The sun., 1894-05-06

The tale Of Rubinstsin's life sorrow. the ut
ter disproportion between his success as
pianist and as . composer. has often been
told. and at arst blush. as has frequently been
pointed out would seem to have much In
common with that OF his illustrious compeer
Franz Liszt- There has. however. always ex-
isted this one great difference In tho case Of
the two men.that whereas the works OF the lat
ter have met during their composers lifetime
and now after his death. quite as violent op-
position as those OF the former. Rubinstein
never fully succeeded In gaining even II only o
small following OF enthusiasts such as have
gathered found the standard OF Liszt and are
willing to swear that all hope Of musical saliva
ton lies in the gospel practised BY their
Musical criticism and the determination Of
srn composers is not the purpose Of these
lines: It may. however. not be uninteresting.
ms Time oowsr u Lis2 Is s hST {. ouna
ready to- to DO DO battle battle, to 60 through rs % and
occasionally be evoked By the performance Of
any Of hubiqstsin.s larger compositions has
artist rather than as an outburst OF admira-
This was practically the spirit that took the
creator part Of Mr.. Gericke's usual patrons to
which directed the, applause with which the
ssShenings sh ntn mnsi;ai h9ppeiniggs were greeted
no overture 10 WntCn
opened the programme. has long outlived It's
day and belongs to q period Of productivity
Guatsd. The concerto in followed SLOWED M next min In
sssTenesS E. and md " was performed & II eredits6le
Dresden. Though perhaps not SO tnte resting
or popular as the sister work in d minor. It
TO much that he has written for his own In
sure . relative amount OF Immortality time
alone can show. For the present two at least
the world over TO be rscionsd id among s1oe he
most familiar Of our N nodern concert numbers.
AZ ,bs s,s m 5oI one 81 his older ~ operas led one
g; S;sss ssS. to pretend were ste1sd 70 IL spirit
aasins Fsss ssSr Si RSss RSS:y
sssssbIy ons Of lse' very late hour was inc0n
Il is all the more agreeable to pass from this
already remarked. had not won the merit OF
novelty for Vienna. TO tn At Of Rubin stein. the
ms@orabls series Of historical H sscitalsi % WSieh
=. - announced az the time: were &c bring tho
sss@sd but slight lif eiihood Of Il having WING Eubine
sure. been made in his determination when.
poor Of 81 Petsrsburs Moscow. % Vienna o BeT' .ne
LIN, and Dresden. and q pTiyisged few could
q private. But many Of the rising generation
knew Rubsnstein only by name, as the stand
we're wslshsd In the balance and FOUND foand
When, ,thsrsfors, together with the nnouucs-
ago. came that OF recital which he had ron- |
,ssnisd 70 give during the course OF his stay. |
Tor the benef1t OF the conservatory fund the |
rush for tickets and the eAgerness to secure a |
place at any cost In the Boesendorfsr Saal |
gas fought when the sale OF seats began. and /
= the course OF half an hour every seat. in-
posed oi. When the evening Of the concert /
me r166isnss ,6 vas one q ths most dis
2 many day. and one in every way worthy OF
n, How did hubinstsln playl is the question
bad net been among those TO whom this even,
ing MIL remain among the hAnpiest of their
fAetion 70 he able TO reply that tho greatest OF
living pianists has in no single respect lost any
Indeed; from a technical standpoint there
sssmta 70 Do fewer Of those slips that in his
on the sun, Ofcourse he played only his own
e9m positions, the day long having passed
tho works OF other masters, His aItfuisfie
onix snis Mo5k Is over and his voice is now
huhinstein's ompositions. played by Ru-
6iastein hinsslt possess a charm and Interest
mere y no galnsaYlng. and 1t Is little short OF
much OF the credit IL TO be accorded 10 the
eomp poser, how much - the pianist, Certain
/
sst order they proved amply sufficient and to
say this Implies praise. even though IL bs not
unqualified; Tbs programme which was car.
riea out with truly marvellous endurance had
but ingls intsrmtssion between the first and
second parts. aud Ii may prove OF INTEREST To
reprint II here:
]. Prelude and nEars "a hAu
2 Asr0s'ls u HAl'r Q mine Rai0E niRss.
. Melody ~ sharp mlnoTL
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o rhsms aud NAriAIOns 20 mAJoFl
q suite tsATAbAads, PAssspisd. coarants Gavottsl
T. Variations ~ hAIL -E
Z NAitz rs minor
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