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/ PUPILS MATINEE.
The forty first Pupils' Matinee Of the Hcrshe,
School was given last Wednesday afternoon, th
following being the programme: Organ. grant
prelude and fuguc in minor, Bach, Mr.. i. F
A1cCatrell; sony, "'rhe Flower Girl" Begie,
uani, Miss Victoria c; Adams; piano, "Flowe
come unto Me." % Leslie, s Miss Mart|,as s Jons fon
son; songs, "Serenaue,'' Dv Raft, and II Low,
Thee" By Buck, ar. j. c. Taylor; piano, souut:
in F minor first moycucut), Beethoven, Mis-:
Dora 81. stein; vocal quartettes, =" Farewell
cacolle,,,' Brantns the sappho Lady Quartettc
piano, "Arabesque," Schumann, Miss Mar
guerite H. Walker; song, 1.-The Voices o.
Spring. Mcndelssohu, Miss Donna c. Davis
song, ..Oh! that We Two were Mayn!gs," Gou.
NOD, Miss Minnie Sherwood: and piano, .Ioon-
light OIL Green Lake." Goldbeck, Miss Eva
Mayors.
! DWIGHTs JOURNAL OF MUSIC
| 10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
CHICAGO, March 14.-ln last Sundays TRIBUNE,
among the Items in the musical review Of the
week. was tue Following paragraph: 1T ID matter
VI regret that the veteran editor NJ Dwight is not
than he did under the old with his journal Of
! Music While the musical world - disposed to
humor him in this Bach mania. it does not want Il
paper that is all Zach. 4 recognition of Bach
since Bach Feeling TINT there has Been mis-
taken impression tn the part OF the writer Of the
f1 ha
| III his journal 0f .Husic, would desire to make
| this statement, which will admit of veridcat.on.
Since the journal q -Auste has been under the
control OF lis new business management, there has
] been only one article upoa Bac: in the paper anu
that was from the pen Of q contributor. Asprit
OF fairness has always marked the criticisms of ur
| dwight, and his universal culture would prevent
the elevation of one composer by suppression Of
the merits OF a the others In his reviews Ut
compositions with the same lbrIa]ity OF Judgment
that he exhibited when writing Of the works uf
other masters mud has tn no manner indicated that
he was "a lnan with hobby" The whole bear
Ing OF the Journ6! of Nusic is diynitei one and
nanilcs.s elevation OF the ideal in Art that is
most pEaiscwoEthy. All its criticisms oear the
stamp OF courtesy and fuirness, md far re-
moved from the petty, fauttdnuing mode induged
in by many of Its contemporaries as to be worthy
Di emulation
Mr. EDDY has played ninety three selections from
Bach i'll his organ rectas, yet have no: heard
him charged With being nnmindful Of the Claims
Leipzig, heard one OF Bach's co,npostions for the
first lime and was SO entranccd hy its beauty that
he exclaimed: .'Thanh God, there Il something
tried bring the compositions OF this master into
universal recognition, Robert Franz. in the pres
ent day. has gwen both his time and influence 10
the extension OF Bach|s fame by bringing many OF
his matchles5 compositions into notice. The pro-
gramnc OF tue next Muaicat Festival in Cincinnati
is headed by composition OF Bach, and our couu
Try is just awakening to more general recognition
Of his truly great music. And TO honest writers,
earnest patriots OF the cause OF the pure and true
in music, like AIR. Dwight. DO owe largely the
advancement that has been made in this art In
new land. The high standard Ut Tue TRIBUNE in
musical matters should prevent an injustice being
done to brother writer. The circulation uf
D'rqhf's journal. while not Us large US its merit
deserves, Is far reaching III its influence and brings
to its worthy editor larger Acknowledgement than
the writer OF the aforementioned paragraph cail
br aware Of. As musician, | feel deut Of grail
tuie to every honest writer who, by advocating the
cause of the pure in Art extends ths + influence Of
Mr.. Britain makes very able defense Of the
Journal to which he is contributor, but ut the
same time VIC arc not aware that VIC have "a
mistaken impression: in regard to the position
taken BY Mr. Dwight in bis Journal Of -Uusic.''
We have no disposition to depreelate Mr..
Dwight as critic, or the value of his paper. It
is to-day the only Gistinctivelv musical paper,
with one exccptlon, the New York -nusc Trade
Revew, that reflects any credit uDon the musical
literature Of this countrE- The fault that wo
Layc to find with Mr., Dwight is his conserya-
tism- Hc runs in rut, and what that rut is we
will let Mr.. Dwight himself explain. lu an |
open confession, made i'll 1s7G, in bis paper, Alr.
Dwight said:
We feci that the highest point ret reached in !!
art is still occupied BY Bach and nandcl, Aaydn. ]
Mozart, aud Beethoven, that they arc standard, |
and only from tle1r night can We with any safety
judge of the intrinsic merit OF any one OF these
,oii .,n,h ~ Er,,a .y,,i, ~" ea,t nast.1. ~
warrant it iu hainy and accepting every last ex-
travaganza Is sign OF - progsess":
It would be absurd to deny the high point ia |
art reached by Mr.. DwigAt's fire composers,
but VIC do object that Mr.. Dwight shall decide
that all Others who do not stand the comparison
with them SHALL be tnbooed. It is this very |
that has led Mr. Dwight to colt |
tinuousiy aud pers'stently relusc to acknoWl-
edge the merits OF tue french anu RUSSIAN
:or1no,'v .n,1 t,.e WISH or ,hn fntnrn ,n1 m h.
I;tt,c sfr. Ti,un,as and nther conductors w|,o
have ncrfortnrl their works. II wonld be iust
1s cnussrent to demand that nil paintings shall
be Measured by Raphael and Titan, all sculp-
lure by Phlulas .nd angelo, az DOCKS oy
shakespeare and Milton, anu ehat tho5e wnlch
[ail shall be di5carucd Under Mr. Dwl9ht's
sweeping canous o1 criticism, lnaslcai PROGRESS
sill be barred. We agree with ar. Dwight rs
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