The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30
MUSICAL REVIEW.

SOCIETY wALrzEs. Composed by Clifford Putnam
New York: I. Putnam. rIftfr
These waitzes rather above than below the aver
age piano waltz. OF course they are modelled on
Strauss aud lhere places which sound ike posi-
tive limitations Of that composer. for example tho
phrase on pages and o. IN dat There is serious
iaut in the second number. Whom the second ending
to the arst DIVISION used II Will be found that there
II one measure too mauy for comfort in listening or
possibility IN dahcing In spite OF these drawbacks
they are better tnan most publications In this branch
oil dance music '. p. ~
MARCH NnlrAIRE Same composer and publisher
This is better In point OF ideas than mos, piano
marches but the fault OF defective rhythm noticed
once In the waltz Is present hero IN bowiidoriug
abundance. In the second DIVISION commencing page
~ a measure is wanting In the middle which is
made up by measure TOO much al tho beginning OF
the third division perhaps tho slight fact tor
complete half of DIVISION the b as been tortured
by false accents is too unlmportant DO considered
by Mr.. Putnam In this third division, both in tho
1rst and second endings two measures aro lacking.
The beginning of the trio gives as I've measures In
the place of four 1t Is evident from these Two com
positions that the only way which Mr. Putnam will
evcr learn to write lhythmcaiiy will DO by counting
his measures on his fingers nif'
EMpIRE STATE GALop. By d. Mollenhauor. New York
5. I. Gordon SON.
This galop is specimen OF what can be done by
who has certain amount OF technical knowledge
and no talent. 1t has absolutely not ono idea from
beginning to end, but 1t flows smoothly enough
with its series Of harmless plattudes and drbbles
itself the end utterly Impossible for tho
Of players who buy this $50 called music
CROSSING THE DANUBE. March. BY Juan c. saicedo.
New Y0rN: :. +. Gordon Son. urlri
THIS looks like the work OF pretty good musician.
The march IL by no means bad, thou Ia the trio Is
very suggestive Of we'll known German song he
title rather infrnges sgnor Brignols territory;
but few words be said about the printing tho
music, This Is utterly wretchod. The plates have
evidently been printed by novice, ana the proof
reading has been very carelessly done No one from
this copy will DO able to play the march the CON-
poser wrote 1t, for in many cases can toll what
the composer did WRITE but quite suro he did
not write what the printed copy gives u.s.
WHEN THE BLOSSOMS COVER U.s. DARLING. Song and
chorus Words oy Arthur W. French. Music by
Charles Baker, Cincinnati, Ohio. tr
Trash, in every respect
FAIRY ANGRrrNE. Song and dance. Words and music
by Joseph +. Skelly. 5. r. Gordon IL co.
Trash, also, but vulgar trash this timevulgar
a musical point Of view, OF course.
GoIXG BACK TO Those | LOVE- Song and chorus
Words ny Annie NJ Curtis. Music ny Harry Percy.
s. T. Gordon Sou ..f
shade better than the two preceding, but badly
harmonzcd.
WRITE TO NE OVER THE WATER, LOVE-. Song and
chorus Words by 6eorge Cooper Music by Joseph
Hans Ne" York Spear Deenhoi.
Weak, but inofensve The water over which Love
is to write have entered largely into the ma
tcrial OF the composition enAt
GENTLE HEART BE ruRE. Song and chorus Words
by George Cooper Music by 81 Lerman. New York
d. Lcrman.
W. hone TINT Mr. Ierman in prepared In acknowi
edge his Indebtedness TO the old German song upon
which his song is built from beginning TO end We
may not agree with Mr. Lcrman, but we prefer the
original.
PAUL AND vIRoIME Victor Masse) Potpourr. Gu.
Neustedt. New York: Edward Aronson.
Very poor. The runs introduced are awkward and,
as n natural consequence, ineffective Tho airs arc
not we'll selcc cd and unsRilfuly connected
FUNERAL MARCH G0tterdammerung L. Wagner
arranged by n. Craner Edward Aronson.
Quite a good arrangement
CIyq MARS Charles Gounod. Potpourri arranged
by Joseph Rumme. Edward Aronson.
An exceedingly good po,pourri Mr.. Rummcl's
name Is new to US, but, whoever he be- he has shown
considerable taste in his arrangements Of these ara
from Goynod's latest opera.
UxR FErx AZ VILLAGE twatzl
DAysg LAKAcTENisTIQUE.
BAL MAsorx lGalopl BY Rudolph Aronson Pub
usheu Dy EDWARD Aronson
OF these tiree pieces the second 10 tho best In all
OF them there ideas Ia commodity TOR which wc
cannot be too thanKfup, and IN all OF them Is plainly
SHOWN lack OF the necessary technical study for car.
ryinr out those ideas. Tho waltz might have been
improved by cersain alterations In the dstrDu
ting OF chords, and in other places, by changes of
harmony In the Danso Caracters,ique the last meas
page and the first eleven tho sue
cecding page should be cut out AID entirely rewrt-
As they stand At present they CHARACTERISTIC
nothing but tight place Mr. Aronson found him
self IN harmon cay) ana the difficulty he experi.
cnced In getting from the dominant seventh OF
b MINOR back TO A MINOR The gaop starts with
an idea almost good It's title page
(Which is saying great dear, though
the upper natural in the tenth measure
might better have been left fiat like its predeces
sors spite OF the natural underneath and has, In
fact all through, sort OF cancauy flavor and plenty
OF "go;' but nothing, not his lame attempt
meditation into that extremely foreign Key can
cuse Mr. Aronson Tor writing IN fiat the trio 10 a
galop In +, and his bald way OF jumping back to his
first KEY for conclusion without pretencc OF
attempt 10 lead there, OF itself sufficient proof
that he mad felt his mistake gave up hopeless
all attempts a, hiding It, even to the 10 spite OF
these seemingly severe criticisms we think that there
promise In this young composer tor said at the
outset he has ideas. and say this Of every
composer