Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-03
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THE HING - IN
rr. frederick Dean,s Lecture-Jo.
seph Haydn and His Great Oratorfo
Of "The Cree.ion =. pororsaex
sles. I :. 1870 Mnhls. and mu.tctans
az nj. Time-The GREAT Production
of The Creationo March 81, 1908.
Mr. Frederick Deans lecture at the
rTnitad church chapel last evening was at
.s-sss - I.-ca Guidance among whom
1enuo0 =, a.. G.nnod
we're nearly all the singers In 'ne oounoA
society. The program was cut some
shat abort nv the forced absence on &C.
va 49,, e L. ysv;a- Rolter of |
count OF iiiness .. Ie1. ~ ~.
Berlin, the great tenor. MI DeAn an
nounced his absence with great reiue-
tanoe. and said that Mr.. Harper would |
sino a selection from Haydn's "Stabat
Nats- .b;ob had never been heard in
-. II -. III. +oIIov,no musioisns
tnis oity peioi' ~ ,...-.I
were present and hlussfateo tno 1oo'uio
Mr., Dean spoke: Mrs. Frederick Schfl-
In, - of Naw York. soprsno; Mr.. W.
=, -, " n-k h.,,tona Miss
u. harper OF Now. IoA,
Jeanne Pottinger of London, England, at
the piano, and Mr.. E. A. Parsons OF New
H.,sn at the organ.
Assen, ~ w &c u.s vsrro,v .-.atad
M. Deah' VIM ""e e'
said: In the olden time the Arts met TO-
gether on a common playground as play
matss Among these old time playmates
...,,,t.o.nra son1nture PAINTING and
"oAe =, 4, ..-.e. "a
Poetry. Last OF al csms 'ne youngest VI
the fair assemblage And so beau
tiful and sweet was this fair maid that
they voted her their queen: Architecture
resolved to build for her his fairest tenn
Piles. Sculpture would adorn 1t with the
to marry the maid and have her sing for
him the most beautiful sonnets he could
write. And thus all the world came to
the marriage OF Poetry and Melody, and
have never ceased to worship there.
Mozart has been called the prince Of
music. Then truly Haydn Is the king.
he was always most deeply affected BY
rnelodv. In his vouth. while the family
eirele were sittino around the hearth and
singing q hymn he picked up two sticks of
wood and beat perfect time to tn HYMN az
taught by his violin teacher, and at the
same time singing in his beautiful, childish
GfeOl0 VOICE.
HAYDN was a married man. but. mike
Gluck, his marriage was an unfortunate
one-bound for forty years to q very Kan
tippe of wife. Yet no trace of his hfe's
sorrow appears in his works.
He studied at Heidelbur1, but at the age
of seventeen, when his voice broke. he lost
his position as singer in the choir. Soon
after this he wrote a composition TO be
ammo hv stwelval voices and tool n m his
s sorge ~ in o Tba1 bsndsd Il bscI
to hin, and aaid. OWN a. cor not wr,ta
.sPaoans 80 No ona t.n1ht nc Ea go.
hon,a ond ,,ondarad o, the oraotJo,, az
wrj,ina f,- tra1vs voioss he ho~aht a.,
old hook On barmonv and nondsred over
~ for wasks and months Ahont tb;e Tina
he honoht an old snit If black clothes With
ali The PENNIES he eonid ave. And thess
clothes have a historv FOR IN thar, ba ia
clo.as ar aas ~ .h .or ~ snem 10 u.s.
the v;nd I If tbe bonses NJ tha towns-
rso,1a "a '--0 '0"-''
p' o. b. ,h.roed r. s,no ,,d.- tho
wlnIow o. = lnea.st ~, manager. Inc Han
ayers wire encoleo me piece ana ner nus
pano rusned iortn 20 ma out VINO sang IT,
ae sook MIN into ms mouse, ana Tor hlm Z,
aayan w Ssae ms nrs1 OPERA fne DsVil
on Two Sncks.
IN MS tnirty.iourtn year haydn was
very NJ Ano maoe vow tna' Wheh ne re-
covered ne would devote the rest OF hls
IRE IRE 70 me composlaon OF sacred music.
Stabaf Mater" was composed soon after
he recovered. It represents the agonized
cry of the mother kneeling at the foot of
the cross. -'
MI. Harper OF New York, the noted
baritone. then sang a selection from the
pAeCe' >,
Mr.. lean, contlnulng MS lecture, SAID
'Hsydn has neen very severely criticised
for the creation. de Is said to approach
bis subject with a devotional spirit, but
does not Undue his music with it."
Miss Pottinger and Mr.. Parsons at this
point played the introduction to the Orea-
ton: representation of chaos. 1t repre-
sents the rising OF the sun from the first
appearance OF light to the full majesty OF
the merry ORD.
Mr.: Dean then saio: new Englano
ought to be especially interested In this Or
atorio. 1t was the first oratorio performed
in Its entirety, being produced in Boston
February 10, 1915, by the Handel and
haydn society, and partly produced by the
same society at Kings Chapel the proceed
Ing year. IL was inc SECOND orstorlo pro
duoed IL: ITS entfety In New York, and the
hrst IN fn1ladelpnla, San FRANCISCO and
lineage
srsMr. Harper then sang the aria Rolling
m. Foaming BiIlows;" The singers rich
yeice Vas nealo 81 us PEST IN TINS seleo-
s treat Mr. Dean then sa,d: "The sris that
| HAYDN loved best and Isbored most over.
rewriting IL several times, is the next
nu mber. s'In Verdure Clad" Only such
a BRIGHT ioyous spirit as Hsydn's could
have vr,tfen a aong 90 clad IN ali tba yor-
dnrs ~ thosa conntrv .oanes ba Iovsd %
III, IT, was Of III. aria .bat he saIJ ., % y
csIshratsd 1I.ondon na,ntar Ao Who Jn had
painted the nortrait of . iadv in a nostnT re
of listening. fYou have painted her listen
| ing to the angels; you should have painted
| the angels listening to her."
Mrs Frederick Schilling, jr. of NewYork,
| then saug the aria. Mrs, Schillipp has a
sonrano voice of rare sueetneas and nnrftv
which rsno ont In this hsantifnI sria i,Is
a. 800 80. rataa oe : Iii A'
'n H. ~: 'i Ia ;tooJ, " t ts
har said. ON tbs rscitstiSSa ' sndssris x.bict
follows ia, And God said let the earth
bring forth and lb) Now Heaven in full
| est glory shown notice first in the recita-
| tive the manner In which the composer has
| introduced different time az the different
animals are supposed to enter Schiller
said the "Oreation" was but q hodge podge
anyway, and Beethoven echoed the same
| sentiment. But Beethoven himself en-
ploys this same device in later produc
ton. Also note the grandeur and majesty
of the aria"