New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-25

IN Chcbering Hall on Friday afternoon. AT tfs
same place, SIR. and Mrs W. II. Lawton Nir. ano
Madame Henrietta Beebe- Lawton, according TO the
billsl will give q song recital Tuesday afternoon
A circular issued by the management oil the won
Duelow concerts, which TO begin ABOUT 'no iase
week of March, invites subscriptions to four concerts
10 be devoted exclusively to beethoVens ooinpos-
lions 1t Is understood that these concerts are con-
tngent on the securing of sufficient number OF sub
scrn,ons 10 warrant the caucellng Of contracts In
.hsr cies ~ given at all 1t VIII be 10 the Broad
nav Tbeatre on the afternoons OF Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday of ono week. The price for the
series WIN be So and subscriptions snouiu Do sent 70
schuherth,s Music STORE No. 23 Union Square. adj
dressed Buelow Concerts
MIR Richard Henry Warren is ENGAGED in the Or
panization of choir TO be called tne Church CHORAL
society Tho object of this pro]ectea Organization,
we fear wiz strike many people as trfhe rocco,
when considered connection with the work selected
Co.. v,tor,anee 1t is $50 says tho prospectusl the
,.n,Sst,aa IN the larger metropolitan churches, Of
~, Great religious choral works. with soloists chorus
,rchestra and organ; and the plea made In behalf
~ ths Is the fact that is obvious, that dieuifed
ecclesiastical surroundings add certain mpresve-
ness TO works of this character (o which the conrt
hall can give no suggestion The work selected Tor
production at the first concert Counod's Mers 1t
vis which is ecclesiastical only in It's choral reci
but otherwise is lyrieally sentimental and mildly
dramatic. From an artistic point of view We cannon
help believing that blunder Is made In the choice
of GeuDod as q composer for the church, notwlth-
standing that such eminent eccesiastics as Bishop
Potter tho Rev DE- Brown tho Rev. DE- Greer and
The Rev. Alexander Macgay Smith give Mr. %a<reE,,s
undertaking the help " their appreciation. uounoo
hail The pYSP Pst rehearsal Of the new society is set
down for To- night. in the church-room Oh ss. Bar
Aolomew's Church
Mr.. A. H. Messitcr, organist and choir-master Of
Trinity Church, has taken UP the cudgels In defence
Of the Trinity Psslter, the pointing of which was
ppetty severely criticised In letter printed In The
tribune last week Sunday. The writer of that letter
was Mr. Henry Carter. Mr.. Messiter says In reply;
The gentleman who has discarded Trinity Parish
Psaitcr In of the Cathedral Psalter has IN my
SR COURSE 9i Ss sae words snd sp
have any meaning, that the Trinity Parish Psalter
The context makes It look as II he INTENDED 10 put
the other but accept his proposition as stated
sense while the Cathedral Psalsr produces nonsense
In many instances and this propose to prove
S SSnp sS which should be- simple ntegbe and use
&. sRsa F Rsn SsaRy SnO s5oud aeps
in any estimate of the value Of the work Ihs
inolude a complete sentence and thus produce sense
this idea has been carried out systematically and
Se Cathedral palter on the other hand brings It's
recitation TO stop at the most awkward points, pro
ducng nonsense, and often ludicrous nonsense. For
Nv soul doth mag
aMeke them to be numb (Te Deum.l
= Ofer the SAC Cps. iv, 81
sHis mouth Is full Of ours" Cps. X, ~
sThey are corrupt and become abom---s ops xiv, p
90 first or second syllable refers to the entire word,
then IL must be said that the pointing Is nexect and
the book delusion In the Trinity Parish Psaltei
the close of the recitation is clearly designated al
ways with entire word and at such point (whef-
pOsSfblel make
The selection Of verses criticised IN detail Is not
happy could show several which are more open 70
criticism. The Trinity version OF save me, o Cod
psalm lxixl and of Great King Above All Gods
Nenel gives distinctly the correct and rational read
ipg OF the passages. With regard to the word unto,
there possible why the first syllable should
be accented the uns is redundant and the place OF
lies in the second syllable to.s Tho criticisms on
treatment of presence @corners,' etc. rest .
msapprehension-there is no accent Intended or ind
Gated merely a momentary hating place ct fun
word, and II possible a complete phrase.
The pointing of the Psalms has boon tho subject Of
endless argument In England for many years, and
almost every view has been embodied in printed
Psalter. IL is safe to that II every cboirmastef
tn New York were supplied with pointed Psaler IN
accordance with his own IDEAS, no two would be
alike, and in every the succeeding choirmat
would want fresh one- The importance Of particular
system of pointing is ovorrated A careful and
almost any book system; whilst indifferent man
with the best book VIII arrive at nothing bcftor usn
a eebf'n. IL Is, however, undertake. that good
'systcir CLEARLY laid out. win save time.