New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-12
MUSIC.
Yesterdays CONCERTS.

sc, effect Of the departure OF the opera IS
.se5 rveliness in the concert field Artists
~ ,a-agers seem disposed to fall over each other
. ,sai- anxiety TO I'LL the operate silence WITH
u sound Of men singers and women singers and
- - seIfrhts OF he sons OF men musical instru-
- and that OF all sorts" Yesterday
NV. a, -oint Air. Plunket Greene. old favorte
- songs 10 A hodsefuI OF admirers in Mendels-
- r4au in the afternoon. That was all for the
- save what may have been done before the
.sbionabe set IN private drawing room or hotel;
= :, the evening there activity all along
- Inc AT Carnegie Han, Mr. Hermann Hans
---e,z1er who yearns 10 be counted among the
.si,s OF the tens and the hundreds who scrape
80 cergut and bow the dangerous brass and mel
s,,s wood conducted his orchestral concert,
tua Arthur Holman gave a recital Of piano
go mus, in M.ndelssohn Hall and the Damn
-,,e- Quartet entertained the lovers of chamber
-, IN one ot the rooms Of the Fine Arts Build
- IN West Ffry-seyenth-st. Serious musical
+s-.ai1rnerts an of them, though, 10 Judge by
70, the past has disclosed the existence OF a
son d'etre for the first might be questioned.
~ creene.s admirers found him returned 10 them
,-v much what me- was when last he said fare
81 A t-11e more intense in purpose maybe, at
- less reuuSetUl in manner while striving for
80 effects i'm which slsa r-i2,ira} cl@TEs vi his
-,r lies but Jealous. earnest. honest intelligent
&c defects are those which spring from faulty or
,,r4cient training. Ills devotion TO the best ideals
=. song singing is So obvious TO disarm honest
- hroa 5r1snEeG criticism With him ii is all pur-
,osa and never mind the means, though he tries
80 enough 20 90 vrtuous vocal deeds as he shows
hs++a- in HE good phrasinE than he does i'm his
,,ses into the laIf voice do things which ought
-o- 70 be attempted by hasses He read Schumauns
-Ar4--age''-as perfect a specimen as all song lit
s-s--1re boasrs-wirh delicious discernuent OF IFS
beauties: but IN recognize those beauties in their
.r,nes= one had 10 rra1spo=e the whole thing into
another color key. There are melodic and dynamic
formulas which belong 10 voices and will not brook
--snspositiou Appreciation OF that fact wou< have
estonped Mr.. Greene from making the singular ex-
hibtrion that he did in singing Brahms's "Nergi-
bgches standchen." as appreciation Of his be-
setting sin OF impure intonation might have suE-
sssted the tnadvisability Of singing CoTneliuss
unique creation. Elm Ton" which Fe added 10 the
first part Of his programme on recall. II was IN
bsppily not one tone. but several-measured by the
Endoo standard, which splits each tone OF the occ
dental scale into three four fractions. But We
have no mind quarrel with an artist who can
nut the deep and reverent spirit into bach IS
aToiessehrsucht'' that was present yesterday, the
fne appreciation OF medieval German music which
spoke out Of the sixteenth century ''Wachterlied'
Eho could use the bardic tone that Informed Stan
fords la belle Dame sans Merci," and the dashing
roIlcking. devil-nnay-caEe patriotic shout that
stirred up enthusiasm IN he setting OF Browntngs
King Charles" The second pare Of his programme
NJ. Greene devoted TO arrargsmeuts OF traditional
Irish airs made by Charles vfiIers Stanford and
Arthur somerviH He vas listened 10 with earnest
attention from beginning 70 end and warmly ap-
paude5
The concert Of the Dannreuther Quartet was the
second q its public meetings this season. It IN
trodu-ed two singers new 10 our public concert
rooms in the Misses Carhone, soprano and con-
tfslte The latter. Miss Grace, sang a set OF
Swedish folksongs accompanied by pianoforte, VIC
lin and vfolonceuo. and the two united their voices
IN one Of HandeIs duetu ii camera, NO, hi Vol
Non Euo Fidarmia,' in which TOO vivid fancies
have found themes borrowed for choTuses in The
Messiah" II all of HardePs alleged plagiarisus
rest on such fiiusy evidence, the less said about
them the better for the reputation Of his critics
The instrumental numbers on the programme,
which were played with the known taste and finish
u Nr. Dannreuther and his associates, were Mo
zarts Quintet in fat for pianoforte and strings
Originally wind instrUments), n which George
Falkenstein Joined the party; two movements from
DZoraks Quartet IN D minor and new quartet by
Hans Hermann II G minor. Every seat in the
room was occupied and all the music heartily
enjoyed.