, 1876-04-19

Richard WnRncr's inauguration
March.

IWt6 (VFF 1FaeHHft 1pfH III
Tho selection Of nichard Wagner a. composer
Of tho Inauguration march for tho Centennial at
Philadelphia WAS tue boat that could bo made.
II Americans voxa chosen 10 wsito tho cansata,
II aoomel onttroly proper That tho march for
celebration which belongs not 10 thiH country
alone, t4it 10 tho whole world. aliould. como
from tho non Of fosstgnor. and - to tho
quality of tho music Which has thus beo,, OH
taiued tlleso Is iikcty to hc no difference Of
opinion. mn .-.,
musical director, Mr. Thoodoro Il4otua1 urged
upon the Centennial Commission Tho selection of
two Americans 10 furnish respectively tho Wo1ds
and tho 1nnAn for tho Festival Cautata. Tor
tho musical part of tho work io notnod aoreral
American composers whom ho thought compe-
tont, AZ tho Tribune hau n!ready stated, tho
choice fell upon Dir. Sidney Lanior, Of Georgia,
M poet. aud hIr. Dndley Luck, Of Connecticut,
~ composer. md what tllcy hare accomplished
Ia bofose tho public. National claims tlue Fnt-
iHtlod, b1r. Thomas sought TO recognize appro-
pfiatoly the International character Of tho COLE
bration by obtaining Al itnportant orchestra!
work from tue u,ost cEnfnon. living composer Of
tho world. Ho wroto to Richard Wagner, aud,
although the lotter folud tile jtstnguhshcd mas
ter in the midst Of rohcnraals for Lis g1sat per-
forInauco at Hayrenth: aud preparations fos tho
production Of l.s Tannbn.uaer aud "Tna-
ian !" OF, grand acaIe at Vienna md Dorlin. ho
accepted tho proposal, and ngreed 10 writo
Grand March. !" shall 10 able" ho roplied,
to psoparc aomething worthy in narch.foral
bmcricn niti,nI,rl, have not written n t,otn nj
tnuBlc for d long timo, and aul entirely out Of
tho habit Of What ia called compoeng. lf send
you tho work. hopo the poopls Of America will
tha ~ rsattynI p"r1orman,,cn nj Eayrc,,tl,. Il IL
nxn,css!y on ti,nir account TO nyoid conlictini.
vii, tho exercises Of tho Contonptall that |
in hnrust and lila y1oatpoue,1nut hoa oost mn
M i;fic ,1if.icuitv viii, th artius. Ervonl thcir
intoragt in Tia c1tornrise as,; notIiuc Tor nv
cnmnos,tion oxccpt tic procoedg Of the Anor1-
faincd },ownver. nntior or Isy:. il nccarna
t,"enssorv tas .n nnro,,sso thn Mn nutraht. :. anr3
in second lottor, addsozsod to Tloodpro
Thon,ag. and onoutao With a haudsomo
cnm,,ljnont IN ti,nt Cnnt1rmon for tl,p great
i H. Lar n,.orr,f1shnJ lin n.in-s,Ee r. ~.
r;t MIlK ~ ~ ,,,t. T., a,,orco a-r W. ~
sptls " ueinssu .auaS - ~ tio.Sat LUZ muh
nor proposed to trana!sF eno aosoluto flBht 70
tho hfnrch for AuloriGa Oh tosma which wcEo not
1t ali unreasonable, considering tho actual mar
same st,l tho ounrmnna rrnt,ta renfizod Nv vnrv
inforiur COMPOSERS, Verdi tor example, ro-
oe,yed naarly $10U, 900 from tho publiahcr OF his
Requiem" Tho pub!io-spiritod Woucn's Cen-
teEnjal Committees at New York, Phadclphia,
md Cincinnati guaranteed the required amount:
tho at,swcr Was ee,,t TO Herr W4guer by tclo-
graph and tlu March, having arrived last
wouk, is HOW In tho hands Of the copyists.
at has cost Mo Ercat e1orton," writcs the
ready in time. IS WAS Obliged to 60 to Vienna
and Berlin, and. M you may judge from tue
motto have placod upon tue title-pago. hayo
mado Of 1t Oh earnest aud sincere labor. hnse
given roy friends to understand Tint, in some Of
tho moro dofloato portioun OF tho compoaition.
figure to nyaelf the beautiful and vtyAcious
womon Of America III their featlTal attire"
The Ma., constituting Of ttlirty-three largo and
own % hand. 4 moro beautiful musical autegraph
10 rarely Besa. Every uote Is no clear mud OLE
gant and symmetrical as print. The characters
| arc fiuo. but diutinct and regular. and tho or
Tho moro manual labor OF transcribiog ancl
ecoro must have filled seyu't Or eight long dass
Of steady application. Tho title runs:
anArD FESTIVAL xAknu
For tho Opening ri tho Centennial
comlaoaorst!ss q .,-
Ih' peeafauon ~ tM:lEnaS1ss ~ VI e on''ea
o'"'Is Gnn,,S.sd NJ S"Ii'S4'
and
by
uicnAnn waoSEn,
At tho head OF tue ecoro aye placod, an motto,
thu following lines Of Goethe
Eur der seraisnrt s'ch rteihett vic das Lebcn
so oaai aay is's i copes a 10 con1usr % ths S
Tho scoring IL extremely massive, ~ might
have pcou expected from Wagner en- ss,ch an
| occaslon. Besides tho usual strlngol instzl-
| mouts. tho music calls for thrco flutes fono Of
.r,cn altcruntca With tho pIccolo1. thren abaut-
boyH' thrco cIariocts. tfirco bassoony ono
contra.bassoou. four hornp, thrco tyun,pets ono
bass.truu,not. throp trombpncs. one ba.e.tuha,
frroo hnt:tc.druma. Rsoat and military dtumu.
cvrnbais coug. nnd triangle. The dcmand for
boga-tr,ulpct ip singular, Tos tho instrument ID
1raeticslly obsoetc-ouuless it may have becu ro-
rrcptly rnyiyol in Germany, fortunately it il
only used as,n HtiI!iuc-up" Instrument, aud
~ a,uhstit,to mnv readily ne found for Il #
Mr. Tnonas should DO unsuccessful Ia bis
aenrcl, for the instrument ituclf among
iho Now York repositories ct nussel anti
nnit1es. A recent telegram from Europc eta.cd
that artillery, otc., Ind bcef, introduced In Tho
anaIo; tt il hardly necessary to say t1a. tho TO-
mort Is entirely untrue. Although tho aIatch
| abounls in stirling otfocts, thoy aso obt.uod
| t,nly by musical tnoanp,
Tuo koY is q maior. T!io opening is bold.
ANNOUNCING, tho thelnatic tr,plct (Which is to
1,lpy ellch III irnuortaut rolls In Tho uorko with
| tho full forro Of tho orcAcstra, Tic motion
now incrcasos to four triplcts in tho measure
md d sequence nscenls,uf: CHORDS, with a stroug