New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-17
CALENDAR FOR THE wEEK-ON ANONY-
SONGS AND ACCOMPANIMENT

Mr. Purdon Robinson. barytone; Waldorf T.r $50
italian ITALIAN opera. Carmen Reformed Church.
Flushing Haydn's Creation"
rhursdayArt Building BROOKLYN D p m Of M she
third concert OF the Boston symptom 1s'y,s or If
nestra and up scrn tss CSamber Music
p M second concert Of the Dan as o con
cert sei % OF the Boston symphony Orchestra
Frday-waIdorf $50 p m. third pianoforte recl,a'
by Nine Teresa Carreno; Carnegie L ;H pis,
S pham p Metropolitan Opera House p M NS Gsr
man opera. "slegtrled ;orc HTfo Of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra.
saturday-Metropolltan Opera House s .Ipnc,a m:
"Rigoetto and the Mad Scene from avaIeria
Rusticana' Academy Of Music Br U,l,shnry
D. m. popular matinee OF the Boston Sy'"p"o"'
Orchestra.
o,,o =, the things that no newspaper man has yet
been able to find out Is why people VINO seer" "
have wi, enough to know better write ahoh'"o"'
letters to the editor because they chance 10 "'ss
with an opinion expressed In his journal An u'e,
occunat,on can scarcely be conceived. DO they
hope to make him change his NINA nc
not likely to do SO. though hunu'e" u
n thousand ten thousand VINO oe'ons ~
tho unindividuallzed multitude tell him that ne
ouph, TO- All other things being equal he -
inst as likely 10 be correct az they. ana prooaos
fools IN the privacy Of his heart that other nun
dreds or thousands or tens OF thousands are III
agreement with him. II he Is to be inaue " 'ee'
that his opinion Is inferior the KIND irieho WIN "
,empts his conversion ought in good conscience u
sign his communication so that the weight OF MS
name NAV fall In the balance An editor might
hold heretical notions touching the composition Vi
the sun stubbornly against hundred aho"s '"o
protests. but yield them at once under coriec''o"
from Professor Young. Yet anonymous le''ei'
continue to pour into newspaper offices despite 'nc
| IL t- hntfo
| than the venerable that communications
which do not bear a NAME mot FOR puphca'oh' ou'
| as a guarantee of good faith, never receive VIC
| slightest attention The circumstance .compeiS no
conviction tina. the writer's do not really expec. ~
| cot a wrong man right but hope to make MIN ieei
| had This is even sier than the attempt to lock
horns with him In an argument Nopody W nc can
aver inven; device which will cause the slightest
twnge OF pain to the writer OF AND oar that the
nameess individual has been putting pms to ,h ,
II he does sign his articles ana so M
WIN protnntve armor The first editor or office boy
who opens the ANONYMOUS Ieo,rI int" the waste
hoske. What n pity, when great wrongs mignt De
! be significant somebodies
All the above Is apropos OF letter to Inc tribune
which Il would be pleasure TO print TOT the SANE "a
the pretty and instructive controversy II might ope"
| and the genial balm which 1t would pour INTO the
| haor, =, most admirable and excellent musician
p,, rho lady who wrote It and asked the privilege OF
! saving In The Tribune that The Tribune hao pee"
unfair" and unjust" neglected TO sign her ha'he'
Che L. simpv a singer and II follows that she oehe
| singer her opinion Is all right and that OF me
Tribune which Is not singer Dut oniy q he"spaPet'
a. all wrong The question on the value OF the
| admirable and excellent musicians accompaniment
| a, a recent song recital Ii would be pleasure u
take IL I'D and air It bit 1t might conduce 10 .he
| d,ecation Of a singer If she tod what rights
has In oh
| at the recital In question Probably she' ike .he
| ,roer vho gave the recital. Il willing to have her
accompanments played with the perfection OF ddih''
| ness grace and emotional charm that charac'er%ed
tho playng at the recital but believes with her co'
,.aeus that they must always be kept In miniature
parsons she thinks Carnegie Hall good place for
song recals for the reason that while gosio n
voice ike that Of her colleague can sye sT cubic inch
!, vorai the pianoforte played as II might perhaps
eRsyond where her colleague evidently thinks it
mSGisd hq Sd somebody ne Instead Of
spirit of lovely sound'-an anonymous Singer
~ ,,,,,o- reflection II appears that possibly IL Is
M ,ncaton of the public that the writer's OF anohy-
nous letters TO the newspaper purpose lheh does
the argument advanced above touching the heea OF
signature which shall serve to indicate tne vau ,h u n
ver Wha9 Importance shall be attached ,, 10 ,b ba
opinion of nobody In pareuiaf' % ihs marke
OF a d daw and publishes its omnIsc!ence2
NJ, :, Corder an English musician and an eX-
.,an,e,r Industrious musical author has written a
- -, -, orchestraton which has been published
h /, schuber,h Co.. OF this city. The department
"a which this book belongs Is not overcro"de" of
many decades Berozs work was without r'Nai'
,rcn came one by Gevaert Gas yet known only !" .'
original French and German translauop' winch
took cognizance OF things newer imam the 'i'"c .,
| perlloz and which bids fair to become standard
authority the world over. Ebenezer Prout wrote
small work In English which was superp'S coi'
nac,ed and deserved the honor OF German tranSia
. ,,h,ch II received Now comes Mr.. Corder
hook with a number OF original features 10 coinhe'o
| :, e.. o,s thing Its examples Of characteristic
oc,s made by the different instruments OF the bahd
ere newer and more varied than the examples III any
NJ the other works. Then again the examples arr
! ,r,n,ed to sound as written in the case OF al 'he
,nenos,no Instrumental device which VIII appear
strangely TO the amateur who wants TO kho" so"e-
thing about the OF writing for instruments ou,
dos No, want to go into 1t thoroughly as ne woud
| he Obliged to do II he were composer. ho'eo'e'
Mr. Corder has considered the needs OF 'hose VIM
have no use for the great symphonic apl'a' a'u' ~
| have occasion 10 score for the small bands useu III
| 1r,a music or for concerts at summer resorts All
,hese things have their practical use. and give the
book a unique value. In shape 1t Is Dit incon-
venient made so. fancy, by the desire 10 ss,e
ample space the quotations from o engraved
mates would have commended Itself 10 the is 80
The lovers of handsome page but mere asa', % a.
NJ Qualifications asserted themselves sucn az ca
nof well he ouarrelled with II Is iselui 9ooh ai
| mi OF suggestions worth ponderns "hen II u'''e'
with the old authorities.
Mr. Sam Frankie has arranged an extremely III
teresting programme for the second concert Oh 'n'
American symphony Orchestra. when Is 10 DC
given in Chckering Hall on FEBRUARY ~. va, ~
h.s,raI numbers will be Schuberts Marche MIL
,a,r. In u orchestrated by Guraud; Schubert
unfinished symphony in minor. MacDower'
.The saracens'' and The Lovely Aida and ,n'
overture Euryanhe byy Ws0ss em Msn an(
gGerite @ with orchestral accompaniment ar
reh',nhs - Brahms and the two exquisite SONGS
ranged py ,-i,isgn" nd MA Volsne. by a. Gorint
MIDI su rith the accompanments arranged 10