Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-30

TAHLER, conductor at the Metro


possible approach to perfection In
every detail OF a production, and as
acutely sensitive to the temper of his
audiences and the general public, has
declared his establishment at the mu-
steal perception of the American peo-
pie.
Before I set out for New York |
had heard all sorts of stories about
"the land of dollars" he told Charles
Henry Meltzer of the New York Amer
lean last Monday. You know the
nonsense that is said of 1t. Wen,
have been amazed to find how ridicu-
lously untrue those stories were.
81 have been impressed at every
turn by the interest you show In art;
and ths, more 1 have seen of America,
the more l have become convinced that
those who speak i'll Of 1t have only
themselves to blame for what they
grumble at.
MY experience at the Metropolitan
has been pleasant in the extreme. me
singers and musicians have done tnelg
utmost to cooperate with me- Anu
what artists they are!
Here comes Mary Garden ana says
of our art conditions:
Because the city of New York pos
sesses two great opera houses, ana De-
cause there are throughout the coun-
try a number of pretentious muslcal
organizations whose concerts are
largely attended, we are prone to pc
.ieve that our musical taste Is up TO
date As a matter of fact, in my num-
ble opirion, this is very far from lne
truth. OF the great modern school oL
music the American public knows as
vet scarcely anything, and II Is louaS
quite content and happy WIN lii0
n mn
"Moreover, America is still SATISFIED
With tone aA opposed to interpreta-
ion To-day we see the beginning OF
the great modern school, the music Oh
which deals with and carries to the
hearts of it's audiences great human
truths, This modern music aims not
wholly at the senses, but also at the
mind IT does not aim merely at pro-
viding a vehicle for the production OF
glorious tones 1t strives for mu-
steal interpre tation of the impulses
and motives of the human MIND ana
cart and soul "a
"And 1t is directed at the masses OF
the people We cannot hope for the
Li~hae+ and hest until the so-called
common people have had their art
sense awakened: until we have Jury
of the whole, which shall decide Wnat
we will not accept.
ssWhat makes or breaks great WORKS
en- their frs performance IN Europe !.
Not the verdict of the aristocracy, nor
of the critics, but the masses. the com.
mon people. 1t is in the galleries ina
the battle Is waged, and 1t Is upon tne
prevailing opinion of tbs portlon OIL sne
audience that the fate of a work oe-
Ponds. -.,.,.as
do nothing. They are silent, without
exnression or opinion. 1t is the CRUZ
who assumes TO tell this nation VIVA. Is
GOOD work and what bad: and pc
iieve. and am daring enough TO say
that there is no man or small colerle
of man capable of teaching natloh
art one great drawback for the
masses here is that the opera season
lasts but a few months, and tnat the
prices of the limited number OF repre-
sensations during that brief perlou are are
SO very high that the people seHei o'4'
cannot afford to go. $50. h,,+
from tho above article / must say you
orc very ignorant of the conditions OF
music ir this country, and CONSIDER
YOUR ..opinion a humble one" What
do Won know of the music In the
west? For years you have seen NIUE
of vour own country, and nave never
been west of Chicago in your life. we
are not by any means 'satisf1ed with
the oueras of our grandmothers -put
we do want "tone," and that seems 70
he the one thing you and many OF our
American. singers who have been ecu
Gated in Paris lack. Yes, we 90 wall.
tonei before Miss Garden presumes
~ write about the "debasement or
,,ousicn n, her own country and Miss
Farrar gives her opinion on America
having no art" they better read anu
look I'm the matter. Both girls know
nothing of either our musical OF So
cial world here, being born in obscure
conditions and educated by rich men
and women-and Americans at tnat-
thew show poor taste and bad Judg-
roent 10 even criticise our musical ac-
t;vity. or condition, or sense OF appre-
cio zion OF IT. An American pubic
s,,SetI,ar in New York, Texas, Florida
or los angeles, demands the best-and
we get 1t.
Paderewski, happy at his concert
in MINNEAPOLIS on January ~. a let
fed from there says: 1.-THE city nonors
Paderewski and the pianist nonors
the CITY" Great ovation for the great
pianist, and he played as never peIore.
The house was sold out, with seatlng
away.
81
IT will be interesting to Americans
who know and admire Isidore de Lara
whose opera, 'Messaline," was pro-
duced in New York a few years ago
with success, and whose new OPERA
"Solea," has just met with great sue
cess in Germany to know that MS
wife was Alice Heine of New Orleans
the daughter of a rich banker there:
she was first married to the prince OF
Monaco, from whom she was divorced.
She has always been proud of the fact
that she was related to Heinrich Heine'
the poet.
The Gamut club entertained Kubellk,
the great violinist, Tuesday night at
IFS rooms.
A musicale was given at the Hotel
Pepper January 81 by Mrs. Maudee
Nicols Lyon, Mrs. Maria Webb ana
Miss Blanche Brorlklebank.
a
A story about Reginald de Koven,
the musician, was told the other night
at a musical dinner in New YORK.
IAN ardent young admirer OF Dc