New-York tribune., 1906-04-29

| found in sone Of his chamber music; the Fackel-
| tanz ought not to be defined dance with
torches" but a composition In the style of the
| Polonaise for a stately professional dance used
| at royal weddings at some German courts; q
high mass is only partly described a mass
celebrated by the singing Of choristers; the mat
| ter of celebrants and cersnonials enters into
| the matter. But Mr.. Elson is at very
| inadequate on all the terms connected with the
| services Of the Christian Church His definition
| of Lamentations" knows nothing Of the lessons
| in Tenebrse composed by Palestrtna and other
masters and used universally in one form or an
other Instead, we learn that me runeraI
music of the ancient Jews was called by this
says Of 1t simply that it IS the evening service
of the Catholic Church" So "Kyrte,S "Gloria,"
"Benedotus," "Agnus DEL" etc. are nothing
more than movements In a mass" Vespers Is
the last evening service in the Roman Catholic
Church" notwithstanding it is followed by the
Compline. an English word derived from the
melody string Of the banjo, yet 1t is never
stopped" Qts product must be a one-toned
meody) All pedal points, or organ points seem
to be either tonic or dominant bass notes. and
the French point dorgue" is. of course. an
organ point Thus Elson; but the French seem
to think that point dorgue'' is also ca
denza- So "melodie" is only melody, tune'i
whereas the term is also used by the French as
the equivalent OF the German lied" and 1t fig
ures largely thus the title pages of songs
with pianoforte accompaniment The German
"rnelodk' does not mean "nelodious, tuneful,"
but signifies that branch Of musical science deal
ing with melOdic construction Aulla' and
'tibia' are not the names by which the ancients
Romans knew better how to form the plural OF
the words in Mr.. Elson's mind. For the same
reason everybody but the author of this diction-
ary knows that opera" is not "the term applied
to any work or publication Of composer"
This is bad definition as we'll as faulty grammar.
MIR EIson's pupil who goes about in any coun-
try except, possibly, rural France, ana pro-
nounces the German word "Kapellmeister'
with an accentuation Of the first and third syla-
bIes would be in grave danger Of being laughed
at This Is far from all that might be said 20
point out how frequently blind a guide is this
NJ Vha lind hut
say that the new book enters the world scrseIn-
ing for revision.
Mt Elson might proitabfy study the pocket
dictionary OF muscaI terms edited by DR.. Baker
and published by G. SchirTner.
After the regular OF German DRAMA |
which comes to a close tomorrow night, there
will be an additional week Of operetta at the |
Irving Place Theatre. Tuesday evening Nina"
an operetta in two acts, by Anton c. Eggers, |
will be produced for the first time any stage
The cast is:
esS.tts IeGn s seine Frau rdtman
Maurice Gervais operndirektor Gustav seyhertltz
lean Diener I<ouis Roeb
Miss Marjory Sherwin vioiinist. assisted by |
Victor Herbert's Orchestra and Miss Margaret |
Hubbard Aver, contralto. will give concert at |
Mendelssohn Hall Monday evening. The pro- /
gramme:
Overture ''oberon' Weber
V'0iin concerto Miss Mar,ory sh.rwn.
MST1lng .SS1 1Isbn ngs "a; grim; Bra6ms
I'm Hsr0st' Miss Aver. + iN4'A
a PfiSasss se Nn5 f46 Suite sss
Violin Fesds R5i9ssS'nRGsP9i sss R9in. Eaaaai
.avarraise' from lie .Aas.snot
Governs est Ursula" is to be produced by the
Catholic Dramatic Oratorio Society at Madison
Square Garden Concert Hall next Wednesday
evening. w B. Keith, barytone. will appear as
Dionotus; Edward Barrow, tenor, Conan;
Nine. Selma Kronold. soprano. as Ursula. and
Miss Margaret Keyes. contralto as meth The
oratOrio is under the direct patronage of Arch
bishop Farley The chorus will consist of one
hundred voices. and there will be a full or
chestra selected from the New York Philhar-
monic Society. Boxes, reserved seats and tickets
han. business manager. No 141 East 25th street,
or Miss Ella Hartnett, secretary, No. 105 East
S6th street.
Gerardy, the 'cellist, will make his last ap-
pearance in this city at Mendessohn Hall Sat
urday afternoon. Gerardy returns from the Pa
cihc Coast this week. He had finished his San
Francisco engagement the evening previous to
the great catastrophe and started for Sacra-
mento at midnight only few hours before the
earthquake.
Mendel Hartvig. Danish tenor. who has sung
IN Paris (where he studied with Devillers) and
other Continental cities of Europe will be heard
at Mendelssohn Hall Saturday evening. He
will be assisted by Miss Martina Johnstone,
violinist and Seth Albergh. pianist. The pro-
ceeds of the concert will be given to the San
Francisco relief fund.
The newly organized Women's String Orches-
ira Ga branch of the Women's Philharmonic
Society has decided to continue and to enRape
Miss Olive Mead conductor. Funds therefor
are needed. and William H Sherwood will give
a piano recital In their cause at Mendelgsohn
Hall Monday evening May IA His pro-
gramme:
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