New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
4, 4. VANTINE G CO.,
EAST INDIA ANNEX,
18-2O-22 EAST 18th ST.

Conservative school. and. while he has composed
much. taxes no very high rank as a composer He
piano. though he Is now seldom neard rs t \ per
former in pubic Another composer ei similar
boyish SIGNATURE under q few bars from mis- setting
OF ti0ethe's "Gtsang der P1rzen' Opjs ~ Win
Msnseh Ig UnH'. geschiech Wilhelm Taabert, old
time musician Of Germany. FOR many years con-
membered chiefly by his songs. Ills up a whole
page with very neat transcript 81 some oil the
entr'acte music from his opera Macbeth
SOME YIOrINIsTs' NAMES
Joseph Joachim one Of the great vlollnists Of the
world. signs himself beneath an octave passage
for violin which he has marked an aston
isIing and exceedingly difficult lingering which he
himself would probably never for practical pur-
poses Under and beside him the other three men,
hers OF his famous string quartet appear-Heinrlch
de- Alma now dead Emanuel Wirth and Robert
Uausmanr August Wilhelmj. another one OF the
greatest of the worlds vioiinsts writes long
Fantastic stuck Of his OWN while Emile Sauret
and Eduard Rcmonv have done likewise. keiner-
Wis signature suggests that he must nave written
While the few notes OF music that he gives seems
TO be otted down almost at random ana 70 %
taken from nothing in particular. Pablo de sara
safes sweeping signature stands beneath me OPEN
Ing measures Of one Of his characteristic spanish
dances for the violin. Theodore Thomas also ap-
pea RS in the double capacity Of composer and vio-
inist-and his immense black scrawi Is aflxed 70
some notes from sonata OF his for viola and
piano 1t IS unknown to musical amateurs OF TO-
dav. but perhaps In those early days or MT.
Thonas's career when he distinguished as
violinis, he may have made IT familiar 10 concert
goers OF New-York.
The dainty tracery OF Nine. PATHS handwrt-
ing covers half page. She discourses In an ee:
waited strain with not altogether strict regard
for the conventionalites Of spelling) upon Ne de-
vine calling OF music. Her husband seconds her
IDEAS with his signature. +. Nconi; Poor Eteka
Cerster who now can laugh very little from her
heart lots down the first measures OF her famous
.laughinc song" with which she once delighted a
Great public She signs herself Etelka Gerster
Gardini.
THE TRAIL OF THE CRITIC.
The art of criticism is represented by Mr.. II. q.
Krehbiel who has depicted it in doleful light In
deed To represent the prevailing mood OF the
critics mind he has set down the first lines OF a
negro folk-song in a sad minor strain. full Of deep
melancholy: Nobody knows the trouble | see.
Lord" and has subscribed IL THE wall of the un-
happy critic Antonin Dvorak's eye was ap-
parently taken by this just about the time of the
animated newspaper dis cussOn a few months ago
over his attitude and utterdn@es concerning negro
folk k-songs and their possibilities as material for
The creative musician. Though he prepared 10
write a bar of music elsewhere in the book, ne
evidently saw Mr.. Krehbels sentiments and the
medium he chose for expressing them just IN ume.
fer he stopped operations on his stan ana SIMPLY
wrote on the bottom of his page, Il am very lono
OF negro melodies. too. Antonin Dvorak, Marcn ID
1893" II is a characteristic touch. and alncst con-
soos one for missing the masters musical slsn-
manual