New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

fHsPIH AND OTHER MpsIcAL ESSAYS. BY Hsuv
y =. Rtnck 3vo, PIP. 2z8. Charles aozsnnsrs sons.
4 In tsns volume there contained tour iestaifss
which Mr. Binck delivered at chokeans Han under
sAs auspices of tbs EsuoDsl Conservatory OF Music
y htle moro Shan year ago, . psvicw of schunanns
youthful letters, printed originally IN sThs Nsaon,
ana article on German opssA IN fe~-sotA
which has appeared IN ras Cosmopolitan magazine
nns lectures have for shear suh1eets CHOPIN mo
Ursssast Genius Of the Pisnofosta' HOW Composees
Work" Music and Mersl<S aaa italian Ano SermsA
Eocx Styles AL Of thsss subjects are usstea N
} manner which those Who have reaa Mf FincAH
writings 90 nusso b T,se Posi-" ana hh oooA On
Mid sRo1nanae Love snd Personal Beauty VIII
keoegnizs ~ strongly ehaFActesistlc. THIS manner
las snuch to souspd II In its straightforward energy
kn6 s,ar,.s~n.ss TAs majority of Mr.. FncRs
conversational nerevvsn are admirable. He sots
laoftr tdsi Of drama music especially, and yields
nothing 10 those who ere tnchped TO look upon the
rrt az only piessurable Utilization Of the ear An
tptsnss seriousness % purpose PorVSae' .Vei' LILY
hat he saga, and is for this reason that these
s.aas. aeservs to % widely read and digested One
k,ne only In ccnrscon with them is 10 be regretted
AZ Efnok q 70 every instance special ploeder
and a too ca inclined like the great object Of his
ADMIRATION, Wagner, 70 taks somewhat indisormtr.
Ste and wholesale view Of historical matters he
Lprooesds In evazy from strong conviction OF
ms merit Of his ideal and an equally strong cenvc-
kion that every thing which does not make for that
ideal is hopelessly and unqualfedly bad, II the
aots Of history get I'm The way Of his srgumentadVe
kar. he runs them down and scorns even to bestow
hook on their nsngled remains. This method was
str,kngiy illustrated his book ON Romantic Love-
hiah started with the proposition that prior to Dante
Ahst kind Of affection passion, which exists between
kbe sexes before marriage nowadays had no exist
hnoa The many love stories in ancient hteratures
Sthe exquisite drama Of "SskuntalaP for instance
SE,re left 20 be recalled by the reader, not as I'M
s.nxulasned phenomena, but phantoms which have
mo existence In reality. The author does not deign 70
notice them.
This Is deplorable disposition on the psrt OF mr
Hfnok, land ono that weaksns influence Whicp
kusht to be second TO that OF no
kNrftep on musical SUBJECTS in Amensa VI
ksreat Britain. 1t compels Discriminating
Reviewer. while recommending his writings lot 'ner
kapetslfy' wholesome tendency and their enoacy IN
kesr4ng the atmosphere of exploded notions eaou@u
10 check progress ste appreciation for the sooo
and true things modern music also 10 utter "s
against an inquest acceptance OF his reasons
and what Mr.. Finck states as historcal fsctS Inc
real excellence Of what he has TO say about Chopn
and the German art Of singing land the essays devoted
NO these subjects are much superior to tho ohers IN
lsho book before us) will best be appreciated by those
Lvhe have learned make allowance for the vast
amount of personal equation which enters INTO MS
After tAts has been learned the hule
harm that might result from some OF his eSa'sgances
sxuI be mere than counterbalanced by the good.