New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
THE WEEKLY C4LEND4R.

sunday-carnegie Hail. 3 p m. concert of the
Young Mems Orchestra; Hirpodrome, S:la
chestra.
Tuesday-Carnegie Hall. s:l5 p m, concert OF
Musurgia.
wednesday-Church OF Zion and Saint Timothy.
p. m. recital OF the Church Choral So
ciety: Mendelssohn Hall. S:l5 D. m. recital
OF pianoforte music by Miss Edith Milligan;
Aeolian Hail, $50 D. m concert OF the Schu-
Trio.
Thursday-Church OF Zion and Saint Timothy.
s:30 p. m. recital Of the Church Choral So
ciety: Mendelssohn Hall, $50 y. m. piano
forte recital of Schumann's music by Arthur
Voorhis.
-Mendelssohn Hall. D. m.tpianoforte
recital by Rudolph +. Reuter-.
Dispatches from Cincinnati have told OF the
success attending the sale OF season tickets for
the biennial music festival which is 70 be held
in that city during the first week of May. The
receipts thus far for season tickets and pre-
rniums are $4,000 The expenses of the meet
ing viii reach $4,000, but there are two thou
sand more seats in Springer Hall which are
available for the single sales, and the directors
of the enterprise are hopeful OF al least coming
out financially even. Sir Edward Elgar is al
ready in Cincinnati to superintend the rehearr
sails OF the works which ne is 20 conduct, name
" The Apostles" The Dream OF GerOntius"
the overture In the South" and the ''Introduc
rion and Allegro for strings. This last work is
inscribed TO Samuel S. Sanford who entertained
Sir Edward and Lady ESlgar during their recent
brief stay IN New York. Among the men well
known in the musical world who have slgni1ied
an intention 10 attend the festival are Mr.. San
ford Mr.. Frank Damrosch and Willard Gray, OF
Novello Ever & Co, and Mr.. Nahum stetson.
OF Steinvvay & Sons. The Tribune. which has
printed special reports OF the festival ever since
1873 Will be represented by its regular writer
on musical topics who has heard and made
record Of the festivals since their beginning, IN
1S73 The first concert on May l. is 10 he COM
meInorative OF Theodore Thomas, who organized
The festivals IN 1873 and conducted all OF them
down 10 and including the last. In 1904. Mrs.
Thomas has been invited 10 attend the festival
as the guest Of the directors. The most impos-
ing Of the festivals schemes has been arranged
for this concert. II viii embrace Bachs can
tata Gods Time is the Best (the so-caIled
Actus ragicus), which is Supposed TO have been
composed for an occasion OF mourning; the
death music from 'GOt1eTo2r rnInerung, the
scene Of BrGnnhide's immolaton. from the same
drama. and Brahms's German Requiem"
masterpiece for which MI Thomas had a spe
cial veneration A chorus of one thousand children
from the public schools is to take part on the
evening Of May in Benoit's cantata, written
for children, entitled Into the World" The
children win also sing in the finale OF Frank
der Stuckens Pax Triumphans," written
foI the Sangerfest held IN Brooklyn in July,
1900. Nine Gadski Nine. Homer, Mrs Corinne
Rider-Kelsey. Miss Janet Spencer. John Coats.
OF London; d. Ffrangcon Davies. Of London:
Charles ". Clark and Herbert Witherspoon
VIII sing the solos. The Cincinnati symphony
Orchestra
for the festival band
A second Bach festival service, fashioned after
that which won so large a measure OF approba-
don last year, will be given in the First Con-
gregationsl Church at Montclair. y. J.. the
afternoon OF Sunday. May %. beginning at
3 o'clock preceded by a public rehearsal sstur-
day evening May 10. beginning at O'Clock. To
this end the Bach Choir has again been called
into being. and the work Of preparation has
been going zealously under the direction Of
Mr.. Frank Taft who planned and carried out
the memorable affair Of last May, for several
months The forces which the service will en-
list are: Mrs. Mary Kunkel Zimmerman,
prano; Mrs. Gertrude May Stein Bailey. con-
tralto; Mr. Nicholas Douty. tenor; Mr. Julian
Walker. bass; MI Mark Andrews. organist; the
Bach Choir Of hundred mixed voices a
choral choir OF boys. women's and mems voices
IN charge of Mr.. Walter :. Young: Mr.. Henry p
Schmitt, concert master; an orchestra of twenty
four instruments and quartet OF trombones,
selected from the philharmonic Society Of New
York; Mr.. Frank Taft, director
THE SERVICE.
ChorHls H,rnmel Hoch."
~ w95as s ,Iss snd melody q b. y Martin MART Luther
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(cj Hymn for chosters congregation hsrmOnired
Invocation 'F' fa. ss25a5s T E21si5r sn8 BY the minister
Mott 9s s3Ss .,sisF y ss . 70 P1a az i5>2 I9Fa
a. Like Father"
oeu1s FER q f4s a s s sRs 5 n & q 9Ss ana men
49, N'N"00-~i'
Absorption benediston by the minister 1S
To the Editor of The New-York Tribune
Sir; To many Of those interested in the well
fare Of the New Music Society the attitude of
the press critics appears needlessly severe II
IS Of course, true that had funds been available
for sufficient rehearsals the music might have
received more satisfying reading: il is also
true that some Of the compositions presented
did not show the brilliant touch Of genius. = PuZ
that is no reason for severe condemnation o -
the society nor for overlooking one OF tk-tch,eE.
objects for its existence, which seems 10 hare
been done by H. 7. k" whose comments upor
the concerts were cruel. No writer has done
more effective educational work for the cause
OF good music than this gentleman His fasci-
mating eXpositiOns Of modern operas az. mis-
luminous programme notes have taught count
less listeners 20 perceive and enjoy new beauties
elld fuDle meanings which had hitherto eecaped
Them. De has usually been quick 70 recognize
excellence Ia movement, IA performer OF COM
poser, but now his most scorching ad1ectiyes
are used against A society whose educattonaI
object needs and deserves the helm and svrn-
pathy or al music lovers. II may be true as
ne states, that our leading orchestras rniaht be
glad produce American ruasterDieces ~ o,7r
composers would only present them Yet ,bera
fs said 10 be In existence a long list OF their
Tnefitorious works which have never received a
hearing
II. T. K.' has recently published a list O,
first performances IN New York OF the larger
compositions Of American writer's during the
last twenty years. and this tells pathetic story
Ihirty-eight composers are listed and one hun
dred and thirteen compositions produced Of
which forty-fve are choral or for strings and
piano. Only siNty-eight numbers remain which
are purely orchestral works, and Of these the