New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

Nir. Edward Alexander MacDowell which was pro
aS be work
representative either of American music or r. of b Its
ssrtG in minor o, & really IL is , as we d. any Mr
rate dates from ss2 seven ~ years before his con-
eerto in fat was produced in New,9%rk da and
Joachim Raff at Frankfort. 1t Is. therefore; not
signs of mmaturity, despite the brilliancy of the the
pianoforte part which the fullest possible jus
was Young man gave MI MacDowen panoforte
in NewYork The na "a mo wfn n
waltz is the most effective section.
The Leader:
Mr. E A MacDowen is an American composer on
and frankfort. and. after having become a Ger,
man of the Germans, returned to his native it iahf
and has written many eompostons but In doHd% @
made the acquaiftance of his pianoforte concerto
in d minor which bears the opus number OF 2 of
5 ms l 5e to saw Of this concerto is that it is
tremeiy clever in its scoring and in its weaving
up of the piano with the orchestra, -; 20
write pianoforte concerto at all The instrument
do what will never blends WITH line tmd nd no
order that IT shall not 9Terbear the piano FGicf m
good try at getting over the essential dhicutles
OF this form of composition But besides 9elms
music. too In the frst movement there is quite
edd in hT peferT?ng to- it in his Introduction
Practically this is method of "A novelist or a
scene % by itS' referring in earlier part of Of his
work hut Is rather !dr in music apbec foa and then
develop (which shows that musical form IS St sun
scherzo of much charm and pquancy, ana the
finale based on the first m4vemen5 Is a music
but it is certainly welcome addition to b 6ne neno
part with unfaiiins brtlliancy. and practically car
ried the composition along.
II the orchestral parts can be got ready In time
Theodore Thomas will next Saturday in Chicago
nlav n love scene from Mr.. Paderewskis opera
which has at length been named 'Manru, after
the principal character (tenor).
Recent Publications-Among the compositions re-
Gently published remark may be made OF an elegy
and concerto for violoncelo by Anton Hegner' a
local artist, published Jointly by Wilhelm nan
sen Copenhagen, and Schrmer. Newly fork MT
Hegner is something Of a nationalist IN music put
being Dane IT a little puzzling to note the
Scotch t in the canzonetta Of his concerto ana the
Oriental interval in his elegy. His direct melodl-
business is ingratatng. Leopold Godowskys IN
dustry is placing large number of pianoforte com
positions and arrangements TO his credit Comment
has been made on his transcendental paraphrases
of Chopin studies published by Schirmer- From
the press of Arthur Schmidt, Boston, we now have
a concert paraphrase Of the waltz In r fiat, Op 49,
and the rondo in the same key, OPP. 10; also
transcription of Henselts study, Op. 2, No 6, and
mobile) Melodie meditative Mutt de prntemps.'
Capriccio Serenade. Arabesque. Reverie russo
and Barcarolle vase. Breitkopf and Harte nave
several works by American composers, native or
resident of late. We note suite in f minor for
pianoforte by E. R. Kroeger. variations orig
inal theme for pianoforte by Carl A Preyer (both
Western men) a set of Lyrical Sketches for
pianoforte. a Valse brillante and two tone poems
for pianoforte and four soprano songs by Harry
Patterson Hopkins, Professional march for or
chestra and songs by Edwin Litchfield Turn
bull, and a BaIlade (Op. s. and Capriccio No.
(Op. 1W by Richard Burmester. BY a singular
coincidence the last three composers have been
identified more or less with Baltimore the first two
natives OF the city, and the last was long pro-
fessor the Peabody Institute......G. Ricordi &
Co. in Milan and London, and Boosey & Co. in
New-York have published twelve Of Francis
Korbay's Magyar songs dedicated to Mr.. Plunket
Greene. Most of the songs effective arrange
ments of Magyar folk melodies. but for some Mr..
Korbay has written melodies of his own, utilizing,
however. Hungarian motives in order to preserve
the proper local color. The words, English only,
by Mr. Korbay and Paul England In these it
is regrettable occasionally to find perverted
rhythms 1t is no more permissible to make an
iambus out of forest" heaven" hopeless"
spirit and other words of their kind In Hun
garian song than 1t would be in English.
The Caecilia Ladies' Vocal Society, of Brooklyn,
John Hyatt Brewer, conductor will give the third
concert OF its sixteenth season in the Knapp Man
sion, Brooklyn, Wednesday evening. The solo
performers will be Miss Bertha Bucklin violin;
Mrs. Eloise d. Clark, soprano and Hugh E. Will
Jams barytone. The principal numbers Will be
Templeton Strongs Now Is the Month of May
ing" and Heinrich Hofmann's THE Song of the
Novonir."
A matinee musical will be given in the Wana-
maker Art Gallery at o'clock tomorrow after
noon TO celebrate the transfer of the sale of the
10 the Wanamaker store. The performers will be
Nine Antonette Szumowska, Nine. Suzanne
Adams, John Cheshire, Gustav Dannreuther Max
Liebling and the Kneisel Quartet, of Boston. The
progra nme will be follows:
Quartet, in minor, Op .Greg
Songs: ''Vieille Chanson' ..... - Istzet
Nalse, 'Printemps' ....................I1eo stern
Solo for harp, Caprice Brilsne Che shire
John Cheshire.
Nocturne F sharp Chopjn
IInIromptu F sharp major. Chopin
Dragoniies
En- Route
Nine Szumowska.
with violin CoIr. Dannreutherl harp and organG
Nine. Suzanne Adams
Trio for PianG06f9rte violin and violoncello. in c
szurrowska. Kneisei and Mr. Schroeder
Miss Helen c. Crane, American woman who
began her musical studies in New-York with
/ Xaver Scharwenka and is a pupil In composition
Of Philip Scharwenka in Berlin will give concert
! Of her own compositions in Mendelssohn Hall next
Tuesday evening. There Will be three of Miss
/ Cranes orchestral composition the programme
a symphonic suite. a symphonic poem entitled