The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-12
MUSICAL REVIEW.

The music publishers OF this city be retro.
grading In their business, as the number OF new
publications Is extremely small Even the last pro-
nunciamento OF the Board OF Trade, issued at
Niagara Falls has brought forth as yet no fruit
The prospects and materials are everything that
could be desired, but the publishers do not know
how to take vantage OF them. Even the approach
Of the Nilsson fails to stir them up and large
houses, which claim to be the representative estab-
Iishments OF America, have not issued single work
Of any account for the past week or two. The con-
sequence OF this lukewarm interes in their bust
ness will be that the go-ahead publishers
OF dime and half dime music, who never relax
their cXertions for moment, Will soon have all the
field TO themselves, and their elder brethren will be
obliged to seek some other line OF business for a
livelihood. This Is not country nor an age that
will brook old fogyism and the public are quick TO
discern the difference between those who know how
and are willing TO attend TO their business and the
drones OF the musical profession. we want young,
talented and unprejudced men to attend to the / n
terests of music in America and they who repre-
sent the sol dfsam leading music publishing
houses are the very reverse of these. The
young houses which started within year
or two fast pushing their sene, unwieldy rivals
out OF their path, ana n things 90 on Us they do at
present the musical public That knew some OF the
Broadway establishments shall know them no more.
flavor aboat them, and anteduvian congresses viii
not save them. A new era has dawned for music
III this country, and n healthy atmosphere pervades
1T instead OF the Bpotian spirit In Journalism and
publishing that so long retarded Its progress Be-
meath the vivifyhg influence OF the new r6gn1e
composers VIII have chance TO get their own and
swndling, B0hemlansm and self-suliciency VIII be
abolished. The sooner the better.
Benjamin w. Hitchcock has added several new
numbers 10 his excellent series Of dime and half
dime music and publishes handsome edition OF
the two celebrated German war songs, "WaS list
hnl Val lilo Nrnohf
Rhein.n
H. J. Cramer publishes the following
confirmation March, Professor J. Esputa
Only fit Tor pupils OF the most primitive kind and
hardly good enough even then.
ION the Rhine WatZes.N Hans Srod Not even
as good as the preceding; exceedingly childish In
every respect.
clara March," NJ. Polatscheck One of those
pieces which neither gods nor men allow Another
step down In the babyish scale.
atlantic Polka.n Horace Van Tassc. The first
subject Is mutiat0n Of the 'Maidens Prayer and
the others are little better.
e. ID. Russell Co., Boston, publish brilliant,
1.-THE style at ieast) Mendelssohn's well known
work. The harmOnies are very lull and well varied
throughout.
William Hall h Son publish set of watZes by
Paul Steinbayer, called sounds from Lake Maho-
pac.n They are novel in both subject and treat
ment, and rather bizarre In character Some OF
the subjects are very pretty.
J. N. Pattis0n a. Co. have several new works by
American composers ready for publication. This
| young house mas made great strides In music pub
| fishing ana Is iast cclpslng It's elder rivals,