, 1869-01-03

dulta 10 calmly -. usual, al!hotkh
81 haa not to3i the world 70 II any Of those
psednnato lo1s 1sS,oetas In Nhkh Artists, nt =
Iote romaatas stsmR s'nK en- Loea r,}2o;I }oys 3
Wprk nj thetime upon st.: PauI. Vhieh y q
far removed rom ssottnent as one eEluthzf's
hym1s.
We hsyo traced the genius Of Aendelssohn
through iss pes.od Of faacy md its period q
tslrd ID hsh Hs period. er h0 wo my eli Il tae
religious period. Els power culninato in
the Ozatof1as Of St. PAu1 and EttEh, and bis
hymn of Fsalse. Upon these hfs rs1ro rests =
Here bis talents fnd their highest and truast
sphere. Perhaps 1t IL not TOO much 70 ~
spirit Of d. ProteStant faith ~ il e1iata 70.
day. Bach Il too far romoyed from tho
mssses b., hl1 learned intticacy. handel ia
too grand and high. Both arc Inspired By 4
faith that has Iast reacted from the eorrup-
uoa aid sensuailty Of Ro1ne--s faith that IA
fsr % nd cold foi "h1naaa natnrc's dsfly
food" Mendelasohn has sdded lore
to It,: He hsa tempered the steznness
Of calytaism with modern hums1-
III. n,s prsyer Is ths prayer Of
rows. /. is raised to . God brought infinlteiy
near to u through pity end mercy. His ss-
| cred mnkic Is a1Ways lender, solemn md do.
yotinnaf, bnt FIRE fum all admlxture OF
earthly passion. YVe 70 out from hearing it
with simpler failh, more childlke trust,
aandel wAs nearly. 11ty when he wrote the
Messiah y Haydn commenced The stCrca,
ton" at tlxty-threc: Aendelssohn died It
thlrt 5-elght. II he did 50 much IN the high
est held Of human effort 20 ea1ly, what mI7hs
| he not have done had he lived to the allotted
age OF man?
AT The suggestion Of Frederick William,
I The gifted King Of PruAla, be set tho Anti
! gone Of 3ophoeies to music, II was brought
out With great care under the direction OF the
It ne.er had the success he hoped for It. Thes
Cause lies ln part, no doubt, with the sub
jec1, which u 100 TcEoote from modern lfa.
Il u = question II the genius Of the old
Gscek eramasista, which waa netrly allied 10
sculpture II its sae1tm,ty and Ii,
u Associated With tne plsslons aud aactaa % ttons
Of Garth q. uarllc. Ard, eTsn II 1t were posi-.
bic, Aendelssoha has more Of the solemn ard
awful grandeur OF those classic pot14. HI
repose is = Christians tepose, trustfnl md
warmth OF pain1lng rather thin the majesty
Of sculpture. He Is not In sympathy With
| the dark sud terrible fate that looms up IL
The Antigpne. HOY could he rupsoduce It
Bash sonla hare dooe 1t better. Haadel
! no ore ella Who could have dor / al.
Il RA0Ae't i" Ath2ne" presenss a subiec,
/ much NOM IN harmony With bis genius. Hs
has treated It with dramatic foree and touch
| ed 1t with fine 0r3ntM coloring.
II &c planned ali hh Lie TO vrits N opers
bot could never and hbsetso that kaita.
him. :. The tstvial, hsckneyed themes Of th
Freuch stage vera utterlJ 1epuAiTe 10 hi
| putn tnbtn. Nor would be seek success 4
] ! the scenic edect4 upou which Meytsheer $
largely built bis taiae:: He would not ov
to melct1tcloua aids what music could no
do. And 30 bis open waa nerer written
: Perhaps It Is better 50. 1t u ~ least 4 mai
: ter Of doubt whether the sphe.r In which b
ltyed WAS not too czlnn to admit Of. hts hand
ling successfully the dercer FASHIONS.
k hIs IT t, a1d .nS, probably 1estess work =.
9 m'Dgham about Iear beiore hls death. j
4 gaioed N immediate popularity In Enehut
: which It has neser lost.
0 But the echo Of It's frst triunph h.
t scarcely died away whcu the gifted compost
9 Was no more. hts sererr but selEtmpose
tion, and his hra1th had been FILLING for sou
tlu.e. In the spring Of 1917 be received
< | great shock 1u the loss OF his t!stc. Fam
@ she had written the Eustc To Faust, an
> while conducting It In her own house, II
b | dead without moments warning, The 10,
between this brother Aad lister had be,
J, sing ularlY strong and tender. He sang und
J, The h'0E-the first and o1Iy great sorrow
>. bis 1lfe-ard It WA thought that It haster,
I bis own death, which occurred about &
d mouths 3sterWsrds.
Few artists hhve been 10 loved. Few 4
= lists have betu 20 laMeuted. All Euro
l. | rnourned hts !oss, and Wed to do him hone
II But It WAS In England that be wss most a
+. prrctat during hts life, and IN Enxlaud
d memory Is still the most fondly cherishe
se He wak - much ldolizod there ii Handel b
been century earlker. His grave siup,icit
" his aset1Ioa to ornament, and, aboye i'll, b
Is | RELIGIOUS Tendencies, eudearrd BIN to 1
rc solid and Conservative English heut.
10 In his owu country his iama was Of iloW
re- grow b, but perhaps 1t mar be ~ eoduriu
[1 Az 4 composer, Mozart had more melod
=. Beethoven mora str. pgth, md 8chums
4, more tntenal;y; Mendelssohn Il dist
10 fu}shed, Tor IN eyensy-tempetcd b
IL auce Of Eifts, ior clesnneas Of Iuslg
and hnenees of culture. Hc
r. pre- cluiuenlly an artist. His style IL CHI
=. sctertzed BY purity. finish and ele9Ap,
Is With what Heine calls IN "earnest, aimt
r. passionate. lndidcreuce." Lovers Of the
70 oauttc school may ind lack ot that By1ol
lie Aort Of power which sweepa eYerythI
It before It, dazzling rectle&sly from oue sea
~ | ton to smother. But tharc Is 4. cstmtr v
Is dict behind thus passion Of Tho hour. I
II agc that ruled over Byron, passed by Wor,
ID | Woph. 10 dny the gealus of Wordswp1
r. shines out With quiet spIendor that b
liz fair to he une mined when Byron's star
se foscres paled. In rerv many points, ",
of delssohn Is th- Wasdsworth Of music. -