New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR.

IhE WEEhLI CaLENDah.
Sunday-Carnegie Hall, p. m. concert OF
the Volpe Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera
House, $50 p. an. popular operate concert;
Manhattan Opera House. $50 p. m, Haydn's
Creation" 20 be sung by the Peoples
Choral Union, Frank Damrosch, conductor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House. p. m.
House, S p. m. italian opera, La Sonnaln-
bula" and 'Pagliacci'; Sherry's. 3 p n1.'
concert by Bruno HUM; WaldoTf-Astoria'
afternoon, concert for the benefit of the
Home FOR the Destitute Blind
ruesdsy-AEe Hall. &l5 p. m, con-
cert OF chamber music by the Kneisel Quar-
Z, fet assisted by Ossip GabriOwitsch; Man.
haitian Opera House, p. m. special per-
formance for the benefit the Legal Aid
Society; chapel of Columbia University, 4:l0
y. m, organ recital by CASTOR NJ. Dethier.
,wednesday-AFet Opera Houee. 7:45
,. m, German opera, Tristan und Isolde
Manhattan Opera House. S:15 p. m. Nine.
3 D. m. recital of music for violOncelo and
violin by Elsa Ruegger and Francis Mac
millen.
-rhursaay-carnegie Hall, $50 p m, concert
Of the Musical Art Society.
friday-MetnOpOlitan Opera House. ,. m.
Italian opera, ''Tosca': Manhattan Opera
House, S:l5 2. M French opera, Fra
DiayolO''; Cooper Union. S:15 p. m, concert
Of the Peoples symphony Auxiliary.
xaturday-Carnegie Hall. s:l5 p m concert
OF the New York Symphony Orchestra. Wal
ter Damrosch, conductor; Metropolitan
Opera House, p. m. Italian opera. Lucia
di Lammermoor." last performance this sea-
son OF Nine. Sembrich; 8 D. m. German
opera "L1ohengrin': Manhattan Opera
House, SD p m, Italian opera, Aida"
At the concert OF the Musical Art Society next
Thursday evening in Carnegie Hall. the pro-
gramme viii be as follows:
yublate Palsstrins l5l4 "a,
Asoenao al Patren IIandI d55Oeij
Tenebre factse stunt Michael Haydn u7s71so5D
Ave Maria AlelaeisTonh la 5iSSS.
For strings and organ.l ,,--o ,so-,
''issae song ;For four voices and srnFs5 80.
s. MeicR und Wan Cornelius 0s247s
on6s Tiiareolse f'eH'h songs
7-r1bIinssfli.k 'ii-I e's5r - sMax Roger ds7ar-)
Spring DelghtS
All of these numbers except the motets by
Michael Haydn. Tschaikowskys Legend" and
the part songs by Cesar Cut are new to the
lists Of the Musical Art Society. Hans Leo Has
sler, or Hasler. was a Neuremberg chapemas-
ter and organist who studied with A. Gabriel in
Venice and was in the service Of the famous
Fugger family in Augsburg before he became
organist at the Frauenkirche in his native city.
He died in the service of Christian ii Of Saxony,
sn Frankfort. There is scarcely a Protestant
hymn book in the world but contains his name
cred Head Now Wounded" HandFs is
variously written Handl, Handl and Hahndl,
which, since in any form is a diTnnutiye of the
German equivalent for cock, politely Latin
SEED into Gallus, according TO the custom Of the
period in which he lived He was. chapelmaster
30 the Bishop Of OlmGtZ and cantor of church
en Prague. Memberships Ave Maria" is
hymn for soil and eight voices, with organ
companiment' composed at Vienna IN Septem-
her. $780, when he was on his way to the visit
70 Italy, which produced the Italian symphony
heard az the concerts of the Philharmonic So
ciety last Friday and Saturday. According TO
letters written by Mendelssohn at the time, he
seems 10 have composed the hymn, besides some
other religious music, escape the frivolity of
ahe Austrian capital. one of the compositions
was setting OF the Passion chorale Of Hassler
for chorus and orchestra Writing 10 his
ieacher. Zelter. he said: In Vienna
the people around me were so fearfulIy light
minded and worthless that il really drove
among Them Ike a theoiogian." Despite its
title Sgambati's '"re Deum Laudamus'' IS not a
hymn but q solemn andante for strings and
organ. II was composed for the golden wedding
Of the Grand Duke OF SeXony in 1892 The
ssFzegiac Song" by Beethoven, IS lovely rec
ord Of one OF the great composers truest friend
Ehfps It WAS composed in the summer of 1914
gn memory Of the Baron Pasqualati, in whose
house he lived. One of the most delight
lul features OF the last concert OF the Musical
Art Society the old French Christmas carols
arranged by GeVaert director OF the Conserva-
tory at Brussels. TWO other songs from the
same collections are the Brunette" and "Ronde
Villageoise" on this programme. They are both
rustic dance songs. The name brunette is sup
posed 20 have been given 10 the songs OF this
character-tendeT. gallant, playful-because Of
.he ''petites brunes' TO whom they were adj
dressed. though there Is another derivation from
fhe great popularity Of q particular song in
which the word brunette was used.
The nth concert OF the Kneisel Quartet will be
given in zTendelssohn Hall Tuesday evening.
The programme Will be as follows:
cusrtst tat op. Beethoven
Frio FOR piano, violin ana yiolonceo in = nat
m 10 Eaefh
Cuartst q. op q. No. Haydn
The pianist who win assist in Beethoven's trio
viii be OssiD Gabrilowitsch. BeethOven's f fiat
quartet IS the first OF that series of ive great
QuaFtets that he composed in the last three
years OF his nfe and are considered 10 mark the
culmination OF his style together with the Ninth
Symphony and the Solemn Mass in ID major
The quartet was composed about 1924. year
after the completion OF the Ninth Symphony and
two years after The Mass. Like the RasOumOw-
syy Quartets. this and the two following owe
their existence 20 the admiration FOR Beethoven
ot O wealthy and titled Russian amateur In
1922 the Russian prince, Nicholas Galitzin asked
Beethoven 20 compose for him Two or three
tboven'S own price. he was amateur violon-
cellist, ana expected 20 ana tn these Quartets
InateI.ai for his own diversion. He was an adj
1Islrer Df Beethoven and scOFned the italian
charlafanisul" that was spreading over Europe.
All he asked for was the dedication and a manu-
script copy. He received the three Quartets
after long waiting. but never paid Beethoven or
fis sbscnce with the Rlssian army in Persia