New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
MUSICAL COMMENT.
THE TRIBUNE'S WEEKLY WAR SONG
SPANISH ARMADAS, OLD AND NEW-A
SYMPHONIC SCHERZO BY a LOCAL
COMPOSER-A FRENCH RECORD
MR.. HERMAN-NOTES AND
.NNnT-NcENEETS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Tho r,,hrne.s War Poet and Musician to-day
d,scloeo q dIsnosition 10 be reminiscent ana sHeh'-
! ~ sarcastic The former sets forth wha' ne 'o"-
| ceves 10 he "A steady habit OF Spanish ar'"'''
whenever they set out on visits 10 Ahs'o-"
peoples to take up permanent quarters III ''e ~
nrs OF Davv Jones' Eaq. lie has also discoVc'cl
condolences and contrasts between the cohuuC' VI
two sh,ns in the last armada that excmpHhed MS
theory and the distinguished man after whom they
were named TO give appropriate setting 10 S"0'
theme the Musician set the words to 'ui'o
| known to the English people ut the time Oh 'le
Great InvncIbe Armada and shortly al'or us
| time perhaps in it's time. sung 10 a ballad Whlch
also made light OF Spain Spaniarfs ana ther sihps'
Two versions OF this old ballad have been i"u"n'
one in Merry Drollcry Complete. 1861, ana one II
the westminster Drolery." third edition. le'2 liaS
| not some OF the facetlousness OF the old ba!Iid
crcpt into our Poets verses? Read the first OF the
! two songs mentioned:
| In lightweight. ere was born.
| As | can well remember,
In August was fleet prepare.
| The month before September
spain with Biscay and Portugal.
| Toledo ard Granada- a..
| All these did meet. and mace Il Meet
And cal'd II the Armada
Where they had got provision.
As mustard. pease ana bacon. .,
| But think they were mistaken
There was a little man OF Spain
| That shot well In a gUn-A
Don Pedro hight a. good knight
| AS the Knight Of the Sun-a.
King Philip made him Admiral
And charged him not to stay-a
But TO destroy both man and boy
| And then TO run aWay-a
The King Of Spain did fret amain.
He sent along. TO make him strong.
! The famous Prince o. farfna
When they had salrd along the seas.
And anchord upon Dover 49,,
| our Fnglishmen dii board them then.
| And cast the Spaniards over.
Our Queen was then at Tllbury..
What could you more dcslre-a!
For whose sweet sake Sir Francis Drake
| Did set them ali on area
But let them look about themselves,
rb p"t sfai be scrv'd With that same sauce
As they were ! know when-a
Tho ballad has an Eizabchan favor. and It IL not
n sneculatc too curlously to say that II was writ
! ten within n generation OF IA" destruction or the
! Great Armada This belief IS borne out too by
| the fact that the version In "Wcstminster Drol-
! lcry' IS called An old song on the Spanish ar
! paAo" In pills 70 Purge Melancholy 1901. the
| tune IS called "Sr Francis Drake. or. Eighty
eight" IN, The tune 10 probably older than the
! words or at least II Il was written for the worH'
| II was adapted. ~ an 'arl'er date MAN We nave
yet given 10 other tryts In the "pancihE Mas
ter 1910 Il IS called jog on "nlcn lp'h'H'a IL IL
! the melody 20 which Autolycus sings his song In
| Act " Scene 2 o. shakc.p ares winter, Tale:
Jog on. jog on the footpath way
Ana We~rily heui tho H'i"-9.
merry heart goes al inc day,
Your sad tires bon q nilr-A
.Wintor's Tale" was Arst published in tho folio
Of 1874 In queen Elzabcth's virginia. Book"
| which IL manuscript m TIE Fiizw!liam Nh
! SCUM hearing the dates 1913 800 and 1912 On has
recently been published hy English commission).
the tune IS called "Ianskin." but the woEds OF this
! song have not been recovered
An interesting novelty figured on the programm"
| Of the Madison Square Roof Garden concert on
! last Friday evening. II was a symphonic schcrzo
! in g minor 10y Samuel a. Baldwin Tho composer
IS an American born I'm the Northwest. and a pupil
IN music 81 the Dresden Conservatory II" came
| 10 Ncw-York from So Paul. where he WIS con
! ductor OF choral society two years ago. and s
! Harlem Orchestral works composed 10y him have
! locn brough, forward ~ both Theodore Thomas
and Anton scid bat since 10 does little or nothing
| in the smaller forms his name has not become
widely known. The scherzo played last Friday
| is from a symphony which Mr. Baldwin s.
! gaged nj present II - q he hoped tina; Mr..
| Schmit viii make g. permanent, part Of his
rcpcrtory az 1t Is delightful IN - grace and melo-
diousncss. There s. striving after modern things
| IN IT, but contcutmeut with oid-iashoncd beauty
| which cxcmplines the definition OF good music
| given by Galuppi % Dr. Burnoy: Beauty. clear
| ness and good meditation" Tho piece IS uice-
| ~ scored and effective throughout Following are
| it, thcrnatc contents from which II may be seen
how frankly and unconsirainedly Mr. Baldwin
| works: