New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12
MITSIC-DRAMA-ART.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.


ct;Ih,rmonic Society a. Sieinway Hall last night
w.s sienalized by the temperance, after several
oa,s of absence, of Mrs. f. Aline Osgood- and the
,roductiou Of a new symphony, besides other I'M
familiar music. This wa the programme;
symphony. D major (BreitkOpf HAr'e h ks9
Ara ~Ani that hearts best freedom e iTSR
Mrs r Aiine osFod
senaet and Finale 's'rins Snar'eUe RestSoves
49,. . string psS SHen1to Celini" Berioz
Duet 90 fef MRS 6 '.S and MI
symphony. Tei4 Up 81 Gne~l..-.-----. hAns iiuoe'
The evening had happy opening IN the mozart
vvmnhonv. which, old as it Is, had the charm Of
.o,-elt,. 70 many of its hearers. Its nked with
che smaller works Of Mozart IN this family belong
,,g TO the group that for nearly century has been
overshadowed By the four celebrated symphonies,
IN II major, fat, G MINOR and major respec-
ttvey II has all the characteristics of ts brethren
but is smaller in compass and has less poetcai
denth than the Jupiter" aud the G minor sym
nbobies Neverth less one is tempted 10 say after
hearing it performed it was last night, with ali
imagnable vlgor correctness and nobility OF style
that it has unjusty been kept out Of the very good
coupanv that it deserves by virtue of its fresh and
living merits bo h in the concert-roorn and III Tie
musical handbooks. Not even Oulibischen, fanati-
cal devotee that he was of everything that bore
Mozart label had word for II and yet how trans
nortingIy beautiful is its an ante. and how full
of dash and brillancy and enthusiasm its pd
movements! Its melOdi the merriest imagln-
able full of unconquerable vivacity, yet OF I'M
studied simplicity and charming ingeu nous
ness. What If they are measured
by the standards of last centurys
fornali sm they do not show the marks of the curb
and their eloquence is fascinating and convincing
Notwithstanding. TIL seniority, richness and per
feet NEE hanism of the sOcietys strings were e1ec-
tively exhibited in the work, and again III the
two movements fro the Beethoven Quartet in
which they were used collectively. The break-neck
50 ed at which MIR. homas took the time of the
difficult fugue in the latter num-
Der would have endorsed any other
body of men in the country. Il fairly startled
the audience into an excitement of enthusiasm
Mrs Osgood who has been singing in England
since she asst was here, was greeted vi b Kindness,
and rewarded with warm app ause for her render
ing Of the air by Gluck. There was hardly the
breadth of style asked 10y the dignhed cantlena IN
her perform ance. but IL done with voice OF
fresh loyelincss aud with a pretty and gra eful
sentiment IL lay well within the compass of
her hest notes, moreover and their singular
Quality of youthfulness greatly enhanced by
The fcrvor Of her defamation and The correctness
and ta,trfulness of her manner The duet from
Berlisz'. Benvenuto CellIni" which. after fall
ure twenty odd We r. ago at Covcut GarIen. Is on
The point Of being revived again IN London
by Mir Ro-al tried her powers NOR. but she stood
the ordeal nobly. Mr. Toedt, however, was over
wei-hted by he music.
The new symphony. without stirring up much en-
thusiasm made an excellent impression,
and every one of its movements wac re-
ceived with app ause. 1t is thorou hl'
imbued with modern IDEAS, and remarkably t'lci-
tous IN giving hem expression. rs composer Hans
tKho IL raul..lV
forcing ms way into public notice. Compost
tions in nearly all departments Of mn ic
from lis pen have been published within
the past few years and in the musical centres Of his
native Switzerland, Basic and Zurich his name FIX
ures prominently in the concer schemes. To judge
by tins work. his creative talent Is Of high order
his learning thorough and lis indus ~ colossal be
music takes vigorous hold upon The fancy, though |
in spite Of rather than with the help of the sugges-
ton which is given in the de. crptve title. The |
spirit of at least three of the mOyemeutsthe first,
second and fourth--can be- without difficulty recon-
ciled to the heroic idea personIied III Tel but |
it would require vivid and fertile Imagination |
10 construct "a programme out OF the significant |
episodes in the story of Switzerand's hberator |
10 fit the whole piece developed from |
first to last in the absence Of ali hints from the com
poser except those supposed 10 lie In the music. !
The naughty arrogance of the Oppressor seemed To |
be told IN the uTbI dLtgIOt dut lletN was "a !
mighty lamentatiOn of nation in |
bondage in the adagio but what can be said for the
allegrettO with its wedding march tempo" 50 |
designated by the composer In fact, though the |
work has the scope and dignity of historical piece,
and could hardly IN good conscience dispense
with inscription Of some kind, the one that has
been gwen it only To bewider, for no tones
can be found In it for those events which are
uppermost in the minds of the people
when the name of William Tell Is mention ell.
Fortunately the music is good music without regard
TO its descriptive title. unity of purpose and
thought Is maintained through the work by the
device of tbematic treatment in LISzt's style. The
principal subject seems at first commonplace,
but Huber has wonderful fertility of invention and
ingenuity In combine and he invests II
with slngularly pregnant power When II
sounds in the triumphal strains OF
the last movement, stirring march
massed strings surge and heat one Is inclined To
marvel at the skill which cOntrved the new forms
and the poeucal ins ght of the man
who In the embarrassing germ the
pOss bty Of so beautiful "A flower He has firm
and uhquestlOued command of the modern devices
IN Instrumentation, and often when his
fancy goes Lame las it does in some too
of his instrumental cOmbmat on which
prevents the threatened tumble Huber must be an
admirably equipped musician, and his symphony
has aw akened desire to hear others of his works
DALY'S THEATRE-ODETTE.
In adapting Mr. Sardous "Odette" TO the Amer
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