New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-15
ANiDEMY OF MUSIC.
THE MUSARD CONCERTS.

light gave US opportunity OF iurther cohsoeneg tsf
merits Their excellence in the solo Department. cane
out better than on the first night the eAecusas beng
more familiar with the orchestra aud with the audience
The massive overture Of William Tel, TO person Of
musical taste s as performed, fall equivssn. for an
attendance. The violin department-:hat pearl n the
estimation Of connOsseurswss never here 20 tnly eau
cidated as on this instance The bowing ~ss sdnrs-
be All the eminent passages which Ross'ni has 70
lsvishly displayed for the violin in this work, came
forth with a cleaness and consistency thss mcked The
admirable leading Of NJ. Musard, whose ease sna sle-
csnce of direction viii be appreciated ss s OBJ
served Our public indeed have much TO iesrn Of High
Art Our trsgedy is too ofsen mouthing ard rsn; our
public speaking too generally Asatic IN 'ts fury aad
commonplace in it, dcton; our colors OF dress when
rot those of undeakcrs pattern for the men, sp TO
be loud and violent for the women. OF course there
are many and notable exceptions to this charge Good
service il done in every department of AZ, WIEN
standard Of taste is raised and the shnnes be-
tween all the fine arts being much stronger than is
dreamed of in our philosophy, good seed may DO
sown when least observed. Knock and !; shah 10
opened unto you The public cannot uhders.nnd nat
great lyrical gift of heaven, the orehesa-thsl eecood
Gun of poetry and luster-without study. Ihey must
90 and 90 again if they would appreciate ts cscrs.
Let the student OF II, dttI NC hoS -N'~
obvious melodies or that which relates to form sad
idea look 10 the coonug-the orchestratop-anas see
what beauty and variety thsre are for every one VITO
has taste and religOus-we use the word ad'leeaiy-
feeling for art First take the flute. Ths: has aspe
c;. emner and quality The sound is divided n.o two
pars-,he lower register ul and heartfelt the upper
volatile and brilliant Then next in orchestral ORDER
among the instruments is the hautboy a reed instru-
M "a notice all n y, Vreek,
Roman. Israelsh or medieval poet has sung ot herds
and shepherds. The primitive sadness of eApres'on
the loneliness: the melancholy: the simplicity OF an
ecloeue are all therein. Corydon and Phhs snd Their
loves none too happy there told bya ie" notes.
Now come the carionets breathing of gallsn.,y end
WAR and of love- but of that of courts snd csmps lbs
noble instrument sweeps through vide range; tho
lower tier of notes being supernatural The middle, hHv-
ipg vital connection with that great index OF the soul
the human voice and the upper bird-hke sway snd
perch as pure as brilliant. Now come the t'umpefs;
symbol of battle and glory but whose sonoi;y, and
variety of notes in the scale more made use o. than
formerly when few uperous notes told is whole
,tory. The hom--thc mellow horn-sylysh echo; the
image of the chase Of manly sports, and heath AID
ov following their train. But the horn as now Payea
gives the woes Of that saddest OF sad great s'ers
Edgar blasted love- Witness the last soc OF Lscssi
for the ntenses wiie-deyoton look at the use madeG
| them in the soprano air Of FadtAo. Following s~-
chestra order the tombones. This is most ternbe
I'd ghasty of instruments Its quiet tones IN The
over regions are in musical literature what TIE calm
espair of Othelo is sfer Desdemona is dead snd toe
nd of the drearest tale told approaches. IL ther
oud prowess they are terrible, and are compeeniJ
sed by Mozart to paint the supernaturali Don G|
r0nni where the statue speaks as hell yawns. There
yet lower deep in the opheoiede or bses buge, an
instrument in the hands of its master now performing
at the Academy, having colossal sentiment not else
where found. To this may also be added the who's
ange Of Saxehorns-the terrible depths OF the bon
bardone-which come out 30 vastly in the massacre
SCENES OF the IuguenOts where, especially in the duet
of Raoul and Valentine, we have grand paintng@
ever came from Shakespeare Milton or-never mind
painters-people quarrel so about their rank. Tne
percussion instruments the battepreaching drums
the exultan cutthroat jubilee as the msy bel
cymbals; the various tempered kette-druns-t We
may not dwell upon, but come to the violin family The
violin is the king OF Instruments Fun two hnrdred
years ago it was perfected in that great home OF the
beautiful-that mother Of the Arsitaly; and BY an
appropriate paralelsm The highest executive and po-
etic finish in violin performance Of ii has OFT oi
the land; Psganin exhausting wonder and sdni-
ration, and reforming the school not only Of the vou,
but OF others-the piano harp and all other INSTRUMENTS
following more or less in the wide fed of renovsted
yirtuOscsm opened by that great musical Of the
South. The beauty OF the violin consists 10 the FAC.
that It can more delicatey approach the sounds Of
youth and love-of the divine uterances OF the voice
as it from God uosoed by the lust. crime cosrse
ambition or aught Of those reflections from natural
sanctity whose images people the abode of the damned
and give rise TO the ecstGcies OF the Apocalypse the
Inferno, and the Paradise Lost Fully viewed, the
violin is the most wonderful Of all inventions, because
i. is most human-most soullike Under the hands OF
s,erea master il has the eoquence Of poetry without
the peridy ofmisdhected eOquenee. Itexpresses pas
sonatey every shade Of emotion; love grief JOY, light
ness, wesriness hope, religion even. But cannot be
understood by tppaht unbelevers OF the same color,
only deeper ard more sentimental is the vo.once.o,
which is intensely elegac and refuses in the depths Of
expression to be otherwise than prophe.ic of ths.
tragedy which underIies our being and tells thai
is cut down as the hover, and passes away as tho
Autumns leaf The genas of Bottesni zen; 20 that
sub-cellar Of harmony, the doublebass new LIE. He
impaired to it all the grand huences oil psss, made
soDg worhya SapphO or a Pasta. Nothig IN the
range Of art from the ash which surck out the Apollo
Belyidere, in the penitude Of msesy for al the ages,
10 the supendous genius which evolved the Cshedrai
Of Cologne, before which description stands sbsshei
striking and intensely sublime than the song Of
Botte.ini on this former compound 10 the orchestrs
the double bass. ii not estimated it is because the
greatest things often the east observed Ike ships
which heavily laden, stranded in getting 70 pch
while lightly burdenei craft ride the perous reels 10
safety.