The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08

works OF ,wo English composers In the
uvogramms OF the symphony Society OF
New York Walter Damrosch, conductor
this afternoon at Aeo!ian Hall. The
Rhenish symphony depicts scenes on IN"
Rhine while the Bantock comedy over
ture. "Ih. P!crrot OF the Minute" il
based on French subject, although the
composer il an l.nglshmaa. iianvill"
RantoCk vas born in London in lSOS, and
is one OF the best known OF the living
English Composers. lie conducted the
first performance Of The Pierrot or the
Minute" at the Worcester CEngland) feS-
tiva! In September. 1908. Sir Edward
Elgar whose overture "Cocliaigne' In
London Town completes the programme.
said IN recent Interview: Il live in the
country. near Malvern. The cottage whrre
do my work IS some distance from my
hons completely hemmed in by trees, So
! am absolutely away from the world,
Many say that Eng!ishmen are not ro-
mantle. With that ] disagree. There -
a vast difference between sentimentali;y
and romance. Perhaps things In London
impress me more strongly than they de-
those who live there constantly, but when
| go into the Guildhali, the centre OF civic
life, as Il We're, and see what has been
done and the records and inscriptions OF
those things. the sp,I,t OF them impresS,>
me deeply II Is something OF this spirit.
and the underlying joviallty az well. that
! have sought to convey in my overture,
'CocSaigne On London TOWN." The So
lolst for to-day will he Frank Gittelson,
viol!ni,t. who makes MS New York debut.
The complete programme IL az follows:
COMEDY overture, The Plerrot OF the
symptom S No. I, (Rhenshi . ..... ,!'chHmann
Concerto in + for violin win orchestra Bach
Overture. "CocEaigne" I'm London Town,
E.sar
The first Explanatory Talk" at the
piano by Walter Damrosch to the Music
Lovers Club tauxiliary of Symphony
Society will take place at the Little
Theatre in West Forty-fourth street
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock The
subjects will be Mozart's Jupiter" Sym
phony in c and L!szt's est. Francis
Preaching 20 the Birds" preparing for
the Friday and Sunday afternoon con-
certs of November IS and 10.
The Kneisel Quartet will open its
twenty-thrd season In New York at
Aeolian Hall on Tuesday evening. 4
change In the personnel has been made
necessary by the European war. and
Samuel Gardner will take Mr.. Letzs
place as second violin, since the latter is
detained for. military duty In Germany
The first number on the programme Will
be the Schumann quartet in A major
op. Al, No 3. This will be followed by
n novelty in Zoltan Kodaly's quartet IN
G minor. or. 2. which will be played for
the first time in New York Kodaly Is
an interesting figure among the young
Hungarian composers Born in KEGS
kemct, Hungary, in 1882. he received
much Of his early training AZ the Acade-
ME at Pest, where he went in 1900.
In lS0C-07 he was In Berlin and Paris.
afterward returning to Pest to take up
the professorship of composition at the
Academic, 1t was noticeable that no
composer of the modern school has turned
his attention to song writing, perhaps
because the Hungarian voices are not
good or on account OF the rigorous prn-
ciples inculcated by Koessler, tho founder
OF the movement, whose influence strongly
marks ali this generation, In any event,
one of the characteristics OF the new
tendencies is a dislike OF literature IN
music.
Starting AZ the same point with Weincr
and Dohnanyi, whose work Is more along
the classical lines. the aims of Kodaly
and Bella Bartok have been quite different
to create a rational form of music. Hun
sarlan and gypsy music have long been