The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-24
MUSIC AT TALE.

Fine Prospects for the Coming Year-The Organ Recital Thursday Evening. The musical department of Yale uni versity has for the first time been put into a strong and vigorous condition. Professor Parker, the new Battell pro- lessor of music, enters upon his duties with grand spirit and inspires great confidence in the high success of the de- partment. His colleague, Professor Sanford, has been detained by ill-health but enters upon his duties as professor of applied music on Friday of this week. Professor Parker has charge of the instructipnin counterpoint and con- position audwill give course of about twenty-five weekly lectures on the his tory of music. These lectures will be delivered in the large upper room of Dwight hall on Wednesday afternoons from 5 to o'clock, and are open to all lovers of 1nqsic and friends of the uni versity. The first will be this afternoon esilNA tAC oupJCSI lo Ae Ol Music and the Music of China and India" Abundant illustration will be given by the use of piano or organ. Next spring Professor William Adams Brown of New York city will give three lectures on musical instruments illus trated by the Crosley Brown collection, which is now deposited in the Metropol- itan Museum of New York city. These lectures are to be delivered also at the Metropolitan museum under the aus pices of Columbia college as part of the course in which our fellow-towns- man, Mr. Morris Steinert, is to read his lecture on the development of the piano forte.
 The university chamber concerts of- fer for their regular season a richer program than ever before. The Knei- sel quartet of Boston gives four con- certs, the Beethoven quartet of New York gives three, the Adamowsky quar- let of Boston is expected to give one, while MT. and Mrs. Max Heinrich will give two song recitals. The size of the North Sheffield hall in which the uni, versity chamber concerts are held, is unfortunately limited and the commit, tee in charge expect to sell the last ticket for the course before the first concert, this evening. The small size of the hall has one advantage-no seat Is poor, and the most delicate shades of musical expression can be felt. The stage has been rebuilt this last sum-. mer, and the. Acoustic quality of the hall for quartet playing is expected to be even better than before.
 With the assured activity of the Gou- nod society, which promises to the peo- pie of our city "The Messiah" at Christi mas and another great musical work later in the year, and with the sym phony concerts, of which the first by SeidPs orchestra is advertised for next Tuesday, New Haven will be better sup piled with music than ever before. And we must not forget the organ recital by Professor Parker, assisted by MT. Isidore Troostwyk, in Battell chapel on Thursday evening of this week. Pro- lessor Parker was a student of Josef Rheinberger's at Munich for several years, and is to play several of the latter's compositions tomorrow even-. ing. Professor Parker in Germany de- voted himself particularly to compo- sition and orchestral music, but since his return to this country, as organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York and at Trinity church, Bos- ton, he has shown great technical abil- ity and skill Doubtless our musicians will be greatly interested to hear the playing of the Battell professor of music whose compositions have excited much attention and admiration. Professor Parker's oratorio, "Hora Novissima," |" was crowned with a prize and with praise not quite year ago, and solo from it is to be sung by MT. Ericsson Bushnell at the Dwight Place concert this week. The musical public are in vited to the organ recital on Thursday evening.
 The program will be as follows: Sonata in D fiat minor. or..............
 ..................I Josef Rheinberger Aria. ....alAlessandro Stradella Walther's Preislied from the s"Meis-
 tersinger). Richard Wagner
 MT, Troostwyk. '
 Caprice. =. .. x. X. !. Alex. Guilmand Alteration ct vox Angencas:Th. Dubois Concert Piece ;. 1.,r' :. w. Parker Three pieces for the violin and organ
 ............ .s.... s. Josefs Rheinbe berger Prelude and Fusqe ia ' mlncrsv,
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