The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-18
THE HbRLD or MUSIC
The Epoch Of Bach and
Handel the Subject of
Study by the Fort
nightlies.
Mr.. DEANS NEXT LECTURE
Many Events Of Note Soon to
Occur in Musical
Circles.
Mr.. DEANS NEXT LECTURE

From the musicians standpoint. the
programme with which the Fortnighrly
Musicales opened its third season last
night at the residence of Miss Nelson,
was n of the most valuable that It has
presented. because arranged with a def
mite educational purpose. The first part
OF the programme was filed By a sketch
OF 1.-THE Epoch OF Bach aud Hasndsl," by
Miss Lamberton. IL aimed not only to
picture the personal characteristics
Of the t:-o great men, but to sketch
the purpose of the schools that they rep
resent, and the art forms that they per-
fected. This was illustrated from time
10 time during the progress of the sketch
by musical numbers. To show the De-
ginnlngs of the oratorio ferm, which
reached its golden age In this era, q
quarGette composed OF Misses Katrina
and Helen Green, Mr.. Victor Baier ana
MI. j. Sidney Adams sang q qnartetts
from the 1rstforatorio. Emilio del Cava.
Here's "L'Amina g Corpo," 1900.
The suite, the characteristic instrument
tai development OF the age, from which
the sonata may be said to AVE hesn
evolved. was given prominence through
a composite suite, made np of six dance
forms selected from the suites of differ
emit couSem porary composers, and played
by Mr., Gustav L.. Becker. They were:-
/. Anemaude, Suite s.. 1850. Johann Mattheson
Allegro motto moderate. Q6aI- 1860,
x. Courante, suite 4..............G. X. Haendel
Allegretto sempiice. (1685-1769).
8 Sarahande Ola Males teuse) ....... Couperin
4. Gavotte, Sd English Suite ......J. S Bach
Allegretto. (16s5.l75o).
5. Passspiad. $3.50. FRANCIS Couperin {l66s-l733)
MAS Audante. SIRE
b. Glgue, ..s..s..... -...- Johann Mattheson
Allegro motto.
OF the members upon the secoud part,
Which were all from the works of either
Bach OF HaeaGol. ana had beea selected
with d view TO the presentation Of charac-
teristic works, the most successful, jugs
ing from the verdict OF the audience, was
MIR. Recker's playing of the A minor piano
tugue of Bach. IL served admirably to
show how erroneous is the popular idea
That gives Bach credit for mathematical
music alone aud denies 1t au eEnot ional
side. The other Btch numbsrs wers
Miss Turner's delightful singing of MY
Heart Ever Faithful aud two quar-
tettes from the Passion music. with tue
same qnartettt as appeared earlier in ths
programmes. The Handel mum oers were
The Harmonious Blacksmith, played
by Mr.. Batter. "Bat VINO Snail
Abida," from the Messiah, suog by
Mr.. William f.. Brown. and two arias
from Joshua. "Hark. Ais The Lianer."
and 20, Who Can Tell OF Egypt" SUI
by Mas Nelson. Miss Dora Valeska
Becker of New York City played first
| violin in the Handel Sonata OPUS Q, No.
s. for two giolins aud piano, the second
violin by Mr.. Holland, the accompaal-
meut by Mr.. Becker
Without attempting individual critic
ism. somewhat out of place in q private
affair or this sort, one may say that there
was an earnestness manifested which
argues well for the continuance of inter-
est in the new scheme of stuuv.
The lenghth OF the programme forbade
an after musical. which would have
been at any rate somew hat incopgruous
after the severely classical music OF the
first part. 10
AT next Fridays Dean lecture on "Ths
History OF The Opera at Hasbreuck Hall.
the principle soloist will be Mrs. Harold
Cleaver, known to Jersey City people as
Miss Eleanor Beebe, who made such u good
iIn preston In The Bgigands" Two years
ago,as given by the Amateur Operate
Association under Mr.. Dresslsr's direction
in the Academy of Music. Mrs. Cleaver
has been abroad Tor tue past year, study.
ing and singing. She has appeared in q
Berlin philharmonic coucert-that high
est goal of the German sololst-and in
Paris and London.
She will make her first reappaarance in
! America in Mr., Deans lecture next FRI
day night, when she will sing Mignon's
"Kennst du las Land" an Italian
aria and a scene from a mod
ern German composer, also slug
ing In the Rigoletto quartette,
the quintette and finale from ."Lohen.
grim" and the other concerted numbers.
IT gives me joy to reflect that Mrs. Dean
is to sing Che faro seuza Eurydice."
from Glack's 'tOrpheus"-frst, because
OF that thoroughly delightful aria;
seconn. because l know Mrs. Dean Will
sing 1t SO we'll. Mr.. Henry Lincoln Case
Will sing an Italian number, and the
Carmen 'Toreador Song" will probab y
be mug by Mr.. William F. Brown. Mr..
Dresslsr will preside at tbs bryan,
Next week, Tuesday, comes tine first
Schubert concert. with the Heden sis.
ters, a Swedish quartette, u Signor
Rniealdp. Clario nettst, as assisting artists.
The same night, away up town. tnoss
three clever young people called the
Cecilia Bradford Trio will give q concert
Ia ST. Trinitatis German Lutheran
Church. The two girls. Ceciira and