The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20

Especially interesting is the account OF
the medieval development Of music and
the invention of the organ, the coming OF
opera and overture and passoin music.
and the oratorio, and the stimulus given
by Bach and Handel and Haydn and Beet
hoven and Schubert and Mendelssohn,
and the other great masters to the later
modern era, accumulated by the work of
such composers as Cherubini, Auber, Mey-
erbeer, Chopin, Rossfni, Verdi, Donizett1,
List and Wagner Beethoven anticipated
Wagner in his conception of opera music,
but he had not the courage to make the
fight for 1t that Wagner had. Wagner,
after bitter opposition, won. The
change from melody and cavatina
form to continuous declamatory
recitative made a jolt for the
critics. but Wagners music has an in
creasingly strong hold on the music-lov-
ing public. To perform Wagner opera,
tremendous instrumental resources are es-
sential The author of this book thinks
Wagner Is too often unintelligible through
stratning after original effects and thinks
it improbable that he will prove to be an
epoch-maker in the history Of music.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, THE MAN AND HIS
WORK. By Barnard Anderson. New York:
Doubleday, Page & Co. Octave, $1.40 net.
For sale by Mccarthy.
Andrew Carnegie is a great figure in
the industrial world. Few men in private
life occupy as large place in the public
view as does this ironmonger of Pittsburg.
The author takes US to his birth place,
tells Of his boyhood, indicates the stepping
stones by which he arose to great success,
describes him at fortunes flood, speaks Of
him as an employer Of labor, relates his
conflicts with labor speaks of his political
faith, his gospel of wealth and his bene-
factions, not emitting his ability as an
interesting and forceful writer. An in
teresting chapter in which Mr.. Carnegie is
afforded an opportunity to express his per-
sonal views is one on international COM
petition" Andrew Carnegie Is a man Of
strong convictions, not afraid to express
them and the Industrial world has not
produced man capable Of taking larger
or more comprehensive view Of the in
dustriai problems Of the age.
MosAICs FROM INDIA. Talks About India,
Its Peoples, Religions and Customs By Mar.
Revell company. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy.
Price, 1928.
The author Of this very interesting book
calls Hindustan, very truthfully, 1.-The land
of varied peoples, tongues and chimes, Of
romance and poetry, and yet the land Of
sorrow, poverty and false GODS Mrs.
Denning is an observing traveller and the
r ader will see the people at their best
and at their worst; see the benefcent
work the English occupation has wrought
and the failures of that administration
and the causes Of such failure: survey the
imposing ruins of temples and palaces Of
long perished civilization and note the
religious proclivities Of a people who I'M
der the influence of Brahminism and Bud
dhism, have failed to find the truth which
transforms and quickens to higher life
the masses. Very fine are the author 8
descriptions of Bombay, Povna and other
cities; the holy places. the hin country.
And she tells of the secluded shut-in life
of high-caste women; the iron rules Of
caste, and the progress making in under
mining ancient customs which hinder
progress.