New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-15
MUCHORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Classical, Romantic. and Other
wise, in Programmes.

Yesterday was filled with orchestral
music. The Philharmonic Society. which
Is graciously bringing its seventy-first
season To close. gave its last Friday
afternoon subscription concert at Carne-
gle Hall. and played only music by ro-
mantle composers. II was scarcely a
programme To meet the tastes of those
who are laboring under the impression
that the musical taste which ought 10 ne
cultivated Is that when has a tendency
toward the gutter. for II consisted Of
Weber's overture 10 "PreciOsa" and three
symphonies-Sc i'm f. fiat tthe
so-called "Rhenish. nor because Of any
supposed resemblance between the scherZo
ana the "Rheinweinlied. as the official
annotator seemed To think bu, simply be-
cause of the superadded slow movement
which Schumamn said had been suggested
by ceremonial witnessed by him in the
Cathedral at Cologne. the fragment In Il
minor by Schubert (Which is "a fragment.
most obviously "A fragment, even if no
body has heen able 10 complete ii salts
factorily: no one able to do So would
have been undevout and foolish enough
10 have attempted iU and Mcndelssohn' 3
Scotch" IL was beautiful music all Of
II. ana perhaps It's most notable feature
was the circumstance that Mr.. Stransky
respected Mendelssohu's wishes and gave
the Scotch" symphony without inter-
ruption between the movements. The
simple device takes some Of the wind out
Of the sails of the ueo-rOmanticists.
who. like List. profcsscd To ind it nee
To preserve poetical unity and to save
time. bat after symphonic poems grew
10 be longer than symphonies without the
pauses. and the unity OF idea was no more
obvious than before. the device lost some
OF it's virtue although that OF community
Of phrases as Illustrated I'm Beethoven 5
Fifth and Ninth Dvorak's American and
Tschaikousky's Fourth. did not
At the concert OF the Symphony So
ciety in the afternoon Mr.. Walter Dam
rosch presented an interesting programme
Beethoven Seventh SYMPHONY Wag-
ner songs. with Motifs orchestral accom-
paniments. and group Of Hugo Wolf
songs accompanied by the scarcely O..
gifted Wolf EricD and the Caruaval over
ture by Dvorak which viii boz offered
again next SUNDAY afternoon az the last
regular subscription concert OF tho 500
cictv To large and extremely sym
pathetic element In the audience 1t IS
likely that the chief number ~ the after
room has been overlooked II was tho
Introduction to the second act Of Nj Wal
ter pamrosch's opera "Cyrauo." which is
devoted 10 an elaboration ~ a sentimental
melody associated with tho iirst letter
which Cyrano lc Ecrgcrac writes TO RoN-
ano. tho proclamation OF which in the
presentation of the opera has jccn wisely
curtailed. though there is still a plenty Of
81 iu the oycra. A. played YESTERDAY 70
made az extremely favorable impression
and was enthusiastically applaIdcd
The evening concert was u a kind
which is not Of common occurrence in
New York. Mrs Celeste y. Heckschor.
with tho help Of tho SYMPHONY Orchrs-
ira. Florence liiuklc. soprano. Efrem Iim
naiist. ,lollnist. ami Hans Kronod, violon
p.'ust. g.yc q concert of music all Of
which had been composed by herself Mr.
~aslavsly conducted the orchestra. Per
haus On, kindcst thing which can Doe said
az the music was that each number came
10 SO early and timely a close. obviously
tho ladv's ve-v commondablo molodic in-
vcutiysn.ss did not extend itself widely
into the field q constructive development
and tins Was helpful 10 the enjoyment IF
the audience H. T.. X.