, 1870-11-13

muElcf IhEfc can rs no greater difference |
1han e1ists in the music Of theee three men;
the Traumerti, Is as fun OF sweetness aa =
bee returning to tho hlse sfter bus spoliAge Of
4 dDWer-gnrlen but In generl i be Is abstract,
cold, tfmost dry, With philosophical vein Of
Sediment running, through h,s measures
akin to that which rms through scniilors
- Walk for instAnce. 1iszt is gorgeous |
colozist. His Prejudice. set to that thougnt-
ful: and ssd Life-Mlserere Of Lamartiae,
ase touched with hand which |
fairly reyels in color. Tha thought il not !!
alWsJs bis Owl, fot It gives sou constant sug-
EestioEs Of Gonnoo's inimit tahIo poetry, II |
Weber q asupernkturalisu.~ aud Wagner's dis |
so1ant power, but the coloring is his. Lszt |
bon his uchness which il almost barbara.
Did you ever hear any music Of bis which did |
not recall tho lire" List til music ateaI-
ing Z" Chopin. on ha.otbet hand, IL = thapso-
dist. His life wAs turbulent sea, and no
one possefEed the charm to st.ll the unrest Of
its .waves but that wonderful woman, George
Sand. He has written his music in the key Of
his Life sometimes sad. sometimes teudeE,
tomstimes full Ut despair. He has painted
h,mself Ii It just as faithfully as Meadelsaohn
showed his own beautiful, graceful,
IT. aas % pen asa rs q s Mesg susasa h.. N
electric power winch enaties her to compra-
heno the spirit and meaning which undeflle4
tho works OF these different mAsteta, and tho
physical resources to give expression 70 thern.
And she hetself is so musically sensitive md
IN such perfect attunement With every pa t Of
the sco1e, that she mores with tho o1rhes-
fra as component part and parcel Of it.
There il never any jsr between them. While
ehe excela IN an schools, It aeems to me that
her forte il In concertcd classical music, aud
yet what variety she has gsyen us! What
other pianist, lady or gentleman, would have
14rnn tn noTrA hefnfN 4 5I3fArat1An AotH
s's rspersoirs N u this: ' Wesers T aconee1t @
Struck" 1iskt's "Rh,psodie Hongroise. !
Iiazt's Concerto No. !, LaAzt's .Phraph.ase.
| Concerto In A minor, Chopints Impromptu,
Chopin'a Concerto IN E minor, 1iszt's Cam
| Fanel]o,' Liszt's o7ncs1to No. 2, and the Bee
1 1hoven pisno-cheyal FAntaeia. Not one show
piece, you observe. in tho list; not ooe num-
her tc tickle The car with straw, and yet she
has, b tho cheer force Of genius, impressed
herself, not only upon musicaans and connois-
seuts, bnt upon people who sould have pre-
fet1td lighter AID moro Aorid .st1le OF mu-
- - ~ ethae piansst, axcapt Thllberg, has
Doesn't 1t seem easy to stand up beforo That
c1Shest1a and load II? Ooulln't you .n.l !
~ IT., 5,se1 aud Dc The s,t s.as m 11f
cut Thornas rs wi1h hitn2 Isn't it ea*y for
ha great artist to en hefnra tha Canvas, and,
v,th stroke Of hts brush hero and another
thare; h1nefcT 1, bit Of landscape until the
caqsss glows mith The huee ard sery feelins
with rnallet and chise1, 10 peck at the marble
haze md theiaanhI The dull block 1t last b.
conea tr1nsfuhed with life, and the ,n1pris-
onod soul shines through tho stony face? i
seems eAsy; but take pa11ette and bruah, mai,
~ s & St - i aoat tes et faas ssSie sa2
/ pre8uppoge?
+ Yes.s Of hxrd Iabor spent in drilling TIL,
Mechanism before him, from crudity to per
4 fec4don. It hAs required not only technicA
\ Fkll,. but patience and Perseverance pet
va4ed with enthusissm, ard conscious fore
Ct pertonaf influence Or magnetism which CAL
exert itself even In apparent fopose- 8oml
conductors possess this electric quality OF in
pressing their md iyidualisy upon msn NOR,
than others: Nsnae!ssohn could lead bs hi
forre ct towering pa.sion snd royal rage
Hahders musician did not dare to pla5 badly
because It the .Terys hzst dinonnnce be xl,
!. liable to find Mmself f1oored NTH Aksttle 1Eu1
RI Or fhe frat missile which came hlndy. Thess
noblayer IN this country to day Who could hef
:" goat In Hirnnel" and "Verdan1mit deh-n
2. It presupposee deep musical intelligence
. II ii hardly necesaaIJ fut mo to tall you ths
orchestral muaie 4 divided ,iuto psrtH, IN
: thsa beyond hia own pkrs, the plases know
} nothing. The violinlat knoss nothing Of y
, music except 6uch ~ is written for tho violir
.ard he has no time to dgvote to the otht
pads, ~ he must b continually on the Aler
, in bis reats, to CONS In again upon the e1a:
bed. The conductor has III tbess parts
hisf hAndf. He must study the composer nj
. ! only to find out tho meaning q bis muMe, b
: 4 thscmnpo4itaon IN M its entirety, and the
mnbt have the executive ability to tmpx
= it Ito these under him, ~ tho SKI
/ / fdlI General plana: bts battle IN eye
- detl, and than imparts thoea "details pts.
