New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

| passion IN connection with a man w. - - -,
a larger place IN the public eye for a 60 r
| any Of his colleagues the world ovs-- = taas
were privileged TO study a first work ~ -aer;s =
/ nent musician whose laursls had be4n - -
very different field. curiosity lovers h. ;
/ penchant Eratifed 20 the full T.e -, -
/ terest IN the affair disclosed bv n. -. =
never before in the season had the - =
I the Metropolitan besn 50 numerous ~ - e
/ naturally the presence OF the admired -
/ vhetted interest and heightened enthusla.--
/ before the evening was over NJ Pade-eu,z. -
drawn from his secluded place II pa-s.-
/ by the pIaudits OK the audience and suus.r.s
[ acknowledge hearty appreciation o. hsss 49,,
/ ment along with the artists Eho had raads = Il
bIs Despite the Saws which were sasHv :
] IN the work 'sMan-u." the rsrfo-uanes -
/ "a a remarkable frst opera There vsU -
.ve- be a critic who will say OF Z "a "a. =
/ ro-nrosers now set down as q classic ssfs - :
I first opera OF colleague. that Ars- operas Bks
/ Itters OF puppies. ought properly 70 be a----.
..sfsn-ur has had It's day. but H was 80
/ while n lasted and II Is possible thz, TOW
not dead b1r1 only sleeping The stcry. 6za.7 -
/ =, the If;,rstfo made after Poilsn romans. =
/ friend Ct the composer Dr. Nossz. has he -s,-
+ OF novelty. and beneath Il there les -
5-an,a+ic princfvIe But more than The story -
/ ,bsn the pl-ttresque costumes and s-zzs =
r,t,,-a there ls q fascination soOg- the music ~.
( grew with each hearing Many o. is chaFaz.-.
-ie details are based upon national idi1az >
/ On the whole Mr. Pade-ev-slc wrote Se a. scls-
lie Maid his tribute 20 the tendency vnich Wss--'
made dominant where IS ths composer % tas ~
I +rf-+v vears VINO has not2 and. indeed. hzs -
/ somewhat too frank IN his ackaoTistszsz
I his Indebtedness 10 ths- master in tanas
IS. manner and utilizing his devices Ea~us-
. . tr -ra second acrI there e pa-zLislis-
s---.t--. r7l+ ne has nevertheless r-aiE-sszss
,,,4---f,,-.71 lv-icf-rn which p-1cl1lus aim a
+ -. musician a. the ki-d that me ar Ia 4
+ 80 a., much as Il resds E. nov. As azl
I.,olo-fz- NJ Pacerewski pu- rev things uz1
+ operate Palette
- - hurried -.iti-1srur on either bee
-. rom general points of view II noi
,..f,.. IT, rla-1crs for dlzcuzs-or The hoz
/ ar,.-vrardIv constructed AID its language
/ -fr,es su-azirgl- sllly. yet --- fundamental
I q kan+ before tHe mind pe-slsfe1-lT and &C
Z s-rrv b- rhe devices OF rile composer A E7g
/ WHO s5-sakes his wife and -eh--d because hs a
=, -az,~. tre seduc-ions q o maid q ais
rare would ordinarily - a c0ntempt0-s ca
+ a~-e- and nothing more. but In tl-s case dsE7
tho rant OF dramatic and literary ssil ss
+ 1f4-s--o NfsD-u i= presented tragic n
{ VINO goes 10 -neri-r1 destruction indeed 7uz
l ,re so nevertheless creates the impression z
h is less thz victim OF individual passion 2
4 - a fatality which is racial j can easily 1s1
/ - +hs Polish novelist from whom ths SD
I was borrowed presented the psychologists "A
/ more elocueutIy Khan the lorel-is-. bUt L s
! question whether o. not ne did 50 more COMA
Z freIv than Nr NOssig plus Mr. PaosrsWsE
/ Leland after Mr.. Borrow the closest q Alsrs
+ students OF the gypsies) mas pictured FOR =
I Poranv-s love fo- roaming and our syupa-
with his propensity We look ~ls--l-IJ a
shtDs al sea and wonder what quaint uzysts-=
- @Fer-~ - :
5 long to fv with rhsrn anywhere, over tas II
and tD-o adventure. These emotions tel Is ~
near We are % De affected or elected Unto ne 2,
auv. who belong 10 out-Of-doo-s and nat1ra y
birds and bees Centuries more than re ta-i
have fashioned that disposition il ne aE
bIooded people and made u ar ir-esis-io-s =
pulse. Thus the poeticaI essence Of Nl--I
character is accounted FOR and ne Ao-stls.
