New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

native particle variouslv used |
h,+ aI,vaIs giving a certain eipnasis to the word
which II precedes" Such ieauei
feature In Indian song
.,.,os are somewhat more sparing
90 +haIr nraise of Professor horauo W. Parker's
new choral work. "A WanoeIe sam given at
no~ 80. .,,s month than they were of his "Hora
,ro,,,esIn,a" last year Some extracts from their
I>o'ISs.il' ,ro otven herewith from THE Times:
, skill in counterpoint is very
Inc eOP IN point OF workmanship many OF the
9 6m4agson With the best things Of the kind in
modern times II seems az o;h - - MT Iarker 10
hanoie esn r and in one particular the treatment
of solo quartet as agahssble deeree Of smccess
az 1b necessity of providng picturesque musical
Illustrations LS delivered when they cry unto God
,he cnn1noser has found Summing block, and ne
has nor Pa9 u sve even such episodes these.
His storm take the mos d male chnS,n mr.
g,n nS M nnt unfairly be kened to sailors chorus
and the musical Description 70 taken idrsratN
f seeri .19Se iFlying Dutchman ana Elijah" The
pa Mg Parker TO Insert really lpdicrops bit of
realism into the oboe paTt % ne yeiueg b 700
eaS ay, p &C. The result Of uncertainty Of ideals,
parts OF the work require sIT For tI VI bp ,
uon IN par az brnes is far long. and the various
in which the Themselves in the
clash of metal become at last a b 5e9loHs fass
ing from the hio 70 give high commentator to
many numbers. such as rs chorus in con,bjnation:
tha secoDd a beautiful and really appropriate con-
trato SOLO They that s and the final number in
which the climax of the first recurs-
THE Telegraph:
The ..Tonus Peregrinus" meets our eye in the
opening bars it lbs Is our oompoion and in one Of its
protean forms it bows tHtiaed fnT MI Parker
ee1iy varies the primitive simplicity of the theme;
Very prettily he does this , tb , FuSgeu anu
az toldavs flowers. each offshoot having its root
IL the past and 3 efecf is singuariy happy
more because It does not appear eS me a.
Int As colorist the American composer
is wholly successful as also III Of me 0a Sr
OF voices and instruments
THE Pail Mall Gazette" says:
Mr.. Parker's new work can scarcely be reckoned
being among the most odes arn uS fra0 o ms
very long way from Wagner. Tschaikowsky or
1 RhaGd Wah belongs to the Of the
fifty years he goes back to daSG Tor ms m tb
brIIS rather than in each separate instance-on
plane of the highest af w of HaYdns serpent
have been induIgently smiled upon by right criti-
MI '' Parker i t-Haydn's Haydn. His aim is TO be
pictorial he possibly can anu in bonsand y tIe
ESSAYS in imitation I must also add that that sue
you'd not be Of RnmoT BUT Mr.
yneiae tho Cacrific fairly and without effort.
He is all for realism; and CONFESS tnat ne oo IS II
cleVerly, for given certain acCoinpiishInsht anu
certain vitality do not think that the eHects ne
obtains are particularly difficult TO manage
The Standard" speaks thus
Mr. Parker is essentially Conservative writer:
He is not only well Nersed in the traditions OF
English oratoro, but he manlesuy reVeIehces
them and prefers TO long accepted means
rather than 10 strike out paths. If the result
is that his music lacks freshness IT has the com
pensating advantage Of being easiy NJ
writing is reminiscent Of meodic progressions
familiar to most music lovers.
The Chronicle says:
not lost upon Professor Parker. who in several
places strove at the picturesque and extremely
vigorous That he has been unVeryinsly success.
fUl in the treatment Of the descriptive portions OF
the psalm extending from the verse beginning
For he hath broken the gates OF brass, 70 FOR
he naketh the stormy wind TO cease, ana SO ne
bringeth them unto the haven Where they Wouiu
be" cannot be admitted, but the work certainly
shows an accession of strength IN handNng the
resources of the modern orchestra that encourages
the belief that, with judCiouS outstanding OF the
viii eventually write an oratorio or Cantata en-
titled the heartiest approval The choral writ
ing is excellent from first 10 last. In summing up,
there be hesitation In saying that the lner-
its of Professor Parker's latest work are far IN
excess of its defects Occasional Instrumental
stridency Is more than compensated for by the
grace and feeling of the greater portion or the
vocal section Of the score
Says The News:
II IS possible that hypercrtics may discover in
the professors latest work "reminiscences or other
com osers Where a musician lives as DR.. Parker
does at Yale. in a place where music is not so eX-
te7sively cultivated in the great European
centres, this IS or less inevitable. On the