The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31

.Sveet Bird" and 1Du Dist die Rub. Last,
but not Iiszt comes the pianist. 'sghtng
like furnace, with Chopin beila1e naasio 70
his George Sands eyebrow And 30 ne
plays his part. SO they all play their parts,
til the disinterested spectator recalls tho
song of the melancholy jacques and bis
comment thereon:
"Ifit do come 70 pass
That any man turn ass.
Leaving his wealth and ease,
A stubborn will 70 plraso.
lrucdamc, ducdamc. dAcdame;
Here shall he see
Gross fools as he.
An he will come to M.
Amiens-W What's that ducdame!
Jacoues-"ris a Greek invocation to call
fools into a circle. III 60 sleep can;
n cannot, III rail against all tho first
born OF Egypt.
This is the very deathbed Of the musical
Season. For brief time there Is silence
broken only by the muffled piping OF the
so-called comic opera shows along Broad
way-shows in which only such music as
theatrical managers can comprehend Is
allowed hearing. And then, when the
warn weather is fairly started, enter the
summer concert. 1t is a poor thing, but "
has always been our own. There Ia nothing
new about 1t. Perhaps 1t Is little better
now than 1t used to be. Here. for example,
IL the record OF writer In the boston
Courier of 1883:
.The concert on the Common friday
afternoon, under the direction OF Mr.. b. A.
Burditt, was attended by probably as many
as 10000 people. The Brigade, Brass,
Germania and Metropolitan bands. num-
bering seventy-two performers, furnished
the music In concert. They occupied
temporary platform between the two
hills, the people occupying the sid OF
the hills and a large port on OF the tract
between the hills, The platform was
decorated tn the American English,
French and other nationa flags, The
programme commenced with Yankee
Doodle with cannon accompaniment
the guns Of the Light Artillery furnishing
the sounds explosive.
sThe effect Of the guns was novel rather
than harmonious The cannon Is brass
instrument VIII ch Is hardly yet needed In
orchestras. We have heard John Phoenix,
alias SOU bob, tell OF the soft note OF the
pistol but we never heard any one tell OF
delicious warnings from the brass throat
of a cannon. However, il the aud ence
were pleased and they appeared to be, We
shall not comp ain. Move ~ always ex-
cites interest. Thousands look up nightly
at Donatis comet and reflect in awe upon
the wonders Of the heavens. but the g orious
beauty Of the sun, moon and stars has never
excited them o any such feeling. But to
recur to the concert. Tho selections Of
music comprised a variety u national
and patriotic airs, which were frequently
applluded by the immense audience. God
Save the Queen was played twice, with the
assistance Of Capt. Nims's Artillery and
Hail Columbia was played once
Perhaps We do little better than that
with our indoor concerts in these days, but
we have not advanced far beyond it In our
park concerts. Ambitious band masters
try 1t occasionally, but the outcries OF an
outraged populaoe. deprived OF Its eornet
solo--.Holy City"-its melancholy March =
and It's potpourri OF airs from EnglaEder's
latest imitation Of Millocksr's INIT alton
of Suppe's imitation OF Strauss. and forced
to sit in solemn silence during the intonn-
ton Of something by Saint-se 4ns or even
Rmsky -Korsakow-cannot 60 UNDECIDED.
What becomes OF all the real music lovsrs
in the sumrner2 There was a time when
one mi ght have thought that they were all
rich folk and went to Europe or Newport
but the galleries OF the opera and the par
ouet Of the Peoples Symphony Concerts
st Cooper Institute have obliterated that
false impression. The truth seems to be
that there Is something in the very nature
OF summer which is inimical to the achieve
ment Of intellectual poses. There Is a
general Stacking down Of the mental rig
pinp, and one becomes out OF tune with
the logic Of nature. He desires ardent!y TO
escape the routine Of rigorous thought. to
run upon the be.as and kick his mental as
we'll az his phv~c al heels in the Ozone OF
salt breezes and to think a silent prayer
that the devil may fly away with all human
culture The primeval savage gets partly
the better Of the centuries Of veneer. The
original Adam breaks through the crust
OF convention and clothes philosophy.
It is no time for Brahms symphonies
or Bach fugues. A Hungarian dance
we can take, and when we are tired per-
haps we may rest long enough to listen
to Beethovens melody in F. In the farins
Of harsh lights at night and when We arc
flushed with beer, We may applaud the
bscchanalian music from 'Tannhluser.
but we do not desire too much Of this sort
OF thing We prefer the Initiating measure
OF the seductive Offenbach or the lifting
Tilt Of the Strauss waltz. With such cheer
ing and comforting music. with beer and
tobacco as accessories, much may be en-.
dured In the heated term by the few who
care at all for melody. As E. I. W. Hof-
mann wrote many years ago;
Now, in the case Of music. none but
those miserable despisers OF this noble
art can deny that a successful composition
that Is, such q one as keeps within due
bounds and gives one sweet melody after
another, without clustering or letting
itself ruin into all sorts Of ridiculous con-
trapuntal modulations and resolutions
affords a wondrously sweet delight under
which thinking In absolutely needless, or
at all events no earnest thoughts arise
but only a delicious, ever-changing variety
of the lghtest and pleasantest, Of which
the person In hardly conscious OF what they
are all about. But we may 60 further ano
| inquire: Is any one hindered, during thu
performance Of music, from joining will
his neighbor in conversation upon any
and all subjects in the political or mora
world, and thus reapine q double benefi
| in the most pleasing manner? On tho con
trarv this Ia stronaly to be advised sine,