New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06
MAGYARS AND SLANS.
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THE SONGS AND DANCES OF POLAND 10
uEMIA. CROATIA. ETC-HAYpN AND ciooA-
TIAN FOLK TuNEs-THE BIBLIoG-
RAPIIY OF THE SUBJECT

and indeed has fair representation to-day
among musicirns OF the second class, but were
It not for Chopin it would scarcely be just TO
Russia or Bohemia to mention her name ne
side theirs i'm discussion or natohaI muS''
Th. brightest period in her musical history lies
three centuries behind the present uhe' ana II
Was unmarked by any of the traits which are
recognized as giving distinction in these studies'
A proud chivaIrous and patriotic people 1t was
to have hr,.u expected that the Poles would de-
nnaud th, employment Of their own language
I'm their opera houses but though they have had
many operas with Polish texts they nave not
yet produced a Polish opera An historian ma
made up record which shows thdt between
IT'S and 1859 the operas sung to follsh WORDS
numbered 2S5 but OF these all but nln'ty-t"o
were TRANSACTIONS and Of the sixteen composers
who wrote the nincty-two native WORKS the
majority were Czcchs, lungarans and Ger
mans 10 be truly national an opera must hot
o,l, have = national subject and be written in
the yoruacular. il must also make us" OF inc
,,tioral musical idiom The list of Polish com
ros.rs of significance in the plan OF th'S' pa
prrs is not large II begins with Count orguisk
and includes Sowiusld Kurpns<i, Elsncr uhe
teacher of Chopin chopin. Moniusko, Mosz-
LovsLi and Philip and XAVIER Scharwcnka. To
,h.s.. names add that Of Padcre"sk, because
of ,t Least one valuable addition to the ht'ra-
tur, Of national music. the "F"nt'Is'' roo
ratyc" This literature is neither iarg" enough
nor varied enough TO justify the cr'd''hf "'
srh""I "' composers " -, ,.r., ,o
In,nt has been 10 add certain dance forms 10
those "hl'h h'u Nv" ~ -" .
Ios'IS. ana to chIl'h the P""' '!'
rhythms which stood CHOPIN ana HIS ""'''''''
In good stead CHOPIN h'"'S''' '''''" ~
qu"utly held NJ 10 admiration "9 = ''' ''
among national composers was ''o ''",
ph'au'ai'h I" o''"''' wv .,,,.,I
even II 1t hid pee" p"'7''' ~ ,.',,..,'i,,, /
upon ih@ b"''""'9'' "'~'' 49,, ..t,,
~. d., ,,, .,s,,l,,lo,.v of the subject |
""'h - ''' 80 - , a.. ,r,,. ;..,i.. !
CHOPIN docs not XIV "'' '"''' w. "
of tho Polish people That voice ~ pi'doh- /
49,. ,,t... i,.,. tt.u,I rot With
lnhHlIy h'i"', Win '"'i''''' -
out Il large infusion Of healthy ''F'i anu
,,,....ty 10 v.t urcIomiuantly lauEuid and !
a.. ., .. ,... ,.,,.,. I .,, con
h''"'''"y Inns '''' 80 ,', :, 4,
WINGED IL far more personal IMAM h"'o"''- - -
,., f,i, ia thc folk music Of Poland the express
....,... ,.,,, ., mali. ~
SION oil 'h' country p"f"''' "' -
RESPONSIBLE for the emotion Whirh uh'luI'S 10
,,..,,,, ~ thoniu's works the emotion for which |
-, ,.oi.;.,. ,.,,,,iI. ,f IN, Polish
~ 'ou'h Hi'' ~ ''"'''''''' ~
word "Zal," which List says means a""h''A'
,.in ,o,royv grief trouble repentance, etc"
P"'"' ~ " , - al, ,..,..,,.. ,r.,.,t n
1h'Ie u ''"''' ~ 80,
would be impossible TO a'oId inc '"''' W NV
.r,bnIv vhi. making such frequent use az the
-, ....t.t..... liz, - tho Oriental scale
I"hSh I''N "u"''''"' ''' W Wv '.
discussed IN the preceding paper ol thS 0'''7'
-, a.. .,,ri, az Polish song speaks more truth !
~ " .,.. .,..',,...., ,,,., H., oc- |
lulIy III "S '""'"'''''o''' ''' -,
CaSiOnal alterations from the dldtohiC s'd'7
,.,,d.rt,l ,uus,c Poland IL third NJ Z. !