The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
4 STERILE MUSICAL SEASON
PRFSFgPu PRODfTTIONS OI
THI WINTER.
4 6epsFaI Review ~ the Ftsla % 'ep"ss
ant rsn~ert the "elsNtTa" -
STRAUSS ihe Ws-t Dasrass~d Ns'e'tS
90 ths sea.aa n'Rsds aud WahlFr.


90 the s~s.sa D'ma, aud NshIer.
z A lee unmpor,ant converts are vet
~ l.s gfvs-n lJtit With the exception %
, the-e th.. "a I-'eai s.-a~on - lay'- ~ - over
" haa been a hing anil ArtiNs season.
7 hus M og great fTuifulnss- IN s't'fytng
art q began unusually early With Mr.
, Hainuerrtstn'E series ~ r,lIca' ional Ter
Iormahr-s ~ opera This feature 81 the
season will undoubtedly rot ~ repeated
Hsst Eut umn The time has not yet coma
When OPERA a. iow prices can he made
: 10 pay.
| Nhssh.t u ever will .nn,r or even how
T, tRAt0 10 approached no on@ can tell
4 lfilseast - ritNEpV- even i'm an embryonic
\ tuudi don throughout tlns country IN
stSil n Eesng IN a. nrISsls o. u praeetcally
' hoh-sSist,.nt we might hope that pubic
q aisn world discern 'hc ut.liiv Of music
I - a means ~ pu''ir refinement; hut u
will perhap- H.. long time before such
proj~cis - Government opera house,
will I've ssriously considered This ~
: particularly Arae becauss many honest
. and iaselAgspt persons argue that in a
fe.ubIbhan country all such thinVs should
! depend on private enterprise
! That % course u ust " ha' they do nov
! The result In thAt operate m'-ic cannot
! be BROUGHT within reach uf all Glasses.
, Whsn Mr HamInerstcin oV~ned hs sdu-
I ,ats6r.il s.a4on he DID ~ .;;th che Svowed
. pw7ns~-s nf teaching T.-,u'~ ia IKE opera
Ant this become va ruUs az his opera
I boIss. bat 'h~ Ieoul- Who were taught
sofk. 1pera y, ., ~ - a 80, could n"' he
persuaded 70 his" u a g.
nrfN -. ,sf7fs.Ty,rtsss fu9laf al all times
( esarSEter '1" acquisition II the mighty
dousf On al" nth..r LAnd q S'aJ" or CITY
, oIsrn b.Ai% -. Move quietly along n
} Il = own Usuh. giVinI respectable per.
. IurunaDSs~ a. !nG prio.-s and providing
a larTs p.r; 80 the people With an enter
tainn.nt ,l..,-..t 1. orderly aud refining.
European Governments recognize tie
r valle It sch institutions. and rerhATs
when 80 the river F,d harbor improve
u,euts AID I.,st pfi,"- aud other build.
hlg- ~ supplied rh-"g .uout the country
som. leg 'slat"i- mT ,Ntne 20 find that
-theT- sa Just -Gs murh "a 10 for them
Ia advocate tue ere, 'iu-. lnd maintenance
.of Isabiic opera h"us",. The bag cities
niSh' lrop-rly be expected to nave
ariot's nunicipal OrerR houses. hut IN
srm" 'as.'S the STAT" miskt provide the
insiituth,n for i's principal town.
