New-York tribune., 1901-08-28
MUSICAL NOTES,
BAYREUTH AND THE NEW THEATRE An
MUNICH-PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
THE WORCESTER FESTIVAL
CHADWICK'S JUDITH


whom she is surroundeD has become ts-,.. ~
stricken at the prospect that the new psi,
Regent Theatre at Munich is becoming aa,-
Gus competitor Of the Wagner festivals thar -
acceptance by Nine. Wagner OF an address ~ oo-
graduation adopted by the General Richard W..
ner Society at it's meeting IN July containfn, -
following declaration:
Every lover of the Bayreuth idea must O..
poignant regret over the fact that an enfsr,ssel ssel
has been called into life In Munich which fbpl bprlse
IL has nothing to do. and can have nothing g'1tOusn t
Ia its essence, with realization Of the Bayrep,SS 20
festival performances so closely to make tS
TO present the institution TO the public as in the %
OF and as excellent as the festival performancsss
dwelt upon. 0e
Certainly not But why. II the Bayreuth na-ro-
ances cannot be equaIled in Munich. did M
Wagner compel the intendant of the royaI thee.
at Munich to agree not 70 perform the works A.
the Beyreuth festival list in the festival vaar :.
the house? Why did she not garner tsa
greater glory for her enterprise by permitting th
artistic management of the Prince Regent Ths,+r.
to fail wofully the outset in an attempt m rive,
the Bayreuth performances of The Ring Of tha
NibelunsT" There could be more efhcacious vav
TO kill competition than to subject it TO such
humiliation.
The fact Is that the wshnfriedites are afraid =,
the old wagnerites. The split is ten years old or
more 1t followed hard upon the heels OF Mn,a
wagner's assumption of the artistic direction ~
the festivals, and the consequent introduction NJ
absurdites and artistic vices. which have been
growing since. The critical reports on the hrs
performance Of The Ring OF the Nibelung" which
have come TO hand indicate that the Bayreuth
idea. much prated about IN the address Of the
General Richard Wagner Society, is realized ar
Bayreuth to about the same extent that it is ar
the Metropolitan Opera House Bertram is as
lugubrious a Wotan at the FestspielhaUs on the
Franconian hill as he is in the gilded house IN
E3roo fc fha LT,3
Mime, and there, as here Nine Schumann-Heuk
is called upon to be Rhine daughter, Valkyra
Erda and Fricka. all in tragedy. The perform
ances. which to be models for the instruction
OF the German stage. have sunk 70 a level which
that stage was still above when Wagner turned
away from It with disgust and demanded house
set apart "far from the madding crowd for him
self and his works.
Nine wagner's attitude toward the new enter
prise at Munich Is like that which she has main
tained for a decade toward principles plainly pro
nounced by Wagner himself Her protestations
and actions do no more adhere and keep place to
gether than the Hundredth Psalm 70 the tune o.
Green Sleeves Wagner looked forward for dec
aGes 70 such establishment as the Prince Re-
gents Theatre ths realization OF his IDEAL When
first he dreamed Of his Nibeuug tsrralogy IT vas
to be performed IN a rude. wooden playhouse in
Zurich. and then the scores were 10 be destroyed
and the playhouse torn down II Is difficult FOR any
one save a wild eyed, long haired Wagner1an crank
10 believe that such a mad scheme ever occupied
his mind for any considerable space. But when,
after stupendous difficulties had been overcome
the miracle at Bayreuth was in the way Of accom-
pIishment. he still insisted upon the temporary
character OF the experiment In his speech az tns
laying OF the cornerstone OF the Festival Thsats
on May % 1872. he emphasized the provisional char
acter Of the building and the perishability Of tbs
material employed in its construction and expressed
the hope OF one day seeing monumental building
arise be nurture place for art as he conceived
1t. Then he said: But TO whom shall I turn "a
secure that monumental housing and protection for
the stage which shall for so long a period devote
itself the work of ideality? Where is the nation
that will build such theatre He confessed that
it was vain 10 appeal 10 the German Retchs5ag to
erect a national theatre. and contrasted the Ger
man disposition in this respect with the willingness
of the French to promote the nations artists
undertakings adding: What Is not believed Of one
may perhaps be believed OF many; eventually
IL may happen that stock company will be organ
lied which would authorize architect 10 build Ia
splendid playhouse somewhere 70 which might dar-
ingly be given the title German National Theaus
I'm the belief that within short time German na-
tIonaI theatric art would develop ITSELF HAD
Richard Wagner lived and remained the ideahs'
that he was In his days OF struggle he would be tns
most enthusiastic champion of the Prince Regents
Theatre to-day. and the performances at Bayreuih
would not be what poor. mad Nietzsche said they
were when he broke with the poet-composer; only
opera and not good opera at that
Felix Weingartner has contributed article to
the "Aueemeine Musik-Zeitung" in which be
argues that Of the four overtures 70 Fidelio tnsl
commonly known as 'I.eonore No. % Crealy the
first composed by Beethoven for the opera) Ces'
serves the purposes OF an operate introouSu0H
He advises his colleagues to use II az EerrorH@"e
OF the opera and abandon the plan OF PLAYING 'H0
"FideIio' overture and introducing the "Leonor'
~ tha set lE latter
see relegated 10 the concert room.
Paderewski's opera. .'Manru" has been accepted
for performance at Prague in the coming season
Dr. Dvorak is now director Of the National |'H
servatory in the Bohemian capital
Official preliminary announcement Is made Q. % u'o
plans for the forty-fourth annual iestlVaI .. -
Worcester County Musical Association Ihe iss- s-
val will take place IN Mechanics Hall. Worees's,,
during the week beginning September = ana VIZ
consist OF four evening and three afternoon w.
certs George W. Chadwick will De the eohuU
tor Franz Knesel the assistant conddc'oI' a. -,
Wallace Goodrich orsanist- The choraI "CiSs S.t
be Verdi's Requiem cesar fFAncA -,
tudes'' C. W ChadwicA's judith and MoLa-s
r,otat "GIorv Honor Praise and Power. Io0
orchestra will number sixty-hve and 'ne chOlTS r,
between 500 and 400. usual, The vocal soio'
be in the hands OF Mime. Emma EaIhes anu -. -
Shanna Cumming Sopranos NFS- C'a4' No..
King Miss GerJruds May stein anu
A J. CTriggs contraltos; Evan Nlndns -
Z, -rov,,a ana II Evans Williams. tenors, ana O3-'
F. Duff Stephen Townsend and David H'SPN''
barytones and BASES. - "a,
Mr. Chadwick's composition viii nave - "a,
performance on this occasion II Is ea'1sD 60,
drama The words IN rhymed verse, were -. -.
~, yyiui,u Chaunsy Iangdon. and the vocal sco,s
has been published by q. Schirmer. X ueaIs "a
the familiar story of Judith and HoioierHF
told in the Apocrypha. The principal slhsSis