. given II en expression which IS not tnspr-
wi.a louSsnzs Wild ~ s9ul IS sra
E77 vT..s a25s fs.5e5 II l ,sas sa1- woH5 g DIV
In bus1 ane 0-aGe
81 -a+,I-s-s 19v -Hs woods ra--aks
and hear ne helpless. spent a-o1s
T5S asT1 5.Ts I5gsa25 s1 1l55.ai6 r1ys an l5a- ND
Taat stubborn rs-ks would c-ecA
s-s IEgs L2its ne , 130ses i'-s an sS-S- S--s-
E1foIdi1s wheln1ins al = v-e-z-
Thus dies the pollen -ls breeze
+ meet It's f5-al I9rs-
The song ourg1shizS from ne soul
Thus seeks the sSz-Ty Ta--i a9o'e
1ns-s Is 70 Other nfs fo- ne.
It's written II the BOOK q tlte
Thy race nuse ev'-y pie1Se a7a's
And wander. rove ste-1all--
Bgt Why and where?
needs must fa-e-
But such a life IS Iawlezs f creates ta1as-
not1-fshss frc0uriuence- its seeming freedom
slavery 70 passion. and This, TOO the poet p10-1
in Manru's confession thar ral-1tulnsss = y
. sibIe 20 one 70 whom each new beauty e1s1s =
+ sistibIe aIlu-ernent. and whose heart Inls- -
unstable as his habitation-
Into the music Of Man-us songs, which a
these things NJ Paderewskt has poured slea
sicnare- emotional expression as makes 'as1
vfnctng: and ne has done more MUSIC : U
erIage OF the emotions. and tls GyPsies a.
emotional folk The people OF Hungary nz''
1ni-tsd the Gvpsies 70 make their music 2
so long. and have mixed the Ron-aaF a.
bIoods SO persistently. that n MUSIC GfsS
+ HUNGARIAN have become practically Identical =
L was a Hungarian gentleman Vn' sa---
. : hear the Rakoczy 7 feel as Z I must 9
- ro,ous- the whole world Ny crsers =
. sivsIv witch 10 seize pistol a sword
{ seon. or whatever weapon nay be a. han-'
clutch II and march forward II : - :.
+ this spirit scarcely overstarsd n lnls -.
+ the Austrian government. fsa-fu- O. - -
of the Rakoczy during periods q pm -
ulecJ has several times proi-1-'7-- - = g
I On public occasions and co1ascarso =
+ found +, The music shops. NJ PadersVsN
+ admirable use CT This passion as dTail''--
/ tive. When neither the plsadings o. az "a -.
panioas nor the seductive arti1ces ot AsA =, y
+ break down Nanrus sense OF duty u Hls -
( child the catastrophe IS wrought oE I1s
a gypsy hddle- - e
As the subject o. the ope-u has % q -
/ conflict between Christian and Pagan -. -
/ Gypsy. 50 the music takes rs cot'l -. 4
/ foIk-sonE and dance o M PsosIV s.-gsa
-sa1ls and anon from the Gypsss who -
/ The mountainous scenes in which the opez
+ The use Of an Oriental interval oe'''7- =. =
and CTypsies characterizes the nls''s s-.s y 4
act. the rhythm OF a peasant dance =. -,
ballet which is not an idle diverriss7i-- - AZ
+ integral element OF the play, ana Z, 4
I and cirnbaIom lend color and el- as s1r
+ music which ternpts Man-u % - -, ss1sss