New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-22
MUSICAL COMMENT.
THIS WEEKS SEIDI. CONCERTS THE
MELODY OF GOD SAVE THE
KING"-NlI'SIC IL COLL EGES

The SelIl Society concerts BRIGHTON Beach
will begin on next Wednesday,. on the afternoon OF
which day there Will be reunion OF the friends OF
the society as well concert OF the popular cast
The evenings Of wednesday. Thursday and Friday
Will De devoted 70 Wagner's music. the programmes
containing a large number Of vocal pieces well
the customary orchestral selections the operas
ana lyric dramas. The singers who have been on
gagged MADAME De We're Sapio. Miss Gertrude
May Stein Emil Fischer II Evan Williams Royal
Stone Smith and Emil Senger The concert masters
OF the season are 70 hc Richard Arnold and Henry
Schmiti. the latter Of whom Will also share Mr.
ScidrS labors as conductor.
Another chapter has been added to the volumlnous
history Of the melody Of God Save the King" but
Tx, many Of it, predecessors the chapter lacks
deGnit"n"ss and certainty Us English history.
which makes Il the composition Of Henry Carey
GcsD-l-i3) j. not All affected by the story
which Is 20 the effect that The German hymn. Hell
Dir I'm Scgcrkranz.' was made known in 1919 in
Sil"sia hy PrIss!an soldiers. who knew the words
bat not thu melody. one day some officers OF the
Silesian Army. among them Scharnhors'. met
procession making pilgrimage to a sacred spring
Boz Ecmcrz Is they waikeI fhey sang hymn 10 the
Virgin with these words:
lion Dir. . K0ngin.
Dos Brunuen- ilitern.
~ sce,n nni Gcleihn
Lass sprudc.u klar umd rein
flca plg. MARIA,
Srharnhors;. q lover % music. asked the priest
whence came the melody and received answer
'ha' 90 vas 90 very ola pilgrimage hymn a statement
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before Schlrnhorst ana hr follow officers AZ" a.
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ia Sii"siA. God say" The KING Il said 10 hav"
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