
slight family resemblance to each other aud was raPurouAiy
the conclusion of the opera Mr. nmously
summoned before the cuuo and greeted 9TH enthusiastic
Psudis every pert q the house we o nave ro @ a. Sfe
and shall return to the subject as one Well worthy OF
consolidation" - 49,.
In view of the anomac us position which the English
and American composer occupies of the pee OBJ
staclts which obstruct his way to the public, and
which be must usually labor half lifetime to over
come; we deem il critical duty when, as in the
case of Mr. BriSows opera al last his work is pre-
sened to give it extended notice, aud to claim for
it from the public thot atteuti and recognition to
which so unusual and important an event in the
world of art is Justly entitled.
MIR. Bristow's opera, Rip Ian Wmk'e, produced al
Nblo's on Thursday evening, is the second one com
posed in this country by an American. AS musical In
tegepce il is due TO the reader that we should give
the following historical facts purely American oper
ATTIC matters which have never Jet been treated by tue
press. The first opera by an American was Leonord
composed by Mr.. w. II. Fry, and produced in Phiia'
delphia by the Seguin troupe about ten years ago,
where il had perfect success, and was performed
sixteen nights. II grand opera m the techni >al
sense of the term-that is, without spoken dialogue
and was the first grand opera Of the modern school by
either an English or Amer can composer. MIR. Fry
com osed other operas which have not etoeen
produced The .nagers of all the theaters in New
York ss is well known in utter fear OF Journal
whose editor has made war on Dir. Fry and all his
productions from the moment Leoaora appeared.
The public is sufficiently acquainted with the causes
of this hostility but is hardly that Its exercise
has up to this time, through the acknowledged SUD-
servjency OF the managers Of the theaers deprived
Mr.. Fly of a hearing in New. York for any OF his
operas; though his symphonies through Mr. Julien,
who defed the wrath Of the editor in question have
been frequently performed These being the facts the
following statement Of the Satanic Press in relation TO
tie orera of RIP Van Uinke which is the first Ameri-