New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-24
MUSICAL COM N ENT.
Richard STRAUSS domestic Sam
phOHy"-4 Book on the Grail


The process Of manufacturing contents" for
Bichard Strauss symphonic domestica' has be-
gun The frst performance OF the work n Europe
TOOK place in Frankfort, in June. at a concert
or the TonkunstIer VersammIung When 1t was
brought forward at Carnegie Hall on March 2 the
composer took pains To inform the public that IT
was not programme music. and be judged
as music pure and simple This statement. The
Tribune pointed out II the time. was negatived by
the title the composers private utterances, and
the music itself, and a couple of verbal hints which
seemed to have got into the printed score by acct
dent inadvertence. If the critic Of the Musk
aisehes Wochenb latt believed the score has
been enriched with a series of superscriptions for
the various subdivisions in the interim between the
two performances Here they are: l, Parental
Happiness: II Childish Games: III Cradle
Song; " "Labors and Observations; v Love
Scene; VI, Dreams and Cares; VII ''Awaking
and a Merry Quarrel" So il seems that that
double fugue. which makes all split and which set
the local critics to wondering the compatible
ity OF the composer and his wife, the de-
scription of playful controversy, after ALL Heaven
help the public II DR. Strauss gives musical
account Of serious disturbance in his household
The work was Teceived with great enthusiasm.
The festival at which DR. Strauss work was
played is annual affair. whose special purpose it
IS to give hearing TO compositions. At the
meeting this year 9th sr works OF large dimensions
were brought forward. among them orchestral
1ect OF ''Wielaud der Schmied" ("Wavland Smith
as 1t is known in English literature) which occu-
pied the attention OF Wagner before he took up
the Lay Of the Nibe1ng." The most extraord-
nary production. however. seems TO have been a
symphony for grand orchestra, organ and final
chorus by Jean Louis Nicode entitled Gloria"
This musical mOnstrosity is in six parts and its
performance endures two hours. It has sub
title: "A Storm and Sun Song" and the superscrip-
tons OF the various movements follows:
First Preliminary Proclamation Concerning the
Desire To Be and Thousand Aims second.
through Fire Through the Smithv": third.
A Sunday OF Happiness (Morning Dawn Shep-
nerds Song and the Gloria from the great early
Mass in the Woods The Sunday The Message
from the Treetops and the Lurine Calls from tha
Mountains The Jeering Laughter. Moon Fes-
uvaI IN the PooD''; fourth The stilest Hour.
q he Sign Of Flame. The Cry of Distress The
Vow: fifth Around the Highest "A Wooing
Cali Around the Rocks. 70 Ia Vain! Parting
from the Faithful One)" sixth The New Morn
irg. So t0ute mir doch enst',- To the
Shepherd on the Mountain The Height OF Peace
in the Resttul Eve-Iloria!-The End Down the
Valley, further and further. the noise continues
al ound the R0cks0' Here IL something truly
cosmc for the fancy Of Mr. Huneker 20 play with
Two hours When the neo- RoInanticists threw the
classic symphony overheard ii was that they might
tc:ng #:
F1orize! Reuter-. with whom the late Major
Pond had unfortunate business experience two
or three years Is In London trying 70
play the rival little Franz vor Vecsey FIoriz i
IL the curly haired Wisconsin lad OF Ger
man-America1 vTolinist. whom Secretary Ga re
helped 10 an education after he had studied I'm
Chicago WITH Max Beudix All these things and
many other facts about him have been carefully
concealed from the European people by discreet
mamma who has manufactured brand new life
history for him. He is the protegs OF a mys-
ferrous Austrian noblernar and he isn't getting old
as fast as most boys. But he plays the violin,
cOnposes symphonies. conducts them himself and
Is going 10 compose opera In Wagner's manner.
for which the Queen of Rumania is writing the
book II Is 70 be called Joan OF Arc" And he
treats the newspaper writer's To 'sagelIk- and
lucid" descriptions 81 tie latest tone poem o.
Richard Strauss Verify the prodigies having
their day.
Somewhat late in The period % excitement created
hy Nj Conriets production OF Fnrsital,' but
none the less timely fo- ali that. there appeared
from the press OF Robert Clarke < Co % CIncin-
matt a little book entitled The Gr4el Problem. Do
written by Joseph :. Tunison. It is serious study
on lines bringing forward the historical sur
roundings OF the men who created the legends 81
Arthur's Round Table and the Quest OF the Holy
Grail and helping the reader 20 Think of them "a
actuated bv political motives. IL Is delightfully."-
clear sententious aad instructive piece Of literary
workmanship. which lays foundation for several
special treatises fields yet thoroughly devel-
oped in spite OF the iabors Of fOlkorists and lit
erarv historians. Mr. Tunison propoUnds a fas-
cinatng theory that the mysterious Kyot cited by
Wolfram Won Eschenbach one Of the sources OF
his story OF ''Parzivai." Walter Map. Says Mr.
Tunison.
Wolfram Won Escheubacl- il responsible FOR the
agnre OF a ProvencaI troubadoUr " rather jogIar.
whom ne calls kyot. supposed 70 mean Guy. OF
Guyot. But Provencal poets did not compose long
narrative poems until their art fell into its DE-
cline. Moreover they did not write IN LanguedoIl
II 1t necessary 10 contrive an hypothesis max
ing this LanguedOcian ~ Woframs Augeviu
or a Northern French trouvere. he might just as
well dropped the outset mere name.
Wolfram OF his poetry showed 70 an
Hueffer, well versed IL the Ian
gauge and me trical OF Provence. But his
German contemporaries not lie could tell
them ANYTHING he liked Very likely the name
Kyot represents something very different from
Guyot II IL great stretch OF probabilities in
photography account for II a reading 0f
some Authorization OF Walter. Gualuer. such as
Guat or Gyat Outside of Wofram's poem KyoJ
II unknown. The only authors of Arthur ro-
rnances before the end or the twelfth century are
Map Robert de Boron and Chrestie-i De TrOys
There need be no hesitation accepting theory
already offered by others that Boron a coab-
orator with Map. II il equally possible that
Chrestien influenced by Map in his last work
THE Percival.' which must have been inter
rupted by his death as he left II unfinished.
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