New-York tribune., 1905-04-09
MUSIC NOTES.

An. affecting Tale of the Artistic5
Dignity of Richard Strauss.
supday-Majestic Theatre. $50 p. m, concert by
Victor Herbert and his orchestra: Carnegie
Hall, 3 p. m, concert OF MarcOsani and his
band; Aschenbroedel Verein. $50 p. m,
chamber music concert; Church Of st. Mary
the Virgin, s p. m. special recital Of Passion
music
AIonday-HoteI Astor. evening, concert by Miss
Josephine Schaffer.
Tuesday-Mendelssohn Hail. afternoon, song re-
cital by Miss Sally rockingham Akers;
Sis p. m, concert by the Women's String
Orchestra: Carnegie Hall, S:15 p. m. re-
Eugen d'Albert: Holy Trinity Church. Brook
lyn S:15 p. m, organ recital by Samuel A.
Baldwin: Old First Church, evening, free
organ recital by William c. Carl.
Wednesday-St. Thomas's Church, afternoon,
service Of the Church Choral Society.
y-Waldorf-Astoria, D. M, pianoforte
recital by Miss Harriette Cady; No. q West
61th-st.. evening. an evening OF songs by
Mrs. Mary Turner Salter; St; Thomass
Church, evening, service Of the Church
Choral Society; Association Hau, Brooklyn.
evening, pianoforte concert by Rafael 10
seffy,
Friday-carnegie Han, s:16 p. M. concert of
the Peoples Symphony Society; Berkeley
BY siIas aa c. Pratt IT. ~ ('''' ''''-' ''''
saturday-Ballroom, Delmonico's $50 p m.
concert by Miss Kitty Berger.
An affecting tale about the artistic dignity OF
Richard Strauss is told IN a recent issue OF tho
''Musikalisches Wochenblatt." The writer IS
protesting against the projected performance OF
"Parsifal" in Amsterdam, and making the GUS
tomary plea against the drama being put into
a repertory in which IL might chance to find
itself cheek by jowl with Strauss's Fielder
maus." He then relates that at a meeting Of
German Goethe society called for the purpose Of
aiding in the scheme 20 preserve "PersifaT' for
Beyruth beyond the legal period Of copyright,
member. certain councillor, cried out: why
should not 'ParsifaT be performed to-day and
'FledeTmaus tomorrow? Let him who wants
to see 'Parsifal' go to 'ParsifaT and him who
The writer continues: "He, too, did not think
OF how unworthy It would be IL the same chor-
listers who waItz to-day at Prince Orlonskys
should take part in the solemn function Of the
Holy Grail tomorrow. I was too polite TO ask
him: My dear friend do you know the story
Of The Dog OF Aubry"? certain Goethe was
OF the opinion that IL the poodle was 70 come
the poet would have to 60 II Goethe had
thought like you he would have said. simply,
Let him who wants to see "Iphigenie" see
'Iphigenie" to-day, and him who wants 70 see
.'The Dog OF Aubry" go Tomorrow to THE
other But Richard Strauss. who was present
on the occasion, was not polite as /. He
arose and said: Gentlemen, did not imagine
that in the distinguished company Of a Goethe
society should ever meet with such complete
ignorance OF the 1oftiest achievement OF Ger
man art'-said IT and left the presence OF the
amazed society"
An affecting tale assuredly. But is not this
the same Richard Strauss who in New-York.
conducted his own music one day in Carnegie
Hall. and the next in a department store? The
same Richard Strauss who said to a NewYork
musician Of eminence that he would clean stores
il thereby he might earn money! The same
the color of a woman's hair musica!ly, and COM
pose a tablespoon? Who lets a baby squall In
his latest symphony. and asks Fle world to
listen TO a domestic controversy about the
baby's bath in double fugue that seems de.
signed to depict the crack OF doom? Are his
lofty notions OF art kept only for home con-
sumption?
Mr.. SafonoR has already found an imItator
A conductor named Hammer, who halls from
Lausanne. Switzerland, recently conducted
concert for Henri Marteau at the Singakademie
in Berlin without baton In the same article I'm
which DIR. Schmidt. critic of the "Tageblatt"
refuses to give his approval to the innovation,
he records also the appearance Of female con-
ductor, Margarete Heumann, who directed
performance OF the choir in the Hochschule.
The child conductor having long ago appeared,
there would seem to be nothing Of sensational
nature left in this department. except expert
ments with Dr. Won Bnlow's plan of giving oon-
certs without a conductor.
At the farewell concert Of josef Hofmann and
Fritz Kreisler, In Carnegie Hall next Tuesday
afternoon, the two artists will play Cesar
Francks sonata and Beethoven's "Kreutzer"
Mr.. Kreisler VIII play the Dvorak "Humor-
esque," which he has made popular, and Mr..
Hofmann Liszts transcription Of the overture
to '"TannhAuser" These among other things.
The third Of Silas G. Pratt's lecture recItaIs
on Chopin will take place in the Berkeley Ly.
ceum next Friday afternoon. It will cover the
period from 1887 to 1s43. and the music will
consist of the following pieces:
Two Maz1rhas Nos and .. opus g.
Grand Valse Brilliante. Nos. and 2 opus 81
] ohs5so and MaT9he nsRTS from sesSnd sonata opus a.
Nocturnes in G minor and e major, opus 81.
Poionaise in major. opus 90
fBIa fFfaf Baisd H1iss II IN dat sa; GRas Spas z 3
The pluck and enthusiasm Of the Russian
Symphony Society seems proof against diseour-
agement Already six concerts are announced
for next season on Saturday evening, and some
thing has also been said Of repetitions OF the
programmes as many Sunday afternoons
Mr.. Walter Damrosch having announced an IN
creased number OF concerts by the Symphony
Society In order 10 bring over Herr WeingartneF.
and the Philharmonic Society pursuing the even
tenor OF Its way. Il is plain that New-YoTk is to
hear orchestral music enow next season But
the city's need is not more, but better music.
Miss Harriette Cady viii give pianoforts re-
cital in the Astor Gallery Of the waldorf-As-
toria on next Thursday afternoon at which she
vii. play the following pieces
Sonata Bach
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