New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR.

THE WEEKLY CALENDAH.
Opera House $50 p. M |
popular operate concert; Manhattan Opera |
House. p. m, popular operate &c. conS TaI:
Carnegie Hall. =. m, concert OF the Ne"
York symphony Orchestra
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Opera House P. m.
Italian opera, la Boheme": metropolitan
Opera House. German and Italian opera
'Fdansel ind Gretel" and "Pagliaccl'
Tuesday-Chapel Of Columbia University. Alb
p. m. public recital by s. Archer Gibson
Italian opera Aida: Manhattan opera
House, French opera. Fra Diavolo-"
Thursday-Carnegie Hall. 3 p. m, pianoforte re-
cital. by NJ. and Nine. Lhevinne; SID p M
concert Of the Russian symphony society
,yriday-Carnegie Hall $50 p. m. eighth after
Metropolitan Opera House, 100 p m, per-
Torrance for the benefit Of Emil Fischer: 3
p. m. Italian opera, La Boheme Mammal
tan Opera House, italian opera. Marta.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House. 2 p r.,
italian opera. ''AIadama Butterfly; p m,
Italian opera. 'Tosca''; Manhattan Opera
House. . p. m, Italian opera, "Cayalerla
Rusticana" and "Pagliacci'; p. m. French
opera. GARNER; Carnegie Hail, SID p. m.
eighth evening concert OF The philharmonic
Society
The programme for the last pair OF concerts
shis season by the Philharmonic Society. which
VIII take place in Carnegie Hall next Friday
afternoon and Saturday evening. is 10 be divid-
ed between Haydn and Beethoven. Neverthe-
less. one of the numbers IS Yet stranger 10 the
local concert lists-at least the Philharmonic
list. II is Haydn's symphony in c minor. No.
OF the Solomon set. No. in Breitkopf and
Harters list. Had not Haydn written over $50
symphonies il would be difficult 10 believe that
one of his works OF the class should wait til
now for a hearing IN New York. But the bulk
OF the old masters music has gone into the
limbo Of Forgotten things. while the popularity
OF few OF his symphonies has led TO the ig-
noring OF many perhaps equally good If not
equally interesting. After this symphony Mrs.
Rider-Kelsey viii sing the air from The Crea-
tion," With Eerdure Clad" An intermission
viii separate these numbers from Beethoven's,
which viii also be air and symphony. viz:
the concert scena "Ah! Perado." and the Fro
lea" Concerning the symphony the annotator
OF the programme contributes an interesting
historical note, which may be prefaced with the
remark that the description Of the symphony
which is quoted used 10y the society for
twenty-five years and was supplanted only
after the critic OF The Tribune more than thirty
years ago protested against it, Says the pres
ent annotatOr:
At the second concert given by the Phllhar-
monte Society. on February IS. 1898, this SYM
phony led Off the programme having for its
associates aria from Bellinis "Puritani.' an
elegy for violoncello. by Romberg: the overture
20 William Tell by Rossn and the ''Inflam-
Enatus' from the same composers ''Stabat Ma
tera; q romance and roRdo from of Hum
snel's pianoforte concertos. and the overture e
Der Freischutz L g HUI. the FOUNDER OF
ahe society, conducted the symphony. which
seems 10 have had previous performances in
New York. Nevertheless IL scarcely b.
said 20 have been popularity known. and this fact
ft was. in all likelihood which led 10 the firs1
gocietys ANALYTICAL notes An astonishing be-
of
but perhaps not astonishing after all wheT
cOlated with what critical writers of emlnenc'
have pnofessed 20 ind in the composition Wha
the original annotatOr OF these programmes said
may Oe reproduced here for the sake OF curios-
sty, II nothing else;
This great work was commenced when Ma
pOleOn was First Consul. and intended I,
portray the workings Of that extraordinary man:
mind. In the first movement. the simple sub.
sect keeping SIS uninterrupted way through har-
monies that at times seem in almost chaotic
confusion, is grand idea OF Napoleons deter
animation OF character. The second movement Il
descriptive Of the funeral honors paid TO one O.
his favOTite generals, and is entitled 'Funera
March On the Death OF a Hero The winding
Rlp OF this movement represents the falterins
steps OF the last gazers into the grave and tn
gistener hears the tears fall on the coffin ere tn
funeral VOlley is fred, and repeated family b,
IN echo. The third movement (minuet and trio
describes the homeward march OF the soldery
End the finale is a combination of French reVO
1utIonary airs put together in n manner thar NJ
one save a Beethoven could have imagined
A world Of trouble would have been saved IN
the character Of the symphony by the epthe
Heroic" and connecting the name OF Bona part
with q by tnscTibing II upon the original it'll
page, placed the scheTZO before the funera
srarch and chosen some other form than m
variation form for his finale. Then the progress
OF the hero would have been found 10 have bee
dsliTleated plainly enough in the four movement
his aspirations and struggles in the first hi
Eess and recreation in the second. his death
the third. and apotheOsis in the last AS il d
see what has been done by Others than the Phil
harmonic SOciety's first analyst: BerloZ suE
gesis that the scherzO and finale picture funerl
games, held in honor OF the dead hero such q
Homer describes in the Had. Marks schem
for the entire work can be outlined as follows
T. An 3deal battle. as the concept OF an hero
lsfe; H. A nocturnal inspection Of the battlefield
III. MerTymaking in camp; " Celebration ,
peace. Lenzs scheme is like this: /. Life ar
death OF hero: II. Funeral: III, Truce at Il
grave: ~. Funeral feast and heroic balla
Oulibischeff likens the scherzO 20 armstit
which the soldiers devote 10 pleasures. For hi
the finale has absolutely no connection with Il
medical conceit contained in the precediT
movement while Ambros fancifuy pictures Il
variations az following one after the other iii
= procession OF many generations of me
marching up 90 a cyclOpean monument erect'
70 the hero. and GROWING II with Wreaths 81
flowers. Sir George Grove found bond
union between the finale and the funeral marc
tr the pathetic character OF the close OF a
endante section OF the flnale-its march rhythm
me- other details % resemblance. Whether IN
oc the case or not, be adds. the march may We
represent fhe death OF the hero and the int
1nert az his mortal part The POGO andante
bis flight 20 the skies"
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