New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-04-04
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and makes them really the burden Of the movement W,
do not believe that Daute's immortal verses Will ever
welded to more beautifully descriptive music. The us
tratiye programme well desgnates this passage as
dialogue 1t begins as o duet between the hute ace
clarionet, with wild dreamy accompaniment on ihs
harp and violins muted it Is taken up in turn oy t
voloncell, the vions and the violas IL Is the Vep
poetry OF sorrow but there Is such sorrow az hat
He'll there Is revery so delicious In It's patho I'd
true though it IT, IL is enough to stamp List - poet
but that curious defect in his poetcal nature which"
often makes him insensible TO the difference bcweeS
the grand and the fantastic breaks out just here Ia
freak Of extrava gance which actually proyoLes augh
It Is OF to say that the tumult which interrupts
the revery 80 rudely is nothing to laugh a. and thai
musicians don't laugh; the fact that Whenever u u
played some people do laugh is enough to condemn H.
The rumpets however are heard again In the res'ha
tones of the curse and the movement closes gandy VA"
forssimo passage in Liszps strongest style The P'
oa,yio is better suited to musical treatment partly be
cause it affords scope for human feeling al party
sas our Of Is NJ BOSE Scent
to have been combine the expressions OF gre ence
hope and worship. A choral theme. borrowec om
Greeoran chant cOlors the whole movement and at the
last the choir OF voices in the distant back ground
the Magncat rising outburst of JOY the
Of forgiveness aud tie near prospect OF heaven
Love and resignation in the midst Of intense eufenas
this the central idea Listening to the performsSan
Saturday night. the paintiye phrases seemed too ua
and the iterations. however interesting a study
couuterpoiut, became monotonous Remembered lf,s
wards, the impression becomes almost awful WihM
playing OF the orchestra 10 would be- dicnl, to &c
fault. The fifteen boys. however, 20 whom te
choral work ntrusted, Jwere not equsi 10 thl
task though considering that they boys, they a1i
pretty WELL Their information not slvsys true and
their confidence sometimes failed them. 1hey were
placed platform behind and above the orchestra
and Mr Messter accompanied them cabinet organ,
which OF course inaudible lin the front much
finer effect would have been produced by large choir
placed OF sight behind the scenes The chaut ought
have had the rich yet soft tones which only be pro
duced by the blending CT many voices heard at ds
tance, and besides thengers ought not 70 have been
The spectacle OF fifteen youns gentlemen with
round jacke:s aud white kid gloves standing beside
melodeOn with sheets OF music In their hands was not
all suggestive OF Purgltory Beethoven's "Coroanus
and Weber's "Euryanthe,' the two oyertures IN 70,
second part call for special remark except that hey
were beautifully played and after the mingled sensations
OF wonder and disappointment aroused by the symptom
they were inexpressiby refreshing. But Midaus
Parepa Rosa after all gave the hearties delight Tm
grand and aria OF Beehoyens which she chose f
this occasion-her last song NewYork until after Sd.
returns from Europe-is composition displaying a 10
markable variety OF her best qualities. IL has muca o.
the grandeur OF defamation which distinguished tle
great ocean" scena In 0beron" and the pathos aud
smOothness Of melody for which we all love Beethoven
The stately magnifeence OF Madame Rosa's reeiia
tives the passion OF dramatic inspiration, the
absolute purity and taste OF tho cantaoie
passages brdke sweetness.of her sofes tones and
the clarion notes with which she eecrhes an audience
as no other singer can-we had them all IN turn Never
before these last few days have we realized her mmes
urabe superiority TO all the difficulties OF her art sbes
the only woman in America who sing the AM pehdoi
she Is the only woman In America who can sing tho
e" Oberon scens; and Friday she sang them both.
Mr. Carl Rosa followed his wife with the first move
ment OF pinsks concerto mlare for the violin. He "a
too GOOD On artist BIO always conductor and too good
conductor to be always playing the violin. and We are
glad that he and then the branch OF art by
which he first made himself favorte In this country
The pnski abounds with technical dicultes
which Mr. Rosa conquers with apparent ease The clear
Of his touch and the of his method have
Lost nothing during his devotion 20 other pursuits snd
he is still the conscientious aud Intelligent PET
former that he was OF old.
CLOSE OF THE OPERA SEASON.
For the first time in many years an opera
manager has gone away from our Academy Of Muss
with full pocket.book Carl Rssa and C. d. Hess haze
grown rioh In an enterprise which has ruined MAJ
Marctzek about forty times and brought disaster upo
more Italian artists than We can count The tire
weeks season just finished has demonstrated sewers
gratifying facts. II has shown that New-iork will par
for good music, which have often been tempted v
doubt; that the highest class OF music such ssWeoe''
0beron" and MoIarts Figaro" is the most senerst
appreciated and that Engsh opera properly pFesen'eS
Is certain to be popular, and can be made one OF oai
standard entertainments when opera season orssn
Town. after this let not lay the blame on the puoN
d. principal OF the success OF the ecu
pauy which has just left was the primadoDns' ".
,ho was not the only cause. Careful organization sa'