Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-12

, accepted standards Of musical compost.
ton, THIS was made noticeable last
evening, IN the performance Of the Ride
of the Nnlkyrlcs, Wagner subordinates
his score to the scenes, the events To ho
portrayed, II w descriptive par oXcol-
lenco IN which the music IL made tho
handmade NJ dramatic presentation,
THIS IN Just the reverse Of standard Ops
era, whore the music IL everything, ana
the llbretto " made 80 entirely subordl.
nate that the play part, the plot, In
practically lost sight Of the opera be.
comes q ooslumod, scenic concert, re-.
citaL
Tho Rrldo OF the ValkyrIcs N as wild
q product Of the imagination ms any
composer over devised and like the
rest OF Wagner music Is decidedly sui
gcneris, No other composer wrote such
a wlld word, dashlng, exciting score
ns mat ride, though Saint Scans comes
pretty near suggestion Of Il In his
Danse Macabre, In each scene, every
form OF acllon-boih human and al.
vine, including the action OF the
elements, the forces Of nature,
thoughts, moods, expressions ana ono
might almost say, philosophy and the
arts, are portrayed set forth IN terms
Of music, and unconsconsly the mind
OF the listener w drawn toward tho
story the narrative, IN which an this
IL involved
Tha music drama If "Dlo walkucrc,
~ based on tho Morse mythology Tho
story IN anything but exalted for two
OF It's principal characters are guilty OF
incest, and n happy though unprcten.
tious home, ie thereby broken up with
the modern accompaniment, and usual
, theatrical ending OF the death OF the
man m the case" But In another
drama M the Totralogy the misccgon.
Gus offspring, Slogfrlod, IL made 4
great hero However, mythology Us
mythology II N not included In TIE
Mosaic dsponsntion, ana such things az
Noah'r daughters were guilty of Tor M.
stance, In Morse and Greek mythology,
wcro regarded ~ events I'm ordinary
something rather along tho line NJ mis-
dom9nros n any mvidlous distinction
is 10 be made, Whether the adoption
Of such class Of ethics I'm heroic por,
tralturo, IN clothing otherwise great ANA
noble characters with traits which In
this day would result In public shame
and enforced wearing Of striped cloth
INK by rc,rbutlyo justice, should DO
sanctioned In "A Christian community, Is
question on which tho public viii
probably differ In Italian opera, such
a. ~ Trayiata and Don Juan, the
horrible crimes depicted In tho librotto
are practically lost sight Of IN the glori-
Gus music they might ns well bo alb,
sent for any effect on the audience But
I'm wagner whore the music may bo
said 10 only administer on tho affairs OF
tho drama, tho Objectionable features
OF the play can hardly be concealed,
3ut aside from ethical consdoralI ions
the Wngncrlnn musical descriptive as
giyon Ny Prof 0oldmark IN IN the na.
turo Of an enhancing revelation Tho
most ln0ttontlyo listener flnds himself
compelled 20 listen, ana is absorbed IN
delight ~ he notes how intimately the
music ana the dramatic action are az.
socIntcd, They are doYctOIlod right IN
together Tho lecturer also called at.
tentlon 10 tho forms Of orchoslrntlon
which add 10 effectively 20 the preeen.
tNlioni ana 20 anyone familiar with or.
chcstrnl performance, the playing on
the plOno was u fairly Open Sesame 20
the work Of the orchestra, one could
hear tho wall Of the oboe the furious
rustlng OF Tho strings the plalntiyo
ploNdlngs OF tho flute the rich sol dIs.
ant OF the English horn, the heavy