New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-25

TIE MELODIES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS
AS INTERPRETED BY MOD
FRN COMPOSERS.
Az INTERESTING LENTEN ENTERT AINMENT FUR
NlsHED BY MISS EMILY BURBANK AND
MISS FLORENCE MOsHER.

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N1sHED BY MISS EMILY BURBANK AND
MISS FLORENCE MosHER.
The small ballroom al the Waldorf was well filed
Yesterday with women and few men were there
go anxious 10 listen 10 and hear about the music
~ Scandinavia. The occasion for the gathering
was another lecture in the course on National
Music" which IS being given weekly By Miss
Emily Burbank and Miss Florence Mosher.
The cradle Of Scandinavian music was Iceland
said Miss Burbank The first collection OF 77and'-
raytan folk-sOng= was made by Bishop Saemuhd
s,pfusson in 1856. Some say that he took them all
down from the lips Of the people but L IS prooao!s
that some OF them are TRANSACTIONS from Latln
songs
"saemund s!gfusson lived about two hundred
years after Iceland had been discovered ana se''e"
tv cbieftains OF Norway and Sweden. As early
however as the year 100 there began 10 be "e-
c,ded difference in the dialects OF Iceland Norway
Sweden and Denmark. As the dialects OF lne sew
eral countries differed, so also the49 io4N-9oiis7
varied The music % Norway for instance j. more
-, I'D rude inst as the scenery OF THAI coun-
try Is more rugged than that OF other Scah''' ''
countries. 49, 49,. .,roo %
saaround sigfusson. another lceiandlc o's'''I.
Snor-, Sturlusson by name, compiled inc sIea'
800 en,c called The Younger Edda.' Ihat :
oarn, ~ the later "Niobelungened. frem
,,nicb wagner has obtained the material WhieA he
w.as co effectively in his 'Niebelungen Ring.
THE "NIEBELUNGENLlkD
..--be .SiebelunCenlied really consists OF twenty
s,ca-a,. songs The deeds Of Siegfrled were
chronicled in Icelandic song as early as 'Ae slA,1
century Through all the songs however d s''is'V
narrative runs like silver thread. Sone4eT' LIZ
great German critic compares the Nebeiunse'''leu
IN its construction 20 great cathedral II IS lHe
work OF a master mind wrought out IN ue'al D!
NAV minds that have added here a flying Ou'-
,rese or there y biz Of dainty scrolery. not IN
cluded. perhaps. in the original plan.
Az mis- noDt in the lecture Miss Mosher played
"Fan,asiestuch" Of Emil Sjorgen called 'Morgeh-
vanderung" Miss Burbank said that sJorgen Is
sz,@disb composer. now about forty-four years OF
age who has written music for the voice piano
ord organ A sonata Of his for the violin ana
pano has been much praised by German crlucs'
7pa next musical selections were from the works
Of Christian Shading. an allegretto movement iro"
On q No . and one from op. ~ NO +
sIND1NG's MUSIC.
"s,nding." said Miss Burbank represents
more vigorous side Of SCANDINAVIAN CLa a. ~.
Tot,oe the harplike effects in his music. That Is
reminder OF the long harp. which. with the hod'e
srd -he trumpet is q popular SCANDINAVIAN IN
---,-,er. sinding was graduated from the Leipsic
Conservatory Of Music in lSIs he theh returned
Norway. but. obtaining there royal pension he
went 10 Berlin 70 continue his muslcal s'uuies
cnA s.i.ction played by Miss Mosner suggested
o. ne lecturers mind the rugged mysterious
ftords; another gave her glimpse Oh inc '
rnsfic side OF Scandinavian he. $780,. 49, % b,.
An intermezzo from Pa3oior.e soma, % p'rToberr
t,rSst shows said Mss Burbank. me enec' o'
utilization on scandinavian music j ne ta2' ,he
S'.jors "a &c from the works OF EDWARD 'tT.e5' ~
eS s, 5oyn Of SCANDINAVIAN composers In speak-
ire Of Grieg Miss Burbank stopped 20 pay . ned
80 - Cis Rull who made the world dc9 gam. ~.
with the Wild music Of his native land nus pear6
- ,ever been written down on paper ~ 80
nsa.4tde ~ Scandinavia until he took ms hdHt tie
80. sbout the world playing H. Oie Bun wa -.
wen, spon' Of Grieg and advised him 10 90 10
81, ne last selection which Mss Mosaer W. NJ
-. .sfd Miss Burbank I'm CONCLUSION, W -
Nc, nc wild Imagination Of the scsndinaEldH ~
IKE II gives US hint o. ne Ian reas-
sr gs ssy are heard in their mountains ,.. ,ho
Miss Burbank and Miss MosIsr W. 49, morn
iHg. i, viii treat Of the music Of BOHEMIA anu
Hungary