New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
[ o7KLS5s1@ MUSICAL NOfESa20C Or1MENT 5lnad9b

there ought 10 he no dificultv. Tn.
requisite for a song that is 20 b. a..
/ music should be that it Is simple an.
presses single thought Music ~.
much less quickly Than words. and b...
poetry that possesses subtle chan,..
constantly increasing ideas IL no, add.
for music How beautifully the Pr.
/ bethan lyrics go 10 music. and how Ia.
/ II is set Swinburne II is hccaus. a.
Eliza bethans were straightforward and =,
posed one emotion. one feeling AZ a or.
and because Swinburne. perhaps the M
musical OF English poets. is always mods,
ing his emotions and doing with .r,,
words what the composer himself ,n,L
do
BUT feel that n singers were ,rsi,u
in English as they are trained in rrss..
o. German or Italian they would q,
coed equally well. 7 sincerely hop. NJ,
will do their best 10 make intellisibl. a.
words Of Mona, for much depend. uvc
their successful projection across the "a.
lights"
As 10 tie translation Of all foreign op~u
into English. however. DR.. Parker is not =
enthusiastic.
Certain operas like 'Falstsr' ~
would 90 splendidly into English he NJ
"Verdrs humor added TO shakespes,,
would prove irresistible. but can't imsy.,
.G3tterda nmerung' in English. and the on.
evening : heard an English 'Troyatore mr
was quite the funniest thing ia heard tn
year. II all depends upon the work to al
translated.
Professor Parker here took issue ,rI
those who make the sweeping sta'.r.s
that the Anglo-Saxon race is essen,i,ar
unmusical and that whatever hope The,
f. for music in America is in the inr
mixture OF races.
The statement that the Anslo-saxon BIZ
unmuslcal Is one Of those supersttions d.
gems 10 me. that II Is almos, impo~it,
n dissioate." said the composer. Yet al
II true? At the beginning Of the eighteen
century the operas ~ Purcell were az,
AZ good nc anything extant Then Han.
and the Italians invaded London and Ey |
lish music was swamped. The Elizabetr
songs are alsD very beautiful Pera;a
Puritanism had something 10 20 With kss5
ing down the English musical spirit. sut ~ |
as much. I am inclined 10 think. A. Is g..
orally believed. Then again ! don't th.,i
that foreigners fully appreciate the Engls
composers. The English themselves in
their music greatly. and there must be go
in IL that We do not see. canno, -
that the foreigners in America are
proving music here or are likely 10 lmwm
if. The reason why Americans have *
been musical IS that they have spent IL; |
time in making money
Dr. Parker does not like the college a.
clubs and he says so in no uncertain ma.
ner
college music" he said. seems 70
mainly an adjunct 10 athletics. and o
effect upon the musical taste OF the yog,i
men Of the country is unqualihedly "a:
How much harm il does IL is diculi
say. a. many Of the men who enpy
probably wouldn't enjoy good music, a..
how. but whatever effect II has does :.
make toward the improvement Of mgsa
taste
OF the modern composers Profsy'
Parker confessed his liking for Richr
Strauss and for Dehussy Yet he 60
siders "Elektrs" duh. and thinks that u
music Of "Pelleas 81 Melissnde" is ~
much less important than the story
"Debussy is a master OF color, but y
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