New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-29
ArIUsEMENTs.
TIE Opera.

Ga desrstate wan. of genius IN Europe. Except al
occasional work by ycrdi.-a III, eyeiy'hies OF iour
Sears--we cannot pane a composer "bo 'Pie".' ~
command ia universally Indispensable Tor the A''''
Ism STAGE. There is Meyerbeer Who once IN SUM
Gen year, produces work, but ii is not III ire Ia"
fangpoca. II has g. I've rsnssted, winch Is always
d ,ngerous experiment and then 1t Is ap' 10 require
vnoans oui,e beyond any open-house IN ordinary
Y, "a very doubtful il, after the pecnr.ary eHpe'
,is,ces of managers who have produced two or
tb,ea Of bis great works Tedudby mere,
new work b. him viii be tried with tbeI
rroper care and outlay Necessary TO render II
fesn,c'aby. Then, these composers apart, who is
there Of continental Europe Rossiui is old and ST.
lent. Auber old, and perhaps had better be silent.
Th, recent French operas have not been triumphs,
bud Will not it seems, bear translation into Italian,
srd across the Atlantic Of German OPERAS we hear
pothing The "Tannhauser" failed in Paris be-
pause il deserved TO fail The plot is stupid; the
serse ind frsrent and the destituton Of melody and
rhythm aud foiu are something positively Ingenious
We sey it failed; all Of it did not fall BY cri-
rism Of N. Scndo, before Ne, it seems that two or
three pieces which are written With some regard to
musical sani;y-desplte tie composers new theory
pleased the public, and were arplsuded We be-
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good music provided tie composer can achieve
fair hearing which ia often difficult and
oftcner impossible. In the case Of the
"Taunhauser," it was specially ordered
bv The Emperor, and every accessory was in reQui-
etion to give it effect. But it was shelved never
theless No cabal could have pu, it down unless it
fell by it's own weight for it had the best SINCERE,
an increased orchestre and chorus, superb scenery
Costumes, and decorations in Id favor; and full
house assembled with extraordinary emphasis owing
to the peculiar anlecedents attending IT. In tie
absence Of anything new here, we shall give room
60 al extract or two from N. Scudo 90 this work,
translated for Dwigbt's journal Of Music:
sucb f. hl, strange work. which hive lad The eonsge
70 hear four times VITA q ioa tlt ,hor
taerit for some udulesfee We 1--we der'asen ,ass
t' oi,sH 6spP to 10 10 PED l the esg & ~ d
of hs ell ts sccorang 70 IL own coe ines We Rave said
TO ourselves inwadly !ts rot ougb Tor critic TO
prehsni sni love toe beautiful Ting he nust also Know
bow to coniIom utiress viii balances and resouti1n
Where Is he merit OF ednrns Mozi the mort divine md
the mos eSqaisit Of M sei.n II sdnug IN due measure
fsydn Bipovel. eoeI, Neude.s'on >otuoeIt and the
tea Ssbesti,n HAT lest OF the scholfics; Of know
Sue the worth % the hUGcH Of Ouck OF Lsnde Pal
s.,nns' Jone.i S.mwo's Nos'.i Meyefeeef' -p9rjni'
creative a'u' IS dihereut ss he times and eOu'e wtie
In respecting the eternal avs OF Art inpovato@ without
ths woke ri these sdmrsbs men. which NAV 1--we been
Contested io Dcnent without being enlhey mis-
understood
You 10 not Distinguish yourself from the nsss Of cultivated
minds aging ell properly that Consile aud Racine arc
geat poets sud tlsi Abaie the mo pec; masterpiece
tnsny language Prove ibe contrary in rse above css
S exc -sl to sy =, At ys .a sd0
Facilitate the oieuoa OF the n~ a. ToSa banquet; ,es
o-siu like 10y who made, haE studies
snss,eTs Of the Italian school aud IT. te melody ptlse.
c9n'e ino the grand meedr Il tie iore invented b, u
gncfi Joia ssnas vita Less.eoss LIZ Brepel, Hans
SaS aid lihfn .aN ihe aa Giant hen The Po'r Eazs.
nx he in Mel In short ne Nof 4
ceu@ssnss' eonioond you own objective with me ojec.
che p1osoph Of the -bsous; and when you shell have
xesched the 81 omit Of this idea Of no entity a. Gina dF e,
RaaTe You will longer all ard you Se viii
Prehssd thai white and BLACK uighI sad best and cold
nroS and iqlse o't aud UDnsi beauty and ugines William
you WI Be eonderd ges' oina and yeu viii Ps'' for he
Never reess 1T be deceived; Wecncr is or
cinay srt An On iou' spirit Disturbed in-sir stion
hch has hot confused perception Of the des ase to-
estryTg I'D nervous gsn zaton IN wLcn viii dominates
grace and etment the author Of Tsnntufer and Lo
he county ard as time. title OF poet, little OF H.
os,our deuocrst md Pes sOphst Wagner bss wishes
t. draw FEN the musical ar, something which II could not
without altering its vesy idas and
The aso aiming at fam, without which tie Hino
can couPTehend noag since E0hirg eIi's or 1t on
not invention IL. l1rged desperately into certain etsp
Heal and h eodeavored msts philosophy win
sounduot being able ersae expressive acc-ssbe
b Doras VIII haze heat sad ears Because the bal Italian
abuse hskled formulas inspid cadences vu..
Cerusu compo.-r ino1ics.s theuseves vi bsuer hsr.
gonic comoina ions with incidental uedus,ons md syn-
phooic dsfs Nsgler sed to recognize the
power Of The ltai;n genus selir iage sne wAee,one
Jsou ad VIII has - syn Imagination even 10 he msibo
ms.icd science hs iuritprodence; he has mistaken the
gifts Of TINS p fgod race which has civilized Europe uud
Pashed co. exalted by small cabs Of furious Teu,ou. bo
have taken ceaais di'es-ed Of the ., podncon.
of Beethoven evolution Il N. nu
scal art Wagner has token OF sii tie. With common ssue
aud with the grasd sl on Of the German school ana has
constituted himself he obscure prophet imp sbe fl.
ture The lessn he has just received 81 Pas
IA. we sbo1d catch plenty Of sik. We nav be ,,%seS
tia, the fall Of Iannhau.e bs Eled IN the g.in great
many init. tors Of "egDe wlo would have been happy
60 beir importance under pros,sion 81 bed pnc
pies could cite as oany 81 'Arer 81 them who were already
dPod 70 touch their fohe,ds 10 the ground before tho
grand melody Of the faest, of which their works
than Now they will Join in the and ~
For they are fhrewa politicians
There 10 10 progress in music which can upset the
value and charm OF melody to he sung irrespective
Of harmony, though The latter il indispensable to It's
proper effect and meaning. Any theory which
would substitute something for melody, is simply
war against the necessary hi tory and iscts Of nlus
cal eveopuent and science, and tire nature Of the
human voice aud human heart. Music derives all
Its interest from tie sound Of the human voice and
Its alliance with language. Musical Instruments
the best Of them poor limitations Of iDe voices-
having something Of the human Qualty-sre alone
attractive, because of that Likeness. They stand, in
Do far, for human5y. hence they attract by ire
versible law-tbat nothing interests Humanity
o. Itself, in all ito relations, and limitations. Music
tDen, is tie tone Of The human voice, generally pro-
IoDged 10 nt'erance aud clarified by culture and
requiring words as the symbols Of meaning These
WORDS, by The instincts Of all the early nations take
inetreai' or measured form: allied TO music the
II a sfcd,