New-York tribune., 1884-02-04

tba suceess Of play. "Durng those evenings OF OF
Dawison's engagement" he wrote nc ,a or;ticsms
But il is vastly different in the case of play MnUh
the manager brings out under different clfcu,Ii i
stances and without the aid OF me noyelties
could be made effective without entr acle muso' IL
thrd or fourth act less taking perhaps than o tno
preceding might prove the Scya OF an NaSe
excellent work upon which all the trouble ana care
of study and preparation might go to wreck, II Ia ~
the fall of the curtain the public should oe iu st
the mercy of the everlasting grumblers anu laua. ~
fndersD Gutzkow, il will be seen, counter on
good music acting as stopper on conyersatlon. ann
List replied TO Gutzkow and, like Hier Dut i,ots ot
VIOLENTLY demanded the abolition OF Detwsen-ausd9 nd
music which he defined as bad music Dy or". SOo,
musciansn his motives were the same, co h art
tion for the dignity OF the coinPoSel n so wrote
brilliant defence of betwcen-acts music AZ a.. bo
valuable poetic aidD Its position III the lhea'io A'
set forth as follows: ,, to be n
Mnsc which IA the chief art in the opera onfn mare
secondary helping art in the drana-notnns srcmes
nothing less Tie musicians Know MI ie viii not tolerate
h ide tbot thew should give themselves up 20 ba
which merely an aid 70 somethnS e nicurc and the
nave ate to the stage because picture ana statrG
arc not the principal oect now ON n nothing Of the
saDgny Of oil the and that they are E,s anV more
chac Then when n poGls hreto T only skeleton
the music the folly will be manifest ri,
nr Uanslick. the musical critic of the Neue freae
Prose-, Of Vienna, steered middle course iIo de-
tbouo oht that the musicians aimed TOO nlSh llc uO
MED that audiences feel the need of beng susllhe
in the ideal mood which the poet has called up py
an act of his drama or OF beng proott,d ~, com
need was rather rest from the close attention COLL
after long period of selfforgetfulness. lie sald;
"Hner complains OF the oon wShs Scts and nd concludes
that it would be best let the people chatter c
tmbed by music Our excellent Gnu a the General mat
ten;ion during music namely the express ul Tween
music 10 give to such inattentlon Muslo
tho apts
can float. 1t nites for the nOnce IN mucn st atb
gree than the drama individual units OF great gam
srinq i'm n community OF interest Enracte music Ism
dnensable but there should be no illusion why ~ So
The air must be pleasantly agtaed tae zen tn sena
rate as distinctly possible the two Sides Oh m nnt
eHe Viii lead TO failure Classical music belongs Only
i'm e -rOom for there the coming OF the ~
As already guarantee of willingness to lsten. for ' n
fllnc n1 Of pauses in the theatre pieces when 90 n0I
belle the spirit of the plays nor oenu G M t
Of eptracte music is not classic compositions but short
well sounding pieces of which there Is no uans Is
losing the connection SO far "a the peIiod'H nan ei1
concerned the public have the right to demand that Ie
cars shall not be offended for they hear even tnoush
they do not listen.
We can hardly expect our theatrical managers 10
rive such serious thought to the question OF blgh al
AS was the case in Germany during tnlS cOh'IoNG'S'
which led to the abolition of betweenacts uso ~ y
the principal theatres of Berlin, Lepslc, Muhlch anu
a number of other cities. lhey might, hoNINuI,
with profit to themselves and satisfaction 10 ID" Se
portion of the public, give heed 10 le lllC IN -
Hanslck's remarks. 1t not IN harmony Wlth
the spirit of the act in Louis NJ" IN when tnf ne
Kino law on his knees with the avengers dagger at
his throat and listened to the reading of his victim
WILL to select the overture to Poet ana Ieas9Ht 70
| TO precede it and the march from" =" Fat nltza 10
fo}iovv This example does not illustrate the eX-
ception but the rulc in the theatres of New Ork
| and elsewhere. In the keen competition between
| the managers great many devices are Icsoiteu W
70 gain patronage some of them silly as they are
useless. Might not manager find 1t to his pToht 10
| give good music instead of chrom0s, or 70 nave
well-balanced band of mus clans instead OF dappei
| band of water-boys in uniform