New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-21

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emotions OF the groups Of individuals implicated
/ I'm the ac:ion-the Roman solciery. the populace.
Holy Women and the Apostles. finally the be-
IrEiug and triumphant Church Assoclaled
with the chorus in rs Nariea pnases SIe so, slA
characters viz. Christ taassD. Mary, the Moti4e
of Christ la0rrano); Mary Nagdalene (contralto)'
Mary the wife q ClsoIhas tnezzo-sopi
Pilates wife tsorranc) and fl-ate etencIl. me
. fI.efrrrrrerfa1 portion elliets the modern or
chestra and an organ. The work IS divided INTO
six sections en- each OF v hich. except the hrst'
which is an Instrumental prelude. one OF lhe
chief moments Ct the Tragedy IS SCI IoIth' 70
rether with some subordinate iIcieefts' W hlcL
serve 10 illustrate the co!ncident ennotlonal
drama iu which the lesser characters take part.
The method Of composition is based on the use
OF musical symbols Tor lhe I ILli0I'dl, - !, s
and feelings involved. leaQing hloIN5Si .
they are TeUt0lically terIned-and the chleL oi
these themes are worked out IN the orchestral
introIt The scene in The Garden or Get ~
orans the choral mart q the work. The solo
bass sings TaraDhrlses OF the NoI1s OF ms
no -llrrlss I7arr5t5s descrihcs and gives answer
ga the character CT the soil.srE ana MOB an
ofghl-part hymn. giving Nu..- TO lle pIdH'A "a
lfoIy Women and the Apo. rs, makes UP ~
third part which provides releI from lnG
tragic story begun III me yI 20 49,
ecare before poutiEs PLATE follows. ana mere
lyric warmth and an intrusion oI 4al.aie "a his
ton is offered by scene between Fllate anu Li'
wife In the last division, called 'CalNaIE
dramatic delineation, which had neeuh VIZ. -.
march at the end Of Part ~ dominates tIie
music pathos anguish. tenderness, cohtfaS uis
strongly with the jeering shouts OF the raDn ,
After the last cry Of agony from ne - - Ion
The fual chorus telling Of the work OF salNation
r0rs1lrn-rated and the triumph won. here lhe
themes announced in the prelude are developer
with breadth and I'm style fun OF noble dlsIll.y.
7-l,+ Nrr -T9vIor,s work is full Of variety must
he evident from this hurried outline.
The work OF the Church Choral Society com
rnends Itself to the serious consideration OF All
sincere lovers Of church music. There are many
singing societies in New-York devoted to the
performance Of choral music in its various
f,-rre lint not one that fulfils the mission
which the Church Choral Society has set TOT
itself Part songs FOR mems. wonlens ana
mixed voices are cultivated in public and semi
public concerts by a dozen choirs at least the
large form Of the oratorio receives ample con
side-ation: the old music OF the church Whlch
reached its elimination when the Instruments
art was in its infancy. is cared Tor Win lo'ihs
devotion by the Musical Art Society. and so are
the artistic part songs o. the modern roIaaIIc
period The schemes Of our pubic concerts -
close cIeanings from the fields Of three cen
tllries But OF all this music only sulall poI-
ton is performed with proper reeaIu ~ g,, &c
circumstances Of time place ana hlallltt' ,S-S
IS rruch music composed for the church MnlCh
must fan eleven its merely elemental efIect Wheh
suns. in the concert room. II was conceived LOT
49, .rr,-e-fc conditions and without those
conditions much Of its sOlemuity and beauty i
dissfrate5. Il IS necessary, also. that piolItets
of mood be enlisted II sacred music Is 10 mar
c,,,,et,-fr- more than an appeal merely 10 the
sense Of hearing; this frame OF fnlhd y .
eputial 10 performance as 10 enjoyment anu -
largely dependent on place, OCCASION anu H14e
+foD The Gladstone iubilatiOns which belong 10
fbe seasons Of religious re)0lclngs are hsllIisL
decorous nor edifying IN the peTlod on
nal Tefraeb-1-ent in the joyous Christmas ana
Easter tfdes All these considerations are met IN
the two services Of the Church ChoTa -. Ioo a.,
proiected by Mr. Warren. There are 70 pe IL
ness Of place. fitness Of time, ntness OF Iha1'e4
and fitness OF manner
Following are the names OF the officers OF the
church choral Society: President. the Rev.
NJ Ernest NJ stires; Independents. the Right
Re-. Tr. Henry Goldman Potter. Bishop Of New
York. the Right Rev. Dr. David HummeA
C,-es- y2ishop Coadfutor % New-YoTk: George
Foster Peabody. Charles Steele and James still
man: secretary and treasurer, Frank seymour
Hastings: executive committee, Ira Davenport
Anton C. Hodenpyl. George Foster PeaooGy'
Alfred T. Smith and Charles steele WIN IIle
,resi5ent. secretary and treasurer and the mu-
steal director ex-o7icio; musical director. klch-
ard Henry Warren. honorary directors, the hSN-
Dr. Morgan Dix, the Rev. Percy ;, 'I IS nv ne
Rev DR. William NJ GrosFenoI. lut ~ -
Henry T,l-hec)x the Rev. DIT. D. Parker MORAN
fhe Rev DR. !. Lewis Parks. the Rev Dr. VIII
lam s Raiusford. the Rev DT. George ~. ga
- 1y-o+e- John T Atterburv Samuel p Avery,
" Ianrran Bull +. G. Benedict. Andrew Cag-
r7er1e William p. Clyde, Frederic CromWel,
Robert Endicott. Isaac y. fletcher toIL ..,
Miller J. PIarpont Morgan. william bouBi"S
sloane and Charles Elliott Warren.
Il is less than ten years since the name OF :
Coleridge-Taylor began 10 appear with any kind
NJ fresuencv in the catalogues OF English music
publishers. though his first printed work made
Sc anoea~ance IN 1892 For five years after that
time he grew in local reputation. and then made
the e,lcceesfBl stroke which carried his name
across the sea The stroke was the composition
Of scenes from LongfeIlow's "Hawatha," which
enioved so great and wide vogue that the
COMPOSER was chosen for those festival honors
which frequently act as a sort OF magical open
sesame" to the door OF the publisher and the
heart Of the public. When he came 70 be talked
bout. the discovery that mis- father was native
Afriran added UNIQUE interest 10 his life story,
and. though fame did not burst upon him over
night il took "a rapid course when once IL got
started in his direction.
Nr TAYLOR was born in London on August ID.
$50 Ills father was physician a nallNe OF
Sierra Ieore on the west coast OF Africa: his
mother an English woman. Hfs father was not
esraciallv musical but provided violin instruction
for his son when he was six years Old. AT ten
the lad Lecame Chorister IN St Georges
church IN 1890 he found a patron through
whose aid he became a pupil OF the Royal Col
lere OF Music when in 1893 he won a scholar
shi2 and for four years devoted himself almost
exclusively TO composition under Professor G.
ViIIere Stanford On leaving the college he be
came professor OF the violin at Croyden Con-
scryatory and conductor OF a string orchestra
Miss Marie Tempest has chosen thirteen songs
FOR her uroEra rrne al her recital az the Waldorf
on Friday afternoon ~ 3 O'Clock. This recital.
which VIII De the only one Miss Tempest viii