New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
70 = 9

| d.
Discp. Eus. Neukom Vindob Redux
| MDCCCXIV.
| The graveyard in which this first interment was
| made rejoced in the Of the Huudsthurm
| Dogs Tower churchyard. When tho grave was
| opened for the transfer OF the body Eisenstadt
| the discovery was made that some vandal had re-
moved the skull. As matter Of fact it had been
| stolen two days after the funeral Prince Ester
| hazy received a skull anonymously and buried It
with the body. But it was not the skull Of Haydn:
! that came into tho possession OF the Geseschaft
! der Musikfreunde in Vienna, which still piousy
! preserves 1t.
At the 1SHh meeting Of the Three Choirs At
Gloucester England next September. Professor
Horatio W. Parker's organ concerto is to have a
place on the programme Mr.. George w. ChadwIcks
CLEOPATRA which was heard in New York last
season. was played by the London Philharmonic
Society IN Queens Hall on the 18th Of last month.
THE Musical Times" Of London, said OF tt IF
the tone poem is a fair specimen OF his art work,
that praise IS well deserved. The title Cleopatra
points in the direction Of programme music, but
/ the work be heard and judged as abstract
| music, 10 convenient If not very consistent
term. Mr. Chadwick as a pupil Of Jadassohn and
Rheinberger, did neglect the study Of counter
point, and in the symphonic poem under notice
there many proofs of his scientific knowledge
Tafe Tas performance under Dr. F. H co"en was first
The most extraordinary news touching musical
affairs IN America IS always TO be found in the
German newspapers. From the "Tageblatt" Of
Berlin, we learn that the police authorities inter
fered with a performance Of Richard Strausss
"salome" at Wilmington. Del, recently. arresting
principal dancer for immoral conduct.
After having conducted n concert Of his own
compositions at Kiel recently, Edward Grieg wrote
"A letter the society which had given the concert
in which he said Il have yet read the
ments Of the press on the concert, but it will In
terest me to do so. Whether they be favorable or
unfavorable IS a matter Of Indifference Fortunate
" the critics have succeeded in creating
a conception OF art by means Of their views. This
is accomplished by the public and the artists as Is
abundant proved by the history of art JUS
tice will always prove victOrious-nota bene for
him who has patience to wait" This moves a
writer in the Berlin "Tageblatt' TO observe: NO
one Will take IL amiss that the Norwegian master
thoughts of most artists only il is a pity that in
doing so he adopts the oblique judgment of a
superficial point OF view. Criticism is in the
fortunate position less yndictive than its critics,
quietly to concede what Is correct In Grieg's vews
Those representatives who are worth taking seri-
ousy have never conceived it possible to create
a conception of art; they content to be the
getes OF contemporary art and the go-between
between IL and the public. HOW little indifference
is felt by reason Of their activities is best proved
by the rage of the criticised. Grieg himself might
be nonplussed TO explain how conception Of art
on The part Of the public to be achieved with
cut the press. These things which are not 10
pe disposed Of with few offhand phrases"
It is thirty years since DR.. Richter went TO Lon
don with Wagner TO arrange the concerts with
which the poet-comToser hoped to recoup his losses
at the first Bayreuth festival Since then DR.. Rich
ter has devoted the major part Of his activities
10 English music and his admirers recently cele-
brated the anniversary Of his coming with con-
cert OF BeethoVen's music which he conducted.
Richard AInhlfed. the clarinetist whose marvel
lous playing induced Brahms TO write his so-called
Clarinet Trio and Clarinet Quintet. died musical
director at Meningen June l. He was hfty-two
years old. chroncling his death. The Tribune
newspaper OF London said of him:
I'm him has AS clarinet