New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-28
CHILDREN'S MUSIC.
Miss Hofer Asks Why Little Ones Are Igno-
rant of Great Composers Work

with all the delightful music that has been
written for children BY the great masters OF music
Z IS sad that children n New-Xork are taught
none OF It" said Mss Marie Ruef Hofer lecturer
or ioIksongs and Children's music. Every age
creates its own foIksongs." she continued THE
folksong one Of the most fascinating forms in the
whole ar OF music, IS simply the music preferred,
taken Up and kept alive by the mass OF the people
Of each country and age. And IN its way the folk
song writes and preserves the history OF that peo-
pie Il chronicles their tastes their Compartments
We making our own folks0nss now. What
they are only time can tell hope the future will
not reveal ragtine and the coon song as our folk
songs" Miss Hoter spoke devouly-
There is doubt that the public taste for music
n New York very poor" she continued. There
IS city in the country where more good music IS
heard. The Germans are here in great numbers,
and they carry their love OF music with them every
where they 60 There has been q great influx OF
other music loving peoples. also. The children IN
The pubic schools are under Nr. Danrosch. and
learn 10 know the best music. But on every hand
is this aood OF fascinating, cheap music
Wherever you Ees a piano IN q house you will
see on Il, not pieces from Beethoven and Mozart,
but great stack OF this cheap music. The coon
song Is a very poor imitation OF the negro song
The negro song e its purity. as Il grew up among
the co4ored folk themselves. IS one OF the finest
specimens OF f0Iksong that ever existed But the
coon Gong written by white nan TO sell. is a
Q1Ack imitation
Nov isn't II sad that children are set 10 playing
these. instead OF the lovely things the great mas
tiers have written for them?
AeLoe-SsoEn Wrote 4 group OF child pieces which
are very interesting and very little known. The
great Beethoven wrote one child piece for q little
g1T! friend Of his. Is q delightful! picture OF
busy, happy little girl, intent upon her work
Eac play
b-; Scau-nanA was really the first musician OF
lie children Not TIL he wrote his caiIdren,s
scenes Two books OF charming little pieces de
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Spoken o.
6l' tie great 1Us-c-poet Of childhood was
t-gI.-eeAe the friend and schooluate of AIendeI--
fol-e' which every once n Will - N--,te 80, SIN
-,stnecAe had twelve children and so many 80 - a.
tt--.cIe that sometimes he didn't know. HEM 49,,
Es,D = 80 - ne ne street Now, German children
GGhl-1ren 60. and for this housefuI of 80 60
eS75 "arIe Z great number Of delightful little
IN these he took for his subjects the bes,rts,,,
- oS-Iy .ales me origin Of which is lost n T1re
alive from 80, - ne c---idreA nave kept
name r SS--l-iy 70 century II such wonderful
ms story s che Of the very Oldest of world I9T
rv+b s ..s@t sun and earth myth, sprlngtirDe
IN yirt .Le sun It tyDifes the sleep Of the earth
sun IL En- 90 - waxing Tnde. the kiss Of the
CT1n1ie legtrled wake BrunnhiIde Reinacke ra},es
iIvt tt9 version. which the king and 49,
plates s,5 - because there We're only twelve go,1
thirteen w. we gold spoons. only twelve Of the
princess 4T u very angry and cursed the little
- he corr-- - Re takes the story clear through
fu i!r-,a .s Of The prince with The most Le5Ii7
so .n T5-EiS tho approx rate music
mother tFr-,s snow white when the cruel stem
finds --z Tvs Aer cut IN The forest 10 die and ~
tLeir Iir-l- E--,y ~ Jne seven dwarfs and becomes
wife song Ter t- i1s.e IS delightful house
ar SO Ear-t, g -stle CIR. Then when the dwarfs
keeper chSr the E5.4F.Ag such nice little house
gone rroe- - Ca-lce and sing about II tFara e
Nov w. quaint AID charming little dwarf music
vnen aa e,1Ar7,ee5' 99et-y the method Of Wagner
40 Co.. oollec u his music me orea, ~
Strauss 10 yb-y 'Es and il is the method Of
ra OIL med .
}S@hes the great sto-fe 80 80 ln-ch OF late
orchestral Tasf5 sl % Don Qqxote' and writes The
ZEN The st5 % nI fg! 70 such music as t s' sIr
Sfgw2y-thea e1IIest7-@f lch they probably NOW
-esca cadress muse expresses the des ana tndeT7
iook so- ~ t@-'s 70 listen TO n11Jsi~ Us WI
-ee. f s2F i Of music They osi vii, hey VII
TIA plays tune 51 use not merely the music
- l4at which tells a sforl,