The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-01-24
MUSICAL REVIEW.

MUSICAL REVIEW.
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We trust that the CLEAN of musical intelligence
which Is breaking through the dense obscurity Of
the trash encumbering the shelves Of many OF our
principal publishers will not be transient There
indications OF more healrhful tone Ia music
publishing and we miss the familiar titles OF some OF
the vile productions Of London concert saloons
which threatened for time to keep all decent music
IN the background. The banjo music OF Onenbach
Is also being replaced by the true oouce works OF
Herve and Lecocq and Of all the glterng nonsense OF
the first Of those three composers nothing win
remain In short time but the very best
and one OF his earlier works, "Orphee." In this
there Is some attempt at method and idea IN all the
others there Is nothing better than p0tp0urri OF
common dance music The works OF Herve and Le-
coco possess good music with a venof exquisite
drollery In 1t. Take Fleur de Then for instance.
In the nrst act there Ia an ensemble constructed
after the model Of the Italian OPERA but burlesqu
ing it IN the ceverest manner. Then Meyerbeeris rid
iculed in the ingenious arrangement Of the Chinese
March," In which the orchestration OF the great
operate composer Is preserved, yet in comic
form. In this respect Henri Lecocq IS far su-
perIor to Onenbach, who never. excepting
perhaps in "Orphee,n rise above the saloon style
OF dance music. Some persons may prefer Ofen-
bach to his two bou6e rivals. but then again there
are people who prefer the banjo to the piano. The
musician not only looks for pleasing ra.tng afs y,
and some constructive power also 10 T. without
these it is distasteful to him. Onenbach's method
gether waltz polka, march, galop; quadrille ana
schottsch, without any reference Whatever 70 tner
s%pSs sS with IL the him. suOff s earlier works.
show that he studied character. plot, sit
uaton and dialogue before ne attempted s;,s 70
ana Halevy, have done more towards insurng the
success OF his operas than ever the composer Of the
come when the public win demand something better
and nober than all this extravagant french oonDe.
Apollo should not always be decorated with cap and
bells there are higher holer and nober uses for tue
divine art on the operate stage than anording
hone 1i that even the Improvement In the tone OF
opera bOuGe, which IS now taxing place Ia tnis CIV.
may be an augusy q the coming Oh srana opera anu
Louis Dachauer 4 Co. publish the following
"Au Rossignoln ITO the Nightngale. "Aprile"
fSprinc, and .sPrimavera,n three songs by Charles
Gounod. or all the miscellaneous works or the com
poser OF "Faust, which we have come across these
panimenrs especially In the second, are highly effec
tive and about all three there are CHARACTER meiouy
and purpose which at once lf them above tue ieVei
| OF other contemporaneOus songs
william A. Pond Co. publish the ioiowng:-
"LEl Creve Galop." No opera ooSgs as yes
themes as the one now being performed at the
Theatre Francois. The best OF them Will be found In
.Gttering Dew" sketch. E. NJ. Lott. Rather
pretty Something like what young composers write
when they first essay the work OF their tender nm
se easter aae o Anthem" Rev. j. s. B. Hodges ID.
Very good for Sunday schools. The reverend COM
poser Is naive and extremely primitive IN ms melo-
dies and harmon!es.
"Up in a Balloon" "Galoping snob Of Central
Parkn and Trapping at the Garden Gate" Three
numbers OF the handsome edition OF the spirit
OF buresque which Is now being puolished oy tnis
house They are good o. aner sin n,c am, written
by J. Batchelder. Very lunnv.
'"Alpine Bels.r Tyroienne, Oesten Very few COM
posers have written such attractive ana meriorl0us
| studies for beginners as Theodore Oe5ten. rms
| is one OF his most popular.
.Styrienne Elegante" and "Quinten jaeger Polka"
/ Albert w. Berg. Two excellent works, which give
very favorable impression OF the musical aollties-
Ditaon d CO. publish the roowing:-
| ale sus Alsacienne." the well known and favor.
lite duet from orenbach's little trine, "Lischen una
aTne Lancashire Lass,r sung in the burlesque of
oLucrezia Borgia," arranged by c. E. Pratt Good In
"What Does Little Birdie sayr' Arthur s. sulli-
/ van. quaint characteristic little song inc ac-
| compartment Is, however, rather abstruse Tor tho
"Galop, r'L'Gn creve'Y. arranged by J. 8. Knight
| An extremely awkward and barren Introduction.
and the two charming themes taken from the opera
Then the "Iunting Chorus.n which Is polka theme
| and out Of place in a gaop. Next come lew bars
OF the finale OF the second act and the arrangements
ends with the flrst gaop theme. A more cumsy ar
| rangemenr we have seldom seen
nLG ceys Kv ws ssss ans peIss
! much better than the preceding.
Charles Bunce OF Brooklyn, publishes THE Mirror
/ Lake very ceverly and artisticay constructed
song py j. W. GroscheI. The accompaniment Is par
| ticularly beautiful.
excellent composers characteristic works. Without
possessing much in the way OF taking melody It V
| well arranged and constructed.
There's Light In the Sky,n sacred melody; Carlo
Bassni. The same remarks will apply to this song,
with the addition thar there Is tone OF dramatic
| Interpretation OF the words In the music.