The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-21
THE NEXT COURSE OF LECTURES.

By the New Haven University Exten-
 sion Center-The Talented Krehbiel.
 The officers of the New Haven Uni verslty Extension Center have engaged for their next course of lectures MT, enry E. Krehbiel, the musical critic of the New York Tribune, who of late years has become well known in the lecture field, and has been heard recent ly in New York, Hartford, Pittsburg and Detroit. His reappearance in New Haven will be welcomed by all who heard him six or seven years ago. One of the subjects on which he lectured at that time was the Evolution of the Pianoforte," Illustrated by MT. Morris Steinert's unique collection of musical instruments,
 In the short course of four lectures which he is to begin here on Thursday evening, December 2S, he will treat of one department of music, the lyric drama, from an historical and intellec- tual standpoint; and indicate how the mind, the memory, and the imagination may be trained to aid the nearer In the appreciation and understanding of music, the most impalpable and most immaterial of all the arts. Wagner, the great exponent of the lyric drama of this century. has compelled the atten- tion of amateurs to the intellectual side of music. The glimpsas of exquisite beauty which are revealed in his work even to the careless listener, suggest that there may be much more concealed in that which, to the untrained ear, IS but great confusion of sound, and yet many do not know how to find these hidden beauties,
 MT. Krehbiers lecture on "How to Listen to Music" is of much value to those who long to know how to enjoy and how to exercise at the same time the intellectual and the emotional sides | of their natures. This lecture embodies many of the suggestions contained in his book, which bears the same title. His style is clear and simple, and he treats his subjects seriously, but yet with humor and grace. The profes- l sional vocalist and pianist who accom-
 
 l he discusses with the facility of experts, and add much to the value and charm of his lectures. This is especially the case with the one on "Folk-Song in ] America" where illustrations are given of the quaint yet pathetic songs of the negroes and the creoles, and of the | chansons of the French Canadians. The lectures are not technical, nor ! oS hA 1 those who have fair amount of mu- sical training; they are pre-eminently l for learners, for those who feel that 1 there is much in music, and who want to know what it is, and how to develop l their powers of appreciation. Perhaps if this knowledge and appreciation were l more general the lovers of music in New l Haven woudl not have had to hear, to | their great regret, that the Chamber 1 concerts must be given up this winter; l nor would there be such anxiety on the 1 part of the officers of the New Haven | Symphony orchestra as to the possibil- l ity of sustaining that organization in our city. A knowledge of how to listen to music Is especially necessary for those who listen to an orchestra with it's many instruments so different in kind and quality, it's complex harmon | ies, it's intricate Instrumentation. Ot l the interest which is added to orches- tra1 music, by even a little knowledge | only those can speak who have sat | Wearily through a long performance pleased here and there by a melodious phrase, but understanding nothing ot | the idea of the work; and then at . later day have listened with illuminated mind to the same work, and found ii full of beauty and meaning. MT. Kreh
 biel's lectures will furnish to the inteli- gent and attentive listener the begin nings of that knowledge, which may serve as 8 clue indicating the way to be followed through the labyrinth of swee
 sounds, in which some of the greates
 minds of the world have given form tt their thoughts, to the delight of presen
 and future generations.
 These lectures will be given at War
 ner hall on Thursdays, December 23 ant
 30. and on Wednesdays, January ant 12, F, Fl.