New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-21


Goddess Of Beauty. thee hymn.
Thou who on mortal senses dim 80.
Descending, makest man DIVINE
Who hath embraced thee on thy throne
And pastured on thy royal Kiss,
He, happy. knows, and knows aiohe'
Loves full beatitude OF bliss
Grim bards of Love, who KNOWING I'M u Know us:
Dare as / dared: to A5rsel go.
And taste Love on the lips OF Venus'
This is pretty pallld doggerel about the poorest
stun in the book. and is cited only 10 sno" nv"
closely the poets adhered TO the Wagnerian 'e~,.
not as a specimen of their vershcation. WIN a.'
It's borrowed images and ideas the Tannhausei
description of his pilgrimage to Rome is more
meritorious:
Ever, as up the windy Alpine eov way yoors
Nv fellow pilgrims warm'd themselves within ,,h,
And ate and drank and nd, slept =, e .n and snow
Wept. aye remembering her that wept LOT ,d me,
And ioathed the sin within me: Mheh DIT 'e"e''
our way lay under garden terraces ..,,, NTH
strewn with their dropping blossoms 'hicA wiz"
Among the towers and towns of Italy.
What sumptuous airs along them ike me gross
OF their Gd g SS wh bandased eyea pres
impatient to the city Of the Tbs SHRINE bS night
We 'e eSnterd There all night, fororn I lay torn
Bruised broken ser o srdRs a WITH my
PROSTATE beneath the great cathedral stairs,
So the dawn found me From low Hah bnt spires
Lay folded in the shadow of my shame &c..
parkenng the daylight from me ns IN 'fe oW SH
tn where / crouch'd: voices and trampling feet:
inc g bs b by an the s soVran Pont stood
Before me in the centre OF my hopes; sbanes
% Oden 'r as coGd s that ring the risen
And all the people all the pg nI So zen s,ns
And a pardon'd, rose with psalms of jubilee
And confident glad faces
Then sprang
cutchd at the skirts could not reach and 5l5 sank
shiverlngy back; CRYING, 20 holy, ana Sv nrEn'
A ARou ha sos Snf BIND and dos noos from
For Mary's sake. and the sweet Saints, unbind
4h ns WSen he n and told him
The sin that smouldsTd in blood kt how {sct bred
M Ana a as th he Judgment Angels and hid
Ny own and hidden from his Is eyes So,sn afa?d
Hast asf' thou thy soul to his perdOn pledged s,
To drain damnation from her reeking cup
Then know that sooner from the wither'd stan
That n my hand hold scocd
The blossom OF salvation
The voice ceased.
And with it all things from my sense ss dar TaKeo
Above me. and about me. and within cum
Darkness: and from that hour by moon or sun
Darkness unutterable as of death .
Whereer walk But death himself is near
Hear ri her once more; know that she forgves
Whom Heaven forgives not nor ms own Iost peace'
I
And those dark fields OF Doom to whch pass
Some blessing will yet haunt me-
Mr. Niksch has put Frank Van der Suckers
symphonic prologue 10 Heine's "William Radclh
In his list Of works to be performed by the berhh
philharmonic Society next season. Mr. Van der
Stucken composed this work In 1879 and dedcateo
II 10 List in 1888. in November OF when year IL
had its first performance In the Grand Ducal inca
ire at Weimar The definition Of the prelude as
symphonic prologue was original with MT. van
der Stucken though Arnold Krug got credit FOR us
invention nv being the first to get 1t into print In
connection with his Symphonic Prologue 10
.Othelo'" "Tant de brult pour une omeiette'
said Mr. Van der Stucken once In discussing MS
claim to priority. but the omelette IS mace Oh
Coumbus's egg"
We find two American compositions recently pub
lshed by Arthur p. Schmidt reviewed in the sig
male" musical journal printed In belpslc' Inc
first is Arthur Foote'S Quintet In A minor, when
was played here at OF the concerts OF the
Kneisel Quartet in the season Just ended The re-
viewer considers the quintet admirable throughout
IN respect of It's contents. Every movement pub
fishes not only energetic desire to accomplish
something. but also positive ability There Is much
honest work In this opus. which. moreover Is rich
in beautiful ideas, and offers an interesting ana
remunerative task to the performers Inc other
composition does not fare so well. 1t Is Mrs H.
H. A. Beach's sonata for pianoforte and violin.
which the composer and Mr.. Kneisel played here
in Mendelssohn Hall on the 2sth Of last March.
The opus number GD is an indication TO the re-
viewer that Mrs. Beach has made frequent essays
In composition. yet without achieving the essential
ability to express herself lucidly and concisely.
I'm spite Of many evidences of talent. her sonata
is peppered with phrases hollow pathos, harmonic
turgidities and formal c!rcumlocutions. These
things we fear, will reduce the interest OF the
players for whose comfort little consideration has
been had in the technics to a minimum. II we
have deceived ourselves, all the better for the
composer and the sonata, whose comparatively
most successful movement we conceive to be the
finale"
The Manuscript Society at its annual meeting
last week changed its name to the Society Of
American Musicians and Composers. and decided
hereafter to admit compositions Of all kinds.
whether printed or in manuscript the work Of
members or non-members, of foreigners natives,
to the programmes Of the society. The control and
management OF the society's affairs will as here
tofore be practically in the hands OF board Of
fifteen directors resident in New-York. but ten OF
the foremost musicians Of the country will be
lected members-at-arge of the directorate. and
with the fifteen directors Will form a council OF
twenty-five members The officers of the reorgan-
lied society elected at the meeting. are as follows
President Edward A. Mcdowell: first vlce-presi-
dent Reginald de Koven; second vice-president
Homer y. Bartlett; corresponding secretary and
treasurer Lucien G. Chafln: recording secretary
Louis r. Dressler. and librarian. Peter A. Schneck-
err The Board OF Directors will include these and
the following: +. X. Arens. John L. Burdett. j.
Remington Fairlamb. Edward Baxter FELTON,. Rob-
ert Jaffray. jr, Edgar S. Kelley. Carl V. Lach-
mund, Eduardo Mario and Hobart smock. Among
the names suggested for the council of the society
are those Of Messrs. Chadwick and Foote. OF Bos-
ton; Parker Of New Haven; Buck OF Brooklyn
Gilchrist Of Philadelphia; Gleason OF Chicago. and
Smith, Of NewYork.
string orchestra has been organized by men,
bers Of the Womens Philharmonic Society of New
York which holds its meetings in rooms No S10-s14
Carnegie Hall. Nine. Jeanne Frankie is conductor
of the orchestra Miss Martina Johnston Concert
meister' dsn't this a little awkward? Why not
adopt the English title. "principal'D. and the
tbar