The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-11
'KORNGOLD'S MUSIC
BY PHILHARMONIC
Symphony by Vicnna's Boy
Composer Heard for First
Time Here.
WORK DISPLAYS TALENT

The concert OF the Philharmonic So
ciety at Carnegie Hall last evening was
divided between two composers. Erich
korngod OF Vienna and Richard Wa9-
ner OF Bayreuth. The latter was repre-
scented by several numbers which have
been familiar to the world for some years
and which are expected to be so for many
more. They were the 'Tannhaeuser'
overture, "waldweben" from "Siegfried."
vorspiel to Die Melsterslnger.' Good
Friday Spell' from "Parsifal' and Ri
enzi' overture Mr.. Korngold was rep
resented by his 'Sinfonietta," opus 8.
played for tho first time here.
The world do move" Mr.. Korngold
In IL years old. His "Sinfonietta" lasted
forty minutes or more. and II required
full modern orchestra with even contra
fagot and tuba, two harps. cclesta- pi-
ano md two large bells. Mozarts sym
phonies were much Shorter and did not
require nearly so much apparatus. Even
Beethoven did not need 50 much. hut
young Korngod finds himself embarked
as juvenile prodigy in the times OF
Richard Strauss. Truly a desperate case.
The "Sinfonletta" is really symphony
In extent and character IL has the
usual four movements allegro at the
beginning another ut the end. scherzo
as the second and a slow movement as
the third. The work is ovcrladen with
thematic materials to such an extent that
only in the scherzo Ia "A clear and logical
development attained. The trio Is admit
rabiy written and has genuine musical
beauty.
In the slow movement also there is
much TO arouse hope for the boys future.
Tho symphony az a whole shows more
youthfuuess OF spirit than tho earlier
works heard hero. works which seemed
to have been written by an old man. ana
an unhappy one az that The very dis
jolntedness, redundancy and erratic de-
We opmCnts in this work speak OF the
prodigality and wilfulness OF youth.
The works heard here In the past indi-
Gated that Master kornguld had been Nv
Ing with the scholastics. lie had read
Jadassohn and Rhcinberger, and he may
have been permitted TO glance over the
scores OF MAILER and Bruckner, two OF
tho gods OF Vienna But since that he has
been out and about lie has met Dr.
strauss. smiled with 9TH Eulenspiegei'
and wept with Don Juan" lie has been
at the opera discovered Puccini and
fallen incontinontly in love with Madame
Butterfly"
An of which is human. normal and not
greatly TO be doplored or course II Mas
ter korngod were the genius We are told
he IL. he would have such tunes OF iSs
own as would make Strauss and Puccini
but teachers OF idioms for him. on the
other hand. the boy has real and valu-
able talent. which may in later life pro-
duCe something of lasting worth lie will
perhaps learn that a1hering to the general
lines Of the sonata pattern does not neces-
sarIiy mean that one Is master Of form.
and he may learn that the greatest art is
simple
There are many interesting things In
the boys orchestration, and none is more
so than his use OF the two hdrps. the
Celesti and the piano as a separate choir.
ON tire other hand. there are places as IN
IN" first movement. whore the low placing
OF the middle voices of the harmony ana
the Use of heavy instruments TO sing them
makes his orchesttatIon heavy ana Opaque.
The work MAS eNcel!enty played and was
conducted by M Stransky with authority
and enthusiasm