New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-24
MUSICAL COMMENT.
DIR DvORAK'S AMERICAN COMPOSITIONS
N,TIONALIsM IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VI
AN AMERICAN sCHooL-MADAME
c,rvE &C CARMEN.

x,rroNAIIsM IN sIC-CHARACTERIsTICS OF
AN AMERICAN sCHooL-MADAME
CALvE As CARMEN
r,.,. oorcerts have furnished more food for seri-
,s and varied discussion than the last affair OF the
Jttharmonic Society The fact that very generai
i,.rast had been aroused in the symphony by
rvorak was attested by the unusually large hu'oe
~ tickets purchased by persons VINO 90 not a..e"u
rho concerts Of the society as RUE Inc rhi'na
monte audience is almost exclusively suDscrip''ol
Guidance and In character and numbers one can
o,rcev detect any change In 1t from season !"
season. Its conduct too. is slnguiary uiiVa''i"s'
,houob q seldom misses opportunity 10 Pfo-
nounce Judgment by the manner III which ~
nosItion or performance Is received MANY aiu
,ovars NJ music have sometimes wshed tha' II
might be little less chary or eXhioi,i"s '' ~
,,o,s but on the whole. its behavior Is adfhiraoie'
7, IA q s,,re safeguard against the triumph Oh inc
ro.r,o,ous and commonplace. and the stamp Oh
Toe annrovaI has real value for composition OF d
nerformer Had there been nothing 10 excite Spe0
admiration In the spirit Of Dr. DVoraA Ssn'poy
tho enthusiasm with which 1t was received "oo''
have been a complete guarantee OF i'S eAoei'e'
az an art-work There 1eHs cot seem 70 De rooiii
for dorb that wherever <ne OS1Sk Is gwen II WIN
coronal tho admiration of the public mat tue
musicians and critics will not miss the opportunity
which II opens to cavil at its nationai
tics need not be wondered at or depioreu '
over Is said will not alter the fact that II 10 D0
,iful music and the more its characteristics are
debated the more light Will be thrown upon SUI
ect which is much misunderstood as yet. ne -
borv will next be heard in Boston, for, ilred oy ,e
INTEREST which he found expressed on all SUES
Mr. Paur applied to the composer LOT '"e 80
and pendng the requirement or the THU Va ~
formance from the publisher in Berilh, ne o"'
1t with him when ne went home last 'u''a .Ya.
Se,d TO whom much credit is due for the manner
- which ,be symphony brought forWafu ny
the philharmonic Society, also intehus u e'
again AT his next concert In BROOKLYN @N' -
unlikely that room will be made for II d Seeo"'
,,a an . Philharmonic scheme this season. thiS
will probably be the last opportunity tha' III. ~
public will have to hear this nspirl'ihS WI ~
,bera ,s scarcely doubt but that II Will be gen
orouslv embraced Mr.. Seidl was prompt IN recos-
nizing the beauty and strength Oh ''e 'o"'l,
and made a labor of love out OF It's produc''oN'
The programme Of the last Philharmonic C'h-
cort contained the information that Dr' DNo'a"
had also composed quartet ana qu'"'
strings which were marked by the chafac.ei's''.
,o,nents Of the symphony. Last Sunday the hheisei
ouartet played both Of these compositions TOT tie
composer and on the next visit OF 'ha' i'ei' "
panization 10 New-York that Is to say Oh 'a"u
AIRY T. they will form part OF programme ~ -
composed entirely OF Dvoraks music th@ REMAIN
being an older string sextet quartet anu 4"'0
,,ore composed last summer In Spilville. Iowa. a
fnrp
chosen by the eminent bohemian in when 10 speha
80 ars, American yacaton-a period OF great
octlvity with him instead OF rest ana recreaVo''
A timely publication. In view OF the interest
,sod hy the new symphony touching the pos
abilities OF AN American school II music Is inc
last issue OF that notable work. Famous Noi"-
,osers and Their Works" edited by Professor faihe
and published by the J. Il. Millet COMPANY "a
Boston This issue. which Is NUMBERED ~ n are
IL Nd oil
ieV2tei t - IN fhis essay historical and crih-
i IN he main concludes with bit Of specuiation
az the characteristics OK the co. as one
American music. Inc "hd,n6nition Of nationalism
in music based exclusively upon .he S d' hen con-
rbere were recognized schools Of music long be-
cora a.. folk music factor entered into conlosilly'
1o'r ~, lis have mastered the world OF musIc
Tor which reason II was possible tor ~ 80, music
few years ago to say that the best German r'o a
AZ the time was composing IN Paris, M9soow an, an
ST Petersburg BY this he msat on no the contrary
he was praising them AT the cNpths. ., ~ Hss,
countrymen | do not think II ihey HHiiSsSen,iated
from The b~st music OF Europe 80 far as M i H.
ure IS concerned; the Anericin VIZ" Grsat Hritain
France Italy and Russia in studying German ira,s
VIII stand an equal chancT VIII wi he . IL pn upon their
n,j in RESPECT OF appreciation and encouraselel.
al nog aa me- Of that wig orous forward man
who rs Bagehot has contended IN ms Tho
r"ugb notion OF the style which the American PEG
I t and congenial and which. for that reason
wil Gnd imitation The characteristic mode oI e ~,
rrsss,on which Will be stamped upon the must VI
H. T,,,re American composer will be the JOINT ere,
alton OF the American freedom from conSento,a a
,s,noJs md his Inherited predictions ana calaS-
~ Tha reflective German. the mercurlal freilVh
man the stod Englishman TIE war Pssien
Irishnan the impulsve Italian the daring hu 7'ta'
,yu ench contribute his factor 10 the sum Oh ma
tional taste The folk-meodics or all rdSio -,
viii Yield up their individual charms ana disGio5e 70
The composer a hundred avenues OF ein3tIoIia IT,
nression which have not vet been eNploIeu ~
American COMPOSER will be the truest represela =
~ universal art because he Will be the Uues' type
| OF a citizen OF the world
| There have been few co nplete ana CotNlngJ-
| ing triumphs put on the local operatlc resorus
-, thnt Ivy tAVe on lAst W cllltS-