New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-10

Grand Monarque took dancing lesson every day
for twenty years. The pavane IS from un-
known composer OF the sixteenth century.
The Mozart symphony must not be COMPOUNDED
with that in the key which belongs to Mo-
zarts great symphonic triad composed in that year
Of miracles 1888. This. though distinguished by
serious and even gloomy character. which is i'm
pressed upon at the very outset by the principal
theme of the first movements theme In whole
notes played by the oboes over syncopated har-
mony of strings-is yet work OF his youth 1t
seems to have been composed in Salzburg either in
1773 IVA. The autograph found by Mozarts
biographer Otto jain. in the possession OF August
kranZ, music publisher Of Hamburg, who brought
out number of hitherto unknown symphonies be-
longing TO Mozart's youthful period. The date had
been erased from the title page. which. however,
bears the inscription, Del sgr. Cavaliere Amadeo
Wolfgango Mozart
Daniel Frohman has arranged with Walter Dam
rosch for another 'ParsifaT recital to be given at
the New Lyceum Theatre on Monday afternoon
January IS. Mr.. Damrosch will for the last time
treat Of the entire work. and will add many musical
selections his discourse. Monday and Thursday
afternoons of the coming week Mr.. Damrosch will
treat Of ''Siegfred" and "G6tterdammerung," for
which he has the assistance Of Mrs. Mihr-Hardy
and Ellison Van Hooss for the parts of siegfried
| and Brunnhilde.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra win give the
following programmes at Carnegie Hall this week
Thursday evening:
Overture to the opea. The Improvisatore.
Concerto in minor. for planoforte and orchestra
Tie Death q homie poem after To.n.r
(The yiols d'amour is played by the cornpqseTl
| symphony No. : in I major, Op. 49, beethoven
soloist. Ferruccio B. Busoni
Saturday afternoon:
Overture siT st0 fms at these conoorsJ
aIist music n om tSo oPeTa Para Three
| sOotst. Miss Maud MaeCarthy.
Ferrucco Benvenuto Busoni, who wifi play at
| the Boston Symphony concert Thursday, was
| born Empon. Florence. Italy April !,
1865 HIS mother German. and gave him his
| first plano lessons. pupil Of ". a. Remy OR.
| Mayer. Of Graz he became in 1882 a member OF
the famous Philharmonic Academy of Bologna, and
| was then known pianist OF uncommon promise
| and a surprising imprOviser on given themes He
| had appeared infant phenomenon at Vienna
| IN 1876. An infant phenomenon! How many youth
| full Paganins are now IN the humber seats Of the
| orchestral How many successors TO Adelina PATH
| are growing old in the opera chorusI Herod's
Slaughter of the Innocents is nothing TO the sao-
rihce Of children by their parents on the affairs OF
| ever burning greed or ambition. Dr. Hansick
dered at the youthful Busoni. He praised his gen
| uine musical feeling and uncommon memory; the
| boys compositions were Short and good. and yet
| rot so good that they excited the suspicion of a
| lated wisely concerning Busonis future.
| Busoni then knew his years of wandering. AZ
Leipsic he devoted himself chiefly 10 composition.
| In Finland he taught at the Conservatory OF Hell
| singfors, ana in this city ne met and married the
daughter of sculptor. In 1890 the Rubinstein prize
| was awarded TO Busoni, whose fame was thereby
spread abroad. He taught for a time at the Moscow
| Conservatory; ne lived for a season in Boston, and
| then he returned 10 Europe and made Berlin his
| home. Among his compositions. which of the
modern romantic school. symphonic poem for
orchestra. orchestral suite. overture for a COM
edy two string quartets violin concerto, concert
piece for piano songs. piano pieces and tran
| scrptions for the piano of organ pieces by Bach.
An OPERA the work of his earlier years. is stil IN
manuscript His edition Of Bachs ''Well-Tempered
| Clavichord" IS admired both from pedagogical
| and an aesthetic point OF view.
| Much has been written about Busoni. It would
| be easy to reprint pages Of glowing and unusual
ouIogy pronounced in the last ten years by the
critics Of leading European cities But the follow
| ing excerpts from article written by Marcel
| Remy and published in lie Guide Musical OF
| Brussels and Paris. April 70. 1902, It may be-
| something more than hysterical praise:
When Busoni takes his seat before the keyboard.
| dreamer before putting his evoking fingers tho
| sensitive keys filled with feeling Of
fly. He is about TO hurry his nearer into whirl-
wind Of passionate sensations! he Will raise him,
| sure, such a OF himself. that knows
| there will be no disagreed BILE shock, dIsconcert-
| ing blow, deception OF any kind No aspira-