New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-10
MUSICAL MATTERS.
ACTIVITY IN OPERA HOUSE AND CONCERT
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CALENDAR FOR THE wEEK-THE BOSTON HAN
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The Musical Calendar for the week beginning to-
day is as follows:
Concerts ,, At The ss MG'Topo,an
Ing at the former Mr.. + Damrosch at the Latter
concert by Miss Amy Fay and Jennie button AT
Tuesl@y" Pubic concert of the Manuscript Society
al Chickering Hall.
Wednesday Faust at the Opera o-.,,o.
Thursday-Concert Of the Boston symphony orches-
Frday-Pubiic rehearsal Of the Philharmonic So So:
ciey p m c Musc of the Kne,sc Quartet in
saturday-'I. ohcngrn'' at the Opera, p. m. con
Three publications which come from Boston tell
Of the activities OF the Old Handel and Haydn So
cletv of that city. First there IS the history OF
the society, which. first issued In numbers Is now
comple,c In a volume Of GA pages. including index.
list Of members and crrata. Two authors wrote
the history bo.h of whom are dead Charles e.
Perkins, for many years president of the society
and one Of choicest spirits. began H. and pub
llshcd the nrst number In 1883. He had just com
pctcd but not revised, the second number wheh
h. was killed in August 1856. The number printed
under the supervision Of Eugene H. Hagar and NJ o.
Daniel brought the story of the society down to
1859 The completion 81 the history was uen
intrusted to John 5. Dwight who brought II down
TO tho end OF the season 1880. The book-a htte
dscurslvc. prone dwell on triileS and scarcely
consiacrac enough the general subject OF musical
DEVELOPMENT during the seventy-five years when
I, covers as many will Thinks yet valuable con-
trlbutlon To American musical history. Mr. Perkins
worked on his portion with lovely fcrvor ana man-
aged to present "A clear picture of the state OF
choral music in New-England In the early years OF
the century and OF sacred song from the time OF
AIR DVyfph
record pleasantly, but avoids discussion of the
changes which have come over American musical
life since 1850 those changes not having been agree
able to him. Mr.. y. Parker Brown. in his last
annual address. which appears In pamphlet form.
closed with some words Of congratuaton TO Mr..
Dwight. who had just passed his cightieth birth
day. Since then he has died. The prospectus OF
the Handel and Haydn Socictys seventy ninth
season promises five concerts. follows: Deccm-
Der Is and o. THE Messiah; February t. "Hora
Norissima." by Horatlo W. Parker. and 'Christus,"
by Mendclssohn; March g. st. Matthew Passion
Bach; March o. "St. Paul" Mendelssohn.
The programme for the second concert or the
Boston symphony Orchestra at the Music Hall on
Thursday evening Will De follows: symphony
In + major. OPP. o. Hermann Goctz: first movement
OF the violin concerto. Beethoven (Mr. Franz
KneiseD; lie Rouet d'Omphale" Saint SaGns over
ture. 'Leonore" No. 3. Beethoven.
novel method OF teaching the rudiments to
choir boys by OF gestures has been developed
by DR.. J. Frederick Bridge. organst and choir
master OF Westminster Abbey wherefore he Is called
Westminster Bridge" by the irreverenD and pub
lished by Novello. Ever q Co.. one OF their
music primers The idea Is impress the shapes
OF the musical symbols upon the minds OF the young
by associatng them with attitudes ana gestures
In which the hands. particularly. are put In posi-
ton which form images resembling the symbols
Then there are exercises In marching py Whoie
steps and half steps to teach the position OK those