New-York tribune., 1896-11-01

.ovea The distinction OF hearing his mass IN y per
r"rH OF n masnl,ud~ Was an oratoro. st Peter;
which was nrsi performed at Portland IN ls,%' ana
rgpe9ed ~ ne gegnt s6tt,I in a.. In s5 Mr.
Th,odorc Thomas brought iorWaro ms u, WIN
wa performed The Trlbunes Celebration IN lsS.
fIi, next large v 1rks were a sy"i.0,,sS S,,. ~ ~
s,,,''i.d "Spring" rh. nrst years OF Professor
iaIn@ i c'','i f"lloycJ ,lassc models toward which
Bach and the organ had turned him In Ia''r Nri'S
,,,. ns Thoughts lightly 20 the SALON. they burst
40 once into lovely iruiiion IN one oi hi-
.0.dipms Tyrannus." written for the Performance
OF the. tragedy by Harvard students IN N, sprinb
q o1S ~ o 'S5'io c6ne@rt given b. Mr Thomas and me
.o.h ~ ~ csorns s,cetv on January ~ lSs2. and
Ni"1r 3'N ~ In connection Win the performances Of
,no tragedy in English with Miss Georgia Cayvan
s Jocsa " heye nSo' been An island FSntasy
r,ntntas. The Realm % Fancy. 'fho"bus. NlSe'
The %at'y crd. ana Sv pfo}t.or Ss 5icorsc + Wood
bury for tho cincinnati festival OF isss ana q
Win chorus FOR the dedication OF the World : o. o
unblan Exposition m chicago for seV.rai y ye'spr t
an The Tine which Professor la'nr mas & loun Nh, io
,,.Iiaoyal story % the Provence. FOR winch also
r" W "av,,osr'nh fac-simile printed herewith is the
hec,rning OF one 4 i's ballet numbers. Moorish
dance Professor fainss s!mpmEHileS ana Ssi
..T'hc Sa,ivlty" and many other OF his compost
% %.iots ,lsovhcre without prejudice 10y the German
conductors" and their German musicians ana nav nav
b..u hoard with tflcHt bN lil' tflHhH 'A't'N"
and Ccrmanizcd public.
TIE difficulty OF forcing m entrance into the
heads o. the, pr~judccd FOR tho simplest and plain
90, facts in history has had now Illustration In
,o,...i ~ the discussion IN Gerr an "a TO whether
~ ro, Wnrner's device OF a concealed orchestra
voe Of his own Invention. That the idca - as od
sc tho hills neither party II the controversy seems
g., suspoct for a moment. but no fact In muslcii
blsfory T. better authenticated. The matter mas
bc.n revived by Felix Dracsckc WHO III letter 10
tho Dresden Anzcigcr" gave an account OF Nab-
rer,s own statement made TO him on tho SUBJECT
The letter is as follows
To-dov read I'm your Journal n letter dealing
r.,H the subject OF a hidden orchestra In whlch
the presumption was -Nprcs 'ed that NaEne, tE M, WA
,"rlIi,r with a French writing on the subject anu
,ah he.- led bv Il Introduce his Innovation
pcrhaps II will Interest YOU 10 learn thtt when
,,st.d Wagner at Luccrno. as early as lS3' al 're
,,os, ~ TIszt he gave his views on this point
Itc soil that while living III fdris TOT t'le .,o tS
80, N. had been greatly interested In the tamou,
Cnnscrvatoirc concerts one" ne c',he 700 ,d % frr @
10 orchcsira 10y n sounding hoard when, thoueh
r.ther high did reach TO the ceiling OF the co' %
room He was greatly surprised az the eil.s'
a, Tho t1nc o. the orchestra as II was dlfectcu up
ward by sounding board since ne tpre
,,nitv freed from the prcdomlnance OF lndNlduaI
Elects This surge, ed the d1a &c nun no and
no had hoped TO introduce the innovation III '"c"-
tro which ne had already planheo'
sAna
~. Fronch writing referred TO by Wagners critics
.s NJ later date than Wagners first sojourn IN
p,r,s He does not m snton what the writing was,
nor evidently. lid the Garner con- . 10 % y
.ancea led orchestra, however. was Gretry. VINO aeu
in 1918 just four months ana TWO days aner MaS on
nor vas born Gretry published his MEMORIES on
EssaIs sur la Musque in l1s' ana Germam gan , rur-
lion I'm one volume, with noies py III. tIfl ''ptH''
S9,r,s nlan for a model theatre. which should ne
,S,inp school for the lyric drama The aren't
/ he enumerated prltlly.
tscturr, rr,,innccroom fn was TO be small seating 100
nersons AT the utmost the seats an OIL OH KIM, ,er
Iaro 20 re M boxes "since these only eHcourdEc
VII ~aI ~ or something worse the orchestra was TO
he concealed that neither usc'",is ',o, ono
r IN reflect the sound into the theatre was 70
w. h,uilt between the orchestra and ne stage IL Is
hot - ~ 20 4, aupear that he was unfamiliar with
! r-1,rv's writings either I'm French or German ana
~ fc,Iv Of the whole controversy ~ heightened ny
W ~; thot the inventors OF the opera concealed
,hc,r hand on the stage, ana IN so doing olIy 10Y
msmis,s The matter Is best summed up as NJ Mr;
Irn~k sums II up IN his biography oil aghef me me
trencn c1nSS hnS an,icipa,cd Wagner in suggesting
RAT the instrumental should oe removed ',pn ION
sight: but 1t remained for MN 10 s"o" "o" '
could be done and TO 40 H.
rs ,hrd concert OF the popular series 10 be given
=. ,he New-York symphony Orchestra VIII take
,,,,ce this evening at Carnegie Hail. The soolsts are
p,r. .I,ce yerlet. from the Opera Comque Paris
",'' In mako her first appearance in New-York. and
How wilhelm Mertens one OF the leading barytones
:. ~. Domrosch Opera Company. The programme
~ ,,u is az follows: Part Ii. Jubilee overture
weber 2 (a) pro3rue TO "Pasliacci' LeoncavaIio
~, Intermezzo "Pagiiacca. Leoncavao ,Herr Wiz
lam MePtens' pal, III % %"Academc Festival overture
Rrahms ) IA, Serenade, lnuiile Brahms' ~
chanson de Solveg tS Ree,boven l Part III
eRide OF the valkyrIes." Wagner = SONGS, heri s,r