New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-15
MUSICAL COMMENT.
THE STRAUSS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN THE ROWERN

,So,i,, cf vhich WAS irretrievably lost "lthh .
few weeks Of tho funeral; Beethoven "Y'"h VIZ"
HIT a few faithful friends at his D''f''' ""'
orcd at his funeral by few besides his Proi'S7'o"
fr,eras schubert struggling along IN poVe''y VIII
,,, ,cr 81 nronhc,ic glimpse ~ the wonder'"' l"'''
and u,pularity which he enjoys 'o-"HH -" -
some of the pictures which one might " u"
- ,n,o,eb tho clouds OF incense mat arise TODAY
frou, the censers swinging before 'h' "'"
King" II ia only tho amiabilty OF o'r1 us' 'I'e,
ond q. roooqnitio1 OF the role which ne ma" p"Sc"
in keepinE TIE Austrian capital merry .'' ~
century that suggests the needle''h''' ~ ~ i
q retrospect Times ana manners nav
,, s.,,anvan and Schubert were among me
rnortals and it is Gathering uh''ioh "'H' wv
world Of to-day would gladly lay 10 ,'S sun
r, ,bev alive in our time. they would nave '"'''
full need Of appreciation and reward" 'V'
If IL To be said 10 the honor OF Srd"S' '"'' '
who will lay their tributes OF adf'li"''o" -. ~
Co., ,o.d,v riu do so without yielding a utte oil
their reverence for the great ones "ho"' W.
as much more unhappy than his "S '''''
,,ss ,-rsater they will not permit Themselves To
think too seriously the subject ""' ivy VIZ
/ yeli ungrudgingly TO the greatest ui''' '"'i,
Of the last half OF the nineteenth century '''
du IN hin, as the artist who has hghlehe' INC
careless of even the semblancc OF car" ana "V'e''
-, 49,, ,,a,..v of ali nations. True. Strauss mas
| his f,u significance only IN Vienna 10 "ii'n sc
helped TO give its proverb'al 'ha''''''' ''
those who yield to elegant frivoh'y It's f'N"'S' W."
/ lave
| Cestators will rejoice that his muse was 10 '''
,ooro .ioallv horn and 80 well bred. They VIII ho'e
| with pleasur, that while his measures '''P' ''
ucht fantastic toe like no other music "' o"' ''
! thev can be head without loss "' '"'i'''i''' ~
.,.,. ~ musical taste The generation Of today
| whose rccolections Of the strauss "'l'"'S "i' '
recoIlections Of youth. viii remember hn "i'' d.
| 49,, ro,,or of number OF opcrctias Wh'ch 'H
/ rorrcv a distinct school from a nuscal point VI
| view, and are characteristic OF '"' -N"7'''''
c,nltal as Onenbach's are Of Paris under 'n' "v''
| rI T,r,rirc or Gilbert and SuliNans ar" 81 ".'
! creat Britain Of to-day. To ms Johann H''"''
,o, merely the Pied Piper Of tn" ballroom "' -
also and Chiefly the composer Of "pi" f'ciei 'Ia''
..Th Merry War and THE GYPSY Baron """'
that he were celebrating the end "i MS I'S'
:, ny, instead Of the NTH for then there "ou'' ~
| ,ho greater hope OF release from III" UaShih'SS'
! na,,,.ncy and inanity OF the present "P''''''
/ regime.
| .. 81. ,ov. .ivtv-nin. years Oh and the Incl
H., ,,bi,, * celebrating 80 enthusiastically I'D VI
| , H. an. cn,.-ccntonary @, hi career a@ con
/ duc,or His father a greater waltz '"'"I'.' IMAM
| n. did not Intend that ne should become i "'"''
/ ci,u but al nineteen he entered me "7' % "' '
,oI,tioo and became hi fathers rival a. compose
| of dances and conductor OF a dance "i ''', b. 30
ter ne entered tpon the opefctt' h''i "' qua
| ,,,,fiv.lv little IN waltz writing except i'r MS
| onc-eitas hut MS early years were 'N'i''''' W.
/ un. and ten years ago bis compositions
,.r four hundred All a." world know 'i'' '''' ''
/ - bis strairs Lut how strong mold h'' h'''
,,,o, ,n. \i.ou.,. for decade cannot h' better
,,itr..l than ~ i- 80 . STORY which l'r- HAN. Do
,,ll ten wear, ago ou the authority oi ti'' "-'."
+ KING himself \ woman whose h''i'' "' -' ''
/ 81 th. suburbs ~ Vienna d'd tHi NH'h ''' "" ""
road il vas found 20 contain rfo''7.." WAS - ''
rnn.r,l strauss band should play "ri ''''i
.i.,.s I.- heirs were uo. o. l',ie .tnDAlih'4
~, ,, ,r.,i.ior. bus lt Was .NIr"ssed lu t'' ''i'-
49,, and urg.nt l.u4lar, thtt the nN' '-'- .'''"
..r.rl,~ and sent for tac players. '' '' "
,.h,', th. val! gave a duca'. strals- attended ihe
funeral Win h.' ''', "'' e.. ,.. carried
monies had been performed ih' '"" "'
49,, -, the room into the oourtyaiI There o."
band gafAcrcd around u ana I''F'' "''
hcgipnlug TO end. after when ~" '''''" ~
into the h'''s' "''
begun.
An interesting 'Np'' mn ''' S...l.... a.,
cheap concerts o. good music TO-, 10. y,
49,, ,,,.,,,,,, East Side district lts been begun ''
.,r Tr.i', 'rnsa,,. In the non,ry under o.. aas
,Iccs Of Il committee composed OF Nh. N'.N''''
i's'' W r-,. ,',,,,,s are given on sunday
scharwenka- The concerts are ...,,',..,,,'
-, .yc.ll,nce ana though thr music d..
OF ApPio''' .....,..i.....fI. Do d.. 80.
generally hght ana 'AS'N '"'"'''' ~
.u.rt In character Yesterday afternoon. Tor H
, NJ San, Frankie Wa ih. ,oriu,to i
and the band WAS composed OF twenty h'' '' '''
members Of MS American orchestra '"''' "'''
, pretty o"h'' pl'''a ~ '''' ~ .,,,,,. .
mann "Iraun"rel iH' "''i'''' ''
,,r.o Characteristic pieces called Poland, Germany
. '"' A., :, ,.r..rk, No.zt.v.ski An.
/ ana b""'i''" - 49, ....... 81.
/, DvorAk Gounod's "Flus fi'nd 'hi's sou W." '''
! anu n, t,., .no,c,cto.' and the overture 6,
b IN" I""''" ''''' NJ tr.,po ale,
, "Orfte aux tnicfS p> '"''"''" w.
/ ,i,,.d violin solo \ week D"fOrr 'lltlloI' phh
-, ,.,,.r tn. direction Of Victor Herbert. wheel
pltN'" ull''' ~ -, 'tnvu I'm the Howcry ~ .
. mhBht ny, ",,' 49,, an nr.r ,s,rn bui tho public
, greater a'''d WI, announcement and thcr,
seemed I" l9'I Wy. ,.r,s.n, y.a,.rt1y f,t.
were scaIceiy any az. ,,rosrnt m. iusinrlt,
or I'VE huilhrc" p,Uii, =, tvbrb costs only r,.
, IN me EdIletY, go ,r mo hors,. cos
cents ~" 'iiei' f.u. rnv.lylsh boys SCENE,
9hly III =, t ,n,sv drn., tho concert m
hlSp'S'u ~ tf.,.,,,i 30 .tfcrflv.l, and al,