Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-14
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Apropos Of tho playing tonight OF
Sohoenberg's sextet and the reception
which the composers work has received
from the critics both here and abroad, the
following, adapted from the dramatic
columns Of this paper, is innocently
offered.
The Music Lovers Omar
The crowd no question makes Of ayes and noes,
But here or there, as strikes It's fancy goes.
But the brave music cricket on the alsie,
lie knowr about II all; he knows, he knows.
Concerning schoenberg
Much has been written about schoen-
berg. but there is little available material
on the sextet. and the sextet Is. by the
way. a work which calls for little ad-
vance notice. The composer himself Ia an
interesting person. and tho following eN-
oerpts from a letter concerning him are
interesting enough. The queer thing is
that the letter was written by n music
critic. who so far forgets the ethics Of
his profession that he actually writes mu-
sio criticisms as n music were lnteresting
TO human beings. The letter was written
TO an unmuslcal person who asked sim
ply w no 10 ScnOenberBT
,.ssl,I,n ssshI1,enbsrs vas perfectly Gooa and Won,
ggsrfu,y goT talented Somptssr with taSsg
scores n an idlam not a bit advanced be
EHna Ea HT,n sEpt Of s%gS as ona a n1S nS
beautiful choral work. and since he was
putting notes on PAPER for 10 hours day.
1fo and his wife really starved In a cellar
room q had that from a. frlsnd), He lost
relIedpr' and nobody would play his stun.
strausE spoke q him at a banquet ara said
couldn't even read "a pure mechanical com.
gpiiSx!ty not a harmonlss oggl but that S.
ofa iamb' g. ana q Sesan Si a,S Sr1ns tSs sts Se
ssH Si%' snd Ne ssTSs piano snG ss So" e
little later. along with the second big group
Of songs The second Quartet, ths, KAN. KAN.
''thIrd period The ''Peisns' dates from
"2a 9S SSah S9 WEES Wss ssSS the the
second and third periods that &c, Schoenberss
ySa s HI. pscc. %ers pat c few T" 1SSns
programs about ieoS-o and hooed off. But
so sasod So' about tn' t8s Hs lime '
gateTed his o%iSns ,o Tier r bis s psoi''SSsir; Sin
the to Hish HnT'tss' tss GnrSiodsF lSn Which, he @d
IN his second TsnnST ma S then ut saId
sS,sbsr STsIng nut 10 @ up untold moneys to hire 40
orchestrai instruments and 800 or more
voices to perform IT, WIN scnoenoteia so en- tpia
was huge success, and SchoenoerHS
rep" was made
Joint Recital
An Interesting recital was given last
night at Witherspoon Hall by Nine. Mes
sen-Stone contralto, and Aurelio Giorni,
pianist. The recital was for the benefit
of the Settlement Music School, and was
rather literally patronized.
MIR. Giornrs manner at the piano Is en-
tirely pleasing Without any anectatlon
and so without superficial or meretriclous
appeal he directs himself to complete
and accurate Interpretation Of his music.
Last night his music included three Cho-
pin numbers, Lszt's Variations on a
Theme by Bach" and in his third group
a mlnuett OF his own. In the Chopin
"Scherzo" the players rhythmical sense
seemed faulty; in the Bach 1t asserted
itself with greater accuracy and feeling
1t may be said that to play Bach one
must have mind and a soul, and that to
play n Liszt variation of Bach one must
have a soul on fire. Mr.. Glorni's playing
remained peculiarly cerebral; but 1t was
30 forceful, 20 splendidly resonant that 1t
satisfied.
Mime. Niessen-Stone sang in five Ian
guages, and though the Russian alone was
In perfect accent, the others were so
clearly enunclated, yet without sacrifice
of melody that this adventurous verBatil-
ity on the singers part was an added
pleasure In VOLTS I'm Herbst" Nine.
Neissen-Stone failed vocally OF her cli-
max in "Men Lieb ist falsch," but re-
covered with finely dramatic tones on her
lower register. So in Strauss "Caecilie"
her voice which seemed merely capable
OF uttering the higher notes, was capable
of expressing and Interpreting all that
came within her more legitimate range.
II seemed Nine. Niessen-Stone's intention
to display as great variety in interpre-
tatiOn as in language, and the effort was
largely successful.