The herald., 1897-03-21

1t, the horizontal and vertical Mr.. stan
ton likened the former to clothesline
stretching along from pole TO pole,
whereas the chords that make harmony
are stuck on to the melodious line ike
clothespins. He said he was glad 10 be
able to make the statement that the So
called bread ard butter studies, even
for beginners, are being replaced with
artistic studies, and that there is great
demand all over the country for books
and talks that will broaden the music
students horizon and teach him some
thing beside the technique of any one
instrument. In speaking of musical
form, Mr.. Stanton explained that in all
good music the composer first stated
his subject by a theme then he defined
1t, and after celebrating 1t and working
it up to a climax he put on finishing
touch and called 1t a coda. He explained
q sequence as an idea that was repeated
either in a different key, or lower in the
same key, as recurrence of the same
theme but with different treatment.
He paid the students a pretty compI-
ment by saying that their questions
showed much intelligence and that he
could talk more intelligently to them
than he could before a mixed audience
in Boston. Illustrations were given
from Rheinberger. Chopin, some unpub-
lished slips from Beethoven's works. and
that charming modern French woman.
Chaminade. Taking little song of the
latters Mr.. Stanton showed the theme
as 1t was expressed In different voices or
intervals, pointed out the elaboration
and then explained the coquettish way
the composer limited at the same theme
only to change her mind Unexpectedly
and introduce another.
Berthold Tours the composer. who
tad In NTorol, c OF
for his church music, although he wrote
for the piano, organ and other instru-
mcnts and composed many songs. His
service in F and an Easter Anthem are
frequently sung in the Anglican church,
and his songs, 1.-The Angel at the Win
dow" "The Three Singers" and the
New Years Song" are popular at re-
ligious concerts. He was born Decem-
ber IT, 1888, at Rotterdam. and received
his early instruction from his father,
who was organist of the st. Lawrence
church, and from Verhulst Afterward
he attended the conservatories of Brus-
sells and Leipsic. For two years he was
in Russia, whittier he accompanied
Prince George Galitzin. Since 1861 he
lived in London, teaching, writing and
occasionally playing in orchestras.
Apropos of the hundredth anniversary
of Franz Schuhert's birth, the musical
papers in Austria, France, Germany and
England have given an interesting flood
Of anecdotes of the Viennese master.
The following Is from LIE Menestrel:
IA hundred years ago, in the home of
a poor teacher in Vienna, there was born
one of the musicians whom Germany
has honored most-F'rarz Schubert.
Thirty years after this memorable event
and on the 10th of March, 1927, the City
of Vienna was rendering its last homage
to Ludwig Won Beethoven. Surrounded
by q populace in mourning. the remains
of the composer of the nine symphonies
had been laid to rest in the cemetery
of Waehring, and according to the GUS
tom of the country the musical societies
which formed the escort were returning
home to the strains of q triumphal
march to express joy at the liberation
of the dead mans soul, when Schubert
with some companion entered a Vein
haus. After the glasses had been filled
Schubert named the following toast:
To the one who will follow him first
Alas! 1t was to himself that he drank,
for the following year he died"
Mr.. L. F. Gottschalk's "97 Fiesta
March," which is to take the place of the
one written by Ronovieri last year, in
the coming Fiesta, Is clever compost
ton, full of dash and swing. The trio
movement is especially beautiful, and
all through 1t has unexpected turns and
unusual phases that rank 1t far above