New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
MUSICAL TOPICS.
AN AMERICAN WORK IN LONDON AND an
AMERICAN SINGER IN PARIS
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MsrtIon was made in The Tribune at tn. time OK
the performance OF Mr. Dudley Bucks Light OF ASA
AZ one Of the Novelo oratorlo Concerts IN Lonoou'
under the direction of Dr. A. G. Mackenzie on "Aron
TO- The London newspapers Of the following aas sso
now at hand and afford an opportunity 70 s.uV .De
impression made upon English amateurs py th's n'o
American composition Of large dimensions 70 De near
I'm Great Britain In general the comment y oco'u'
complimentary 10 Mr.. Buck, and holds out encourage
neut 10 him and HIS compeors. The sunday Liinos
in rs discussion has some observations TO make on
the General subject Of American composers ~ quo,eo
a remark from Mr.. H. E. KrehbiePs Review Ok no
New.York Musical Season." TO the en%t ypas $3.50 49,
are the products OF imitation. begotten py crcai'.
artists of strong individuality and conceyea o's "
the desire TO achieve much by Initiating thp metsviS
Of one Of those artists who hes hit tho Pablo sss9
We are not hoping for Amcrican schoN IN w,
or even in decade" said the Nev-York Wrisor' "
some day the strong successful writer wpttSsOna.@
and the school will quickly follow" tW e'@t~,
Tfmess accepts this definition and horoseeps ou'
urges that there is need Of waiting fora suone'
successful writer" on the part Of Englshmen Oe.oto
becoming acquainted with American music. fneS
b,yo fought shv NJ IL heretofore but the Ice bas
been broken. An English oratoro audience mas
apprecatod as only such audience can appreciate
tho scholarly counterpont and figure In Mr. bucAs
choruses they enjoyed his massive, flowing haronoS
and graceful. expressive melodies; they admired MS
refined Instrumentation and marked many oeif"a'o
touch Of fancy in his ensemble writing on "e
other psGe Of bis ledger the critic places want Oh
dramatic power characterization and local color'
but finds extenuation for the composer in the Iact
that tia book Is not dramatic In form. no JnluAs'
however that Mr. Buck has used representative tnemes
little too freely. -,
Tferc is a pretty general agreement among the
critics that Mr. Bucks scholarship Is admirable ana'
his fancy is fertile but also that the Work suffers
from monotony. Here arc some expressions:
"The TimesT: It 10 curious that the composer
should have avoided local cCoE" IN n bis HOFh MOT %S
,s :n' orsRa SSAS BEAUTY WHICH Is rs chief mc
and the excess Of which Is its chief defect 49,.
Tho Telegraph; The features above pointed n =. OUT
Ist Of H:s Win . :e S 81 charm I'M
tho first place, to truth Of expression. The music
and the poetry blend and ss senS
complete Next, the expression never goes beyond
S So much n 81 law Of sr is Observed
Then the work Is essentially melodIous being full OF
e SPo While wS TIE nS Choral Whiting ssmsmes vigorously
descriptive has often grace and elegance mat can
The chronicle": There is undoubtedly very much
the composition to admire enough indeed 70 create
the hope til a: o. ST sI mSs ms longer
be stranger TO u. than the latest productions OF France
'0P St. Jamess Gssstte' while II wonld be In
possible to claim for the present work originality Of
high ,S order S,rs must aSd o Ss mnscsn Is
discerned in Il throughout.
The principal singer In the performance OF =" The
Light of AsIa' was Madame Nordica, an American
woman, who ls riding on the crest Of popularity in
London Simultaneously. Miss Eamss, Of Bath Me-,
Is enjoying the favor Of paHaans. which she con
Quered by her singing in Gounod's Romeo and
Juliet at the Grand Opera. A private letter from
Paris brings this report of the American girls triumph
MIS- Fame: has had glorious spOcs She Looked
70 PERFECTION rather pale, aud@sSs sciod Had she
better; she acted much better than Patti;
don't don't know when before saw he's such Yo,os
American colony was ali there bat It did not a'one
make Ger S % q S np bc ws G mc
better than on the PATTI night, The French papers
MarchesI had Nevada and Aelba In her box, her two
young stars Media had come from Brussels expressly
20 SnG S' Emma N NsTas sSe psve
saw debGrAnte easy on the stage, and her acting
and singing were simply perfect 40 -, -.
All persons Interested In preservation Of a record
Of tho musical dudngs in the principal cities Of the
United States aud Canada will be glad to learn that
Mr. IT, F. Krehbers "Revtew' Of the New-YorR
Musical Season. and Mr.. o. n. Wilson'S "Musical
Year Book win appear this spring as they have dono
regularly TOT several years "i' 'i'H"" "'"A -
local in Boston, but gives review Of the season In
about fifty cities OF this country and Canada Mr..
Krchbiels book IS devoted TO NewYnrk and contains
criticisms "a well as the record. An appendix this
year will record the programmes OF the principal
choral organizations OF America. Mr., Wilson Is his
own publisher Mr.. Krehbiol's book f. ISSUED by NC
yelIo Ever & Co., OF London and New-York
Rhode Island Is 10 have a music festival during the
last two days OF April and the first day OF May.
choir OF 500 voices called tho Rhode Island Choral As
ISOLATION will meet on those days In Infantry Hall.
Providence, and sing Haydn's "Crsation,' Bruchs
ArmInus' and Dvoraks Patriotic Hymn besides
few smaller competitions under the direction OF Carl
Zerrabn The solo performers will be those OF the
Emma Juch Concert Company, and an orchestra VIII
no brought together from New-York and Boston.
The last concert Of the Philharmonic Society VIII
take mace next saturday evening, and the programme
viii be AZ follows Overture COriolan' aud symphony
No 4 beethoven; Concerto in E-mnor, Chopin|Iaosis
Josefy) Bachanals' and KAisermarch.' wagner
Al concert Of sacred music 10 be given In CHECKER
Irc Hall on April IS by the choir OF st. stephens
church aided by william Ludwig and the van DER
st,,c,cn orchestra, Mr.. Frank G. Desserts new mass
n + minor and Rhenberger's concerto for organ aud
orchestra will be performed for the FIRST ame In
concert
- ,cyop.ynp AND VANDALISM MAY DO.