New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-16
MITSIC AND THE DRAMA.
o,,,vc N1rS1C FESTIVAL.

nuse", =. he performed AT the coming Music
Of WIN a che enlistment of tho forces that are
fes'''~ ',,,e IN their Performance The concerts
TO 0'.r dod Justification, not IN the iact th'V
sr Ill be- bigger than those we have en-
uS turing the season now ending n"'
n.y. circumstance that theV VIII ""'i
~n;cb twas impossible for th's' oon''.N /"
INA n an an adequate scale. s'uuS ol NV
Vaa SET Of programmes constructor Nv w.
sh'' will mike this fact PLAIN Inc 'h"r"'
Ihoh" r,l. are such a. demand masses tor
W Elective performance ana IN 'n'
thrN r,,.,,. that are male welcome by 'heir
they "' "a tl. circumstance that worthy repre-
no''g of Them could only TO- purchased al
sen1-' on,,, chan couid be accorded under or
gi'"'- i-.,,.siauccs The Beethoven High Mass -
dina' 80. b.,.ll.- Of the long study which Il de-
10 oJ I'D. also Is the Bcroz music, the right |"
hla1o- rtirti lad first 20 hc pu-cha@ed IN PARIS
With , COPY of the orchestral score when
70 -, r,,in. i'm manuscript. 10 tie Bach cah'a'',
-, f.-e Burg" biased on ono OF those o
- which remain thc most IMPRESSIVE
Gu" NJ tine German Protestant Congregational
- tac .Iub.,ate winch Handel wrote 10
h-.te Tie Peace OF Ouccht @nd "h'n
-, the time of Queen Anne up TO 'h'
-, has not been superseded IN Ing
- "a "a soi.mu thanksgiving Servlce'' an"
- ,be colossal sacred Jewish crn'oro' lsia'l IN
IN We have music the grandeur Of ""'"
Tvs with the number of performers VII" u'''o
-, voice. in it, Under the plan of assistance
to the trained singers Of other ctie'th" nIS' TWO
- ,bas, n,eces will be given by the united voices
" tbo New.Yors and Brooklyn choirs, the Worce'-
- County Festival Association and the Rea ing
Ip.rrl Choral society," in all about eighteen hun
a. wines. while the oratolo viii mite the
1I.,iel and HAYDN Society Of Boston, the Ceci'an
ofptias.lal59 the Orrtorio Society OF Baltimore
and the local ohoIr. thus BRINGING together nearly
ifnot quite 5000 voices
Tho afternoon concerts derive their festival char
acer from another source. The cooperation 81 ''''
chorus bong impracticable in them, their pro-
cr,,nu,es .re designed TO meet the desire when the
nrblc feel for variety and oriillncy III
Instrumental pieces and for mu nc III
which the solo performers can EXHIBIT lh'H
recullar accom-. ishmeuts. To prevent them from
ff,-,i,, COMMONPLACE or convent oaaL however.
..cb has been given a distinctive character when
.au+-lnt.s 10 the serious purpose Of the entire
- Tho night programmes bc-lu with a st OF
- fr.,o the classic writers. Bach, Mozart and
ur5al and end with a set from the leading
oranfic writer's List. BerlIo2 and kubnNte'Ii
che middle numbers being the masterpieces oil
Beetboven and Handel The FIRST afternoon presents
velcontrasted and varied selection Of pieces from
EIGHT standard composers; the second Is made up
entirely o. cments from the folr music-dmma'
b;cb .or...rI.e Warrefs Nibelungcn tetTa,ogv; !
while the third CLEANS the musical literature 81
Italy from the time Of Corell To to-day. showing III
as nata for strings. by the first composer the De /
ginning of the modern style oil writing lot HAuu- !
-ects and in an overture bv BaYuul the culmlna- |
ton which has been reached IN Italy. But Italy has !
done little for instrumental music, and the most !
Il 80 o.rr4rr .r,4a - he list f a.
and concerted pieces which have been borrowed !
from the operas Of Cmarosa ChelubIni, Sponini
Rossini Donizetti Belni and Nerll-composrrs
who have successfully headed the school of Italian
opera writers through more than century. Some /
of these excerpts viii be entirely new to |
the public, as for instance the tenor |
ALI from Cimarosa's IL Matrimonio |
Segreo."a long scene from Sponuns LA YES
tale and a sextet finale from Cherubinrs Les |
deux Journces.' The Wagner fragments of the |
second matinee have all been heard here in de- |
tsched form il the Philharmonic concerts of the
last few years. but they have never been given
with so con plete and powerful an equipment a. Is
designed for the festival nor in the connected form
which makes them cpl ono Of the music
and action Of the marvellous series of
artistic creations from which they taken. Nor
has the las. scene OF the tetral ~, IN which the
murder Of >icgfr<d and the immoLatioL of BrunR-
hide resolve AL The dubious workings Of the plot
and precpltate the fual catastrophe received
such performance in this country as 1t can expect
from the festival orchestra of thre t hundred must
Clans and Iriu Friedrich MateTna the idea heroine
q Wayne musical tragedy.
Preparations Tor the festival aTe III a promising |
state Of forvar.uess. The dril-room of the seventh
Regiment Aruory has been changed into concert |
room by th erection of a sta ie end and the |
Introduction Of boxes and chairs for the aud euce.
The level Of the floor has been broken bs the
structiOu Of a rising series OF platforms, thus in
surng % each one of the listeners place from
which the performers can be seen well heard.
Devices have also been adopted to improve the
acOustica qualities Of the ROOM and al the Tt
AarSal he.l las. Thursday it was Abundantly proved
Lat the monster hall viii answer It's new purposes
Admirably. tn, plan Of the stage is copied a. ter hat
used at the Handel riennial festlvJs N the Crvs,a
Palace The orchestra will be nas~ed in front and
IN the centre. while the SINGERS VIII occupy -eeal-
arranged aupLithcatrcally and reaching up almost
& the sprlng Of the iron trsscs which support the
roof of the Armory. An organ which has been
Specially built for the festival by Hilborne {.
Roosevelt has been placed under tie stage this di,
position being made necessary by the need Of
a. the stag room for the singers The in
strumeut was Gc-igred especially 10 support
The chorus, and consists of manual and one
pedal keyboard controlling twelve registers
With scales that are very large and tones
powerful round and brilliant without being
harsh. The keyboK Is placed directly III front Of
he conductors stand, so that Dudley Buck vino
viii play tie organ Will have the same view Of MI
Thomas that the orchestral musicians have. Tie
Keys are connected with the organ by electrical
eontnyances. There being Insufficient height for
men under the stage, the large pipes of the Select
open Dlapa,on stop of the pedal gan he hat upon
Tie noor. These are the stops Of thc organ:
MANUAL.
! ieteei Double Nouthed Bourior. wood, 81 pipes