New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
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MUSIC.
THE PEOPLES CHORAL UNION.

The activities OF the Peoples Choral Union and
its allied organizations M great space In the
eye OF the New-York musical public during the
season: but how potent they really are. what they
really mean TO vast constituency OF enthusiastic
people is suddenly revealed each spring when the
one annual public concert IL given Then there Is
a showing that must needs surprise many music
lover who does not follow the work that Mr.. DAM
rosch and his Jealous pupils do In the lower and
eastern and western parts OF the city. outside the
OF the public concerts and opera that go 10
make up the regular musical season. IL IL not
many years since Mr.. Damrosch began his most
stimulating and uplifting work. and began TO teach
the elements OF sight-reading and choral singing
to the young working and women who re-
sponded to his call to meet at the Cooper Union.
Those same young people have now arrived at an
artistic stature sufficient to enable them TO give
a performance OF Elijah" OF quality proper TO
gain the admiration and praise OF all lovers OF
choral music. IL means great deal TO the musi-
cal culture OF the city. the creation de Of
great body OF skilled and apprecatve singers
II is movement that will mean much more as It
goes
That It really is a movement, forward and up
ward tendency that Is TO be reckoned with here.
was made plain last night Elijah" Is the most
difficult and advanced work the chorus has at
tempted and II sung In a manner that showed
a constant gain in most OF the qualities that go to
make up good choral singing. or course. the body
and character OF tone were superb; they have been
from the beginning and these thousand singers
give out sound that In richness and solidity and
homogeneity is not often surpassed. But more than
this. they showed accuracy and precision I'm at
tack that were altogether remarkable In body OF
singers so numerous. There places at
the beginning where the chorus was sluggish and
the attack faulty, as where 1t sings with the duet
Zion spreadeth her hands" and in yet doth the
Lord see II not" But they soon got over this ten
dency. and their form superb in the rest OF
the work. And most grateful OF all were the
energy and spirit. the understanding OF the signlf-
canoe Of the dramatic passages. the utter absence
OF all that was perfunctory. that marked what the
chorus did.
The performance was further made notable by
the singing Of VI. Ffrangcon Davies as the Prophet.
He seemed to be suffering from a cold, but II
Of his voice and rot all the splendid dramatic
fire the fervor, the innate nobility and perfect
taste Of his Interpretation. which was in every
sense OF the word Interpretation The other
solo parts were taken admirably by Mr.. William II.
Rieger, tenor: Mrs. Elizabeth Leonard, contralto,
and Nine Clementlne de We're Sapio. soprano.
Mrs Leonard Is newcomer. and made a decidedly
favorable impression by the finish OF her singing
and the intelligence OF her style, though her voice
is scarcely a remarka bic in quality. Nine. de
We're was In good voice and sang most Of her
music we'll though she did not comprehend the
portentons Significance OF the Hear Ye. Israel
al the beginning OF the second part Mr.. Rieger
sang correctly and integently. but with little
distinction,