New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-10
MUSICAL COMMENT.
4sscdotss Of Dr. Drorak;--4 Papil
Wko Did Not appreciate Mozart.

-sc --llt:.;rrs Lorn.s 7zl.!-a were raid to TIE
-. N Dvora5 al Prague were OF 4 most d;g-f-
- ard bcaU.t-l kind Ills "Requie-a' as per
,--e5 II the Czech-sA National Theatre (where
=, o,.s pa. cd =. the orchestra ard for which ne
-,nose5 his -'IIusi1zka' over.urei, and this vas
.-l,s.cl by 81 Of has operas contained il the
s.-t-ss r-pc-:o..- A las been reported IN this
-,--sI Or. DTOr15's nos luminous papers are IN
= ssrds CT lis son-io-Ia7y, josef Sgk who il IS
80 has found J1rcc CJ-nplete symphonies among
~, tte publication Of which Is now under con-
l7e-zt.l.. Dr. DY0rdk's best friends AID greatest
7-,t~e-s vil. Join in expression c: hope that
80 De printed which might endarger the
--a-+on eft behind By the master IJyorzk
- zot SOW IN publishing after ne had iii the
,l5- uas-e. aid the POwar OF seif-criticzsrl vas
:. ms C MS characteristics. r. then lie eft
,tr,s symphonies imprinted. there must have been
Users vAica were conclusive even 10 his over
.gad ra.n5-
- -o-s --spects +han one Dvo-sk war a. artistic
e. q. schunerc and L would be a Pity If his
~,cDo or were 70 treat him as the latest editions
- ss:lcr1 have treated that master. There is no
s,oer. lov5- u Schubert Nede- who would not Il
;. could. ike 10 erace sil memory OF the last
i,-es z65eI 20 tae srst tovr or five Of the Peters
.s...oa When history demands complete edition
# m a-.1or's comp cs:t.ons II may be necessary
sor tie SAKE OF the bioScaDAer and student
,oz-ae Il: BUT tu then II Is best that the weak
Ilnry aid c-i7Tes q MS creative fancy be Kept
9. sight
nr. nvo-ab was fond @; the children OF his brain
ans as IS So often the case among artists clung
rth greatest devotion 20 those which won least
-.coerrnr from cbs general public Il is most
rks!y -tat some IF the happiest moments which he
rs-sed L1. America we're provided for him r.
5crs-r-a7ce Of his rnasic by the Philharmonic So
oIs:y --Ge. Ar. SedI. and the Kaeisel Quartet Il
s.U q .ae eo56 fortuna OF the Philharmonic So
cis.y 70 perform the symphony From the New
Word 20 re frat tire. and % Mr. Franz
Iaesel sid rs associates 70 introduce the amer
IGN" quartet and quintet Many Interesting in
r!dsrts zre ;ha memory Of tie writer connected
---a .ae ec-lv cas- OF those works The Trtb-
rns's music reviewer hsd been urging American
oo-3-osers = lcok 20 TIE folksonE Of their own
coa-try Tor rtivthmical and melodlc material for
more tkRn decade before Dr. Dvo-ak set them
II sxoape u the works mentioned. Naturally
Tie TWO zuen were drawn toward each other oy tG-5
All other artistic sympatEies, held II common.
Gaa re Tribune became The agency by which
-srv persons were -ed 70 appreciation OF the new
isn5sncy IN Dr.. Dyorak's compositions. just be-
gore tle nrst performance Of the symphony From
fhs New world" The tribune deroted fully. I not
-sofe than nal 1sSe n descriptive ANALYSIS az
H. the N-11er having obtained the tor that
uu-7ose &C ice r,4-1s--iDt score Naturally. this
Jed 70 discussion o. is material and its lesson TO
the YOUNG raen u America between the composer
s-a rs co1rule--@-c-. Two characteristic trci-
merits come back 10 mind in this connection. an
ret-raius ;he score :l.s writer Con1asnted OF the
We o. ne peaitatu-ic scale Hne diatonlc scale
with :os--a and seventh ornitJed) By The negroes.
eAr-essec mildly. the wish that the composer
hz1 adhered re system throughout n It's trea-
merit O. one Of tho themes Of the symphony.
You mean that might have written it Jhus7"
sske1 he, playing the theme n the Pianoforte.
Receiving a. answer n the affirmative. ne re
rscted q moment. then said. IT isn't late: il
o-ishl done even VET For heavens sake, no.
cRIEe lie re5oiuder Il IS ver- beautiful as Il
3, ana Il you we're 10 change the theme now, YOU
would hive revise The entire free fantasia sec
fion-" Il vas Delightfully."- Instructive glimpse
INTO ne simple sincere soul Of the great musician
a moment later se was not qui.e So ingenious.
L ser you have found OFT Yankee Doodle %
said The commentator, pointing 10 passage o.
counterp0int in The viola part OF the last move
nent where unrnistaAahle fragment Of the
familiar air figures accompaniment 70 the
theme q Ire slow movement reinlrodLced
episode.
That is the principal theme o. the movement in
cirninutlor." said the composer. smiling.
= think might better say the principal theme
Is this Yankee Doodle counte-point IN aUgnenta-
non" replied the newspaper man. And the doctor
cid Tot sly him Z25-