, 1875-05-23


With such admirable assistance, coupled wit
his own acknowledged superiority u IN orga
| vrtuoso. We may look forTard to = very axcel
Isn't series Of coucarM. - .-1::' ?.
| =. TIE PRATT concKH1. ',s,..
t. We are requested to announce that tho ne1
rehearsal for Mr. Pratt's concert will take plac
on Friday evening. Tho concert itsslf will b
| given June 10, and the rehearsals already indi
cato that nausic.ily it will be very auccessful.
| -. soHuxANN's MUSIC. '' -:
Mr. Wolfsohn's aeries OF gchumann recital
have closed, and. IA apropos to .the1t perform
ance, We print the following extract from = ps
per xrittan by Nj. ". s.,B. Matthews upo1
| Schumann's music, which will interest our mu
| sicM readers:
The schumann rectals Of this year tre Of great i'm
portance. snce they have to do with the work. Of
| composer comparatively unknown to our amateura-
works in themselves Of the richest interest," ana 10 Va
I'D In texture and sgnea9ce = to readily command
aides this the schumsnn piano1ore work. possess th.
highest educational !alue Of any, hardly excsptine
of tho Imagination displayed in them and ths rchn.
Of schumann's fancy, which hers giyes use
to to- 'ndls.s as..a di'sEies Of form and srpfss-
the thousand moods Of 1nuaical fealtno.
quicfening the dormant into l{e and deepening and
rsaning these Pre'iously active. Al necessary con-
sequence Of this the players hand receives III along
the most profitable exercise for in these works ns
needs have given riss to new demands upon tha fn.
gett which, under the Of tho wieAwaks musical
s1orts.
Twenty years ago the musdcal world generally + r.
6araeo sehunann ~ inferior to Aendelssohn. At the
present time we rank lin ons Of tho greatest Of
musical geninses- Mendelsaohn had exactly tho ouaL
ieA that retder man snccesaful in hia oMn genera
non 70 hs works he brought the npest fruits Of
times almost tnagnation}, aud the most exquisite
taste and tact: Thess traits Of tho work.
No xonder the English readily accepted his Eli.
monotony Of their Is steady diet" Of Handel suhu-
man, on ths other hand, hinaef man Of shy and
retiring spirit. silen In company writing tor iano-
1ore and therefoEs foregoing the advantages having
aach nc" work performed with eciat 1t festyas writ
ine moreover In terms 30 unusual to be but feeby
intclghle to the ordinary arnnteur indeed In ruany
cases absolutely tmpraclcable for tie tender-toed
Of Mendeissohn appeared Ike real orig
lnay, while scht,mann's style, tho necessary conse-
quencs Of The sIurit that caa into music for
bad taste and want d suitable I.ninF IN tha teh
nicA arts Of the composer.
Nor this experience Of musical criticism t1eeiu
mate It IN What has frequently occurred and will
doubtless occur in the 1uture The v.us Of an art-
work really lies IN its capacity to excite the ecstasy Of
which 1t Is most difficult for critic to ascertan aice
SO much depends fortunate conjunction Of IN
adequate retfcrmaueo and mood Of the critic COM
padole with the enjoyment Of ths emotional pecuard-
ties Of the particular work Missing tho authors in
tenuoa In the piece CT through tGs indukocs Of an
pathetic mood {po1k and beana for dinner the
critic ia liable to be diverted to tLs mere externaea
Of unrsu1l forms Of expression and tho ike them
te!7c 1t may be- the only through which the
composer could possibly hare reached his artistic
At III events 1t is plain to ua now th:t Robert schu
MANN sts,as il the trus apostolic succession Of Ger
man rnusic. tho greatest names Of Which sre Daci
and schunanu all having this in common.
that their works characterized b the deepcst SUB
tectisy AZ between tho subjective and the objective
Ir~S{ {C
objective communicates pleasure by dwelling on ex-
tenal nature and depicting 1t for the aaka OF it, own
beauty; tho subjective likewise paints tho outer world
but does 20 IN the light Of the inner CONSEQUENCES OF
The Eoet. Nature reveals heraef to the subjective
poet IN tho answering lights and shadows Of his own
sou Nov music u in itself ths On. purely knbJee-
Illustration Except tbs composer hear h.s symphony
ia the silence Of his eeu not Matched our motive
by motive, but in seH-det=rminel march Ike the
nuric Of the spheres bin Imagination Is not Of that
s,gls flight Which shall soar across the afer-cofur
,eaturies. Such = fAr-reschtng Imagination find |
hs works is less easy recognized account Of the
'reater br1lancy OF many Of the sepa1ats rnoments
Iis contrasts are mora extreme than ind in other
Fl1tels. But, in his case, this arises 10 much
rom preatsposidon to ex:gger2tton, from deep
y-emottonat natuEe. and fancy 20 humn1is-
buts out the consciousness Of Its Predecessor
nd gives no fora-token Of the ons that shali |
ollow Nevertheless, this very distinctness Of the
aore intelligihe to tho public, especially when taken
4 connection with their general b1eyity. Uf the
'orks 10 far played suppose the 8naderscrnsn and
Forest Scenes " gaYe most pleasure. Fsr. N.Y.
eh should prefer tbs '' HumoresQue," which is
aornughy musical and enjoyable, but on ancount Of
single hearing. Several numbers Of the Dapiia-
undt.tanzc also extremely beautifuL Thts work
'p- @ Is one in wh!sh s humaun @showed his hand
u the comfort Of the Ph 1ishnes"ss n the Germans
Ill The " old fogies," and admirably eonrired
make them think the world was ut end and The !
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