New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-11

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seventy four years Old Yet find that The Tribunes
reviewer was able to pais" his work for ito intclli
eence clrarness Of execution AID fair amount of
power Concerning the original compositions the re
vcarr said The vocal music is fluent in melody
aud its harmonic texture lie pleasing, the style OF
course being old. Tho modern and ambitious
effort disclosed m tho Inauguration March resulted In
lc,- satisfactory manncr the execution Of IA
- into the march the strains Of Hail Columbia
and Yankee Doodle plainly presenting more diff
cult corrrnirnral task to Mr. Timm than he could
perform 10 the satisfaction Of musician
NJ. Tlnin born IN Hamburg. July II, 1911.
and remained go hl, native town urt he twenty
four YEAR. old. wacn he came to New York. Ills
chief musical siuGie, made under the direction
Of Alh.ri Goticb Mcthf'sscl. whose part songs FOR
mems voices once extremely popular and may
Set be heard on his arrival I'm New York, In sep
tcmbcr. $50 Mr. Tmm took part In concert at
the Park Tlcairr. given for the benefit Of John
Kcmbe Mason. lie leapcd ut into public fnvor.
TEACHING wa, not his taste and he went OH n
concert tour through New Englnnd which proved un-
-iiccc mi and he was forced to livelihood for
a time PLAYING second horn In TIE orchestra ~ the
Park Theatre m the course OF the next few years
b." was conductor OF mn opera troupe which made
tour through the SOUTH and oreanist Of II Baltimore
church for -lN months, he gave concerts with
,l.nra Nclnnc and the bnryt tone De Begins and was
choru, master aud trombone player for G. f. Horn
vLo VII, then giving performances Ot English opera
The theatre burned down and Mr.. 1imm became or
ranlt Of IT. Thoinas's Church and finally Of The
Unitarian Church. In the latter post he remained
eighteen years. Mr. Iimm waS an excellent
r.od.r 81 scores and during all his long connection
with the Philharmonic society generally performed
the dutie, Of accompanist for the solo singers who
.pok part n II, concerts. In brief memoir written
by him fcw Years ago for Ritrrs "Mu'lc In
America" he saws.
Co. seem Ia have been. for over twenty FIVE years,
a Hind Of sine qua at all concerts given during
that time, playing accompaniment to NIL soloi'S'
both ,o,ul and Instrumental. | modesuy may
claim that this was my rather than anything
else
Mr. Trmm wns also frequently solo performer
a, tbe philharmonic concerts In the memoir mere
tofore mentioned he preserves record OF All III
t.re,ting incident, illustrating the patriouc Ieehhs
which seized upon the New York pubic at the orcaN
ing ont Of the War Of the Rebellion. Here Is an
anccdotc In ais words:
at wa, at the beginning Of our Clvil War. Inc
NOUS of thc firing upon Fort sumter had arrived inc
dav before our last concert that season. we had
many thousand copies Of the words Of 'rhc Su'r
glcd Banner distributed at the entrance OF ,he
Academy Of Music the evening OF the concert VIII"
the request OF the audience 10 JON III INC ''oi''
The audience was very large OIL that OCCASION Mcr
the performance OF the last piece Oh the prosrAe'
the largest flag could procure WAS let down Ho'h
IN, Mics OF the stage forming background 10 inc
orchestra then led Miss Bralnerd, WHO wore /"
scurf OF the National cocrs to the foothghts h'cr
a long md tremendous applause she began 10 sihs
u,,h her fine voice the best Of all our patriotic songs
The star spanged Banner shall never forget the
almost wild enthusiasm Of the whole audience when
| Ia he lAudkprCnlrtS
h,t the tremendous noise Of the stamping Of feet
.nd canes This concert must have been the last
Of the nineteenth season. which TOOK piAco On Npri
Oh ieal Mr. TrIn when he wrote his memoir
Thought that he resigned the presidency OF the Phil
harmonic society after the season which had this eA
citing close but In this he was In errV he remained
In o.,ic. tll the close Of the season Of ls0ols63
Two features OF the scid Popular Concerts which are
oven nightly at the Madison square Garden. deserve
notice They nrc the great difference In attendance
I, tho evenings when Wngner's music occupies prom
nent place on the programme and the rapt attention
which prevails when that music Is performed IL Is
snfe nroposon 10 make that the Wagner concerts, rep
resented In money worth 100 cent more to the
management than the other concerts barring those Of
Sunday nights So obvious Is this, That last week,
though only one Wagner evening was promised. an
other had to be added This will be the rule hereafter
The second circumstance mentioned Is equally signi-
cant OF the hold which Wagner holds IN the concert
rooms OF New York The concerts supposedly pop
| ular promenade concerts. In London, they might be
called smoking concerts There Is restriction IN free
dom Of locomoon and the enjoyment OF refreshments
Yet not last week II found TO be necessary TO
rebukc the audience because disturbances The audi
ences have been lovers OF music. They have behaved
with as much decorim and listened with much In
terest II the place the Music Hall the Opera
House. the occasion concert OF the Philharmonic or
symphony Society For this, moreover, there has been
ri I'm tha, Mr. Gaih
over his band aud the skill and devotion Of that band
have been snkingly demonstrated SO far rs the
teal properties Of the audience has permitted the
music has been good would be- expected at high
class the singing Of the
Anton which has been excruciatng In the extreme. The
programme has hit the popular fancy, though open to
criticism OF supcrabundanee OF garish dances
| the modern French and >lnvonic schools strauss
waltz In the midd! ~ programme, Instead Of at the
end, would be welcome relief TO those who esteem