New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-10


! hoven's eighth-a substitution which. we are In
cllned to think. represents gain to the public
rather than a loss. Following the works per-
formed at the eight concerts and eight public re-
hearsals:
SYMPHONIES:
Beethoven. Noa 5. and
Brahms No 81. 1, in c minor
T T:SSms9~; No z II 8:
ovERTUREs SUITES. ETC:
Bach. Suite IN D. Passacaga In G minor
cS 6afDe suite. ,'impres.icns d,iiai."
1sat' M sinSGHis w RsfnsG9y No.
Mozart. Theme and Variations in D.
Tsshsi.OwsKy ovsrtuTe RomsS and Ju.,"
hauser' finale. Ole waktre.''
coNcERTos:
srahms for plasotort, IN Nat; for violin in D.
sohpmann. for pisnofore in minor
VOCAL s,-
Franz. SONGS Aus menem sro,'en schmerren."
cuck, air from 'Paride Cd Elena"
Noz i N Sr 'G d Fisarc ''"''NA ii i'''
Schubert songs. pie Jung, Nonne." AN die LNer."
Weber scene from per Ffsischutz"
The solo performers who took part In the concert
were Nine Gadski. Nine. Jacoby Nine. schumann-
Heink and de Heer Rooy. singers; Lady Halle
and Willy Burmester. violinists; Miss Aus der One
and Nine. Carreho. planlsts
A gentleman in Buffalo who doubtless we'll
ia preparing a paper ION the comparative public
spirit Of the larger American cities" He thinks
that public spirit can be measured In part by
statistics such IA the area OF park LANDS 10 city
population. Of park expenses TO city wealth. the
money spent on schools libraries Boards Of Health
- IS
n card TO a number OF persons, asking them TO set
down n comparative estimate OF the pubic spirit
of twenty cities in the United States having pop
uIation OF two hundred thousand or over his hst
in itself provides food for curious speculation put
ia plainly put together because It represents seVera
no,r,. ~ view-that OF the composer. the critic
the conductor and the manager Here IL is
Mrs H. II. A. Beach, Dudley, BUCK N'o'
Damrosch w. j. Henderson. James u iiuie-
ker. Miss Anna Millar. Emil faur
Ireneus Stevenson. Frank van der o'uche,,' -
dore Thomas. c. F. Tretbar, Henry WohSonh
ord II = KrehbIeL We shall await the gen''e
mans deductions with great deal OF Interest anu
curiosity At first blush his UNDERTAKING
about as futile as anything that can be conceNen
For the comparative estimate that ne ASKS 'he'' 20
no conceivable standard that can be set do"ii a'
efficient Does popular patronage measure pupho
.nirit I'm music? II So NewYork would have 10 DC set
down az about 81, 10000 per annum aneau OF "''S
other city in the United states. newborn n"'
paid for Jos performances OF grand opera p' Va
Grau's company. and paid for them so handsomely
that MS reports have 1t. the institution may nave
an unavoidable month I'm the provinces, as ,hey
.av In Iondon and there will yet remain from
$4,000 to 100000 to be divided among the s'OoN
bidders of the Maurice Grau Opera Company Out
New-York Chicago and Boston VIII say mas iio
.,nermanent orchestra" and symphony concerts tell
OF culture not opera. All honor to chicago an.
poston. hut New-York has enjoyed or endured
mora orchestral concerts this season than chicago
and BOSTON combined. and has made all pul oi''
brief series OF them profitable, while the Chicaso
concerts under Mr.. Thomas will again In all Pioo-
ability show a loss. they have ever since tne
Chicago Orchestra was established. New-ioiA
concerts were on fat-footed. unsentimental' ousi-
ness basis and Boston came In for share OF the
money which they made Bostons orches'ra' NJ"
eioriously self-sustaining. owes Its origin 10 ,he
pubi,c spirit OF individuality. Henry Il. hiesh-
son: Chicagos orchestra Is backed by a comoina-
ton OF Individuals Boston's concerts make money
ChicaRo's lose; where lies the measure OF pubic
spirit? Cincinnati and Pittsburg maintain or'he'
ira concerts of high order through the generosity
OF an organization OF citizens in each city. ""o
establishes the standard OF public spirit, lho AZ"
peope who pay the deficits out OF their private eA
ohaouara or the mass OF citizens who boast mat
their city has a permanent orchestra out 90 ~.
support IT. Every phase Of the question II pesee
with difficulties. Not even the per cent OF as
devoted 10 musical purposes would provide Oa''
for comparison. for the extent OF encourasene"t
given TO music for the people in the parks anu 10
ru.,cel instruction in the public schools Is matter
Of aesthetics. perhaps. but not public spirit. '','
no sh.u avail, Mr. Amy's determinations with IN
terest.
.,..- read,ne In THE Boston Herald" that tho
-, =, Tristsn und Isolde" is ''ridiculously shy
,,s devslopment clumsy and that the hbret'o con,
,,. mora arrant absurdities than are to be iouhu
g., .h. most typical Iibretto OF Italian opera, We
are quite prepared to have the story or the o'"''"
told as follows: -
All that f. really decisive in the matter 10 cm r
rsnde vearns for Tristan. and In order 10 ,iu, 10
his love. gives him potion that ,ose s,ae OF the
yernan and helplessness on the side OF lhs nna.
II is dnicult TO sympathze with WHO a nn
nshalraing love that Is the result or medichne"'
A.. nook. OF the play not to be had in Boston?
. s,,..x r,xnt ooncerts At the Metropolitan
~ ..-'--- a. !. :, and LAT niEht with an en-