The sun., 1910-10-09
FRENCH MUSIC AT MUNICH
GERWINS HESR THE HORk az
TRTSCH T0uI'OSTRN.
International Interest in the Festival
Saint-Saens IT. Hrro Z Picture sf
French Musical Nrtt,ItS in tho last
Ftnb NrarS That Nas We'll Presented

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NtNi'H. ~-0' - NIDIrh. vNlrh has
'hi- sumner s'".ihiIY u'n'r"h Et"h'rl
N'r'H>N 'nl '''StaE M'hi"r ami ms h'h
80 -"-1"- h''' 'h"'"T-hr'h h'n~ aui w IcS %
n'f concerts under t"riInNni lHN" IN
"L'i'h '' ~" '"'fiF Wagner ana Mozart
"f'r'n'h'"~' H.~ hf''-h' ~" in'-l''I
season - an un''Suiily brilliant '"rminh-
''n "'h ti"n'h ">'l''' NAV '"npr i"''i
'hr~'' ORCHESTRAL and i"" rh'Wh"r music
concerts devoted exclusively o. French
composers and participates ia hN French
musicians
he orchestra. T." Do" SUR. Mas that
which had served "n 100" i"Tm"r ""''-
~'"n' h"' '"hil''"I~ ~ we'll Is s"i'i~'~
came from fdfl~ =" participant" IN what
Tor f''a'" - wei - Germany assumed
N" proportion" '' an IHlp'f'u' event.
N'N i'',''''"N IN" ,r-' '''"" 'h' any
"'hE '' 'h' ""l' A'n ''F'h "''''hp''h.
TOT 'h''th I'hch 'r'l>'~ nav" been VISIT
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"H'c''' h.'Ht' h'u pr''l'"~'N b'''h UNDER
w" IA" H'"''l "' e'N"'hh'h'AI
"''''" "'' w." u"IN"A "N patrons
h"S' names l'"s"'hne WIN thl' OF the
''"S'''' "' r'e','' '''".u"H some OF
"a" "pS' u'N''h SHIsh'" ia FT"h'h pHbhc
"'"' wei many hai ''SI~' '"d Win an
"'u""y 'us1''"N IIs' "l patrons Whll"
IN" TASK - arranging IN" programmes.
ch""-ihg me drtls's ana. nov IN" least
important assuring IN" solid financial
support was assumed 10y IA" =. !. VI.
'NocIe'" Ih'"rnatlnnal" q" MusIqueI. an
"herge''" association r"pres"nting above
al ihe modern Splrit of music IN France.
r"r the purposes ~ IN" festival u has
"uended IN" held 81 ~ sympa'hirs 10 IN"
"'u"T nrthlN "s'"hIi-l~i "ri"r "t CONF
n"elti"hS he'"nging =" IN" -'-ca!led
moderate school as well aS th" ln'"rn"-
dlat" group =" thht not only did names
like S'nt-Sa"ns. Cesar Fnnck. lalo
ana taure hgure on IN" programmes.
hut also those of Vincent d Indy. BrI
neau. 'hahrier. sd" nv side with the
modern "NtrenistS he1dedhy D'bI--y
Tn" question ~ choosing genuinely
representative list II works that should
eiv" suCcinct account ot French rnuSI- }
cal produCtion was an extremely delicate
and dIfiCuf one. an the more as in
Germany tn" present latter dav move
in"n'. - thoroughly familiar IN America. ,
has attracted comparatively hV' ~" /
attention. -P"Il"l- and Me ,l-md"- had. .
To b" sure. been given lu f"w ~ the Cs-
Rhenish opera houses. with non" too on
couraging success: -poradlCally a modern
orchestral number had neen heard IN
some 't the concert halls. and even a
few II the ultra advanced piano compp- /
SltIons had elected NOR" or less -o"ptical |
vondernment. But general clear view .
of what had been accomp u-h"i In France .
since the days when more than half .
century ago Barh0I broke loose from .
the bonds " foreign influence was
among the general public wholly lacking.
And So while IN. present festival
represented not only tn" first official
interchange II CORDIAL relations between
France and Germany 100 'he field - music.
II also assumed the once of presenting a
fairly exhaustive pictur" II French
musical activity during the past ffiy
wears. the most interesting and as-ur.dlv
most valuable in - history
To set up n programme that would
have fully met tho eNig-ucIas of the
occasion proved task beyond the poNer
~ those primarily responsible for Vhat
the festival had 10 oH.r Cursidc-atIons
of all kinds had To Ds' taken INTO account.
personal interests were Dunsultad and the
result was that m all instances the ques-
tion II selection was NOT all too happily
solved Above all the group OF the ultra
modern school was hut rraa gr"lv r"pro-
sented: names like Paul DUNN Flor.n'
Schmitt. Ab.rir Maynard Augu-'in
Savard SAverac Ruu--.I Nitkow-kI
Iabay kc ware sptircly r,i.-i,,- ,,-p,r .
,,l.,-.. -, ,,... -.
-N NV '"''' Nv wv INV '"''-''''
masters N"t" nov 80 'hhia''"Tl-il'a'N
represented a. ght haN" been shed
work like Les Baatitr!doz by Tsg,-
Fr,,cL yy,,,i1 b,,. ,Jt.J tint. e., .
,
W." W '''' ''.' "''''' ''" ''''-' Ni' 'l
Nl~N OF IN" participation ~ San'-Ni"ns
would hav" been grateful fY~ an opyrIr-
tunity ~ hearing 'ha ,urb,rit,tiy.. IN .
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- =" '''' '''
ny IN" Il'sS'"' h'th-+ '. instead ~ "huh
he confined his "h"r.s 20 PARTICIPATION .
IN one - the. chamber music concerts b
whom he ,,lav.I %. ,,i,,, ,.,r, 10, .,,r
~ nv "l"'" 'h'P',''"' ~. -. p"Si'"
hlS % wears IN" d'N"n "t Fr"nrh misl-
clans still retains the pIautsfIc IT. yualitiss
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