Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-19
wAoyEgs MUSIC DENOUNCED.

II most BE- coutssssd tina. . good
many Of Us who do not like to be
thought ignorant Of matters and thing
pertaining to the arts ana sciences
have tried hard no, only % Ike wsg
ner's music but to express 10 fairly
iatsliigible manner tho reason for liz :
ing 1t. Fashion, and so-caiIed critical
opinions, have good deal Of Iniusns'
upon US and our views. When tho
Centennial March was played. doubt
less q good many OF Us were bewii-
dered; but Wagner had begun Ia lake
even Prussis by storm; and what
were We. worms that We are. that We
should have any opinions Of our owp
whom the German critics We're salts
lied 7 But those OF Us who have cher
ished, while We have not had the
courage to express, a sort OF rebellious
feeling against prevailing Wagnerian
furors will be glad Of 20 strong and
unexpected AN ally a. tile Bull him
self. The great Scandinavian vioiinis,
hes lately undergone. with surprising
su,iabIlity and submissiveness, an In.
tervlew with Herald reporter. After
giving sketch Of his life. he WAS In.
terrogated concerning his opinion OF
Wagner's music. The interviewer
sentured TO put his question in the
form Of n negative true Yankee
fashion: :. YOU do not, believe,
Asid be, "sdintre Wagner's music7 y
To this the great vioiiuist answered
and said ~ hsre~ in reported, as fol,
lows:
No, do not admire him. ] think
lie and Oiienbach have done more &c
Pollute music than any others com.
bined. II We xdmit this Gerlnanixina
Of music ~e shall destroy It's chiel
beauties. When Germans drink lager
beer they can stand conps de canon
We have only TO listen to the lnelode.
VI Mozart, Kossini, Handel and Bach
70 feel that there IL no comparison be.
tween their beautiful works and til {
tnoDstrosities Of the Wagner school
uealways employs great number ol
brass Instruments, which never can bt
played In perfect tune, aud the more
they are used the more the car be.
comes accustomed 10 suffer disc0rslAn
sound. The more OF these instrl.
fnenls sou use the farther you gel
from purity of style as we'll a. OF into
nation. Yet Wagner D. doubles his
faulty brass instruments, and thus
produces tifths which are dlscords. A
person who comes out Of Wagner.
concert " not to be- trusted. There il
murder In that music ant, something
which appeals TO the lower passions
II makes homes. people sick. II Is 4
pity Thomas will insist on playing
Wagncr's music. There arc people
who think because Wagner happened
Ia be born In Germany he therefore
has right 10 ruin their ears. / can.
NOT admit that Wagner il poet be.
cause he took tho stories Of the an Glen!
i'ogos and put them IN recitative torn
Al Munich they tried To persuade me
that | disliked the music because
never heard it properly played. So
went once 10 the theatre to hear
"Iannhanser, but after half an act
WAS 80 sick that ! was only wishing
tho set 10 be- over 50 that might ~,
out. was sick al that night. Ia tho
Flying Dntchmrn" no introduces
Morse music, which has ~ much III.
iation 10 genuine Norse music ~ Chi.
nese music has 10 Italian. After steal.
Ing from Meyerbeer aud Montlelssohr
ne abuses them because they are Jew,