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THE LAST DEAN LECTURE.
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Large Audience Listens to selections
from seven Living Composers.
The eighth and last Dean lecture was given
last night at Hasbrouck Hall before an au-
dience, which, in point of size, was equalled
only by that of the opening lecture.
Notwithstanding the double postponement,
enough people had waited for this occasion,
to fill the hall solidly, every seat except q
few in the extreme rear rows. Mr.. Frederic
Dean brought his work here to a close by
discussing Seven Living Composers" a
| grateful subject, and one hat gave q wide
scope to the illustrations. Early in the sea-
son, when within SO short a time the cable
brought word of the deaths of Gounod and
Tschaikowsky, it looked as if the sseven"
living composers would be reduced in num-
Der, but the veteran Verdi kindly consented
to remain alive, and last night headed the
list as the foremost composer of Italy. MIR.
4 Dean sketched his career at some length,
paying more attention to its artistic than to
its purely personal side, and telling several
| amusing anecdotes. One, which has had a
| wide circulation, related to the collection OF
hand-organs that Verdi had bought from
| their wandering MINISTRIES, as the surest way
| rid himself of 'Trovatore," all hours of the
| day. That always makes me wonder why
| some organ manufacturer did not settle in
the next street n dispose of all his shop
worn Instruments at a premium. But then,
| it wasn't in America. Mr.. Dean brought
| this sketch to a close with "Falstaf" and a
reference to the forthcoming work.
In connection with the sketch of Rubin
| stein, Mr.. Dean spoke of Hans Won Buelow,
| whose not unexpected death was so recently
announced. Allied in art, the two names
are rightfully connected. Mr.. Dean treated
Rubinstein rather as q pianist than as a
| composer, and with Justice. Brahms the
| mighty, Brahms the man whom Buelow rank
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| a very short notice, mainly of a critical ma
ture. Dudley Buck stood for America as
| the Oldest, and according to Mr.. Dean, the
| most American of our well known compos-
| ers. If Mr.. Dean means American as
a man well and good, but what, in
the name of Dvorak, is it to be
tAmerican'' in composition? Sir Joseph
| Barnby stood for England, a nation not SO
well stocked with native composers that they
| can afford to laugh at US. Barnby was
| chosen as representing choral music, the de-
| partment which most commends itself to
| British composers and Britons in general.
Massenet came to fill the place of Gounod in
| the lecture, if not in ~actuality. Mr.. Dean
| evidently hopes much from the modern
| French school, and with good reason. The
single Massenet number, the well known
| Elegie, was given with violin ~obligato. Mr..
| Dean described his first appearance before
| the public as a composer, and outlined his
/ SuDSGQutuU \ GGI. lLu vi ICks nAOIh
people fond of such nicknames call the
Scandinavian Beethoven, came last on the
list, but received excellent treatment. Mr..
| Dean characterized his music as distinctively
| Scandinavian and at the same time deeply
p~ermeated by his W strong personality
a combination which, as In the case OF
| Chopin and his Polish measures, gives a
peculiar charm all it's own.
It would have been much to tie advantage
| of both lecture and musicale, had the selec-
| tions illustrating each composer followed the
! sketch of his career. Instead, Verdi, Rubin
| steinsand BraemS wereetreated by Mr. Dean,
! and then their selections given together; fol-
! lowed by the four remaining composers in a
| group. OF the vocalists, DR.. Carl e. Martin
received the most applause. By the way,
the audience was not in an app'auding mood
| last night, although it otherwise showed its
| satisfaction. DR.. Martin was in fine voice:
| Notwithstanding q cold of which | had heard
| runors, and sang "Otu Palermo" from
! Verdi's Sicilian Vespers with true senti-
ment. His voice is mellow in tone, produced
| admirably, without forcing. A word must
| be said of the Accomplishments of Mrs. Carl
E. Martin, which were among the best 1t has
been my fortune to hear. There is no need
of calling attention to the fact that upon the
accompanist depends much of the effect; and
! ACCOMMODATES as good as Mrs. Martin are
very rare. In Bucks commonplace invita-
ton to stComa Where the Linden Bloom.D
| Mr.. Martin had not such a good opportunity
of displaying his merit.
Miss Mary Huger Gayer, the soprano, did
her best work in the .Massenet "Elegie," by
no means an easy thing to sing, especially
against its violin obligato. Her voice is full
and round to an unusual degree for a so
prano of such high range. and of a sweet
quality. A tendency to drop in pitch was
noticeable in the area from sAttila" Verdi,
and interfered with the duo, "The Gypsies"
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as a rule), but this wore off in the later
numbers, and was not noticeable in the
Brahms. Slumber Song, in which she pro-
duced excellent soto Uoce effects. Mrs.
Frederic Dean we know already too well to
need details OR praise of her two songs,
sfSince First I Met Thee" arranged from a
Rubinstein Romanza for pianoforte, and
Bucks Sunset Mr.. Henry Lincoln Case
sang the old time fayorite with concert tenors,
celeste Aida,n and sang it well, except
when he forced his head tones. He played
also the Andante from the Grieg Violin
Sonata in F., not the Suite, as the programme
had it. Mr.. Gustav L. Becker played two
sonata, the Allegro moderate and the
Andante motto, reversing their order. The
early opus of the composition makes it less
openly unconventional, but it is deeply
tinged with his personality, and may well be
chosen to illustrate his work. Mr.. Becker's
technique came out finely in the Allegro.
Mr.. Baier played two numbers for organ,
the Grand March from Aida, and an ar
rangement of Rubinstein's Melody in f.
One might quarrel with the tempo of the
second, which was taken at an unusually
slow pace; in the first Mr.. Baier brought out
broad effects and a volume of tone remark
able for SO small an organ.
With this lecture the Hasbrouck course
comes to a close. The programme gave a
list of the lectures with the names of the
assisting artists, and in a brief review of
the ground Mr.. Dean showed what had been
done. At the close of his remarks the audi
cree paid him the tribute Of continued APP
plause.