The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-20

ABSOLUTELY PURE
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ARTISTIC l~LLUolhAllONo.
At this point the Illustrations began.
Mr.. Blair played a prelude and fugue
from the Wohltemperirtes KIdUlcr, III E
minor, Book l, No. Il. 1t is introduced
by q ,.elicale, straightforward prelude,
leading with little variation into the intrl-
cacies of the musical conuudrum, the
fugue, that composition in which each
part continually asks questions OF every
other part, repeating aud reiterating in
every key until the last unsolved riddle
brings the music to a close. 1t is the
easiest thing in the world to make a
fugue embarrassing, yet under the proper
treatment, 1t is the most enRrosslng or
compositions. When it is added that mo
an eye was taken from Mr.. Baier's fingers
nor an ear from Mr.. Baier's notes, one
NAV judge whether or not the number
was a success.
The next, the aria "Mein Glaubiges
Herz'' (sMy Heart ever faithful''), was
sung by Miss Florence Turner. IL was a
number to make one glad-to set every
one to 'sing praises, be Joyfulf MISS
Turner did not fall iuto the error OF max
ing it imuassioDed ecstasy. She fnlnlled
the thought of the composer iii dliing 1t
with pure ~joyousness, the joyousness OF
health and love without fear. The most
striking feature was the wonderful quail
ity of Miss Turner's voice and the bell
like purity of its tones. There was q
charm even in the quick touch OF the
nigh note at the beginning of the phrase
AWAY with complaining" The singer
was ably supported by Mr.. Baier's accom-
paniment and Mr.. Cases obligato.
Mr.. Dean began the second part OF the
talk by distributing a number Oh copies
OF "A hitherto unpublished crayou sketch
of Beethoven at the age of seventeen.
He went on to tell of the child Ludwis,s
obscure parentage, of his II father
and education picked up piecemeal. He
told OF the first twepty-one years OF his
life spent at Bonn. playing, composing,
vet making no great reputation. he re-
peated the story of his visit to Mozart,
and how the older musician heard MIN
improyising in another room, and said,
1.-The world will yet hear of the boy"
His studies were first Systematically d.
rected by Hayden at the raie of twenty
cents a lesson, and d warm friendship al
WAYS existed between these W. oppo-
sites, reports to the contrary. Mr.. Dean
told of the last pathetic scene when Lay
den was carried i'll his armenian 10 near
the "Creation," aud when, at its close,
he lifted his hands in a parting oenedic-
ton as he was carried back to die. 1t was
the Young Beethoven who held the door
for the chair to pass, and rs the aged
master went by, kissed him on both
cheeks, with the tears flowing FAST.
AN ECCENTRIC GENIUS.
Beethoven never ''took to" good clothes
or good Manners, and his best friends
were never sure of good treatment, his
unhappy disposition leading him into all
manner of eccentricities. Even the Graf
Won Lichuowsky aud his wife, his friends
aud his patrons, to whom ne owed MS
yery bread, came IN for a share OF abuse.
Perhaps this had something to do with
his troubles with the domestic staff, since
his note book seemed to consist mainly or
statements that "girl came" and next
.spirl left" He was always in love,
madIy. wildly in love, no matter with
whom. nor with how many in succession.
and Mr.. Dean read one of mis- letters to AN
a absent divinity which cannot here De re-
produced for fear of melting tue types.
The lecturer told the story OF his dis
ordered life, ending with that ~1inpeneira-
BILE mist OF deafness. he toid OF Inc nrst
presentation of the famous Ninth
Symphony, when sat the Introduction OF
the chorus, Il burst of wild acclaim from
the assembled multitude rose above the
thuuder of the Instruments, and the hall
rang with plaudits. But there in the
midst stood the conductor, smut out from
all, needless of all around him, his soul
turned inward upon the narmonies he
could feel if not hear, separated from all
by his terrible affection. A friend gently
turned him around, and he saw the
audience waving, shouting, applauoiug,
moved TO tears at the just realized extent
of his terrible calamity"
Mr.. Dean mentioned the opera of FL
delio. and its first presentation in New
York in 1889, where 1t was necessary to
follow it by u pas soul from a ballet star
and a pantomine OF the sea serpent!
The climax of the evening was reached
by Mr.. Gustav L. Becker, IN the SONATA
Appassionata. IL is safe to say that
Joseffy at his greatest could not have sur
passed the work that Was done on the
little Hasbrouck stage last night. The
stormy first moment with its snatch OF
song appearing and reappearing in luils
of the tempest. now in one keys. now in
another, now dying ava in minor mod
uIatious. now caught up in Il burst of
narmony-all this fairly sang itself
under mis- fingers. Then after the SOM
Ire second movement, he passed into the
rushing uempestuous huale, sug-
gested. so Mr.. Dean SAID, bv the roar aud
tumult OF a storm upon the mountains,
rushing on resistlessly in a torrent of
sound to a breathless close. Mr.. Becker
uses his instrument, as a conductor does
his orchestra-ne brings u OF 1t sudden
effects of light and shade that belong
rightfullv to strings. as in The swell which
he can put on III note. He shakes
music off his finger-tips, aud yet there is
none of the ~fippancy That generally ac-
companies facility. In line, he is an
artist, and from his present there is the
promise of q future even brighter.
Adelaide" that pearl of songs, best
known of all Beethoven's sixty-,ix COM
positions for the voice, was Interpreted
by Mr.. Henry Lincoln Case. 1t is some
time since the musical public of Jersey
City has had the opportunity OF hearing
Mr.. Cases voice, anu, meanwhile. it has
developed to an astonishing degree. 1t is
now a full, mellow tenor, remarkable for
its rich sweetness. and since his artistic
conception was already established, it
goes without saying that. "Adel tide" be-
came the masterpiece it was Intended to
be, in his hands. In the varying repeti-
lions of the name, every phase of hopeless
love was represented.
MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.
The third part of the lecture was un-
a~voidablv shortened, lest the programme
should prove too long, and like reasons
forbid an extended report. Mr.. Dean
told OF JoachIn's admiration for young
Johannes Brahms, causet by his trans
posing at sight the kreutzer Sonata from
A to B fiat. He told of his peculiar
methods of composition, strangt to us.
natural to the Sclavonic nations, and
quoted Berlioz that "once having visited
Hungary, its music remains always
in the head" He mentioned the
great Brahms symphonies, two of
which were recently performed by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Of one of
which 1t was said, Now at last we have
a Tenth Symphony" The lecturer con-
cluded by reading the verses FROM Long-
fellows Singers" that tell how three
men were sent on earth with their music
tsto charm, to strengthen aud to teach.''
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