The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-11
OLD time MUSIC
WELL PERFORMED
The Musical Art society Tcrmi-
mates Successful Twenty
first Season.
PROGRAMME WELL MADE
Pleasing Numbers b! Palcs-
trina, Mozart, Bruckner.
Brahms and Others.

The Anal concert OF the Musical Ar:
Soclety's twenty first season tool pace
last evening at Carnegie Hall. The pro.
gramme, as usual. began with selections
from the repertory OF the classic masters
Of polyphonlc composition. On this occa.
sion these selections were limited 10 three
TO Wit. u "Laudate Donluum' OF Pales-
trina. ave Ncgur corpus" by Josquin
des Pres and 80 Sacrum conv.vun." by
Sweehaci.. a leap was then made 10 an
"Adora,nus te." b. Giacomo PERT, who
lived from 1861 TO 1856.
PERT Is an unfamiliar name IN MI
steal Art programmes, bu; he WAS 4 nI;.a
OF fame in hts time His activities wee
confined chiefly TO Bologna, Tor he Sas
born there, died there and seems 70 have
achieved his highest ambition phc" &c
became maestro di capclla Ia the Church
Of san pet.oni1.
lie wrote numerous operas, beng =
theatrical contemporary of the grea;
Ale.sandro Scarlatti He received numer-
Gus fiattering offers to serve at the courts
OF princes. but his patriotic love for
Bologna induced him TO decline them all.
His music sung last evening proved 20 be
well worth hearing despite the fact that
II was created IN period ~ which both
church and theatrical music were IN a
stat. OF relapse.
The Palestrina selection = one Of those
shorter numbers in which the supreme
art OF the prince Of ecclcsastlc music
cNh bits itself IN compact b-!ll!aHcy. The
poyphonS mas al nc richness OF the
composers best style. while the harTnonies.
sp-inging spontaneously from the inter-
D az N.l IA -. on.
In character and Frequently astonishing
Ia the freshness and uuexp--rteduess o.
Their modula:!ons.
The motel of Jos9G.a Ges PIE, was
apply described 81 thu programme notes
AS simple but exquisite" /; IS one OF
those fac!le yet solid pieces os writing.
symmetrical but ingenious. which help u.
TO understand the enormous AID wide
spread popularity % the composer az a
time when music was no; sown broadcast
by the press as II Is nov.
Baini tells US that every~ here In
Europe one heard the works ~ Josau.n
and historians are fond OF pointing out TO
us the fast tina; he was the nrst real
genius In polyphonic nuslc--at any rate
had = Mozar;!an instinct FOR pure beauty
and had the good fortune 20 be born at a,
time when the technics Of poiyphonlc com
position were SUN GENTLY advanced 20 en-
able him to exercise his gifts freely with
out having 10 srope after rules OF pro-
ceedure.
II Was interesting also 20 hear the
music OF Sweelinck with its Northern ac-
cent. With this the Are; part OF the pro-
graMme left the ancients and came to IL.
end with B-uc';ner's Ave Ma.ia !"
MoEar's d.ye7ilneu;o .or fu;c. oboe.
basoon. four horns and strings formed the
instrumental intcrlule or the evening
The second part OF the programme was
made ~ ~ pieces hy Cornelius. Hasler.
Gasioldi. Donate. West. Banfock and
Brahms, thus m!ngll.s old arI new styles
~ a delightful variety. To musical anti
quar.Ans perhaps the mos: Interesting OF
these was the "CAl IL Gagliardu" o,
Donate. one OF those art.stica.ly COM
posed Neapolitan willamette who's. scen-
t!hc classification would puzzle any his
torian.
The popular Italian part song OF 4 GER
tain period was the fro;iola. When this
became highly artistic IL was "A inadriSai
when 1t sank to low level IL became a
vil!aDe.la. Therefore yiilAuellA care
fully composed by AL artistic compos -
would take II place in the scale Of cias,i-
hcat.ou some hat Ike tina; ut. lc; US say.
a negro "splrituai' written by Prof
Horat!o Parker. Not TO forge: the Musi-
cal Art Society. which interpreted ali this
music. 4 may b. said IN conclusion that 1;
sans well.