New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31
MUSICAL MATTERS.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-IhE A"r-i'
ICAN SYMPHONY ORCHhH IA
DvORAK's AMERICAN COMPOST
T1ONs PROGRAMMES AND
ANNOUNCEMENT

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chamber mg.tc y ~ M M ' HarT H TS' IlaS ACADEMY
~ ' Muse Brooklyn. p No.. concert OF 'he S'd' -
n@, ,v-1Ioe: Waldorf vloonceao recital by
Anton Heener shcry W Rooms CONS $ t5 md Mr frar
ana song rgcla Mdilr souor@ G3rdcn concert Ia,i
s Sun T rn concerJ by Miss Augusta Cot'low
rrRsPAYIoG y W9d@ of r P nj a GGn?ST p ny T last
, o'u in the Phjharrnonr course. by NJ. Krohhe
Of. the Philharmonic Society.
a SO ~, p Wso sh E9nTe' my Gf
Inusi,al by Miss Emma Hect"r
Observers OF the artistic development oe Western
communities know to how great an extent that de-
velopmer. IS due to local pride and PATRIOTISM I'm
cnnati. with its college of music. music hall ex-
position buildings and art museum. is case IN
noint. g, is Chicago which with less tone and ripe
culture than, Cincinnati, has been willing TO make
large annual sacrifice for the sake OF maihtalhht
the Thomas orchestra Actu2ted by something Oh
its on spirit under the inspiring leadership OIL an
organization of women. Cncinrad is now about to
enter the ranks OF the few An ercan cl'es WIZ"
maintain regulars .of orchestral concerts ~ d
homo organization OF course the city has had an
orchestra for imany years. which mas give" P'
concerts with regularity and falr degree "
cess but this dsi not meet the wishes VI nv Pc
,,le vbo appres,iated music of the highest cas- 80
tho Musical Club. composed OF women tooN '"0 u"
,.ia.va q guarantee fund was raised. ana II negotid
,ions with various leaders had not fallen through
,he orchestra, with us fine premise Oh pe''dlenV!
and aesthetic ibeneit would now be an accomplished
,oc, 40 II sth promoters of the AFFAIR were con-
ton. 70 arrange\this year for series OF three times
,brae concerts each series to be given under the
direction of conductor chosen Tor the purpose anu
with the hep,of musicians brought from New orh'
Mr. Van der SsuckOn conducted the INST series
Mr. Seidl the second. and the third whlch VIII ahe
MACE in two weeks Will be in the hands OF NJ:
Henry scbradieck Meanwhile a permanent or
ganization Is still,strving for
New.york. IS. of,course not in the same case with
Cincinnati Chicago. or even Boston. 1t has hun
drods % ,,us,a. capable OF highciass orchestral
work and Institutions like the philharmonic ora
1orio and symphony societies. when care LOT inc
concerts that the other cities can only nave u!
maintaining permanent bands. II is largely queS-
zion OF employment. and New-York. which spends
considerably. over half million of dollars annually
for us publ musical entertainments takes care OF
IT'S PLAYERS without difficulty. Nevertheless there
are occasirr wheniit seems as II some OF the lood.
patriotism (which the Western cities feel Wou'u not
he misapplie1 in New-YOrk. We have in mhd me
american symphony Orchestra. which gave It's thiEI
corcer. for this season in Ckickering Hall last
THURSDAY afternoon. From an artistic point OF
view pure and simple. the concerts given By tAs
band will nos bear comparison with those OF 'he
Philharmonic and symphony societies. put lh'F "o
rive a special interest in view OF the personhei o.
the plaversalA. are men born In the United states
Most of Them are sons of German musicians for 1t -
a discouraging fact that the children OF native
Americans seldom adopt orchestral playing as
profession and the monopoly OF this fairy lucralNe
vocation has been left in the hands or German m
migrants against whose too large anu rapid IN
vaslon those already here seek to protect them
selves by the usual Of trIdes-unonism re-
qardless of.the effect OF their iiberaly our ar
tstic cultltre. \ ioveier solution would seem 70
be suggested by the American symphony Orchestra,
whose members. being young men, are also more
ambitious. artistcally, than the DID, ana more
anxious TO achieve the higher merit. which in the
ronular German phrase lies in the term 'muslker'
as contradist grshed from 'muskaM' II was
somewhat in the nature OF revelation 70 find 50
many men OF American birth among the musica.
practitioners ocsthe city, and the fact. it might SEEM
ougnt 10 have stimulated greater interest In their
admirable enterprise A. il was, the concerts given
were wretchelly pa:ronized, and probably yielded
nothing TO the men and their hardworkins condnc-
tor, Mr.. sam Frankie
Last Thursdays concert was far more commend
able for the spirit displayed by the men thah by
its material results. which were rather rude ms
was doubtless OWNS. in large degree TO the fact
that the orches1ras ranks had been reduced by the
absence of Mr.. Seidls orchestra in washington
and 10 the difficulty Of finding substitutes and time
for rehearsal. Nevertheless. the concert was On
ioyable and the audience had the pleasure Of max
ing the acquaintance Of a wholly charming, u nov
very significant work by Camille SaInt-Sa,ns- "a
hreathes through the work. whose instrumental
and harmonic language IS nevertheless modern.
The orchestra, under Mr.. Frankie also played the
symphonic fragment in minor, by Schubert ana
the overture to "Jcssonda" by Spohr. Miss Fan
ME Richter. a young woman recently under the
instruction OF D'Albert, played Bee'hcVenS
minor concerto-played Il deity, neatly quite az
centablv indeed from a mechanical point OF Nl'"
but with a perfunctoriness OF Interpretation VIZ,
was the exact counterpart Of her seIl-poSSe''
nonchalant manner at the pianofoT'e
The Germans have saying that sometimes one
does rot see the woods because or the trees IN"
reflection might be recommended 10 the stuuy VI
our genial friends. the newspaper critics Vi no'
on apropos OF the American clements In the last
~ DR. Dvoraks compositions in the serious iori'''
While there was a pretty general agreement "heh
the symphony From tho New World the qudl'e'
in F. OF. &C. and the quintet IN r nv
Cd 81 were first played in Boston 'ia'
they were extremely interesting and beAutii ui'
there was also a vigorous protest against 'he
notion nut forward in this journal that tn "oThs
are American in spirit. They are as Bohemian
as they are American" said our friends IN Bostoh
Notwithstanding that DIR. Dvorak had ciaime'
nothing for their nationasm beyond the TACT that
they we're written under the stimulus OF the popu-
lar music Of the United States and could not nave
been written had he never come TO America. To
those who did not care TO bubble about terms the
American influence in the compositions was obVi-
ous enough The three works have now fairly
taken Europe by storm and those who I've across
the water seem to be able enough TO note the new
ness of the elements which Dr. Dvorak has en-
Moved Mr Henschel gave the symphony at a
recent concert in London. and the critic OF the
World" writing in the issue OF that journal iof
March G. is loud and hearty in his praise says ne
The Joy Of the evening centred round DYorak :
symphony. had never heard II before; nope 10
hear IL again many times. Expression or ehthusI-
is often imprudent though always gracious
for we are changeful. and to confess Oh ehthuHl-
asms corpses is to set the cautious laughing ns OUT
OF court as Incompetent critics. The ingenious
learn 10 look wise. and TO say little. as the
elephant. But cannot believe time will ever
come when shall lay out my enthusiasm Cor this
symphony in winding sheet, and place lighted
candles at its head Sarah illumines Scarpia in
'"rosca." For the loneliness OF genius never pals.
and this music from America has unfading quail