The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-26
NATIONALITY ~ MUSro.
Art. Net the Place OG Nativity. % IElpss-
tanee 10 the Public.

To TIVE EDITOR OF TaE sUN-Sap: Wi
you permit a protest. long suppreansa
a IN inst a tendency Of degeneration IN tAs
OPEN caused in one case by the peculiar
humor of an otherwise rema riSa bic hnpro-
- rio and In tho other by the IA bel Of minds
and tongues ne-essitAtsd by q compiler
mana cement? when some one vas spoksn
Of in the presence Of Napoleon as charla-
tan he said cha rlatan as much 40 you
nks. hut where is there not cha rlatanismf'
Yes. answers Sainte- Beuvs. in polities
in government. that IL perhaps true: but IN
the order Of thought. In art. the glory. the
eternal honor IL that cha ria "a ni-rn aha u nnd
no entrun~e: herein lies the invioAhlsnees
Of that noble portion Of mans heing In
poetry which - thought snd art m one
chs ria "a ni-m can ind no entrance This
noble sphere must he kept inviolats and in
viola BILE. Tor charla anism IL for confusing
and obliteratinR the distinctions between
excellent and inferior. sound and unsound
and only half sound true, untrue and only
half true
We 81 the old school have been taught
enormously perhaps in view Of these latter
dsy achisyement--tha opera - the haY-
moniOus fusion Of what IL best in music
in poetry and in all the kindred arts We
naturally look FOR beauty born Of such per-
fsci fusion of the aTts what then may Ds
the les son for being treated 20 those half
sound or m ther un-ound efforts at The Met
rOpOlitAn. and beng told that IL h American
Opera sung by American singers Which
a Niom oI musir requires such n bells Of na
tionaltv' VIII This exploiting OF singers
uusouud or on. half soundy what he
comes OF the arduous Apprenticeship ~
really great composers and stngers' What
herUinss 81 artist" traIning. Of artistir
atmosphere
Doc me mana cement. eiiher genera
or administrative or both. believe fhg'
oharlat anism OF this kind is hearty
W. VniEh' - W oil insist that some third rae
e,Itutor no exalted 10 the place occupied
bv "a PraNtt@.,-- hecauze his Sd-Anse agsr'
Ia ms o. for him. OF some pstn-er OF parts
De nailed a. - modern IitlNp or Rem
brandt hs' au-e a conscientious Ructioneer
long suffering public some half baked must
cal prodigy Who can boast Of nothing aside
Of = pleasing personality on the plea 81 patri-
been translated INTO "A remarkable postillton
bat ordinarily the seven wonders Of ths
world sin remain seven in number
Great operas and great SIN gers are heAVen
hOrtN. regardless - state or citme BETTER
repeal AIDA and Faust" and -IIohengrtn'
l.ett"r. ana Pipes 81 Desire Better :
'yulc uf amplnini. 81 DE RssEke. Of Caruso
of T~trnyzini, tngn go into ecstasiee over
SOME -'p 81 a son y~tre~- sprung. like Pallas
from ID" head % an overindulRinR con
duotor or general manager
let NOT tho spirit Of commercialism and
81 favorI'ISm thus Introduce charlata o .aur
into Tie one pla'e where n should not b.
tolerated. q W. are TO have any regard FOR
he high destiny Of music. 4 HAYDN, q
M"Zari, beethoven. the Len nardo. the
Michael Angelo aud the Raphael Of Music
are rare. and high priced management
should not attempt 10 raise any newcomer
20 their high estate because Of her Amer.
lean origin.
More s-pe~ially when even that IL IackinE
~ one NJ The much exploited -srtis's' 81
This season Voice alone devoid Of -rain.
ine, Of study. ~ experience, Of q long anc
patient apprenticeship like a pISe Of
glffefiug gla~-, unpublished and uncut,
which delights the savage alone None bu'
The worthy uav enter the walhAlla ~ Muse
and whsn they do enter " IL not BY dash
hut Nv dint 81 genius and herculean eNorT
and they need no patent ~ nationality 20
explain their meriied success. SoSu
NV \ oRE. MaF'h rs