How"~s'r this j. . mater which 10 yet
lar rWay Meanwhile New York IN being
pSDdsi-d ..~Rri an improvement IL its pub
lie nj &c., no metz thai which j. performed
h. Ia pSrAs. Therr &, pl-uty nt roam for
su,-I Improvement and IL j. already SHOWN
thu Tho andi~nc'-u are NOT ~ aver-e tn
bcsrin. good mu=i" a. th" directors are
20 giving II go them The ruth - that
the -,,- rail..d lower CLASSES ars. rlst,nc-
tivci, :und vf music aui were they not
cSpr,srraiiv hegTiHF 'nusc hail ditt!es
the ,.lild h.' ,u'f. - ca listen - the
Wora, 1t arr. 10 rI.' err.
o., ra.ur. 90 lnr rs"sut seAspn.
tsA. -.....i ..a', .hbW- the most i'm
yS- - .ia..'.,- = 'rs winter the Lead
ia e." &C. g. ,s1 aud oT.-rA. a.
wSSs~ 10 81. 81 ~arSnc-s - tie nl,at
ne. -...isp-. Ia" lsJ - must InsirUc-
%, - - loy"r.v The only novelties
th4'a,jrgc - wide public attention werr.
oil o"'.r-.. h., - IA h. lsld nj op~ra. and
OF he >. hd, me cal he said 10 have CON
centrs'"d III. thought 81 the entire put
u
", -El-k,ra- 90 Strauss naturally
&s<sEalsss i1~~Wshs syes and ears ~ the
TOW IT., rsIls had indus' r.ouslv
Huught .. - reports of III European
perfurma' 49, AND comments by critics.
singer. and ordinary spectator The
co.sau-us ui foreign opinion appeared
20 ~ the VIII - the work showed all - its
mako v..uderfu! skill in CONSTRUCTION
and orch rs' Iph. the opera was I'm
portar, ,si,-s because u was shockinK.
This vas suHici-nt to arouss a general
eipsirz - attend 80 performances.
f'1s 'uud'ii "n ought ~ have = real
aiRrtfpau,.. i.r students Of he intelIec-
tual stat. % 'his rer.nd Mr. Holt. 'ha
pIhli.n-r -tId ~ lecture az Columbia
a Few H.,'- go that = lev years back v~
hrI -rv.rtl authors whose nsS works
wei awaited With expectation by the
entire ,rtclls, nal world. and that nov We
hMei isot one. Ha referred to such authors
Aa,kSstas Iiolmss. Emer-nn and lowell.
D. mii-,. therSsr- to-day Just two men
WIZ ',,W pru,lu~t ions are awaited with
g.s.-r "a-"rn~sS. namely Strauss and
P,i~ .ur g. the cas@ u the torm~r the
-,srra-ss - that ~ psoplr who demand
s.f -l.i'uaiiru m It, most aciiv" demon
sira.lru Tho would laugh To -corD a
ne, sNor-., ~ Figaro or even new
-'hIsY. such works they would pro-
NfhIl' .'.'' l"NilFfAfh NtfFlfN AafN~ NV
p,+,u. i-n = ar, that they shall have an
on~r4 o.. wa.cl tins book !. either il;hyr o
hcrr-tla - .iter still both. and the music
r. ISrAiyz,ug cats"lysm ~ ai'ysmAl uGli-
uss. ard they will promptly -end to tho
ysrl.iaL.Jrs for the lest seats.
i'~vAs among thc-e people and that
stiik larger class determined 10 hear and
kugv every hing that the town talks
sisor' that the SIcrss, 81 -Elehtra- sK-
l@sed. N~~ slaper chatter about the mar
vsiloas. I~r-nRaliti~s q the singers en-
gagsi IN rho performance aided in The
general ~Vciiinent. ami the th-str. was
7llSi ~ .a~N representation
D. Nruid 10 IDLE tn inquire Whist per-
msn~n' artistic value rIch = work may
haze. Inc vsriest tyro In the study ~ art
s..=iIry knuWa that 'Elek trs- re~ts upon
radically falsa art principles and that Il
cApnot live. Inc xD-p-i ~ art ~ beauty.
moi uglines- The purpose 81 art Is 20
nrdiri. not - Iebs~e The blessing Of ar,
upnnths " orId il -OfteDinE OF th~emotions, I
refining uf the perceptions. sievAJinE #
the int .lle~tuAl appetite
~ calm AMI IL -A.sionRts observer will
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