The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC
SPFfTnII IlRIC DRAMAS
Df iRJi DAlS
The, Z s-'i I" Have scene Painters and
rro'lti"ins stage Manager Three
hundred ,rars Ago and Msr~ The
New and D~iixhtTui Orchestra or
Ru>>lan Performers Cheap Ri, AIR,


g." spectacular features u opera But
,- . certain prophet once remarked,
'''r" = nothing new under RI. sun
'.. AGE told that in the second half Of
'.. nftr.n'h century the composer
F.f"r %. produced n work entitled
RUS whIch was part opsra and part
-".iv and which also might be ciassed
:. !'.~ p" term ballet ~ that " A. und.'r-
a N IN. early history 90 IN. French
{ ..,'r,'
l-N"rIni was both author and impre-
> lie divided mis- pi,,ct, into three
b :. and there were fourteen changes
% -'"n", in which figured elephants.
p r"'ains. PALACES and Who'll" army
g~ with III implements Of war The
0'lpal scenic pictures were the camp
Darius, a valley IN tho high uloun-
'.7- a plar" in Babylon. the colr, II
." ralac" IN" machines Of war. th..
.N"l"um II Minus. a prison and the
IVA! gardens
lHus "" SEQ that long before Rossini
49, thought of there was an opera IN
" rlch Rahy,onIan Injuries PLAYED
1~prcunns part and in which the very
NH II Minus was Of Significance What
'nk plaC" when some one met sons one
".,'' az Niny's tomb wo are not told.
'r details are lamentably lacking.
IN fact Collier. who studied seriously
'" opera of the primaval times. ex-
'r"ss"s the belief that there is in this
am" Darius little more spectacle
'"n ~" wear 1850 could explain II.
inks that the story " III. performanc.
Darius belongs 20 a period p
Int. IT,.
that IN" finds no mention Of B.vc-ini
-"' hat there Is no trace OF his works
BIT n this composing imprcsa-io
ally lived and labored in the middle
q 'G" sixteenth century We ought 20 know
-'n"'hine about him end his rpect sole.
~ Va do know not a litjle about several
r't"r productions Of thar period no more
f-"'"ntious than his. and indeed for IN.
most Tart even less so. On IN. othcr
'and IN. sacred representations in It-iy
'ad already reached a level Of broadly
spectacle by the middle Of tho
""""nrh century and they w.r. invarl-
- IS richly supplied With music OF which
"" Nav" no record. This same music
80 was writtcn bu composers whose
.-ir"s have not come down 10 US
However. this il mere speculation
'..y"rlnis Darius may have been pro-
tu..d in the .,,t..,th instead % i, ,h.
f..enth century and p.vo-,bcloss ,,.
r - confess that ". have not left il far
..-aini IN our sp.ctacuIa- -I'Afr;cair.-
'r Nida." A. C"ller pertinently notes:
nor" mist already have been certain
H'i'~Ical RESOURCES. for tn. scenic el.-
""Ut- perfected them selves fast that P
/, ~. and os tha six,..r,b ,.,,,,r,, , So
b." custom To rang. the,, in spac;uI
,-.eori-s. subdivici,d and mu,,,pl,ed
.worr themselves =, as Ia sx-anJ IN.
Irrh.r and vary their ASPECTS They
were.
IN" colestlals-rods. plan.ts sum
noon &c
Tho Stored -aI,ars ,aupl.s rr,e.-. .
.-t,l. &
In. military r,mpnr-s s,.p.. nass,-
The r,i~,Ics -comuri-inr all landscau.
.attIr.s
The maritime ships seas r.mpasts
ionsters of the deep. &c.
The royal-palac.. grand APARTMENTS
,rrians. &c.
IN. civil-streets. shop- &c
Tho Observation-Disclosures Of an
univ
The poe,ic-Ths paIac. OF .EoIus of
ortune Of Fame &c
The rnaKic-enchan,sd solirrldes. the
,..-no. Sryx ghosts &C
Inc Observation-Disclosures instruments.
-c,anc. &c
The capricious-a Department into
n.ch 10 ult everything not hitherto
,--Ifi.d
With this material. C.lIer rrayely COM
.-t. ono could satisfy all rh. fanc,es
z authors or public Then h, notes
,., ren-esen.ation moro CLEARLY es-
,nbshed than that of -D.rius- was given
=, Inbo S,ln;cids N Roman M ,be ,
p ,..au Of :, App. b.for. Innocent
III m 1855 +, was n drama accom- ,
- I'D nv ,nusic and s.v.raIs ir;I,r works ,
..,. ,f,arward nrod,,c..i at IN. s,,,.. /,
-a..
: -.a,,s -b., ,ha, ,bs.o fa,he-. ~ Tho ,
avon, rr,,b ,rrs;c had pr.ttv largo ;Icns /
700. IN. sc.,,. invea,i-u-. ~ ,h.i- ;
49, M, cha, IN. r.nr...nt,,ion- v.-. -,
anal ar, , .,,I. ., y-,-ifv IN. tas,.
...,-r,vayan, and Icentio,s nobility =