New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-23
STILL 1 ATER
ACADEMY or MUSIC.


Tba. lie 70 sey tie crowd s eItenuated aud the ater.
,n ard quiet are aug rerfei. Tue young iadis, too
b. haved better independently Of the reduced rush;
they tened nost TO the music and least TO lp,soed
CHESTER CT the young gentlemen.
The main piece of the concert Of Saturday evening,
SpbcIs symphony, the Dedication Of Sound" is no
rovely. 1t has been played many time and of, and
leaves very little to be sad about It. Ip regard to the
reading Of Saturday, the chief point capable of
meL6irg was IN IRE subdned expression among the
great mass of strnged instruments when accompany
log sirele utes oboes or cls1iopes A thorough p,r
issno was not obtained. So, too the accompaniment
of the voloncelo in the piece was too loud The
bapdbills Of the evening contain the poem on which
this fmypboby is based, with translation attributed
to Mr.. BuIkhardt. This is an euor, his TRANSLATION
being different one.
TIE rove'y Of The occasion was symphony or
overture by Scbunann illustrative Of Byron's Manfred.
Composers partabe Of the wild unrest Of the age, and
ere determined to make of musi, thau nature H.
tended Spotr's symphony, however, is Legitimate
effort of the school Of suggestive music: but the char
acter of dsgusts aud religious
are beyond clear sound painting. Tbs nost com.
poser Of the mel school can do with Msnfreds aud
fofcrth is to write solempy ard ngh..m,reishy, ard
they do so. Excluding clearly defined melody for lev
era reasons being that they ca,not write IT, they
give Us chords ard odd bits of progression. If the
object Of music be TO exclude the beautiful for the
sake Of producing "the true" as they call it, they
succeed to an urcharmrg extent. Schumann's
piece is well written, orchestration alone con-
eide red-but is deficient in ideas. 1t Is well
however for the American public 10 know what s not
doing in orchestra writing in Europe for 90 We must
consider the ambitious undeTeachirgs of this school
But for the future the audiences Of the Philharmonic
might be spared such infections as Manfred King
Lear and go forth which lot atoms of genius,
but mere evidences of fair talent aud ploddiog industry
Of the new school Of How Not to Do it. Considering
that the only opportunity afforded to the New York
public Of hearing really grea. orchestra is found in
tie four annual concerts Of this society the directors
should use great discretion in the choice OF works.
We hear consta these concerts new pieces show
ing that the composers have not the first idea Of o".
stiuctus a symmetrical and pvc.cai melody, Or IN
other words, of knowing how to compose.
Pieces which have 20 other claim than being con-
st,ucted in accordance with the mathematics Of music,
fhoud not occupy the attention OF the Society II
composed in this country, such works would never
obtain hearing at the hands of the Directors. We
have had, in fact, quite CROUCH Of the nightmare
school.
In comparison with such music, Beethoven's Fideio
overture, though wanting in the Characterization OF
the d, anotis persona which marks Ven Webers ope-
Iatic overtures above all Others, was relief
The solo performances Of Saturday we're by Miss
Milrer tie vocalist, and Mr.. ,Denhausr, the vioon-
cellist The fret piece by Miss Miner was the we'll
Ky own scera fcom DIR Freischutz. This LADY has
good, pure soprano voice. Her styls /. not Absolutely
dramatic and therefore she suits the coLeetroom TO
IT l. Etal kA
prs,er-the first movement. Of the scsna-seened to
us 10 be given with too much effort, the spiritua
breathing Of the sutjec. and the extreme tranquility
of the accompaniment considered. The las. movement
was ursxceptiopably well delivered. As a c,mposi-
tion this potion of the work is cut up In its d.
visions tina. it watts continuity, and hence effect or
dramatic dash toward the end; in singing this &C
cordr gy it is very difficult for the vocalist to make
ar effect with the public In the scsns from the Pr
yitoni Mics Miner executed beautifully savifg few
,spd passages toward the close which the ear accu
toned TO the dazzling rouades Of Sontag or LAGRANGE
found deficient.
Mr. Molenheuer, as q violoncellist, has many e1-
cellenoes His pieces TOO, are well chosen. Lei al
u1derstood thing that every solo performance must IN
cude great deal of digtsl deIteri:y. Even the
melancholy Jaques of the orchestra, the voloncso,
enough remains Of Mr. Mollenhauer to hold his audi
tory 10 close attention. He has clear distinct tone
execution in which delicscy is moe remarkable than
yigor: AID the sentimenalism due his instrument.
The orchestra Of eighty two performers was led by
Mr. Eisfeld. The last sease of the Philharmonic was
the most prosperous known The receipts OF the
four concerts reached $4,000. This season there
has been great falling of in the subscription list
AMrsrMEyrs.-W anacks Tkeater.-The new com
edy BY Messrs. Goodrich & Co., has been with
drawn after having been performed five nights while
tie new comedy by Mr.. Dion Bourccault is given ID
night for the twenty second time with promising and
indefinite number of tunes in the future, thus show
ing ha. the verde! Of the public is very earnest and
decided oLe with regard to the relative excellence of
The two pieces The people decidedly prefer the
Invisible Husband" 10 the Maiden Wife" and the
latter romantic lady has svowed to the decision of the
boxes and has Withdrawn her maiden troubles from
further observation.
Mr. Lester has risen in his might, ard srt him for
fierce struggle, to INDICATE his red right to cha
rscter which revered tradition Of the Manhataness
Gays should be performed only by him-thas of
Hsfy jasper" the renowned Bachelor Of Arts"
Aimd to the teeth With al the Thespian psrsphsr.
ras requisite for the conscientious performance Of
their dire duty Mr. John Lester sad Mr. Charles
Mathews enter tie dramatic lists against each other
this evening and EACH at the point of the dng-whp,
chaer ges public admiration for his particular YER
SIGN Of Harry Jasper" As they are separated, how
ever by eight blocks of Russ pavement, serious con-
sequences to be spprehendss. The public curiosity
WI be excited and the treasures of the thes.ers will
prosper thereby The Bachelor Of Arts and The
IDyisbls Husband will assist each other to make up
an attractive entertainment al Wajaeks this evening.
Broodrdy TIeoter. - Beside the Bachelor of