New-York tribune., 1903-03-13
MUSIC.
The Musical 1rt SOCiCtB

1t was in keeping with 2 custom pstahf-1e! ten
years ago whom the Musical Art SG-iaty Ui5
founded that I.enten music IghteneI ~ Easter
iOyousne.s Should he heard the first part o. t5a
Musical Art SOcIetys concert ia Carnegie Hall last
night; that the Middle number should call in the
services OF an orchestra. and that Mni'rI and
secular music should come into IT'S riGLts toward
tho evenings close TIE plan i admirable one;
it guards against Taonoto7E. and helps toward
liberal education in music Inspiring a love
for the old (which requires special attention
if it is not wholly 10 be iGrSatteni and
disclosing the characteristic beauty "s bota
old and BY bringing tL.rn into
juxtaposition. How wide the scope opened oy this
plan is was never more strikiugIy Illustrated than
last night. when the programme threw Ee" light
upon such old figures Cheruhinl and f'fTI0z PIE
sentfng the former to is a. an emulation %, tha
A capeIIa composing of the sixteenth century and
the latter a dainty Oriental coloriSt Of TO-DAY
Yet the two men were contemporaries The story
is an old one characteristic Of The Irr@r7nTl.-
abIes and it was suggested naturally by ass
nights programmc- Il don't Ike f"Eu's, sad
BerIioz 70 Cherubin. ''F'u=u"s don't Ike ra1.
came the quick ratort. which had a deal
of sound criticism in II. everybody Knows
who is familiar with Berli"z's "Te DFun and
REQUIEM But Cherubini was master ol ms
cOntrapuntal art. and in the uIasa'I''p14i
..Credo' which was sung last night ~ srs-IeA
At times ~ no matching his ingenuity against
that of the old Netherlanders who toun4 su1A
Infinite satisfaction in inventiHg muslcaI P'EA9.
But there was more than mere ingenuity al1
learning In the composition; Cme inspired ana
sspiring flights indeed. which left him IN tha
en1pvrean with only Beethoven as a coHPaHl9n-
Beethoven. who esteemed him as the ErAa'Hst %
his own contemporaries BerHozs Work Nf1 "i
different character-a setting for three 'I'iIS az
orchestra of sara Ia RalEueuse- one "i Nl.''C
Hugo's "OrientaIes" and a companion pee -
LA Captive which had its place IN FnI.-
harmonic concert earlier in the season. hit ~
that anon
The concert began with setting Of the ''NI=srsre
for double chorus by Leonardo Leo Then came an
arrarpen,e1t Of sixteenth century German Easter
hvu1n the Cherubini "Credo' BrahmSs 7E2l'A-
salsIied" C'Song OF Destiny"), tornelusS e,ghC
part song "Iiebe dir ergeb. lCh mINh = t3r'" SH"'-
mart songs by Robert Franz and finally the Rerii'S
cornposition The Easter hymn and the song ~
Cornelius had been heard at concerts n, the S'le'
before; tho other numbers were now There : .
nretty story connected with Leo.s NIssTAFe.
which was told in the progra nlme hook. ard -
chiefly Nluminatve OF the affecuonat4 en-
thusiasnn in which Leo held by his TuP-S'
who pur!oned and copied this coT77'SlNoh
but neither the story ncr the c"mposii'n "''S
the work 20 the level Of score Of c'HlPosluois
which have occupied the same place relatively ''-
Tho rroqrau1r1es Of the Musical Art Society Leo
was after all. a worldly minded composer. anu
he did not save himself by utilizing th' PLe'H-
chant in unison IN alienation with conIp's!t-o1'
in the rnotet style in his 'Miserere- II Is Hsall-
fII music, but we question If It is entitled n Z
nIace beside the works os PaeSt~ina di l-'SSo st-
others to whom Mr.. Damrosch has INTRODUCED Il'
public. Leo brave opera writer anu -
nada a sincere effort to be ecclesiastical IN thlS
setting or the familiar psalm among other tnl'AS
by alternating between the plain-chaHt SURG -
unison fMr Dethier providing harmon on VIZ
organ last night Jas later he improyizsi most II
pertousIv fnterAdes in tho Cherubint 'Te''
and a setting in the uotet style. hut the real o,'
snirit which he attempted to invoke s'srred u
luted. -.
Pleasure Of the loftiest kind was provided y l'5
Brahms cantata-a wonderful picture OF contraS'S,
moods classicisn and romanticism. PaEanlSIh an
Christianity the last named provided in spite OF '
mart NV the composer. The Song OF Destiny Ho
pitbstandIpg its modest dimensions. belongs 70 I'7
most finished choral works of the last ''n'u'S-
The Musical Art Society helped its hearers % -
appreciation OF that fact by singing Il Wi'n r.
tIcularIy fine effect The short part songs ny FIiN
which came later. however, providing the Pl'aSa
relief which they did. caught the public taN'' =
a more marked degree. and two OF them CIV" -
tings of folk song texts) were rcderna rded-
BerIioz's pretty hit OF nrcntallSm proven -
charming and had it been in the middle o. i'' ~
gramme instead Of at the end 1t would d"N0'I'
have won the tribute of applause which Il t'''''
for II is an exquisite composition and its F'
rorroance made one wonder the versa tillty "t
Mr. Damrosch and it's singers II was SUNK y"
all the IanRuorousness called for by the tFN'. -
some day we shall hope to hear II 9g''n n'0