New-York tribune., 1899-04-30

erHp WEEKLY CALENDAR-AMERIcAN
COMPOSERS AND AMERICAN Mosic
-PERosI-FoREIGN NoTEs-AN-
NouNCEMENTs ANDsPRo-


GRAMMEs.
..,.. .,ur,can Theatre SIS o. m, opera In
sy,,ssssvWaldorf-A Astoria $50 p. M private CON- s
cert of the Apollo Club; American rnea''e' '''
o. M. Faust" -.
xveS,ssSav-American Theatre and s1S P m, m,
opera In English. III Troyatope AsspHstbvs TssSbts
Choral Society. l.,
'rhursday-American Theatre S15 m. opera cram IN
English. Romeo and Juliet SsieoOnaan potea MAJ
Hail sl5 p. M, song recital ny heoeccH "a0
Kenzie. ~, .a
FridayAmerican Theatre SIS M Srsn orsan snn
recital by William c. Carl
.saturday-Amercan Theatre. 2 and s15 p. m'' opera
In English. Aida
rx aa,es, Thursday Musical OF Minneapolis. Is
Az. q, the most fourishing and energetic women
,nuslcal clubs In the country and also one oi III,
most enterprisng and original In planning al.
,-execltng schemes for the promotion OF ni"siO"'
study On March 20 It gave concert IN loyalty
no American music and complimentary TO the honie
con,nosers of Minneapolis All the music winch
embraced orchestral pieces. concerto Tot pidno
forte vocal quartet and songs. was tha' Oh io0ai
musicians The programme, moreover was ei"oo
<,,shed with Greetings and Comments from Amhn-
scan Musicians" from which a few extracts may
fproftaby be made. Professor Paine wrote 'nat
,fhe laudable interest taken by the club In the COM
zpos,tions of resident Minneapolis musicians was
vone of the encouraging signs that the time Is last
fapproachng when our people VIII Ieel a pilue !"
ffhe achievements of their native composers and mu-
k~cians and that musical art is longer an exotic
stn our land" Professor Parker. of Yale. wrote;
The sympathy Of every good American is heartily
given 10 any undertaking which aims TO raise the
sba rs,is Of wandering artists and organizations
are always welcome; when they snow an eHGeL tSieL
that real substantial progress can be made only
from within and not by p PROXY OXEN IN a our cities to
the establishment and continued malntehancT, ., OI
flary the local orchestra. and much more partlcuar
~ stll the local composers. should be vgorousHyi
Loyalty supported since from them raula'es d"
progressive musical art
Professor Parker's emphasis on the local orches-
ira Is natural enough in one who is working as ne
Is 10 develop the orchestra at New-Haven whcn
has so long been the ward OF Mr. Morris Steinerr
kNr Arthur Foote writes The day has gone when
kYbe question was asked Who reads American
ibookg and the possibility OF that question about
music is going now too" Mr.. George W Chadwick
said nothing about American composers as SUCH
but had hearty word of approval for the women
musical clubs, concerning which he said;
II Is nv firm conviction that the ladies' MUSICAL
clubs throughout the country doing more for
the of good music than any one Idctoi III oui
present civilization Their high Ideals ana enter
prisine and Industrious methods cannot fail 10 be
OF great service to the cause OF art In this country
True to the teachings of his books, Mr. W. D.
Henderson issued challenge for recognition OF
the rights of the intellect in the cultivation Of
music IA is not" he says, IAN unntenectuai
bubble Of the emotions. The musical artist is one
who studies the of musical feelings and
the possibilities Of their musical communication
and who endeavors 10 produce. as result. work
harmonic in design and significant In content
Those who seek for art in musical work must
search for the demonstrations of intellectual concep
tion IN the embodiment of feeling There is no de-
sign which is intellectual; there is no art with
out design
This may not have been what the club asked for,
but II is worth pages OF commonplace about the
divine mission of music and the unmeahing
poetcal hyperboe with which the programmes
got up for womens clubs often adorned.
W. s B. Mathews. Of Chicago, gives his episco-
pal bcnedicton to the clubs plan of giving local
composers a hearing and says:
The experience Of the largest manuscript socie-
ties OF ew-York. Chicago and Paris shows that II
really great works since great works require mas.
teIship and occasion; but II IS also certain tnat
deal Of American talent for musical composition
nes GERMAN, sno 'n @ this his reeson regard vouT
departure likely to be of very important SER
vice In your locality.
Mr. Philip Hale. of Boston, warns the young
composers of the Northwest against following in
the footsteps Of the American composer whom
he admires most and Of whose work. written on
the lines which he condemns he has spoken greater
praise than Of anything else done in America. But
the dear is nightly afraid Of the bugaboo
which he has created. Hear him:
Inasmuch as we have no American folksong no
unless the composers and the audience be negroes
Indians Creoles. American music must be Ameri-
than American in thematc structure
American in thematic structure" is a somewhat
compromising phrase. after the statement that
there is such thing American folksong
which thematic structure might be based: but
one wish to quarrel with genial gentle
NVho is wit md
eye for music whic0 shall be American in breadth
and in freedom OF expression" That is what The
Tribune hailed a 'consummation most devoutly
10 be wished" ten years ago. 10 the following ef
feet:
The characteristic mode of expression which will
be stamped upon the music of the American COM
poser OF the future will be mode that will hit the
taste and appeal to the Imagination of the Amer
ican public OF the future. This may not appear TO
be very explicit but we are not wholly without a
basis for speculation touching the elements that
are likely 20 enter into the musical taste of the
coming generation generations Of Americans
To start with, they will approach the art unfettered
by inherited pretudces In favor of certain musical
conventions still largely dominant among European
peoples This means, perhaps that they will have
less artistic training back OF them; but such re-
fection need not frighten the social philosopher
The emotions are the province of music. and those
who come after will not be il-equpped for any
musical evangel provided they keep the door 10
their hearts open. their sensibilties keen their
affections They will by that time have
learned that In all things truth is admirable
Shan convention. Their political history will have
taught them that It Is theirs to judge for them
selves in matters Of art as well as in matters OF
conscience and matters OF government. The fatigue
which comes from subduing continent. amalga
mating the refugees OF score of nations into a
single people and pursuing the aim with which the
commercial spirit has infected the world may. for
g time incline them toward an art which is merely
diverting but eventually lofty ideals will
themselves. and these will be striven for by spirits
neither faded by quest nor sated by enjoyment
The inherited predictions of the reflective Ger
man the mercurial Frenchman the stolid English