The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-22

hope some day 10 devote much more o
! my time TO IL. Perhaps" he added rather
! bitterly, Il shall have the leisure soon
eL than l expect. for there has been nC
cha1E~ IN the old attitude of the Alu
| SIcdl tnlOn. If they succeed at any tim,
! IN interfering with my efforts 10 get
LOT LOT my orchestra the best musical talent
! oDtdlhdble anywhere / shall law dowr
! my baton ana abandon the work I nav,
! bfSH 80 many years to building ND Tn,
orchestra VIII have TO disband. As II /,
| tiyo r.o nINe Only the summers for crea-
- NOih ana cannot do what / wish
| IN that direction "i'i
~ me idea Of using Hawthorne's mas
| 1870 IoI opera came TO mo fifteen
! 80 ago ana at that time a friend be
| gan 10 put the story INTO verso ~ ~ ~
| 1ri Po0', put ne was too lazy 10 finish n
anu nothing more was done aLnnt .,
s ui,tn ~ great good fortune Gcorre P,r
! thorne'e 49, me husband OF HaU-
| work" '''0'' undertook the
and LAX went on to opera in general
! in soon La li,an opera in particular and
| roec6 "eedine apparent That Mir nan
/ ddOs,n mas thought deeplv ana g. i'IiIl-
! ~ont!y on the subject. There bae - ", d..
Can o %i impression that successful Amer
an opera would never be vrittor ,-I',
tle He dhd costumes ana 49, "i ouI"
! pIe"rHl ddy. The subject muet a. Wv
| 60 .idt lle unnatural substitution nf
nm, e,r,,o,, ior speech would not seem inro,,-
6Iuous ana absurd. Mr.. Damros"b Io,,
ever, says he can see ma rl.,,, H. nov
Ticid- even grand opera-should 40. " nv
inIous ~ strictly up 10 date. ana II ~ ~"
in tbat dira ,i,4l ne Will make the ATTEMPT
80 opera, he said sis Just now in o. -,,t.
Tioir V'"tu'ioh' put think the outcorn., ie
,ac,,I; ".'u particularly well suited m tho
!. nc genus or the American ,,o,,i,
II VIII soon become moro elb,Ii I'9p'c'
Hhed Al present Mascagni's hIo en- - -
thunder imitation of WAGNER n, ,'''N
accent,,at' a. .nough unquestiOnably clever
a.
w aBner-the climaXes the No. P't' %
NV ana emotional phases To mo 80, en-.
PIoIesSlonal musician, who must 49, 90 ="
fhesS Derts ii ~ IN IN advance Of the people
eHeoc PdItS OF agner's music INV
come less thrilling and safisfvina M D,
the more subtle analytical nart nan t,n
WI n, heOhcaVallo, and Massenet foo
Waener' ~" Tber ne most perishable part of
ture Tor Wagner's works here 7Tbo ar
thuSlaSm over the coming German 90,
soaSJh can IeaVe me In no doubt of that "
AithOugh Mr.. DamrOsch has renoa Ia,
declined to give the figures. ana cor,ai 1iy
ing reports have been made on tbn e,,b-
Ject, 1t may be stated here. incideotsiiy
Oh .,i 1he pest possible authority. that the
much discussed guarantee fund FOR the
season OF German opera is SEQ O00 81 far
ana is not likely to be increased mill fsIl'
Rosa Sucher and Max AlvaTy are dcpend-
ed on TO carry the season through.
MT. DamrOsch is q nrm believer in the
Drlllance OF Americas musical future
Music" he said must be more or less
artificial here until it gets down to what
are called the lower classes II one
chooses TO use that term In Europe
music came from the people and science
ana art took IL up. Here science and
arr got II first and the people are busy
S SeJi9flHs II now. As soon as they get
hoid OF II and IT gets hold of them Amer
ca may well become the musical center
OF the world. Already in New York
BooSton, Chicago and some OF the other
cueS where the people have been edu-
Gated by orchestras the public is even
quicker TO appreciate the Interpretation
OF o., the real spirit Of music than the
European public and as soon as musical
Intelligence has had opportunity TO spread
out more from the musical centers 10
the smaller places Americas musical
pcsltlon among the nations VIII be Sc
There is no reason why this country
should not produce the great coming
composer. but the conditions are not
come In ten or twenty years the chances
are he Will come from group climbing
up on the shoulders Of his associates AS |
yet the most promising young men are
too far apart and cannot stimulate one
another as they get together then look
out for the coming man.
II can see marked results already from |
the presence among us OF DR.. Dvorak |
The young composers who have studied |
under him have plenty OF ideas. and al |
ways did have, but he Is teaching them |
now 10 express themselves, now TO put |
their musical thoughts into better form |
Ii Will be well TO keep an eye on such |
men as Mcdowell, Parker OF Yale Coll |
eye and Harry Rowe Shelly. Great things |
may be expected Of them.
"Out in the West there are hundreds
)f musical geniuses, singers especially. go
Ing TO waste for want OF being discover
ed The government" said MIR. Dam
rosch, laughingly. really ought TO ap-
point voice inspectors to travel about
for the great singers in this
who otherwise were born 10 sing
You believe, then that the government
,ught TO make appropriations for must