New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
MUSICAL NOTES AND CONTENT.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK-MUSIC OF THE LAST
KNEISEL c0NCERT-NOTES AND PROGRAMMES

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dorf-Aslorta, $50 p. NJ concert In AID Of tne
Ssnbs5 nssic % ne Knsss Quartet soHIn W,s'sT sT
recitai by Wtliism Harper.
Wednesdsy-Ne. 80 Madteon-sve., p m, iectuIe S
and ballad concert Church Of the Holy Com- ON.
Fe FsssSert II a.i Holy " Tfinsy thqTsh rSoSiyR
s;IE p; M free organ recital oy oaH'ei a.
Thursdsy-Mendelsschn Hail. $50 p M concert t 0y
Miss MsrFuerise Hall and Fra1E w.lcsekk S kncon Soh
ee5sisy s1s as cSs SePsss aSoSi &
pvVs W.11sS Ress. 7nSt...
Iss & suss ssrRs BsHssIs
Of the Philharmonic sosiety: Mendelssohn, aa
First Presbyterian Church. Sis p m. free organ
recital by William c. Carl.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hsll SIS p m last concert
OF the Philharmonic Society.
Herr Hugo Hermann. who has made profound
fmpreesIon on TIE musicaiy knowing BY his play
ing here. and who has won the distinction OF being
engaged q second time the same season oy 'ne
Philharmonic Society after he had played at Two
orchestral couctrts by II. H. Wetxier ana one oS
,,e~forr1er at the eighth public rehearsal and con-
cert OF the Philharmonic Society next Friday afteF=
noon and Saturday evening. He will play Bruchs
first concerto, in G minor, his principal nufnOer'
and paraphrases Of the Albumolatt In L ana the
song ''Traume" by Wagner. in the second part
ot the programme which will be devoted &c "ag-
pers music. The complete programme is as ioi-
lows:
symphony in F. No. Bee'R9veh Rh
Morning Dawn siegfrieds Rhine Journey MsgneT
A1sgTsaEtt wagner
P!rude 10 pie MestersnEer'' Wagner
The Albumblatt is an interesting illustration Of
how ereedy all Of wagrcr's music which can be
utilized for concert has been seized upon AS
is known to the public II is scarcely entlueo
10 be called a composition by Wagner 1t Is Waat
its name impIcs-an inscription for an autograph
album which Wagner wrote for the Princess Met
ternich WiiheImj wanted it turned into Fo-
mama for violin for his purposes, and Ram NOT
Wagner, extended the original sixteen measures
into the piece as know II in various arrange
nents for violin SOLO pianoforte solo and orches-
traI composition. Another "albumleaf written
for Miss Betty Schott. has received the same ques-
tionabIe honor, but mas not won the popularity
accorded Vihelmjs transcription
The sixth and last concert of this years series
BY the Kneisel Quartet will be given in Mendels-
sohn Hall on Tuesday evening Of this week at Gid
O'Clock. The programme will be as follows; quar-
tet minor. Op. fl. No. l. Schumann; trio I
minor for piano violin and cello, Op. 1Ol. Brahms:
quartet, E minor Op. So No. g Beethoven In the
Brahms trio the piano part will be played by MIS-
Clara Damrosch- Names.
The string quartet of schumann is one Of the
Of three that he wrote IN 1872 and dedicated TO
Mendelssohn. They his only quartets He was
then thirty-two years old. and as he had devoted
the year ls40. that OF his marriage to the Proouc-
ton Of songs 1871 chiefly to orchestral work, so In
1882 he wrote nothing but chamber music lie
began by shutting himself up in his study with all
OF Beethoven's quartets. very characteristic
method of preparing himself for the new FORM
and on emerging produced in rapid succession the
three string quartets. the panoforte quintet the
pisnoforte quartet and short trio later pun-
lished with the title Of 'Fantaiscstucke. Critics
nave found fauIt with these quartets as being too
much in the style OF the panoforte. But by this
means says Spitta. he attaiIs many new and oeau-
tiful effects The critic hnds the influence OF
Beethoven strongly manifested in the adagio OF
this quartet. and notes that the finale is almost
plagiarism from the Scherzo Of Marschne-s now
wholly forgotten trio in G minor. with Which
schumann had been greatly struck about the time
he was writing the quartet But the work Is OF
surprising beauty. and the tenacious hold 1t mas
in concert programmes shows that its 9stheuc
qualities outweigh the allegations Of IFS defects In
style.
Brahms's c minor trio has been called his master
piece 81. this department 1t was composed late In
his life n 1886. and shows his ripest work. The
critics call attention 10 the muscular strength OF
rich fancy OF delicate, shsdowy presto non
asssi." a movement showing quite new effects. and
the amiable righteousness OF the andante, to
which Brahms has given. he so often does. folk
song characteristics. element Of which is the
constant change or rhythm between 3-4 and "a
time
The three quartets that Beethoven numbered as
his Op 50 are called by the of Rasoumonsky,
because he wrote them for and dedicated them to
that noted amateur of Vienna, the Russian Am
bassador 30 the Hapsburg court for many years,
who maintained a string quartet OF his own and
played III himself. They considered to be
the finest Towering Of Reethovens genius as eX-
pended upon the string quartet. dating, as they
do from 1So6-'07 the period OF his richest maturity
Of style. AS a special mark of respect for the
whom they dedicated, the first and
second of the quartets contain each a movement
founded a Russian foIksong In this E minor
quartet Il is the trio Of the third movement where
il is treated in elaborate fugato. partly strict
partly free and then with a stretto at the end.
These two foiksongs have been identified real
melodies of the people, and have been found I'm a
certain published collection OF Russian melodies,
whence Beethoven undoubtedly appropriated them.
Mrs. David Names who is to take part in the
concert of chamber music by the Kneisel Quartet.
is a daughter Of the late DR.. Leopold Damrosch.