New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
NINE. SEMBRICH'S RECITAL
Many Folksongs in Their Orig
inal Tongues.

II has required a booklet of thirty pages
TO set forth adequately the extraordinary
offering which Mime Marceua Sembrich
has prepared for her recital in Carnegie
Hall next Tuesday afternoon There are
twenty-nine from seventeen different coun-
tries, and all Of them except one Will be
sung in the original tongues of the peoples
from whom they have been borrowed. Their
texts have all been printed in their nativs
types mot transliteratedD and to each has
been appended translation The one song
which VIII not be sung in the original is
the old Irish An chuilfh' onn'' t'-The Coo
lin ,, and no doubt Nine. Sembrich would
Sare learned the original Gaelic had she
been able to find il. AS it is, she seems
10 have done the next best thing by re-
uniting translation which is generally
sung to another tune and the original mel
ody. substantially it was set down by
Carolan, the famous blind harper and bard
The song has occupied Irish folklorists very
largely and is referred TO as follows in
The Song Lore OF Ireland by Redfern
Mason, book Just published by Vessels a
Bissel Company, of this city:
We may attribute to this period o,be no
ginning of the fourteenth century, that
famous song The Coulin In i1a5 To-
Degenerate English were forbidden to
Initiate the native Irish by allowing their
hair to grow in --coulins" Like the Snar
tans before them, the Irish We're fond of
letting their hair grow long. and the men
fastened II in little bundle at the back
OF the head. This bundle was the couIin
For centuries il had been a distinctivelv
IRISH fashion and ii became a symbol of
rove Tor Erin Walker in his Irish Bards''
tells OF a song which was still a memory
IN ms day. though the words are lost in
winch. 10 this same beautiful air, an Irish
maiden sings her love for the lad who wore
the coulin, and her preference of him over
all strangers and such as aped his WAYS
on .1Tas
TO its age. there be no doubt that The
toulin stands for loyalty TO the Gaelic
spirit.
The song represents the highest tyne of
Irish sentiment in Nine. Serr1brich's list.
for Irish humor the singer chose the de
lightfully arch Kitty Of Coleraine."
Pathos and humor, indeed. are blended
throughout the programme For instance,
q heavy hearted Polish song of lost love is
followed by a rollicking Krakowiak 2
dance song in which gallant from Cracow
boasts Of his wealth Of personal adorn-
ment:
Take look at me. my beauty.
is not loving me a duty?
Here's a dandy straight from Cracow,
Who for dancing has the knack now
Saw you cap ike this Of scarlet
= er on head Of other varlet?
Or coat as blue as this IS
on the back of maid or missis?
Frogs and braids DER all Astounding
Pockets, lapels rich surrounding?
Take look at me, my beauty
Is not loving me duty?
And a belt Of shining leather
Fit TO wear in any weather
Bright with nails and siiken stitches
tSilk and brasS-the sign of riches)
Take look at me, my beauty,
Is not loving me a duty?
in its sheath little dagger
Sharp and bright, polite and swagger.
PIPE, tobacco pouch and finder,
Flint and steel fair help to render
a bea
is not loving me a duty?
What seems TO be an Illuminating gloss
this song is contained in the rict,,re
printed on this page.
The complete programme is as follows:
PART I-soNGs FROM TEUToNIc COIN
TRIES.
la crc.en Guf Jenena BeTge..}
Gulen Norsen- Iieies Lieserly ---.---- Germany
ffofTon tTor jag
Ntchcns Poska..-. --------- 1890 sweden
PART u-sONGS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
oh. the Oak end the ASH
Nobeds Coming 10 Marry Me- -'''--'-- England
lit OF coiei.iire Observation-Disclosures Ireland
Hob derf dan-d0 ........ Wales
The Blue Bells Of Scotland 81,
The BiTks OF Abegfeldy--..S '-'''-'''' ''e''i"''1
PART ITI-SONGS FROM LATIN COUNTRIES.
Ie Paupre Laboureurl E-.ro.
Ia belF 81 nous =
Cal ion Ia .-.----------------- French Canada
GUsieu Banjo -.-.----------.- -----. Louisiana
J. 10 mic AulOre .-.------ Ttal,
- Amer mai ia va Eedeb
Aye lni dijo nj maafe Spain
asRT IV-sONGs FROM SLAVIC COUNTRIES
AND THE ORIENT
r-4sgi esrafan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Russia
2 slIsida ehita bila. Little Russia
J eke "a . biiskaoaS r---'--' - i@''''e i'USSia
re- f s,aae Greece
Al neni fu ncni. Bohemia
g IA i.,eoor3.e e., Poland
.dsros vie folyik csendesen I ..... Hungary |