The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06

tag. Grlsl. porstani Jenny Lind. T,ti"na.
l,."rl Nilsson, ana Patti torn II llnr w III
bio queens. Tho cnnuOlsseur knows, perhaps.
that Kubini was \ more nrr Get vocyltsi. "a
pOSsessor OF u more captiNG'ing voice. ami
Fnure moro consummaio "l-round nrtlst.
than any Of their fomlntnn coniHmporhrrs;
and here and there man MAJ have hai 70
best OF It for the mom"nt. ~ When tirlsl a.
fG' rt m Mso ox "%rH Man ms S% %t;
ruroly pa 20 highly as the r!mt
donna, and MAYER was, th"le anvthing ~.
n general equality in this !osIert., yet nov
there is ar more n Geu"ra and decided sumo
roriiy in favor OF the men. If Mmc Pat 10
etuiemcnt. II may be ioplicd that Nine. latt
on the contrary, c"nspi'nonsly Illustrates -
Fls berauro it would not Lay any .nanegor
t. pay tha terms she ntKS-n" can and COOS
in opera tho first honors fl"Gucn!l IS fell oi9e-
%her" h,,n ho,S nnd II Paris; Tor inst2pcS to
de- IiesIEe in Eom 70 ct Juliette'
The r"ni cnnse appears, to lie In the change
Ioriority OF tao female voice over the maiG les
essentially in its greater i.;htncs-. feasibility,
cution Of rapid ard difficult passages. When
ilord music was in vogue the female voice was
on Tut 10 row we exrcu t brny
Where superseded by tbs musical drama, and
consequently yy%%caza!ion Is Crying VI way to
"Qtello" In Italy aud = Ascanto' in FRANCE:
srea Els IS runnng And for this docana.
tory form q arr. heavily orshestLHtcd 10
seniiaIIy listinSusn the mfie Voice strength.
dignity. ard sorority. These are what modern
operate audiences love to hear The soprano
Germany. which exnlHins the comparatively
primm donna. But the light soprano. which
fGTmSry Won man. r bs in the music
simply destroys itself,
at es 'neon W in Do tho 5eH n4ra:
There, is, rienty Of room for both styles.
to @nd por G be- SseS is GS SGn the cx 'ne
ton OF tho .priIna donna must DO reckoned
public gain for 1t was she. with her OK.
contributed to kill tho Opela few years ago.
,,,,,..u- OTHER VIEWS.
MoxsIEun: Will you obsarvc tho dacadcnce.
not OF the prma donna. but q the art o! song
Europe VINO know how to sing In the tlrst
rank is Patti who emit: all tho notes whch
tanned sound always to perfection. TINT is TO
say naturally. or II you prefer according I"
scSo6 bS or G' Hua Sf a JEAN s
Reszke Brogi. when no WAS n baritone. leave
him out, for today ho is amosl tonor: Ia
given him an exceptional voice. And them
And then. Monsieur, that Is aiout all.
Tho reaction will certainly como, becaus" an
art cannot die: but we must first havo teach
ers ,botoro We can have artists. To-day th'io
OF teaching and those are MOI chnrlatans. and.
in c3nseGuenro; arc not listened To-
not be Hcauired witn"it perfect knoWodge Z
the technique Of singing: he voice oil Il woman
,E knows E how to sing VIII be heard above
voice OF la'ti II So3ranG ir'YuP. wa, heard Mt
10 ScaIa above everything in tho finale Of
Accept Monsieur. tho respectful salutatioas
ofa ASSIDu lECTEuh
r 'he ydf'or orn. s., Ji'7r;'5 c;7,,t,s
Sin: VIII you nll"w me TO say n word or two
on behalf OF the unfortunate singers ard tcari-
an hny i Ti TO- Do wth s
downfall mot decadsnce, OF the prlma donna;
Tor That inc"PaGiy q corGfg aIrS5 GaHaiiy
TO sing there is nobody 10 teach men eilu...
Why, then are tho men now superior That
:. Asstdu Lccieur;" ior ou Of six singers men,
toned by him rs good live nr" men.
fors. Ly comparison with Tho pqst. Tho dond
are invariably giants, and the living pygmieS
Whn fR RSy nG owdd 4' I Ea N sa
giants too; Fifteen or twcnty years ago. when
Iitens, Nilsson, and Patti were in their. prime:
they were AZ nothing compared with tiriSi and
Jenny Lind old stnVor5 shook their heads
and would hear Of no comparI-on, Now that
las. No merit Mus allowed to Mario until
people Ind l9rSottrn ltphini. And SO on,
III the third place only tho bc-t arc remenl-
bcrod in art, and wo are AT to judge the whole
period from thnui. We forget thattAey had M
ier!or contemporaries: whorens in our owl
day the Inferior contem poraries arc ratinr
more in evidence than tho bert. and we saw.
What decddeRc". But there have heen great
mon Lclore Aghnemnon, and bad singers t.
Tore today.
,fourtllly, many Of the teachers Of the Wolfe
iameus singers Of the past Garcia, LaInpcrtI.
Aln0olllni-aie living aud teaching still. f"r
still active, their pupils are. who have been
brought up in the o.d traditions and know no
ArtGt teaen but ut ti he" old Itan Ht nchod hms
Einrdot is tho, sistor OF Mnlibrnn, and Ike
her, h ."@Ent BY Ter father ths create:
Is not that going back TAR enough; These
!enchers and many others like them, onloynn
toned 70, although no charlatans. Nine. Gold
schmidt Jenny !; Ind was touching numbers
20 ySsG SGs ai sch Saer d Dnc mia o Ge
lnne tHo iist for column. Your corresponds:
n a.ux A an tIois eG,egr who only know u
IqantGd VIII the singing world.
rnG W. VIII any yo one mentlon period When
,ro always rare; out even Of them there
zoe nES not Of aue IN Gs rs TaaG ths5
ire more. o. bad singers AMI bad teachers
but that Is nothing now.
40, ar It Is not want 81 good singers, nor, "
p paVhoI - hoi 81 STUDY mat ~ rcSpOnSlble Tor
no lict that tho Old finished style Is so seldom
leard now. 1t ia tho change IN tho public
aste, Enormous orcheslras and decamatOry.
'Iteh unNocal, music, make dnlrary aud nulsh
Eyon good singing IN ia" stagej
: conilpcd 10 III 10 gifted VI h biz voices The
cat m trying To copo with mcdrg3I upeIa.
rain their voices, shout, aud fan INTO endless
aults. With tie old-iarhunri zig guitar"
many o. those VINO make so roor II show now
you'd sing beautifully Tho curse Of modern
ingnG is, In short, the attempt TO sing too
ond. which Ia produced by modern compost
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