New-York tribune., 1911-01-10
Music
Music from Various Kinds OF
Wind instruments.

ri. psrrsrr Ensemble. which IL an or
,..,,.-s,,on Of musicians who play wind in
s,r,,r,orts gave A concert (the second of
,roiected series) in the Belasco Theatre
os.srdav afternoon. The concert was IN
,a-cs,tng but perhaps its most divertinS
f,..,,ro u-as one that was kept from the
t,ov-ledgs ~ the public on the pro-
pr-rr,e which had been publicly adver-
,is,5 for 2 considerable time, there stood
s,,,o form, FOR ten instruments IA "dixtuor.
lt vas called) by Georges Enasco. and
GOT of arrangements made by Marcel Tou-
rine \ French gentleman now in Boston
al c-,,all pleces of various kinds b. D"bus-
So which. being put together. were de-
nominated petite suite. There was also
a doIiebtfII octet In small rondo form hy
Eeotboven and an ingratiating set OF Vari-
at;ou. for four instruments By Rossinl.
The,a latter two pieces having been writ
ten by men Of great genius, who are dead
and not interested in modern business met"-
oGs. r,1ust he passed over with a mere eX-
preston OF compliment to Mr.. barrere
ana his companions for the pleasure "hlch
tlev gave TO the audience. The other
uieces. while they also provided what MI
Gilbert might have called 'modineh
rppture." were the cause or some
perturbation 10 the Barrere Ensemble and
IT'S business management. At noon Mrs
Frances Seaver. the manager of the anair'
was Informed by telephone that she would
receive a notification touching the perform
arce at 2:20 o'clock which would be OF
interest TO her from the Representatives OF
the sociste des Auturs. Composlteurs 81
Editeurs de Musique (ot whose SUDDEN
arrival in New York mention vas made
In this journal some days ago. No dehaie
information was vouchsafed as 70 th'
nature Of any possible demands when asked
for. but after the concert Mrs Sea'er /
found at her Office a notice 70 the enect tnat
10 perform music by members OF the
French society a permit would have TO he
obtained and compensation paid. Very
Craciousy the concert was not ir'erfered
with. so there IL no knowing to what eH-
tent the agent Of the society Of Authors,
Composers and Publishers OF Music dnc)
purpose 70 interfere in the nlus:r-makinS
of New York. Il was somewhat OF pity,
for II would he interesting TO know ThetG-
er ARRANGEMENTS of old works. like those
constituting the Petite Suite" Of Debuss-,
which have been public property for years.
ers hereafter As to the other novelty IN
NJ Bar7era's scheme yesterday. while IT'S
beauties may be all the more FRANKLY ac-
knowledged because they are somewhat Old
fashioned and unconstrained, Il may be
said that II served admirably 20 point IN"
way back 20 the field in which it belongs.
where such men as Brahms. Spohr. Bee
thoven, Mozart and Haydn gave free PLAY
TO their fancy and which is outside the
ban which the French and German so
cieties Of publishers and authors would
put upon the music OF to-day.
What a relief II will be II The societies
enforce :helr real or fancied rights. There
f. scarcely a concert organizat ion Of the
larger kind IN existence which IS not liT1nT
of the generosity. o, the voluntary con
tributions-cf It's s,!arantors Yet 1t is pro-
posed 10 increase the cost OF every new
production by bonus. Who shall pay for
the novelties II the public will not and the
guarantors can not? Plainly, in the case OF
all solos the artists And X the burden
becomes too heavy for the artist Then
perhans the shelves Of the publishers or
the writing desk or the composer will have
20 carry the load, and the public may be
FASTENED in its return 70 3 good and pure
taste.
The situation is really becoming amusing.
Mr.. Puccnis publishers will not permit
newspaper to print a few measures Of one
Of his melodies 10 show that Jake Wal
lace makes the miners homesicb b. sing
ing something very Ike "Funiculi. Tlni-
culs" Richard Strauss was a composer
wno thought he vas paying him compli-
mont by writing a variation on one of his
melodies: yet Strauss himself appropriated
Denza's tune, thinking. r. !s said, that Il
was a folk melody. E,lgar demands pro-
hibito-y Zee FOR the privilege ot perform
ing his new violin concerto Evidently the
music Of to-day is for th- museum and
librarv. Perhaps IL might - well 70 leave
~ -hera II E X