a By hece to his sabofdinates, each working
q ! has originated In ahs one bzzin. To iuapAE u
kndwledBe tbs conductor, again Ike tho Go
era1, nuA& have rcpoee, mixed with botdnee
I, dtah, certainty, mechanical accuracy aud .
u thr3daatic faith IN what he is dong. =
grsat Generals d. tho world you can coa
}, eortinctors Of tho world In this count
- three man hAso f1sen to pfprntneuoe-Thom1
= BeSgnan, and Anschutz-hnd yet there .
70 buItrels, # not thcu1ands, who sway t
thsrca!Ms Of fUt99ato1F .7,s
IA IL. ThprnaA gives NJ N urrhestEatt
:. which opens up to us the real beaotiea of I
great couaposezs-: He unveils the grseee
il mu6t and Ill iia hiddea chA1ma which ne,
IA appeaF upon the surface under the baton o1
red time and tune, which are ,fundAmer
90 neeesa1kies: but be reFeais tho tentune
" lArAAnoe, poetry. and color OF music. Al t
NJ 1zts lie e'padu Ia nusie, but It ls only I
~ master vho en- bring than oat TIE ly1e
e iii sid tho; trumpet. sone svss sesxi
M.aame dc Stael nsves sid , tzaax thing Il
her epig1ammAtic line, t.tArchitectnro is froi
music" All the a1ts, hi the secret ohsy
oil poetry, nj ths : gsv.s-> functi'
tie Of nature, from ths eeansiag Of
10 stafa down to tho htsls->.Mo -of-
insscts ln The grass, IN the bopsa md sspi
m tioos OF humanity, ,-all the snEgtstora~o q )
lon | soul. III ous best experiences Of earth, 1od
ouA gs1ndest hnpes Of Heaven, Aum tht
.sv selfes up IN unusic, ths ono .7uotve1sal !
sven through infinite ssiees,s Ind thezef
x. do hold that no E12u can .annpT =. kIsn
~ poltion than HI. Thomas, and tsat to no y
' shonh We b more thankful not only fo=
great pleasure in tho music itself. which
nm ,ne hss:gtsen us, eut because be hs given
~ and has led rs up 70 higher thioSs, md 81
us / memories xhieh nil alxays
es blessed. I think, Il I should i've
ns: 10 century Plant, l.. .shoud b
o. 5sunttnE nsmones of those: preiudss
sot As4t With their eaggestious Of ''thAt ,
on by DEATH Of tho Inevitable sto1n, Of dess
,eas which hreak1 n upon eve1y joy; md Of
NM kindly consols1sons which Nature beeto
He has given us nav beantee bv that Il
. OF the otcheat1a., Beethoven. and has opc,
as,, 4 zich vein Of beauty IN the voxka All Wal
oe Wagner, Iaxt, Chopin, schumann. Me1
boer, SpohE, sehuber. and Nandelaaohn:
a1s en- Monday night viii crown his season '
TN the Narta ot Beethoven-the Pastoral s
Ium thonr, With its vivid rural pictures, the
leo ec1tio Lecnora ovartu1e, tbs Eeptette aud
mil cboth FantaEie WITH its massive chorus.
nls to AAubiecs which Goethe might hAvo xrit
last -the grand nobility Of AT,
'ata The n11o N wusnaQ who could dtt And liz
to tie ntusin Of the paat few e1onngs 1nd
a, xlhh h1msslf or herself sthe siaxieas 81
!, At Of ablessed tone, !" must b made ont Of
,,se oonnon}y hard ttud, and Will haro = dre..
~. hard dn.e tn Hearen u che OF she happen
NO OF oourse th4 nuisauoes must coma ou]
aA1 faN fozue q ths.ar poneatta., -Tharn d
and muAc dFcod that thsrd - nbs sosnH bod
teF- nan or fool OF woman present to inter1
lne- your eoJoyment Of Il In tho Nsu OF any i
WA ensetment 10 stop such rude people (
len- going to these cuocerta, IN audience ah4
h,s protect !tseH. Tho man or woman who
% g1oealy violate the rules OF ordlnacy