The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-29
SYMPHONY SOCIETY
GIVES DELIUS MUSIC
Two Pieces Heard Here for
First Time at Afternoon
Concert.
GRANGER TURNS AUTHOR

r,~,v Granger is ubiquitous In the
..-'d Of music. lie writes orchestral
.-,,s.rptions Of folk tunes. appears
,~.r,,oso pianist. n now comes
EDWARD ~ an author of programme
,o,.s Some of the information In the
n.,erlmmo of the concert of the Sym.
,,opy Society yesterday afternoon In
,colllu Hail was from his versatile
-, Vie told folk about two pieces
D. email orchestra composed by Fred
r,,l nclius and heard here for the
e.s. ,in,. The titles OF the pieces are
Summer Night on tho River" and
"0n ~llcariug the First Cuckoo In
spring
,armoulcs sud the extreme ingenuity or
,rc treatment Of the strings. the W
,i,.es make one think q Grieg.
"a one H. glad when Mr.. Granger eN-
Mains that the folk melody heard in
,gs second number Is the Norwegian
If ola palom" used by Grieg In his
opls 60.
|. is a song Of Jotunhoim. which, as
Ivory sghoolhoy does not know, was the
tome of the Ilrimthurses. the Frost
Giants. and the other Jotuns. builders
n Nalhalla and origiuators OF the Ia
NOUS tctralogy of Wagner. The other
niece was suggested by the River LONG.
beside which cat Grez) the composer
has a home. There are marshes lei
.ns river. and IN the marshes are
frogs. and III the piece is an
Arf,.ophantic frog chorus croaked by
inc haSsoons.
These are mood pictures. these two
re.cs. and tin" summer night n Is
a sheer web Of shifting instrumental
.olors. and nothing more. made with
.,IL. aud leaving just the kline of in
lefrite impression the composer man!.
,esily sought. The other piece has more
outline. hut, il Is also chiefly n pattern
n tints. and aims AT the elusive and in
tsscrf hahle thing called atmosphere,
which Il at,ains with no inconsiderahle
success. Pretty little bits. these two
mood pictures. hut they must not be
subjected to heavy wear
The other orchestral numbers were
iiaydn's Surprise" symphony and
s,raussiH It'll Eulenspicgel." The So
'os, was the distinguished singer
julia cup. who sang with orchestra
Shuhcrt's Sci mir g~egru"sst' and ar
r'oso Of Handel. and with piano ac-
impairment four songs of Brahms
Ter singing was Of uneven quality. fall
Ng ut|pN ncf very nltn Slinulru III lnt
Handel number and in the "Minnelied'
: Brahms. M rising to the highest
.oyel Of thrilling beauty md expressive
HesS In her incompatible delivery OF
inner leise wird mein schlummer.'
which she certainly never ang better
md probably never before SO well,
When one Is brought into close re
alton with an orchestra playing "Ti
Eulenspiegel' he gets two sharp i'm
pressions. The a 'vulgarity of som,
Of 1t first rasps the finer sensibilities anc
the next the almost super
human c~leverness Of the thing stagger,
he listener. The humor il indeed offer
Ike some OF that in "Rosenkavalier.
very suggestive OF the sort of jest!
made with or about sausage. but Their,
: other humor which, though bour
groisc. - real fun and makes 4 quici
pneal not only TO the fancy but ais,
'o the sympathy. That Is true humor
Md there are moments Of great musi
fl beauty in the composition. Hcrhap
s the masterpiece Of Strauss som,
people think so but deciding this knott,
20 ~ is a job we may confidently lcav
% posterity. The work was excel
entity played by Mr.. Damrosch's bod,
II Vriuosi.