The sun., 1903-01-04
Musk OF YE OLDE TINE
" H.iT WILL ne HEARD At THE
- FRANK CONCERT.
Seven Works OF the Seventeenth and Fig
tccnth Centuries New 10 America
Archaic instruments to lie Played
MIR. ana Mrs, Arnold Dol Olmetsc,,

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w, o,a ,,rs. Arnold Doimetscl,.
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ias' year, 'ho ''''i,' ' 80 LII
concerts "ero e'F'i', H''o"o' ','' fD
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mhneht, ana c"'S''"'''.S
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music and its performance on the hs'ru-
nents of its own time. Mr. Frahko pur-
rosed to invite Mr.. holmetsch 10 WISH
Anericl and add 20 the illusion oi the con-
cets by his unique performances
A. the first concert wmch Is 10 'ake
place on Tuesday afternoon Mt fraiiko
will bring forward some "t the UNI arhii'ar
old works which he secured While ABROAD
and Mr.. and Mrs boimetsch' WIN 'nt,,
usual assistant, Miss Mabel johnston, VIII
nppsar IN performances OF 'he an''qus
music Inc compoS''",s I" oe ioi'o' nv
ana the INSTRUMENTS 10 oe zen anu houo
merit special mention al TINS 'iine' we
are to hear three nuihoers' overture i.,.er-
mezzo and chacohhc' written ny WAR
Antoine Charpentier 'or moneT' coiue'y
the ID major concerto OF nepas' IAN pac,'
Tor harpslchoro' nu'e anu 'ionh' WIN
accompaniment oi s'rihgeh ihS'ruiiiei.S'
the U minor symphony Oh 'onain N'''"
'ian bach' song, "iho' VINO N"i on"Ao
reares oth'ho ua''s ''o'" i'oo "i'.'
written Dy an uhkho"h co"'foe.'' eo"a'a
ny Attho hrios,i LOT 'io'a u a''o'e' w
hrst concerto OF hafleau LOT won" a'ilI'e'
Nioia Ga sa'noa ana nari'S'c'ioiu anu
ballet suie ny sacchim'
An tho o,chs;c in,, ,r,uen,s mentioned
=, th;s list will he nlaved. for il is a part
,r Mr. Dolmetsch's specially TO have all
.nch Instruments in practicable condition.
lI;s harpsichords. for instance, are not
old and drie out instruments tinkered
nm for use hut new ones built for him
an the old models II is believed that we
shall he.r tb.r,, pr.cur,or, of the piano a.
,hav so,nded IN their contempora ries.
Evprv composition in the list will be
os /, will he heard in America for
tha er.t time The particular significance
~ this N n NAV n. al Inc gathered from the
,,s,,. ~ tho works pentier was born in
40 .nd d,sd /, 1902. Ssbastin Bach's dates
.ra ,ess-,1so Christian Bach. l735-l7s2;
-; ,sen.,-Ao Rameau ,asa.,76. and
o.,oh,,; ,,a..I7sa or the compositiops
liz iii, ha sa;d later in this article
Enr the Information OF those who 20 to
.,e-,. 40 se., as we'll "a to hear let lis
e.. -,ns,dar tho old instru ments which
20 o. ~, n,.,,ed
r. ~i,,s = connle,e account Of the or;pin
nd ns,,,re ~ irstruments ~ the harpsi
,ho,d f.m;lv IN which also the spinet
"a Tho v;roinal BELONGED would he to
,-o,~,,nt nan rJv the whole history of the
ancestry of the modern pianoforte. Bot
a. 4. not impracticable to give a brief
s,,ryev
rha ,,oderr n;,no ia a resu,t of a long
-e,;e. of ottemn,s IN aprIy the keyhoard
~ the organ N the operation of stringed
,rs,r,,oents The emplovment Of n num-
her ~ st rim ps each tuned TO a tone of the
.o.,a 0ns,ead Of ,hrae or four strings
,nad, 70 nrod,ce several notes by stopping.
.s In the violin, was found in the early ages
In The hsrn which was used by the ancient
Egvn.ians and in the dulcirner. which is
,,ov, saer in almost every Hnnparian hand
and which il almos, As old as the harp.
Tha Fundamental dis.rano, between the
h.-n and the du,cimer was in the action
,,h;ch ca,sed ,be s,rincs 10 yibrate The
.,,;nes of a born are nhcked. those of n
du,,in,er are struck with two little ham,
,,,.r,.,, tho hands ~ the nlaver
An ,he earlv .,tsmnts wsr. 10 introduce
emo ~ ,besc actions into an instrument
.,r,,,o .nn.,,b,, like n niano This in