, 1876-02-13
MUSIC.


I THE voy BuLow wRANoLE.
The recent Won Bulow aeason OF concerts ha
left bitter taste in the mouths OF many OF th
German uusicians Of this citv, and "a coqae
| auence, The Whole German world Is in fret ant
fume. In the halls OF the Maennerchors and il
| the Cafes in the beer-saloons, and wherever twt
OF more Germans meet, Won Bulow is the bone O
contention. The Guelphs and the Ghibelhues, tht
students and the Phiiistlnes. never wrauglec
more furiously or foolishly. Apropos OF tbt
general 1umpus. We print below letter from
| one Of the moss prominent German teachers o1
| the piano in this CITY. not because ne agree
With his sentiments, but because so much Of defer.
! enca is dua to gentleman who really introduced
classical piano music in this citY, who was playing
the Beethoven sonates here ovef quarter OF a
century ago. and who has been recognized from
that day to this as our best intelpr OF this
| school Of music. When even the ph1egmatic aud
philosophical "P. B." gets on the rampage, it
| nlay be taken as an indication that Germany ia
disturbed. He writes "a follows:
IN the Editor Of I2e Ehieaqo Tribune:
CR1cA6o, Feb. l2.--Voa DuloH, not satisfied with
loDged for still another distinction, so be made
sreech In whch he stated that his countrymen, the
" Dutch" demanded Of him that be should play
the Germans here pronounce this statement an unit
fgated fasehood. Won Bulow should IN justice to bi
self give the source whence be derived that infornaa-
aorrta ith tha Doator :. 1,nhannde1 dn;r,tio i
adoratioa, -" exqntee, beautiful mastery, perfect"
intnrnretstion arn fnfa,;h;e Thnsa xrho s1;S f
dacmnatey a,e Ike connotsae1e " sn tbn.a ,1he ~
daro to d'der, the ig9oramusss. s T. hs settles
~ ,r " Sncr, WI enh+1v a;rarast f psocsss tSs
which be pretenda to discover in Bis1narcka Empire
The charm Of novelty Will soon pass and then ha will
A la fr
cent psser md yet tie rspsodtea stvls Of Liazt and
the moderns IL his proper sphere That he treats
beethoven in the same manner, these few examples
VII Mnstfate:
snssp m thor tta sonata asesto: sloW movement
os o. ts ..u uar tson, .ne emu Sae sonata
bic Tbe eanpter n.orsment hee;nnno ~ .ha ftr
second bar jerked s, md ahort pause whero simply
4 is marked. 'e'
sonzta Appassioa.ta, allegro ma nan troppo: IS
presto consequently no difference between that and
me following presto.
ooS W. mpar 49, IN RaPe & o. tne
aects what It nurporta TO esnres, Iii arat that HI.
interpretation utterly VOID Of religious devotion
The Chopin Valse op. st. No. is another specimen Of
bis fallibty The ntoEne therein was 50 jerked and
pseslp'tated that even the rhythm was loHs.
ue noocst and SonsG.snpus lnsespreeaooni Of
49, D;, 40 nce ~ a1b ~ ss1n a. ene
withssandne .. tjs. te Is rrsst paver and ba bas
given Us in any nanber Be- esnuinp dciiaht. Buio~ Hn
the mln We would willingly forget in Bu1ow the
artist, since It Is not pleasing picture. Hnvlng
entered me yesiS o. d,scrsaon soma tine $50. his
I'D hs soefhino n1s
be- is rnpdly making it here. Ho l. down On Puritsni
cal New Eng4ud, md he sneers at ha beer-drinking
countryznen. He proaounces Judgment on tbs whola
musical profession Of the Union The small feet and
q ass o. ~ M @ women, however, please ms males
sneosas ,..s,on bnt Stst N r at ao m
WHISKY straight or Cooked as an snt,doe aaainst tst
nicotine poisoning, his interviewer does not stato
P.B,
'P. B. Is" screed divides itself readily into two
parts first, the musical, aud second, the per
soual and we regret that the iaster constitutes
the principal burden of his complaint, He leaves
uB little to comment upon IN his musical com |
plaints. Out of fiftV.poe numbers not 10 men, |
lion encores, wh,ch Won Bulow played in bis sea~ |
son, he finds four, the moonlight" and zap
passionate " souatas, the transcription Of schu-
5or,'s "Aye Naria,a and the Ctonin waltz. or |
y. No. !, which do not suit him. Wa hara
studied his criticis, but ne do not fipd ANYTHING
osyond the fact that Von Bulowfs reading of
,vsr strncS p that An artlst NAV 4n eet = out
If the conventional ruts. and ciYo ug his own in.
Of the eon.tas and that IL ia mi
,ecessary that all artists should read aiika? He
,peaks Of the modest and conscientious inter.
t be- possible that be remembers Knbjnstein's
of the .Moonllcht and "Anas-
,onata> which was 81 entireIv nnconyent:nna1
ls sometimes to mako the music aImost
Does he ren1enbar nm
eras. no skins. no breaks, m nonnd.
mr.. in those moments vhen he want fnto 6oa
renzies3 If not. We fear p R's memorv ia
ljmminc With time Az n strict cnnstr,ct;n1;.t
ION Bnlow follows the teri mora closelv than
1u6ipstein. ~
We come tn tbe ner.ona1 n,rts and hara
!. II represents ouita larce German const;tncn.
X. IA enesrs II tha ahnae gh;ct, Vo,, nn1nv
IA 1ayished nnnn his conntrvman rh;cb ,aads |
"a to Innnire nhat wa tha rnofiva7 simn1v
his VIM Ru,ov diachnrpod MA orchaat-af cnn
nctor IN Boston heeanse tha l,ttar cn7z1.a a.
nch beer ns tn he nnHt for h,s dnt,es whict
an IsuIow was wisa in dong and toolr oc,.ss,n,,
!, his aeere,sive INV to s,;madrart sereTa,v
non tha nsa ~ hee1 az an a{anoe,t ~ rora;c,1
,Iccess which. narhnns uas ,nind,o;ona Trn.n
bat monn.nt the nhnsa con,manca3 Tha ca~1
ian press of this citr wiz ma a-cant;on
ssailed him in the aeyarest nanner Inv hafors
a cana hera. ana the ctinne Taa formadS or.;nst
i'm when f1n arrired. Hnhad IN contand ars;nst
all the time he Was here. What these
liques are. "P. B." him: elf knows il hrs
ing experience; Hans Baatka. Otto Lob,
,adars his a a;t ,a nn,eeous osneE uetmao
,lo of what clo,ies have inna for tbsT 4 Thas
now that cl1ques arc the bane of German muaicsl
fort Haps Won Dulou is hot-headoi man.
aere is no doubt OF that. He was foolish in |
lakng mis- Saturday-atternoon speecb, thsre is
o doubt Of that also. He should have zone
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