New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-20


Everything was superbly strong firm. vIvo,..a
authoritative. In fact. it is a matter for cr,,'-'
inquiry whether Brahms's noble work uas 49,.
played go well in New-York before Violin f,,v.
said Won Bulow; violin seer. prophet eyanss,..
rather,
In the Berlioz symphony " Paur disclosed ST..
self as a master in musical distemper pa,,..
Whether the admiration for Berlloz's rnu.,. -'
long outlivc tho present century Is ques,,on,,,
with each rest Of a few years his symphonic. 49,.
to lose in beauty and significance The fact /. IA,
the young composers ~ to-day have not only ~
rowed all the colors Of his palette which vs,.
striking TO the people OF a generation or 80 A.,
hut have added pigments he never dreamed :.
Besides this. many Of them are better musa,,,
than no. and their myriad-yooed composI,,,,
Ohlnk Of Richard Strauss and his deplorably vo.
derful Also sprach Zarathrustra') make Berr,,
seem pal.id IN spite Of hts orchestral color. sr
the Fantastic" symphony is miles beyond n,
"Harold i'm Italy" and II would be well FOR u.
! sake Of the honor due 20 musical pioneer .
we could hear his "Trolans' before his style nan
wholly on our taste.
Not to superscde possible critical dlscusslo, h..
! after but as "A record Of unusual and gratifying
activity I'm department Of literature that has 70,
! disclosed much TO boast n in the past, We VIII
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subjects which have recently appeared. -Four a,
them. al least, deserve 10 be set down as nc,sN.
| contributions to the music students library They
arc Music and Musicians" By Albert Lansrn
! Henry Holt & Coz; "Mezzotints in Modern Muse
! by James Huneker Charles Scribners Sons: Hoy
/ Music Developed and The Orchestra and orche.
trail Music" both written by ". j. Hendersw
the first published by the Frederick a. Stokes Con.
pany. the second by Charles Scrbners Sons Pr.
va cfa bt,U
chant and edited by II. f. Krehbel. Is veraN,
compendium OF the musical art It is a book q
history. theory. criticism. biography and reference
| a superb example Of comprehensive learning 4
| handbook TO which the busy student can turn for
| almost any kind of information. and find It tersey
and lucidly put. Mr.. Krehbiers part Of the work
IN addition 10 the revision OF the translation and
! the condensation Of certain chapters which spoil
the symmetry Of the original book. has consisted
in bringing all the historical matter down to las.
| year supplying a needed chapter American
music and augmenting tho photographed lists
! which end the chapters with titles especially Q.
| books in the English and German languages Vt.
/ Huneker's book Is series Of essays on the music
| Of Brahms Tschaikowsky. Richard Strauss Che
pin. LAszt and Wagner-essays filled with literary
charm and individuality. not self-wiled or over
assertive but gracious and winning. sometimes
| profoundly contempative. and froiesons
!
interesting and suggestive always Mr.. Hender'
| sons industry deserves to he set down as among
the remarkable things IN latter-day musical life.
| The work of critic on n metropolitan daily news
! paper dt is scarcely necessary 70 ten T'soan'
! readers that Mr. Henderson is the musical edlior
OF The New-York Times') IS onerous enough 70
! excuse him from all thought Of other than rouune
| duties for six months IN the year, al leas'' w
he has found time 10 add no less than six hundred
.
| between binders boards, and TO Undue them VIVA
both charm OF style and educational value his
| How Music Developed" Is history or the nna
that can fascnate the general reader ana comps
the respect OF the student It Is an account Of We
growth Of an art not a dry-as-dust record 81
| biographc detail. In other words II IS rea4!
musical hlstory-not biography. In way ne n''
traversed the ground in his earlier DOOR, in'
story NJ Music " but he has done Il in way ms'
shows the advantage due 10 wider experience sa n
better knowledge in the art ITSELF, ana greater SA
Z, the art OF presenting information His secoha
volume 4 the first OF a Music Lovers Lora''
nroiectcd by the publishers. which is 10 emo's'
four other volumes now in course OF prepaiauVs
namely. THE Pianoforte and It's Music oy -
KrehbIel: The Opera. Past and Present oy ",
T. Apthorp; Songs and Song writers D! " y.
r Finck and "Choirs and ChorM Slhs"s :"
Arthur Mees Mr. Hendersons book Is an en- en-
| LII
n thar Il leans little too much toward tecnlNa
instruction OF a kind that the mere music 0'' '.
will NOT caro- to undertake. But there IS no nv
unlovelv anectation than the anectauoh VI '"
ference to musical learning. ana "he" a.
comes who can say so much about ore'es"aa
struments entertainingly as Mr. henderson - w"
be a pity II he were to be fauIted TOT oo-s ~.
There is no one who has an intehgen. "pF
ton ~ music who does not know that kno"''s@
though # be merely elemental he's"'eHs Wv
tovnent which A pitiful lot Of musical le -.
40 CONTINUALLY irving to make tho world pen'''
they get out OF music through mere sense - 49,.
,io, combined with absolute inieAec'us' 49,
! activity Mr. Henderson tells MS reaut'' -" =, a.
orchestra is constituted. how II IS HSeu' ~" "a, I,
directed and how II and the music "'" u,v.
rou, Tim, Is information which even '"' -
far,ng man. though fool might put 70 gu ..'.lv
the more so IL he should chance 70 De "s0''''
fond of music.
There are books which may he disposed 9. w "
summarily though comment Is ihNl'eu " -. A
F. Apthorp's compilation into two uhy - =. M,
some OF the between-acts writings "h'1n ...,n,,
printed hitherto In the annotated p's .a,.,r,
for the Boston Symphony Orchestra ~.
There is much that can be read with prom, 90 "a,
,,.., inn. volumes rather awkwardly entite' -
rho Wav About Music" (Boston: Copeaho $50.
desnlte the fact that there IS a tone Oh ,,u
moss" and a desire to be what the Deii" Ns
"seistreich' about them that IS diseou'as s", IA
Esther slngletons translation OF frois' T,.,osr
vignac's The Music Dramas OF h'0"a's s. nod
and Ills Festival Theatre IN pay ..,,.nt az.
Mead a. Coz would call for eNtendeu 0o.' ran do
receive II in this journal II IL h'n ~ ~. when
cussed extensively and sympatheueay ,nms d
FIRST appeared in French OF the las. y, 'O oRchsr.
v,niom Ashton Ens's translation OF PAU
Wagner's Prose Works" Q-ondoh' Ne.a oush
Trench. Trubner * cor mention ~" NE ruls is re
70 have been made long ago. but MI I. h, bal
ouently exaspera,ins in the style wn'" a,.ire
chosen chosen for his work and his Unsuitable ~ l,uri
expound the masters meaning ins. ,s,iues SEEM
",he master do It himself So It sonie"" ss
better 20 put aside the book not ior h'''' Oar nn
cording to the Horatan MAXIM ou'' sd Il, viii
months In order to be able to con''"' Nv VIA
nroper reserve to those who desire TO N.Y." MA Ting
wagner thought on things conhe''e" Idle Of tS
disconnected with his art. The seh''"' .on,aps