New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

born, to ornament Genoa. TO delight the ~,
Nicolo Paganini. the fucomparabIe master a, ;,
Divine Art OF Sounds" Pasanini belonged "a
school and left but single pupil C'anirls slvo-
whose violin reposes outside and at the soo. =
the glass case which eHshrines that OF bis -
ter Sivori was restless spirit as Paz.-,-.
and wandered further. coming even to. Ana-..
and achieving election 90 honorary marnber,s.
I'm the New-York Philharmonic. Society He -.
eleven years ago. at the age Of twentv-,av
years There have been other me5ears r, a.
violin armament but Professor S,oerln1 =
means OF chronological table. shows US The :.
tistic descent Of scores OF masters who e,..
trace their artistic pedisree back 70 the r-..
CereIli (t653-1713). Thus may read u
genealogy Of Franz KneiseI. for exarns.
Corelli begat Somis; sonlis begat Puznani. c-
ardlni Chiabrom and I4eclair: Pugnani bAy,.
viotti and his tuneful brethren; viot;i b.r,,
Rode: Rode begat BJhm. and B5hm ber,,
Grtn.
B6hm also begat Joseph Joachim; and h.,.
with beginneth new lesson. Joachim ia a.
enty-four years old, and the cable 5ron,..
information few days ago that he was y,
i'll 10 make his customary visit 70 Eug,s.s
whittier he has gone with great reguartv =
preach the evangeI of his noble art Tor hal.
tenary of the beginning Of his artistic es-...
and $4,000 was raised the beginning q,
fund for protiding poor students at the Hocs
schule fur Musk. which he founded in 1S.T,
with fitting Instruments. Last year the A,
rnond jubilee of mis- hrst appearance in Eng,a-t
was celebrated in Queens Hall, London 49,.
a portrait painted Dy j. > sargent \
was presented to him by the fsIgnt Ea'
A. j. BalIOur. and at concert he con5Tr,-
a1 mis- rfrrra
played the Beethoven Concerto, wnicn ba -.
played in LonGon Ior the first time a. :
concert OF the Philharmonic Society undsr tb-
dIreGJtOn or Slen0eIssOnn on May - la A. =
similar celebration in Berlin in 1899 uas, -
present pupils OF his the number 81 ~
vIOiIns anu ViOlaS, with tSgens y-rour ylolo.
cellists who had attended ms ensemble e,lss-s
TOOK part III a concert conducted by FRITZ STEM
bach From these circumstance II NAV y
gathered how significant q ngure Joachim has
Deen in the musical nfe OF the world since h,s
advent as prodigy nearly TWO generations ago
Very timely, therefore, q QengntflI mo
graph on nun write ~ j.. a. Fulier Maitant
as one OF the series OOOKs puDIsned pv ION
Lane: The BOdley HEAD. in London ana, Ne,,-.
York, as one OF the Living Masters OF Nu..~
series. a sound, sy1npatnetic. sane 0Ook. a trss
appreciation, with no SdcrlnCe OF uUtn 10 III. =
ton, yet written in EngHsn words wnicn snsas
their music and yet say someJhius-a trlouls
we are not able 10 pay to any dI ,ee Engsl
writers who have quit writing criticisms IN Ia
vOr OF appropriations" Mr.. Maitland il tns
editor or the new edition or Groves Dictionary
OF Music and Musicians n IS a pleasure 10
commend his book and TO reprint Ine Coucut
sion OF the chapter devoted to Joachim n
huence:
Though it were universally conceded that tas
personal character and disposition OF eul4nsnI
men were 10 be guarded never So StrICtIy i.v.I
pubic inspection, yet in the case cf puunc pc
formers, where technical skill mas rrachea IS
highest perfection. kind OF self-revelauen tas $
place IN every performance; and besi,ics ,Es
ideal Interpretation of the music Wnicn n pa q.
Joachim uncOnsciOusly tells every one ". eco .a-i
ears 10 hear what manner OF man he is iil ..44-
self. Truth, TeCtitude. eaTnesJnesS OF Puryus,.
SingleneSS of artistic aim, childlIke CIdsi,y Q.
the inner vision. combined with Jhe nisnes.
ClSnlty-au these are evident 10 any buJ Jn-
most superficial listener, and there is a certain
quiet ardOr, eloquent of strong emotion strongly
controlled, such as distinguishes only those o.
possess the highest imagination 1t Is recOrUe.
that on one occasion. when he played at trSl
sight Schumann's Fantasia" for VIOLIN the
composer. instead OF bursting into ccstssies Over
the players immediate grasp OF the inner NEAR
ing OF the music or the cleverneSS OF his excel
ton. whispered 10 his neighbOr: "One can never
love him enough" 1t is. perhaps. this power ai
stirring up real personal affection in worthy
hearers that is the greatest of all the players
attributes. and such power is indeed Of price
less value.
II one had to say in word what was
one would surely say that this quality was thar
in which he stands alone among all the mus
Clans VINO nave ever uNeO 10 near MN 1a4
the Cavatina in BeethOven's Quartet in na-
Op. 1S0. or the CanzOna in mode IdiCo frI
that in minor. OPP 1S2. is TO be allowed
gaze into the uttermOSt profundtty OF hu-2.
emotion into a depth far below the souTrs o.
tears In the former quartet two contraSans
qualities of the great viOlinist's art are set ~
close proximity, Tor the beginning of the nHaE
is one OF those things in which his yOutniA
impetuosity is almost startlingly displayed Ne
one who has ever heard him lead a quartet H
Haydn can have failed TO realize that the disn'b
OF noble old age is associated with the lnsoI-
Glance the buoyant fun and frolic Of scnoeE
boy. u. = n