New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01
MUSICAL MATTERS.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-Mf SElDL d
SUCCESSOR -" HIAWATHA - NEWS
N0TIrS ANn ANNOI, NCEMENTS.


Following is the local musical calendar for the
| current week:
sunday metropolitan Opera House SIS p m' con-
cert ''In a Persian Garden
"o1 Enelish The Begcar student Waacks The
atre. SIS the Bostonians. in The serena lnro
aga iyF@'" Academy Of Music. brooklyn, p. m.
sedl Socictys memorial concert
concor by Paolo Calico: Waldorf Astoria $50
p. m. concert by the apollo Club'
Wedneslay-Ne w-York Avenue Methodist E ,hsso
raI church Brooklyn, organ concert by Apram
Ray Tyler.
Tho performance by the Yonkcrs Choral Society
OF Mr. Frederick Burton's cantatd. "Hiawatha. on
Thursday and Friday evenings Of last week. was
very properly looked upon as a significant mus'"'
occurrence In nelghboring town IL WAS a."
ambitious undertaking the part of the young
society Of which IT must be said at the outset Una"
rs work attestod the earn"stncss of It's aims. lis
zeal and the admirable influence which Mr.. burton
is excr;ing among the people with whom ne mas
thrown his lot. His disclosure Of hmseI aS
niposcr Of lofty strivings must have come WI"
the force OF a surprise to many Of his friends VINO
have known him for more than decade as Il
Journalist and writer Of stories. but not az inu4
clan. His college mates knew that ne han s'uue"
| music at Harvard with Professor Faine put ''o9e
who are watching musical developments In the
United States with the grcatcFt care nave h'' oc'
taught by their observations TO look Tor com
pcsers in the large and serious forms hlnOhs 'hc
mon who take" music as an elective az liarVaru
or any other university. and who enter proiesSio""'
life with the notion that what they may INV"
| learned there was either an intellectual ornament
| or a convenient and gracious crutch 10 heip 'he"
out on examination day. We do not wish 10 re-
fleet upon Harvard. but simply TO direct a''en.'o''
TO the fact that Il Is an extraordinary i'V"'"
! when one Of her who has enjoyed her nus'"'
| advantages makes professional use or theih anu
thus challenges Judgment on what she does' nun
.rto Mr. Arthur Foote has enjoyed sort OF SOIL
tary grandeur among Harvards muscaI SONS anu
Mr. Burton's effort. are sorry TO say docs no,
threaten TO give him COMPANY Mf. roo'e u''
himself TO music after he was graduated MT bu'-
ton did not Therein lies tho first great difference
emuhaszcd by the work they have done II MI
Burton took his lessons In counterpart Saioi, dn
r~ntata which IS written throughout IN mono
phonic style with result when couu no, nm a ~
Longfeilow s poem had the composer had d1 sa
times Mr.. Buitons melodic ln'ehtN.V' 80 49," then
monic skill. The rhythmica! monoioiy We - ~
paired with fcaturelcss melody ana an orches,r i
lion which contentcd Itself almost from ors,"',rS
10 end with doubling OF tho VOICE Pal htNss - ~
failed 70 add the variety OF color when was shr TN
, msib Mr. burton had chosen Only in the last
part dd he seem to haye o-n arI1ahe and could
only be obtained (since his chord style was nNe,,
was because OF the relief which came VITA the 10,
trodac!G Of new q; na ne vl dance Of fanpuk
in which use was made OF a" Nr iTi HUTTON is done
achieved so accidel ,I.Scss as The choral society
attcs,s and It Is to be hoped thnt n ers
of TIE practical knd Will Ifss,s eror, made vita
"IIiawatha."
The amount Of mislntormatlon current IN ."'
rov,snarers of Germany touching The selection OF "A
success sor 10 tho late Mr.. Seid Is ony equine" -
that which was industrlously printed mere IN
mediatoly after Mr. Scilrs death. and before any
body seriously concerned In the matter ha' 'es'"
to think about +, The intelligence OF much OF me
foreign matter which IS printing Is shown by the
fact that II is based on the idea that th'r' ~
richly endowed permanent concert of'hos'a' I'm"
that OF Boston. waiting for n conductor ms We"
rs a vast operate Institution. Local newspaper
writer's have been possessed o. the same IDEA. hu'
~ give ro,nt 20 the observation. let IL be re-
corded that n Berlin newspaper recently r>por'e"
that an offer Of SIS 600 year salary ms been mas
~ Felix Weingartncr and Of Sl.%O 20 Arthur
Nik!sch to take tho place made vacant py M'-
co,ars death or course no such offers have been
,node for the very good that there Is nobody
In a position TO make them. Tho Philharmonic
Society cannot for II gives only eight pub.'c re-
hearsss and concerts per year, and cannot racrhcs
more than n third " its income TO pay Tor CON
ductor Mr. Grau will not because there IL no
need ard the permanent orchestra scheme was
quixotic and dead at its inception. There remains
only the manager OF the "pcrmanent orchestra
which wa, Mr. Seldrs. md any one who imasin"s
tbat he f. tclecraphng Offers OF 5000 per annum
salary to European conductors Is delightfully."- sim"
pie
It is. nevertheless within tho bounds OF posi-
hlltty that IN the accompanying portrait ~ Her
mann Zumpe. the readers OF The Tribune may SEQ
the counterfeit presontmcnt OF tho man who VIII
conduct the Wagncran list IL the metropolitan
Opera House next season. Herr Humpe f. liof-
kapelmelster al Mecklenburg- Schwern. md has
been conductor IN Munich. Hamburg and stuttgart
lie Is very much persona grata at Wahnfried.
which IS the home OF Nine Wagner al Bayrcuth.
and It Is said have been her recommendation
fftF. Lei Of
Quoting tho minor Wagner list at Covent Garden
THIS spring Like Mr. seii. he artistic
secretary OF Wagner at Bay rcuth at tho tine OF
the first Wagner festival. in 1876. and IT was no
who wrote tho contrabassOon part whenever Il
occurs in 1.-The Ring OF the Nibcung" Ho Is also
composer OF successful German operetta. entitled
"FarineN." which he wrote wager. and
which, believe has been played In NewYork
Tho second Of the series Of organ recitals which
are giving under the auspices OF the Brooklyn In
stituto Of Arts and Sciences WINS to be given by
Edward ". Bowman at the Baptist Temple on
Wednesday evening ~ this week: Instead. 1t will
be given by Abram Ray Ty.er ut the NewYork
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Following is
the programme:
Is from ps The Ns% World symphony DyotaK s sDnis
'1iow Could fain Hare sumbored." Aria Der
Mra brownie
Mrs. BroNElic.
Hchcrzo sinan
Mrs Brownie.
'Eakoczy March, Iislt
Tho Seidl Society Of brooklyn will give a concert
In memory of Anton Seidl at the Academy OF
Music in the Transporting borough. tomorrow
evening There will be orchestra. under tho
direction OF Franz Kaltonborn. Mr.. Fischer Will
sing and Mr.. Burmcster play the p!anoforto. Fol
lowing H. the programme:
Prelude 'Die Meistersnger Wagner
Good Night aeidl
CHI of sfrfy xnife Hsn T.