The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
MAHLER'S EIGHTH SYMPHONY
THE wren ADVERTISED WORK
GIIFN ar HINICH.
\ Thousand Musicians Enlisted In IT. Pro-
ductiOR IhOrIFS Has an Important
Part IsrauImui Music IN the SYM
IIlonN Not I.heIN TO he Heard Often. |

| uuaNNoh IN
part IsrauIlful Music h the SYM
TA,on, Not IRsI' 60 he Heard Often.
MrNI,H. sept ~ Whoever during the
present summer may have cOIn': anywhere
within the mel ghborhOOd Of Munich can
not fail q have been greeted by "A serieS
Of striking placards announcing that
Gustav Mahlers latest symphony. en-
listing the S.'rvices - LOO musicians.
was g. have its initial performance here
on September ~
Such generous aud iusistent advertis-
ing ~ was rcspriei b. Ia the cas-. OF this
special work was not dreamed % Ia the
days when the gP,aat symphonic master
pieces Of the worlds literature first saw
the light of day. and even until quite re-
Gently. when the artistic aChI.Vem ents
| Of this city. which has secu - many dur
ing the hast century. were turned over
for exploitation ~ an ent~rprtsInR tourist
| ONCE, the methods adopt.SI o. make tn"
world at large acquainted with the special
| attractions Munich had 10 ulfer at time
of the year when lie monde qui voyage
il passing through. would have been
greeted with that German synonym for
more or le-s contefnptIous criticism
.Aecht Amerika nisch- genuinely Amer
ican)i
| Heralcied. as has been this eighth gym
phOny by Mailer. "a an event 81 the heep-
est International import. inevitably
certain prejudice was created In the minds
81 such az were ready tn form a dispaS-
sionate opinion that nothing but genuine.
ncuntrovertible merit was likely u over
come And be- it at tn" outset admitted
that merit % this kind the newest Mailer
composition TuS=asaas
How unanimously and unquertionlngly
II will ultima tely b" accepted az ono ~
the really great works II our time s'Ibsa-
qu"nt performances and the Judgment
Of more towns than On" will have 20 de-
eide Bnt the profound impression Gre
ated by the initial hearing, the genuine
enthusiasm ~ vast gathering of musical
people and the complete success & this
gala occasion are facts beyond dispute.
nj though the later years ~ Gustav
Mahlnr'S activity hav" certainly known
triumph- and admiration ~ every kind.
h" will in the fItur. b" scarcely able ~
look back upun n more glorious occasion
than that of September ~, 1910
What Mah-r calls his VIII. Sym
phonv' IL composed - two parts. in both
of which IN" chorus PLAYS predominant
rol" tn" orchestra. as such. is far morn
suho rdinat"d to the colossal array Of
singers than IL tn. cas-" either in Rect
hov"n's N SYMPHONY or IN the Faust
- List; for only AZ rarn intervals - IL |
allotted an independent part. and Vet
n app-ars distinctly different from what
W. are nCcu-t om", To- la Bach or Handel. !
as ~ forms an integral part Of IN" score |
and u n"wh"r' r"l"gat"d To- the domain |
- mere aCCumpauIn.nt
In other WprrtE N repr,.s.snts n new
d@paTtrr" IN ~" evolution - tho sym
phoriC form. aHd 10 view II IN" unpTec- |,
"dsnted numl'-r 81 singers and lnstr'I- /
W"u'alis's enlisted IN it, performance. 10 /
occupies position ~ wholly uuipu" that /
N" ~, bahilitY ~ frequent performance
~ from IN" start uut ~ "a" question
Reduced 10 m"r' STANDARD - figures
n has been calculated that at C'irTant
conc"rt pric~~ the cost - an occasion
such as m" on" Ia question. ~h-r~ the
ma jOrity ~ those who took Iart gave
their zsrvICes for nothing represents
from four to Ave times what could he
taken in. With th" largest possible hail.
even though every seat. M was tho case
last night. has r~en sold tn bona ade
purchasers
All these considerations and thns.. Of
the weeks and weeks ~ pr"pa ratorv !
labor have little OF nothing 10 do with the
iniTin-C merit. ~ the work and are only
-uzg"stiv" - a very natural r"grot that
n can ~ n'-C'---itV l." - seldom hea I'd
with all the essential factors to fun
appreciation Of it, b"au'i.s
To enter into any detailed analysis Of
IN. score and - - ab-trt!-.. th.matic
cunst r,Ictiun would 40 bevond the purpos.
~ what aims merely 10 recount the, I'm
gr''--ipn~ II - rruSICally nemornbl oCcl-
sion Mahirr has himself rnnrpDy.r a.
frequently and distinctly -Ypr.s-..d his
Iuwilliugn~ss 10 have his com positions
INJECTED To- IA" current tests - pro. !
Sramm" music that an attempt ~ civci-
.ia't"n. "tc'p "u very general principles
would L." plainly Dv-rsh pOting the mark
The first part Of ~" work. which as
already remarked Is divided into two.
j. the shorter. taking -o'n" twenty five
minutes for H. performance. while the
second consumes the great part at an
hour For his ts--f Mahlcr has taken first
an rd church hymn written In the ninth
century hv Archbishop HrAhaHtt- Maurrts
II NayruC" and beginning -yeni Creator
~pIrgtus In - appeal - tho divine
-fdrIf ~ charity tL" greatest uf all virtues .
n s.rys- u IN inirOdI~tiun ~ the clo-.,uy d
-C-n.~ II N" s"Cpud parr II Goethe. | q
Fa,i-t- which So clouuent!y chant rha
PRAISES of thar suf~r'-rretrlal love.
which surpa--'~ all human understanding , .
aud which u sviut-plis'al IN th. Mater Z
Glori'-a =" Whom the pa-iis of hsay.ulv d
alteration are directed
Tn" first uar j. hardly conceivable .
without th.' influence of Anton n,1irku.r
works ar" CpwpC~sl IA the same suir,t Il
Of deep reverend" and % imIs=ing ,.-nal b
ppmp l'z fh"mati" material j. in l.-e ?
relation 20 that which II used IN tho. 4.c.,nI Z
psrt 50 that n would -, unjust 10 st,.ak Il
- tho eighth symphony ~ made No II "
Two independent choral numbers Their. %
- very clos. and very -louu.n, inter =
cpnn"otion h'tw~~n the two and Will. \
m. former affords sufficient material
Tor admiration after IA sin ale castial hear =,
ing the profpund-=t impression il m :,
quest i0nbly reserved for the latter nor '
ton which enters vh- region - th.. trans !,
CendentallY b"auiiful whittier an audi
sno- that CJuutsi by tho'eand- gave
every Reconsideration u hc,ns willing o. /,
follow
The enthusiasm q thi4 Initial Dor d,
turmanC. may have carried general "
opinion beyond the bounds 81 calmsr :,
Judgment and vet with all die allowance v
Tor exceptional conditions there il sun.
ci"nt left tn allow - the disuas-ionaf.
tdni-si IN mat Gustav MAILER hA. in 3
his latest score given ~ the world nag.,. :.
4 convincing beauty aud ha. spit. - !,
'he ambitious proportions II hiz unI.r \
taking. ytctoriuusly SURPASSED all hi, d.
Z urfuar ,.Tprts :,
The performance that took lilac. m :,
the huge Exhibition Concert Hall ,r. =,