, 1875-02-07

every grsde, especially those OF a popular char
| AtAea' 4heodore Ylouaa. cas done an
| IafNENsE A-OuST OF GOOD.
81 ih1s klnd III his concert-tours not leas thar
| 4H tae dtrden-concerts IN New York.
nhen We como to ask ourselYes, What is the
tea nature Of the Impressions this or that kinc
o. o. nus1c makes on us? We speedily classify
tnem something like these: l. The ecstasy o)
Mc derort-all oratorios except the .'Grea'
ton (which il merely ''uice y. 2. The
| ecstasy Of the beautiful the Beetho.
ven Symphonies, and torartettss, and sympho.
n'es in general in 80 far as they are successful.
.. a sort OF composite impression which we
might cali romantic OF poetic, as, for instance, in
spn Weber's orertares, much Of Mendelssohn's g
Orchestral music. and the like. 4. Dramatic
potoeT, or truth Of emotional expression limited
6 1o actual Or inaginary human experience. s.
The lighter operas fall OH from this last degree
into mere effort to giro pleaHure,-the dramatic
action merely serving as o pretext, or to giyo
the emotional keynote OF tho several numbers.
s. Tho simple qualification Of the sense Of hear
Mge and rhythm. AL dancs7music is Of this
This is hardly the place to speak OF
|& THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT
Of sensuoua music. Nevertheless, may bo per-
mitted to say that it is well understood among
Strauss'. cxerts such m influence upon the
Senses as directly to stimulate tho sexual inl-
pulse; and this effect is more likely to bo ex-
nerienced by women than men. on account
o. their moro delicate and Busceptible
emotional nature Tie san1e is true of many
parts OF operas. .'Faust, :" for instance, is full
Of this spirit This assertion, I am aware, may
be denied or attributed to exceptional aptitude
i'll tue individuals SO affected. Nevertheless, 10
many circumstances have come to the knowledge
Of the profession corroboratory OF this theory.
tbat ! can but regard it as part Of the reai
spirit OF the music, and not as an exceptional
experience Of Individuals.
II, IN this Light, VIC examine tho programmes
ol the Iuruer-aall concerts what do we find
He tind them, reply
Almost TOTALLY COMPOSED OF DANcE-xrsfc.
When rising above TINT grade, it is mezely to
"reminiscences Of operas, and now and then the
saving elenanr OF c romantic overture. Such q
is as rare ic these Chicago bear-lalls ca angel
visits, or . successful crusaler,-which is, per
hnps the same thing. There was time, before
the FIe, wae.,, with Bala.ka at Turner Hail. and
Dr.. Fuchs at German House, symphonies and
other good music abounded. So VIC find it in
the Thomas concerts in the Central Park Gar
den, in New York. Tho sunday concarss are,
with Thomas, pulv IN incident. Hero in Chica-
60, they arc the whole.
Tho question remains, May not these concerts
serYo al important use IN clhvat.n& love for
muHc. or for tone-efects, which may eventually
riaa to q real taste for Art? do not presume
to settle this question; should say, however,
that the combined effect Of the alcohol in the
beer, aud tue seriousness OF tho music commonly
heard there {acting chiefly upon the same part
OF the brain), could be but detrimental to tho
cultivation of taste for really serious and noble
music. such as classical gnartettsB aud sympno-
MES.