The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-25
THE BATEMAN CONCERTS.
NO. III.
With an Essay.

When man was created, his person beautifed,
and his mind endowed, and plac ed in the midst
of material creation whose yet hidden proper
ties he Vas to discover and improve into sources
Of most exquisite delights-those personal beau
ties, those mental endowments, and those
material properties had all one purpose
and one. en6-the service of God and
the happiness OF man, for both were then
but one, and could not be disunted. When
these ends parted, and man chose himself
happiness Independent of his Creator, he took
to his own share those splendid gifts, these
treasured materials of delight these stores of
intellect -another's workmanship regard
less altogether of the purpose of their creation,
devoted them to his own pleasure, honor, or
advantage; or what, in his corruption, he con-
sidered such God let it be. With those powers
that He had created for His glory and service,
He let His creatures make themselves happi-
ness to which He was no party, until, in the
reyel of possession, they found they could do
without the Glver
Music, sweet music, was one OF the gifts of
God. Man cid not communicate to the ex-
tended wire its vibrations, give to the surround
ing air its unduatory motion, organize the
thoughts to exact responsiveness, or the brain to
such acute sensibility of what the ear conveys.
We speak the foregoing as a prelude to the
plain substantially, that what is al the present
day termed music is, to too great an extent,
that smacBiDg of the indifferent or ludicrous,
hilst The artistic art is placed upon the back
shelf, so far as any dem monstrative exhibition of
applause is to be taken as an evidence of appre-
cialiop. We should feel regret to be obliged to
point too clearly TO the music-loving people of
Philadelphia in this particular, and do not feel
especially disposed to do so: but it is a fact
beyond contradiction, that the Bateman Con-
certs being given this week at Musical Fund
Hall, are valuable, rare, and important persoui-
ficatlons and exhibitions of vocal talent. To go
there Is treat to connosseur; much less an
amateur, and Notwithstanding the vast number
of "Professors OF Music" Musicians" "Sight
Singers" etc. etc. Pide proof pages OF 'McEl-
roy's Directory for ls67"), in this city,
the attendance in all candor, is not great. We
mean it is not comparatively great for the talent
and execution which is there presented. Last
night, which WAS the third performance
there was a tolerably large and appreciative
audience. But it was not commensurate with
| the programme presented. Mime Parena with
| the Sipnuri Brienoli Fortuna, and Eerror,i
| and the addition OF s. d. Mills and Carl Roso
| piano and Violin soloists with Mr.. j. l. Hatton
| as geneI Al accompanies, should be sufficient 20
bring forward hosts Of musicians, good men
! and true" "Why?' asks the general reader
Because VIC answer, they have musical fame
renown, and deserve commentator; they love
their profession, and practise II well; but al
the old Latin proverb has Il, "Amara et saper
oir deo oonoedim" ("To love and be wise Il
scarcely granted to the bighest"), musical fam
is very unstable.
lover of music feels something painful il
the reflection that the art is so liable L
change. great poet Is sure of immortality