The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-27
|choenberg's
Quartet Played
By Nonzateys
By Sylvester Ralpling.

CHOENBERVS quartet In D
;lminor was the feature Of the
F1onEaiey 0uartot's second CON-
y n Aeolian Hall last night. II
u the first public performance in
. nerica Of this rsyoiutionary work
4 hich. wherever It has been heard In
hrupe, has set music circles ~ the
hss, but It was q second hearing for
4 u y1onsale. subscribers. Thanks to
Il. Dc Coppet, there was . private
paformance Of II at tho Cort Theatre
y the Sunday after Christmas. Then
As one movement Of which It consists
oDok nfty-two minutes to play; last
ulght only nifty. Tho house was
crowded and there was tense atten-
ton. At the end everybody applaudod.
yAhlAg the Flonxaieys out several
l(msa '"The hypocrites!" savagely
nSalainsd one irate subscriber to me.
hepe the Flonsaleys will give them
Aothar dose of 1t at the next con.
1T" But that wasn't fair. for some
= % liked 1t and tho brilliant man
- IN which tho Fionxaleys played
~ aaons would have justified the ap.
GAusA
IxEwt SCHNEIDER. in an introductory
lk at the private performance.
binted out Il Il Schocnberg works
q principle that mi mt DO called
ssdom from preconceived notions Of
Armony. sacrifice Of beauty to logic.
harmony to thematic complete
ess." This 1t is that shocks ears ac-
ustomed to the s,iave, classical prec.
dents. On the other hand. the homo
sniety of tho work. from the clearly
ehned opening theme to the boauti-
hi finish. despite. perhaps because
=. the individual freedom given to
bach q the four instruments. has it,
appeal Few really harsh dissonanccs
result from this treatment. In the
main the melodic phrase holds It's
own. Tho in. walton Of discardins
four movements for one seems arbi
trary and unnecessary. There are
,NQevttAble pauses that might Just rs
Will DO turned into rests for the hear
ers a. well as for the players. II not
tour divisions, then three. or two.
The homogeniety would remain Just
the same.
The cleverness with which the pro-
gramme was arranged could not fail
20 arouse admiration and cause q
smile. The Schoenberg work was
'0andwiched between Mozarts dainty
adagto and fugue In G minor, and
Bcethoven's lovely quartet In q ma
jor, op. Is, No. 2. Although these.
too. were aided by the superb skill
with which the F'lonzaleys inter-
preted them, the heartiness Of the
applause after the Beethoven number
as compared with that after the
Schoenberg told the story Of the feel
ing Of the audience.
Margarete Ober. for the hrst time
Acre. was the Witch in a repetition
Of HUM erdlnck's "koenigskinder''
at the Metropolitan Opera House
last night. She sang and acted adj
mirably. as she always does. Ger
aldine Farrar. who makes a lovable
Goose Girl: Karl Jorn as tho Kings
son. Goritz as the Fiddler. Reiss.
Ruysdael. Rita Fornia. Marie Matt
field and the rest of the cast were ad-
mirable. Mr.. Hertz conducted SYM
pathetically.
JOSEF Stransky took the Philhar-
monio Orchestra to Cooper Union last
night. and presented an admirable
programme that deserved q much
larger attendance than It got Of the
music lovers that follow Mr.. Arens
D Beethoven's Pastoral" symphony was
Nhe opening number. Then came
NAgner's "Siegfried Idyl" and the
prelude to "Lohengrin," which was
repeated in response to strenuous ap-
plause. LISTS SYM homie poem lies
Preludes" came at the end.