New-York tribune., 1900-03-11

tuted of the tunes that once upon a time gave
such hope and prospective happiness 10 the young
Christian. Jesus Lover Of My Soul; this played
in the key of F always clinched the bargain with
the devoted citizen For the Irish woman who
carried the price of the piano with her in her
stocking he played reels and jigs and kept his eye
on her foot. and the moment she began to move
her light fantastic toe in time to the jig he was
hammering out the piauoforte sold and he had
her money. For the German. with his love of
Fatherland. beer and the waltz he played The
Beautiful Blue Danube" Die Wacht am Rhein''
or, If the prospective purchaser member of
singing society. "Es ist der Tag des Herrn"
die Kapelle" Then comes the young American
woman who is musical and tells about her musical
father, who choir leader. and her musical
mother, who was one of the loveIiest alto singers
the stage, and her musical grandfather. who
was great performer on the bugle and played the
bass viol in the choir for fifty years All these
marks she is interlarding with little scraps of her
performing the panoforte. after many
years in the business, says Mr.. Steinert II
you that all you have to do with such customer
is to praise her efforts assure her that she a
great musician and keep her playing If you
careful not to say anything in praise of the piano
nine times out of ten you will get her money-if
she has any, which is doubtful" AS for the next
customer. since he is with whom Mr. Steinert
has the closest racial connections, 1t would be un-
fair to summarize his description.
Then there is the Hebrew. who having made
lot of money in America, wants to buy piano for
have tried to find style OF music that appeals
to him. and although have patiently gone through
sung long before Moses wrote, didn't write, the
Pentateuch 1 must admit my failure for
second hypnotic him by music of any class The
Hebrew never looks beyond the polished case and
to those who are to come after me 1 shall say.
when the Hebrew comes in to buy piano show
him one that is conspicuous by reason Of its size
and high polish and then talk Never mind open
ng hm the the o the 0g ake pRGn the H. pr h
wants and If you blessed with the gift of CAB,
high to admit of many reductions you may be able
TO drive a bargain before night-that is, If you are
sharper than he is.
The lovers of "a capella' music and the admirers
of the Musical Art Society Ghe terms are con-
vertible) VIII be much retoiced at the pro-
gramme which Mr. Damrosch has arranged for the
second concert as they disappointed at the
first. Again the society is fulfilling its mission.
First there is A. Scarattis motet "Tu es Pc
trus": then three pieces of Palestrina of them
new to the schemes of the society. This is brief
antiphonal Gloria Patri" which is placed between
the "Improperia" and the "Stabat Mater" In the
improperly and Gloria Patri' the society will
be assisted by chorus of eight hundred voices
from the Peoples Choral Union. This ends the
music of the Italian school and the first part The
second part will be taken up by the "Trauerode"
which Bach composed for the funeral of Queen
Christiana Eberhardine. of the family of the Mar
graves of Brandenburg- -Bayreuth wife of Fred
erick Augustus who refused to renounee the Prot
throne of Poland. and, though she had to accept
the title OF Queen never foot in the country
OF the music of this funeral ode Spitta speaks
follows
The music 10 the '"Trauerode" is of Bach's
finest works In the broad phrases of the first
chorus which full and fortd coloring is given
by the employment of gambaS and luteS, q feeling
is breathed forth which is closely related that
of the final chorus in the Matthew Passion" But
in the chorus in the 'Trauerode.' though II is
an Introductory movement, there is a more
hement and passionate sorrow. This also comes
out in the second rectative, which the instru-
ments accompany with passages resembling the
sound OF bells: the high flute begins, and Is fol-
lowed BY a gradually increasing number of in
struments going from the highest 10 the lowest in
figures of different kinds: last OF all in the
bass long pulsatiOnS and this of sounds
flows on further in peculiarly sorrowfu modua-
ode goes on the feeling becomes calmer partic-
ularlv in the choruses, which smoother and
more quiet the last being quite in the simplest
style The prophecy here uttered by the poet:
But, noble queen, thou diest not;
We know what possessed in thee;
Posterity shall not forget thee
has been fulfilled although in a manner somewhat
different from that which ne intended 1t is the
art of Bach which has given immortality TO the
figure of the good queen.
The chorales in the cantata will also be sung by
the chorus of the Peoples Choral Union which will
stand for the congregation of Bach's day The
third part OF the programme secular and made
up follows:
Part songs: