The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
IN THE WORLD Of MUSIC
ScHy BERT AND TIE ORCHEs-
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E-rn4 schubert was gentle soul
w on. ever charged HIM with being cos
in the heroic mold lie lived neny yeas
1T weary gloom and h" had his hours II
.taijSiu. lie w..;e indust rIOusly anu
apparen,lv without much philosophlc
consideration He seems Ia hav" had mo-
profound searching after "a mission and
he wa not AN expert AZ providing for a
proper schedule oI royalties u" sal at
liI,l~ tables ia various places with harn
German names aud scrubbed songs whIe
others drank beer. lie wa- sonnet lines
particular about rhe opus number that
should be placed nn a composition. hn'
IA. wrote some hundreds which had n"
opus number and winch Yer" NO, pub
lish.d till after ms death. His FAM"
spread very slowly indeed. hter II" hau
ceased forever 10 pour ont his spIrit IN
exa,iisri. melody many ~ hI- heautitu|
songs wer. printed Tor the first time
Some of them found th"Irway into France
wherein pom a ram commentator WIN
Gallic wit inquired Who IL this man
schubert. n. never wrote ANYTHING
while he was alive.
Schubert was never rerwheined WIN
n consciousness nf his own identity II
never occurred 10 him thar he was prie~'
or a prophet he just sang ont his soul
and was content. Yet without doubt
several Teut ONO poets who entertainer
deem theories about their art and ~h"
often lectured before large classes III
certain e,iucai ional hvHr halls NV" their
celebrity throughout III" world 1" the
fsscs thaf IL occurred To Franz SchuhfT
To- set some of their verses O." music.
Nevert heless schubert pn-s"-~ed IN 'hH
highest degree the genius uf the dramatic
II was no, the genius 81 tn" dra'naii-'
That belongs to the RC-ini-, TN" Puycini>
and even to the WaGnarS Bat Their"
cannot be- any question that S"huh"rt :
Der Erlkonig" il a. eloquent with 'he
vital speech IT m" dramatic a. IN" most
popniar opera of them all. u ~ rain'"d
on a small canvas. and the world. AZ Mr.
Finck has told us. il very fond II larE"
things
The greatest orator II h" VIII" can shout
mos, loudly and the best author - IA" no
writes the greatest number Of best sellers
Tho leading architect il h. vino designs
q skyscraping cathedral liz" that "t
Ssrassbourg or one several acres around
like St Peters The migh,le~t musician
In hc who compo-es grand oIera
in Eve long acts or a symphony that taxes
an hour and a half 10 play
IL liz impossible to max" the world
b~lieye that IT required more splannr
genius to create Schuh.rt's -im hlst a."
Ruh'- than tn pill" up all tn" aGon'"'
Of StrnIisss -Elrk ira A. matter "i
plain fact MIR Strauss himself vrnt"
greater masterpiece IN his -hl"rs"''len
than in the. whole SCOT. Of his blood rird-
ling music drama
However Schubert composed som =
symphonies and sometimes philharmonic
societies play them " IS always = JOY
to hear a Schubert SYMPHONY Ia IN"
first Mac. il is much lik" that "l.vp'lng
noem Of B,lnthorne'- to understand u q -
necessary 10 think OF nothns at all
inst fancy how much NOR" "nIovhhi"
that 10, than having :, think aSou' Metz
aches Also sprach Zarathu~tra. which.
,en "a, one YOU have never Rad and " "Ild
not finish even IL you began n
wb..n he SAT down 10 Compo-r gym
,,hony Schubert was not IN m" habit
Of proyi ding himself with a Programme"
Ua VIVA content 20 writ" -vmph"nr"S
ms HAYDN and Mozart did JUST - max.
hs.au,iful music and Jet II iudicat" IN IT.
own undetermined. lan.uac" mo"d~
slmo~, ms subtle and -li-ly" a. IN" atrup--
phsre. Schubert was satisfied with he
app<rst,is Of the symphonic orchestra
of his dav. He made no search after
new instrumental mediums "f "Npr"N-
sion He did not introduce" any bass
..fl ,s.H "a M
Instruments into his scores n" did not
even write for four horns. rhr'-" tr'Irnp"f-.
tbr,e ,ronbon.s and "A ruha. a. later
masters did
He could have done 50 il he had wished
for such combinations w"r" already
known 10 tn. opera orchestra. which IN
the search for hlaring dram"fi" ''nts
aIwnvs raced ahead 81 the symphonic
band. But Schubert painted IN 6uI"t
tones and his scoring shows that n" never
thought Of seeking for brilliant effects
for their own sake
With siich consIdera' ions as 'h-s" IN
mind th. concert goer cannot help regret %
ting all attempts to bring schubert mp
Tn date Schubert - gong I" b" mp
In much later dates than thls present
year Of grace 1910. hut not Nv fore" Of
orchestral NAN - engtN. tbf". serene
and Hawleas beauty will Contnu" 10 hold
it's position in tn" world 81 art h"~rrt"
the larger disturbance caused hy problem
m,rsic and exercises in tn" Contrap''nt'L
double cross.
Accepting IN. conditions ~ they are.
to-wit, that schubert wrote for two b -ns.
two trumpets and thr"" 'romh"n@.. ~hy
should any on. seek TO max" Ni- aggr"Ga-
tion Of brass sound like that employed hv
Strauss IN Also Hprach lara nls'ra u
The ineyitahi" result must b." OVERFLOW ing,
and a. every person acquainted sirh -"
technics Of orchestral performance knows.
when brass instrurn"nt- are ov"rhi"~n
their distinctive ton" qrIahtv ~ 80 de-
based that it is almost lost W." pn-"''s--.''
the light ~ chang" m" Instrumental
color scheme al a COMPOSER
n pity 10 treat tTomhuu"I rId"lv ~
n score like that 81 thei major symphony
In which IN. composer used them with
80 much respect for their character and
with 80 much resource ~ charging their
field of .xyre-siVenss- II - M the first