New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-25
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\, &c erea' '.;o, mooted ut the con
Us ~ article in this place last
s. 'sSv on the probable innuehee %
European war on muS'Sss 49, 20
ns AN No attempt was naue W W
p'sltS."ii !, beyond calling attention 10 70
sa'vs. that the Germany OF inc IsSt
ihs is .s,,ury has little TO snow Nhlen
lsi se So. Comparison with the Germany
VII pee. .Ssr;od which closed with the
o. Us wagner and Brahms
dssm v me genius of these Two
Upoh he Franco-Prussian War
ns;isITs, ,,e II any, impression. Nsg-
ua.e H." n,,,r;bution 20 the German
res ;ndeed. was not much TO his
trsnp., ss artist and something to
ersSI as man. To music ne
BIS $3.50 ,be "Ksisermarsch, under
eoitips."ses which indicate that he,
eir'Vhs.ln,;onarv Of 1S49, was seek
;e - curry favor with imperial roy
~ . he had succeeded IN dong
az Psvsrisn. His suggestions tha'
VIZ permittcd TO compose music
y " grand solemnity for the
iM !, battle" or a piece to &C
SAN a ~ ne triumphal return of the
.aags-' troops, we're both rejected,
6sihls." fabrication Of Emperor Will
iha e. "a 10 be relegated TO the con
Af ~ on His other contribution
'sn a ssS Cspitulstion,' 3 literary
va ..,on so weak, puerile, silly,
lioss..s;,,s that his admirers have
ii.s's go tried % save themselves
,v',; s,r bv forgetting II. Brahms's
i. 1919 "a Germany WAS of q vastly
-, 49,. or.er. and is perhaps his
elsNI ,.ork Il is "The German
- designed 20 be a memorial
~ soldiers "who remained as the
e.-,ss touehingly express the
S s.isi he German army though its
"a tsnSer and pathetic utterances
~ Sled out By the death OF the
w $3.50. mother. Unlike the "Ksis-
So-g-.-.As the German Requiem
- - unselfsh Offering TO German
,,,..,-invsrsonsl and unpolitical.
=. aKsisermarsch" is not great
20, except in comparison with the
.-.-,ositlon which, from even a meaner
80. man had inspired il, he wrote
y. Il. Centennial Exposition of Phil
4 M.5!,Ii. That march involves the
. 80 AZ the United States in the
,,,-,oser's disgrace, for II ought never
!. Ave been accepted or performed.
NJ, would il have been had the fee
-. -. sspt 10 the composer and he been
4 pii,s 10 keep his music or publish
t Z r,Ssr another title. Yet the "Ksis-
.,-srs.hs is q pretty good expression
y ~ shirt Of latter-dsy Germany.
/, -,tss a German battle cry out Of
4 4, Ivmn which Heine called 1.-The
4 T,..s;Ilsise Of the Reformation" and
rsrs,s the Kaiser in words which
\ ~, much more fulSome and mouth
fling than those OF the official anthem
4 O. Ne German empire. When II was
rsvs critic IN Munich denounced its
4 tthu Bssphemy and its performance
n 3strute insult 70 a civilized public;
b b, this sritic was probably q Bavarisn
rio bad Dot yet learned 10 love Prus-
4 sa. or NE House of Hohenzollern. He
/ nav have respected the imperial title
1 a he abstract, and possibly admired
4 IL people more than their new SOW
4 gsig1. Heinrich Dorm, who was a
P1aisn By birth anC a Royal Prussian
Cent Chapelmaster TO boot, said that
4 q. 'bartsric vulgarity" of the piece
vu an insult to the august Majesty
4 q the German Emperor; but Dorm
vE musician Of the old school
V.ieh neger forgaye Wagner for the
aiyoe which be played with their rules.
Hoyeysr, Dorm is dead, the spirit
Which Influenced his artistic judgment
B Is dead, and the political prejudlces
vA,h may have inspired the Munich
trhe are dead; so there seems TO be
nothing in the way of making an i'm
psri national hymn out of the vocal
! PAX Of the "Kaisermarsch." If Will
a. I, is 10 be William the Greatest
Hhs!ofy he ought to be accompanied
Il an appropriate piece Of music.
4 Inc and text of the "Kaisermarsch"
NJ surely strutting enough, and Wag-
~ believed that the soldiers Of 1871
Uat have sung them while marching
n RI ne German monarch.
70 doubt the Kaiser, if victorious.
WI feel that he needs and deserves a
,'s rational hymn. Hell dir i'm Sic
Enitz' was written TO glorify a
siaf ineonsequential king-Frederlcs
VILLAIN. Not only that, even as a
Sheslly Prussian hymn (Which it
rs been since 1881 10 is doubly for
a sEam Us origin. The tune is all Eng
a' and the German words are a para
.sse twice removed
Aey were written by Heinrich
.EIes, a clergyman in Holstein, for
Olrthtay Of King Christian VII OF
atLIEfF IN lVQ0 Il NV.n 1oNnW "
schumacher adapted the words TO
s-,slan uses and published them as
o'lia folksong,' 1t does not appear
~ he paraphrsse Of God Save the
ever achieved great certainly
"ngJ political significance in Dem
me hrst country TO make use Of
Hf Great Britain, but Prussia's
gaOh OF the melody was followed
BAVARIA, SaXOny. Brunswick, Han
M nelmar, Nuremberg. and even
81 norway and Switzerland. In the
named country there was no mon
land, and so the country itself
~. people were celebrated, in
w. Beginning "Ruf5t du, mein
'and'; but Bavaria adopted
.sgniase IN which there is a larger
VI the English original than in
SVLl0lnd their politics
lsIaie their .uavish tricks
VI" ihee our hore5 .ye nX
y, save us an,
49,, y unmistakable echo in the Ba-
sgheht was in re- List
fuial seseu den beschlieest
at onsre li0nnuur ist.
Lfh alt uns ihu.
~ save the King" has been the
~ political hymn Of the world It's
was not only generally adopted
many, but thc song itself in
@e Austrian hymn and prompt
Il tssA 70 emulation and imitation
a,Se both Russia and Austria
- snlrable national hymns which
snrIe them as long as they
S, srs,1sl conditions But the tune
eW,,ss.a; Efforts have been made to
- N y IS German in origin, but
s,,sue all abortivc. however. Bee
n ess.SSa io that he wanted to write
"a ~ 49, on the melody to show Eng
- treasure cbo yocengeoI -,