New-York tribune., 1906-03-04
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR.

THE WEEKLY CALENDAR.
concert 81 popular prices: Carnegie Hall. 3
y n concert Of the New-York Symphony
Orchestra, Walter Damrosch, conductor;
H!ppoGroIne, S:l5 ?. m. concert OF Kubelk
Mss Ellen Beach Yaw and Victor Herbert's
Orchestra.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hall. $50 p. m, piano
forte recital BY Miss IIarT1ette Cady; Metro
politan Opera House, 3 p. n, French opera,
Carmen"
Tuesday-Carnegie Hall. SIS p. m. concert Of
the New-York Symphony Orchestra. Walter
Damrosch. conductor; Metropolitan Opera
House 80 =. m. German opera, die
WaIkrre"; Mendelssohn Hall. 6:15 p.
concert Of chamber music by the Olive Mead
Quartet and Mrs. Thomas Taper; Broadway
Tabernacle. i p. m. free organ recital by
Walter C. Gale.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House, s p. m,
Italian opera Marta: Mendelssohn Hall, 3
?. n. plano4orte recital by Sigismond Sto-
1oTski. $40 2. m, concert OF chamber music
by the Boston Symphony Quartet
Thursday-Carnegie Hall. $50 p. m. concert Of
the Musical Art Society; Mendelssohn Hall,
S:l5 p m. concert OF old music by the Amer
icsn Orchestra sam Franko. conductor: Met
rOpCliIan Opera House. 1:30 D m, German
opera, ''Siegfried''; Waldorf-Astoria. $50 p.
n, rectia OF chansons populaires de France
by Rolle Borden-Low: Association Hall,
Brooklyn, SO p. m. concert Of chamber
music by the Kneisel Quartet: Hall OF
Cooper Union. $40 p. m. concert Of chamber
music by the Mar1lm Quartet.
Frday-.detropolitan Opera House. D. H.
italian opera Lucia di Lanmermoor''; Men
delssohn Hall, SIS D m. concert OF Miss
Sally rockingham Akers and Edwin Wilson:
Hall Of Cooper Union, S:15 p. m. concert OF
chamber music by the Peoples Symphony
Society Auxiliary.
sarurday-Carnegie Hall, So D. IL, concert Of
American compositions by the New Music
ferT a1iff tan TTor1Ea n
Italian opera, II Trovatore''; s p. m, Ger
man opera, Die MeisteTsinger": Waldorf
Astoria $50 ,. m. entertainment for the
benefit Of the charitable fund Dickens Fel-
lowship.
There are three modern works of a unique
character and calculated 10 arouse peculiar in
terest in the programme of the last concert Of
the Musical Art Society. which viii take place
IN Carnegie Hall next Thursday evening. They
are by three representatives Of the younger gen.
Grafton Of composers. though each is markedly
original in style and aiH-Max Roger. Richard
Strauss and c. Il. LOeffler. Novelty in form and
novelty N expression mark the three works
and il may. therefore, be not arniss 10 call at
tention 10 them. The list Of pieces is as follows
i5 i1t' Do@5l5 9gs risd Palestine
Konn asof Herr Je.ss .-----.--.----.--------B Bach
Nov dst the Lore Risen on High Sixteenth Century
ssefeo Head nov wounded Max Roger
5ynlne an Gle Hans Koessler
EAkob Der Ee-o-uer rSogl..................R Saruss
C -.
IcA Sll Dch HeJeE meine Krone Cornelius
The austerities Of Lent receive expression and
The joys OF the Eastertide are prehgured in the
hrst part Of this scheme. The composition by
Falestrina is the second of the Lamentations
which are sung throughout Christendom in the
Roman Catholic churches in the first nocturne OF
The last three days Of Holy Week. PaIestrina's
settings. which have been used in the Sistine
Chapel ever since 1857, We're composed 10 take
tae place Of those by Carpentrasso. q writer
whose music diG not meet the taste Of Pope
sixtus Y
Because OF the great length Of time con-
tuiAeo IN singing ali the text OF the Lamenta-
Iohs, II IS thought, Palestrina did not compose
music FOR more than few OF the. verses in
each lesson. He began with the Incipit lamen-
lAuo tthe equivalent OF the Anglican Here be-
e--Aetl"). however and composed music also
i0f the Hebrew letters which precede various
portions of the different lessons. Here an ex-
p44Aatlon may be welcomed by some readers Of
Iese notes. 4 dozen or more chapters In the
poetical portion OF the Old Testament are writ
Ten II az artificial verse form which has va
iio-Sy been denominated alphabetical. abece-
esslah and acrOsticaL Among these are the
--st Ao0r Chapters OF the Lamentations OF Jere-
mai N the perfect form OF these poems each
--''e begins with letter of the Hebrew alpha
De' N The regular order OF the succession OF the
'elDefs IN other forms the initials begin groups
u cOuplets or stanzas. there being twenty-five
y taese groups. Psalms cL and cxn illus
1ee ule perfect form; Psalm cxix. in which the
.s-enaloFy letters ertll retained IN the au-
AoE4zeo ss well the revised versions, the
~ extended form. The Significance or these
.tteDfe~ letters has fallen away. OF course, with
-e us1sleuons. but they continue 10 be read
- ne Roman Church and for that reason. prob
80 were also set 70 music and sung. The
toIlA is supposed 20 have been invented a
70 l1e memory like many Jingle to-day.
80 hynln OF the Protestant churches is more
.l.lar Than the so-called Passion Chorale."
gssIAIlIg, % sacred head now wounded" The
r-.sAsl translation most used IS that of the
-. Dr. James Waddell Alexander. onetime
s.DlsssDr at Princeton Seminary and minister OF
- Flfth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Of this
g. II IS a translation Of translation. The
-e4HAl hymn is a portion OF "a rhythrnicai
s-1yet 10 any one Of the members OF Christ suf-
Ing ano hanging on the Cross" written by 81.
= 1s4afo or Clalryaux. OF the eleventh century.
D. - me seventh section addressed 10 the sacred
80 beginning, Sale caput cruentatum-" This
'-le lilto Protestant hymnOlOgy through the
t~4siaiiOn into German made by Paul Gerhardt
:. Lhe seVenteenth century. The melody in
epahaply associated with the hymn now, like
1iy another German hymn tune. was origi-
,-@l!y ttst Of a love song Bach was so fond Of
:, liit he used II five times in his Passion ac-
0yIs ING 70 ST. Matthew"
ne setting which !s 70 be introduced 70 Amer
&c Il this concert OF the Musical Art Society Is
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