New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

GIUSEPPE cAMPANARI.
In ia Bohenne"
Copyright by Aims DuoontD
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR.
Neutrality-suspicious. Opera House, $50 P. rn-'
popular concert; Carnegie Lyceunl, p m
concert OF popular music by the vienna
Quartet
Neutrality-suspicious. opera House. 7:30 p. m.
German opera Die Meistersinser''; Men
delssohn Hall, ?. n. violin and piano re.
cital by Miss Beatrice Eberhard and Carl
Voelkner.
Tuesaay-Cernegie Hall, SID ?; m. concert by
the OratOrio Society, Handlers JUDAS mac
cabeus"; Mendelssohn Han, p M e
cital OF pianoforte music by Heinrich GeD-
hard.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House. P. m,
Italian opera, IL TrOvatore": St Thomass
Church $3.50 2. m, service by the Church
Choral Society.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House, ?. N,
special performance Of italian opera, La
Boheme'; 11:30 a. H., special performance
OF "ParsifaI'; Mendelssohn Hall. 3 p: NJ
Women's String Orchestra Carnegie Han:
?. m, concert by Nine Emma CAVE; {: 10
?. m, concert by the Nolpe Symphony Or
chestra; ST. Thomas's Church, $50 p m
service Of the Church Choral Society
neutrality-suspicious. Opera House, 7:45 ?. m,
German and italian opera, Hansel una
Gretel" and II Barbiere di Siviglia''; Berke-
ley Hall, Il 2. N, concert by Miss Corrie
Schefer; Baptist Temple. Brooklyn. concert
by Henri Marteau and Jean Gerardy.
satu-day-Carnegie Hall. S:15 p m. concert Of
the Russian symphony Society; $50 ?; m,
concert Of the Young Peoples Symphony
Society; Metropolitan Opera House. p. m.
Italian opera, Aida; ?. M Italian opera
-'Rigoletto": Mendelssohn Hall. SIS 2. m.
rrrr % Adele
Margulies Trio
The first pair Of this seasons recitals. or
services, by the Church Choral Society viii take
place in St. Thomas's Church next wednes-
day afternoon and Thursday evening. The
choral works 10 be performed are saint-Saans's
''Deluge" and Gounod's st Cecilia Mass"
The postIude for organ and orchestra will be
Handels Largo" arranged from the air ON
bra mai Re" from ''Serse'') and Bachs Toccata
in T arranged for orchestra by Esser. The So
Jos will be sung by Miss Laura Combs, soprano
Mrs r 4. Warren. contralto, Harvey W. Hin
dermeyer tenor. and Frank Croxtop. bass
VIII c. Marfarlane VIII play the organ and
Richard Henry Warren viii conduct.
The prospectus Of the Church Choral Society
contains the following Introductory note on the
Two programmes Of this season:
Recent occurrences in the world OF music
have emphasized the significance Of the Church
Choral Society and thrown light on the
beauty OF its mission and the value Of its min
lstrarOQs The enforcement by the Sacred
Congregation OF the Papel prohibition against
81 music IA the Roman Catholic service which
does not conform 70 the ancient rubrics mas
sienced many OF the most beautiful compost
tons written for the Roman Church The list
Is actually appalling, comprising, as IL does.
some Of the most spontaneous and inspired D1u
SIC OF the masters Of the eighteenth and nine
teenih centuries All that is left for practical
worship use is the music OF mediocre and I'M
Known composers who wrote not out OF the
4llless q Inspiration. but simply TO produce
Pieces which should conform 10 Official regula-
IONS The principles underlying the reform
aIe not u question here; we are concerned only
win one OF the effects which have followed
ne Papal prescription Of ornate worship music
some q the Nusica Prohibita belongs the
most beautiful music IN the world. II is not
70 De thought that IL viii be left 10 die because
eElFen from the service. Refuge must be found
10Y Il elsewhere; and also a purpose. Or
siAsflly choral societies devoted TO the secular
l3fIls OF the ART cannot offer the disposition
~ NE conditions essential 10 the proper per-
torrance Of these works. Obviously the case
presents The mission Of the society in a new
ano noble light
The principal feature Of the first recital Of
me soc-ety's eleventh season viii be a per-
-urnance u one Of these masterpieces Gou-
Us Messe Solennelle de Saint Cecile" The
1V9E chosen for the second recital calls 10
.-hq how potently and in how large field the
SotK OF the society has been felt. In the in
1-cy OF the Church Choral Society Horatio W.
-eiEef, young American composer but re-
enLy returned from his studies In Germany
oeA.posed work OF large dimensions for one
-S services. Il was "FIora Noyissirna; the
60 nm u Bernard de Morlaix on the CELESTIAL
No American choral composition IS
:. widely known this which was performed
- ue th-rd service OF the society," thirteen years
20 IL mas done more than any other musical
..-g3sluon 70 give American art an honora bic
,,--.Lg IN the mother country. It's produce
- - ana us achievements belong in large meas
70 NE fruits OF the activity OF the Church
thora! Society
ne fourteenth week % grand opera at the
~euopoLtao Opera House viii be a busy one
''o varied though no novelty viii be added
- lhe current list. Tomorrow evening ..rfe