The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01

house may stray across his path.
Those who concern themselves more
about music itself than about IT, inter
prefers have recently bsen wondering
what il 70 be the fruit 81 the methods u
composition praCti-ed BY DehuSSy. This
Ia by no means 20 serious a question as y
at first sight appears 10 be Debussy is a
WOnderfilly interesting writer. captivat-
ing in some Of the revelations ~ his
temperament. but h. is by no means
inevitably an epoch maker
He 10 a very real phenomenon IN the
world u music but he is not a catastrophe
He has not destroyed Beethoven. Brahms
Mozart. nor even Meudalssohn Re has
not blotted ont all memory 81 schubert
nor has he caused Wagner 10 shrink 10
he proportions q a penny whistle Vet
It has been gravely argued that he has
done all these things and u has with equal
gravity been asserted that having done
them was creditahle 20 him
Let W. all hope that this type Of criti-
cism viii al some happy period in the
World'syouth cease 70 be- II saddening
10 $50 men who assume the Jose - thinker,
and teachers telling ~ that because
new light has arisen he old lights are al
.1Inglushs-d Indeed uns star dihery'h
from another IN glory but the heavens
are exceeding beautiful hccaus- ~ many
II them sing Their" together
There ~ neither sense nor feeling Iu
the attitude u this passionate advocacy
Debussy is good IN his kind. and it - a
very Interesting kind. Nut Berthpven's
kind " llso good Becauss Dehussy docs
not compose Ia the sonata form. because
Chopin and Wagner did not find y CON
GENIAL ~ the operations Df their minds 81
does uO, follow NJ the night the day that
the Sonata form Is proved o. be- worth
Jess
The Disclosures u new possibilities w
harmony DO not prove that the fIuda
mental chords ~ the major sriIe are 10
longer useful n the COMPOSITION Of MUSIC
The truth is that they never played
more Interesting par than they dp 10,
this very day The practice II the ryairrs
81 definite t"nalitN - intensely n-trIc.
tive. Tor it shows us c8uClIsIvrly that
direct and flrcrfIl It'"raua" M MUSIC
cannot b. attained bv fbr omission OF
the fundamental chords and DO" ancient
cndences ~ m" musical period
When w. com" 20 a clos" oNamiuatlug
~ the music Of these atmospler.n mgs-
cians We find that their creations are
often nothing more than long tailed
birds ~ paradl-a that fp,t thr'gg,. heaven
and cannot light They 1rn IKE bubbles
thin az air. ridsscsut With fh" brilliant
vet tsuuOu- oOlUrs u 90" rainbow. N.'
without sIbstanne They capf,Ea'" ua-.
cal sense lu' they provide so,ut uoIrsh.
ment f1r musical intelligence"
Here som" uus Will swiftly ass But
do Won not think that the MUSIC II PaIlals
II Mslisaudr ~ admirable The answer
j. Suspended ln midarr - is good and b.
is not good l' ~ good u'o4g-a u suit.
perfectly the r'tv uf M.of"runcs DE
busy. however l1S ~ r"' composed
another opera fl 'U- -'r.'. When b.
does W. -ll. a. LpE. a~..' Hpp1rtuuity
n, illgs g Tue ynivors,'.tv - his new
method If .''era.C"
Wagner yumgusal -".rrt v.Ias 100 boz,
fua. -tyI" and hey a-n %. Potent Ir,
mY-.oa uat m II Dyf.aa-.Dn sl- FUN.
tu ur adequate q. o." requirements ri
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