New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-26

a larger hfld i"r tne exercise oil IL. Inc scene re-
presented sort of hsllowed grove round schiler's
bust eneireled BY lanrrls. All vienDese are bora
musicians, and during the long epoch When
they were forbidden TO find fault with anything elss,
they were allowed to vent their spleen on nlasic.
Musical criticism pnled the same part ia
Vienna that literary and philosophical critictm d,1
at B.rhn-that OF breaker OF pubic spirit II
was therefore 20 b. foneseep on this solemn coca
SION the audience would not be disappointed a to
the choice and and the execution of The musical
pqOTcsep An overture Of Beethoven was followed
by the execution of such poems OF Schiller a. had
the good chance of being translated into mnscal Ian
cue ee by Schubert the greatest lyrical composer not
only of Germany but of the world. You know that
Sciiers lyrical productions for the most part have
been very indferently done into notes, the faalt
being The poets rather than that OF
the COMPOSER Schiller's lyrics are mostly
,poiled by moral meditation, and, Therefore,
lack that naive strain, that unPntending
modesiy OF nature, that innate music which char
acterizcs the old lays spontaneously produced by
ost nations in the primitive epochs OF their ME.
Schubert alone was able 10 overcome this inherent
difficulty asd still be had 10 be very choice in tho
selection of bis themes. En- pascal, may remark
that most precious manuscripts. consisting OF I've
sNul holmes some operas, sacred music, and 20
iortf composed by Schubert liz still sealed up and
jealousy watched in the Vienna Court of Cbancery,
which has not yet decided upon the conflicting
claims Of the heirs Of Ferdinand Schubert,
TIE c, mposeT's brother. among whose be-
quests that hidden treasure was found. bey-
eIbeels fe.tival csntata might have doDo
very well il il had not followed IN the track Of
Beethoven and Schubert. The same holds true
with the text of the eantata, written by Mr.. Pau,
which bad the i'll luck TO be preceded BY texts writ
ten by Frederick Schiller. This eantata and lts
-. d., OK -. k,e~
donJIe emplo is Dot dsliked by either poet or COM
roser. they were borrowed at Vienna. Generally
tpelhng oil the poetry nshered IN on this occasion
r. minds one of the distch launched by Schiller
again 81 Rants disciples
VIE doeh elm einIser Reiche viele Betten NAhrane
sent; wsEn die koDise bsn'n hsben lie Arnssn "a tha5"
Tie political significance Of the evenings tstivfty
cane cut in DIR. Schuselkas speech an the life and
the il nupnce of Schiller. All illusions 10 cotempo-
raneous history were rapturously aPplauded. DIR.
Schuselka's very appearance looked like protest
apniust the State and the Church. since his Damss
Was On the one hand, mixed up with the events
of Ie4S and le49; while, on the other hand, be -
the acknowledged chief of German Catholicism IN
Austria. The rumor had therefore spread that the
Government had nerposed its authority against that
part of the programme of the Concordia which an
nour ced Dr. ss harangue, but out of mere spite at
b, Rim rival, the Vienna Government chung to IL
original resolution 10 swim this time with tho
poIular stream. IL is phenomenon 70 be now
observed throughout the whole of Fatherland, that
Schiller Las become the pet poet with the German
Catholics, as, in point of TACT the hrst Schiller
clubs before 1siS were called into life by Robert
Bum, German Catholic, in cooperation with
johannes RoDge, the inventor Of German Cathoh-
cism. 1t ia easy 10 account for this posfhumoos
appropriation OF Schiller the part Of the Catho-
lie Disorders. At one time, Schiller occupied 3
prominent part among the phalanx OF German
FIeetLinkers, who acknowledged Emanuel
Kant, the K0nigsberg philosopher, as their
legitimate kader. In the progress Of time
Kant had the scepter of thought snatched from his
hands by holder successors; but, at the same pace
that be lost ground among the professional philoso-
Thels, he conquered il among the Protestant
fheOlogans and became in fact the tOrch-hearer OF
the national theology, This il q general Lave you
may trace through the whole development of Ger
nan philosophy. Wolf, for instance, prosecuted
as ksreic by the Protestant theologans. As
soon, however, bis philosophy was SUI
perseded by Rants "Crtic of Pure Rsa.
son" the more advanced students seized
upon VOLTS writings Us an arsenal whence to get
I rr aIms OF deieuse and attack, against, on tho
one s., e Kant and his partsans, and on the other
I'd against their more orthodox brethren. Tho
same thug happened to Kant, Schelling and Hegc,
successfully. They fen INTO the hands OF the pro-
gressiye iLe0logiams, and by this fundamentally,
found their way 10 the less scientific layers OF the
nation, long after q philosophical revolution had
broken their illimited sway in the republic Of
bought. Their systems being antiquated in
scientific point OF view, they reappeared a. FER
nenters Of theological Innovation. But this
whole posthumous digestion of German phil
Osopby WAS almost exclusively Emiiel b
the ranks OF Protestant theology the Catholic priest
being by the very laws OF his church, bound to
look Tor the satisfaction Of his philosophical wsnis
TO the scholastic thinkers Of the middle ages and
the fathers Of the church. When, b0wey.R in
ls44, the exhibition of the Holy Robe ct Triers
gave the signal 70 q clerical revolt and TO the de-
ecIion OF some part OF the laity from the Papal
Church the leaders Of the movement felt of course,
for some ready cut theory 20 fall back upon.
Neither their own past the culture of the public
they bad to deal with would have allowed them TO
draw upon Hege as their Protestant colleagues did.
Kant, yulgarixed in every possible way during half
century and besides, III for their purpose BY tho
moral element Of his philosophy, was their mans
Schiller, on his part, was the poet OF ksLrs
scb' oil. Hence bis peculiar popularity with Ger
man Catholicism which considers bis poems az q
sort OF religious text book. ] need not dwell upon
the revolutionary effect, which, in this country Of
the C0pcordat DIR. Schuseka's eloquent sermon,
as / lay call if, on Schilers life and works could
not tail TO prOdace. The festivity concluded with
Sehiller's ApOtheosis," q fine tableau drawn
up ly Professor Rahl, and represented by
tie Iersounel Of the theatre andsr HIeH.
There are some circumstances which tho
Vi LIT firm TO establish a peculiar connection
teiwe, themselves and Friedrich Schiller First,
SeLillel's grandson. also Friedrich Schiller,
serves az an ,ffcer in the ranks Of the Austrian
amy. Secondly one Of the members Of the VIZ
enns Schiller Committee, pianO-forte maker,
certain sTeicher, happens 10 BE- the son OF the late
Andieas streicher, musician who, in i7e2 fed
WITH Schiller from The CGrsschHle, at stuttgsrdtt,