New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

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5iss5 H5v1ita waldorf , M Slat concert by Sy
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Others
II cannot be difficult for those who watch the
duties and doings OF a reviewer and chronicler
~ russcal affairs on a journal Ike The Tribune
70 understand how there may be a large 40
cpuulatioa OF publications In the course Of a
bisv season. into the covers OF which the writer
70 whom they are sent can scarcely find time to
raap. in scores and hundreds Of cases even the
zine spent IN pecpiug would be wasted. but
anonE the publications put forward by the bet
te- class Of houses there IS always something
worth while: and the value OF these is not les
sened by even weeks months OF delay. Both
G. sch!rnneg, OF New-E York. and the Oliver Dit
son Company. OF BostCn. have sent forth notable
volumes OF late on which it IS a pleasure TO be-
stow some attention. In both cases the pleasure
Is raised by contemplation OF the typograph-
zeal excellence OF the publications. A volume Of
the songs Of DIT. Leopold Damroscb and another
OF old settings OF songs by Shakespeare from
the Schirner press show artists eye and an
artists taste IN engraving. printing, binding and
IN The paper used. The pages are as beautiful as
pictures, and the clarity Of the text is COM
fort 70 the reader. Or. Danrosch's songs are
largely a souvenir OF his early days. They were
written many years ago when he was stin a
member OF the energetic and militant coteris
which had gathered around IAszt IN Weimar
and under his leadership We're making propa-
eanda by word and deed FOR the romantic ideas
which have now become dominant in all de-
partuents Of the musical art There are eleven
groups OF songs IN the book and in their 6edi-
cations one may read OF amiabe impulses and
tender Inspirations. The twelve songs which
make Up the composers Opus S are dedicated
70 F-aulein Helene von Heinburg. who was
& distinguished singer az the Ducal opera in the
weiuar days. anu afterward became Frau Dam
rosch; then there ere three songs, grouped as
Opus IL which bear On inscription to Fraulein
Marie Won Eeimburg a sister OF the composers
wife, and q faithful support IN the days when
DR.. DanrosCh was laying the foundations Of the
institutions which have been at the head OF the
choral cult N New FORK Tor more than a quar-
ter OF a century. opus 1e. made up Of six songs
BY Ludwig INLAND and Heinrich Heine, is dedi-
Gated TO Adolph Robinson, whose name looms
large IN tie story OF the beginnings OF German
opera az the Metropolitan opera House. Other
names are Nina Desiree Padilla-Art6t q IA
nous dramatic soprano OF forty years ago;
Emma Thursby and Alexander Bischoff, who
were shining lights n the local concert fed
Mr. Frank Damrosch gathered the songs to-
Eefher-there hfty-eight OF thern-and saw
them through me press. PROVIDED with transIa-
tons made or selected by Mary Lawrence Web
ster. The songs are rooted IN the Schumann
soD and sound conservative compared with
most Of the products OF re young song COM
posers OF to-day but they disclose the latter
DAY tendency IN their attention TO correct dec
lalnstion and their use OF poignant and ex-
pressive harmonies. They are genuinely aristo-
cratic IN thought and expression, and many OF
them would win their way to popular favor
were they 20 find Their way into the recital rep
srtory.
yhers are ten pieces IN the volume published
~ schirmeT, entitled "a Book OF Shakespeares
Songs with Musical Settings by Various Com
posers- the whole arranged ana decorated by
Edward Edwards. border adorns each page
Of music ia the style suggested by the
aoxinne OF the title page The settings
are Of unequal value. ana n IL significant OF the
musical tasta. skin and learning OF the poets
Day that with the exception OF two by Schu-
bert C'EarRi Earl. the LarlF' from ''Cyrnbe-
line and who Is syivia2- from 1.-TWO Gentle
men OF Verona'D, the best settings are those OF
al unknown composer 70 ~The Poor Soul Sat
Sighing.~ from ~Othello" and 1T Was Lover
and Bis LASS" from -As You Like It. by
Thomas Morley, both products Of the Eliza
bethan period From Dr.. Thomas A Arne Q71o-
f77a we have blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind"
nom Loves Labour's Lost; Where the Bee
Sucks" from THE Tempest" and Under the
Greenwood Tree" from "As You Like It" The
remaining songs Bid Ne DISCOURSE from
Venus and Adonis" composed by Sir Henry
Rowley Bishop. and O. singular selection this0
she Never Told Her Love-" set by Haydn.
The last is one OF the canzonets composed by
Haydn while IL London at the request OF CORR
Dussek. publishers, for which the wife OF
the famous surgeon, John Hunter. provided the
poems. OF the set MY Mother Bids Ne Bind
Ny Hair" has alone retained something like its
pristine popularity. They ought not to be for
rotten
Interesting. valuable and outwardly beautiful
Foiumes are those Of ''The Musicians library
Which the Oliver Ditson Company began to
ssUe year or 50 ago. and which have already
saned for comment IN this journal. Two OF
hess Twenty Piano Transcriptions by
Franz Liszt" edited by August spanuth. and
Forty Songs by Johannes Brahms" edited by
sarnes Huneler. Concerning the value OF
Liszts pianoforte transcriptions. AIr. spanuth,
who has made an admirable collection OF twenty
q them says; 1T Is chiefly for their sincerity
hat Liszts transcriptions stand out among all
sehers as works Of art. His arrangements are
not manufactured. but poeticaily conceived It
true they sometimes laden with embel-
afhnentE not limited at IN the original compo-
nton. but while these additions may dazzle tia
listener with their technical dexterity, they lend
Characteristics TO the passages IN which they
socur. One cannot speak too highly Of the many
prescriptions OF the songs OF Beethoven, schu-
eerS and schunnann and forth In these there
are Certainly no embellishments except where
lney are congruous with the character OF the
'ong But Liszt gives a setting Of each verse
y The songs that is conVincingly characteristic
y The words In this respect he frequently sur
eesses the composer OF the original song" Mr.,
fun hun ~ef