New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-14

II is doubtful II any season since has
seen so many fine operas OF the serious
and comic genre as were brought for
ward between November. 1885, and
April. 1856. Among these were Die
Meistersinger." "Die Konigin Won Saba
Der Widerspanstige Zahmung" NOV
under contemplation for revival by Mr..
Gatti- Casazza), "Lakme," Der from
peter Won Sakkingen." Massenet's MA
non Lescaut." Gilbert and Sullivan's
"Mikado" and Johann Strauss Gypsy
Baron" We heard new symphonies by
Bruckner. Dvorak. Fuchs and y. Schar-
wenka. "Parsifal" came to US as an
oratorio, and of new choral works there
were Dvorak's "Spectre's Bride" Gou-
mods "Mors ct Vita" Massenet's Mary
Magdalen" and Wagner's "Liebesmahl
der Apostel." There was pauclty or
chamber music, for the kneisel and
Flonzaley quartets were not yet IN ex-
istence. Solo singers, solo pianlsts and
solo violinists were with us IN aoun-
dance, but they appeared in groups or
at concerts given By the larger organi-
cations. This is the point OF departure
which we are trying TO illustrate IN TINS
note. OF pianoforte recitsls, by when
we mean a concert of pianoforte music
exclusively, we can only recall or trace
a few sporadic examples the Che
Waller de Kontski who awakened his
familiar old lion), Franz Rummel and
Madeline Schiller. Nobody ventured
upon a concert of solo art songs, the
singers, as a rule, in the miscellaneous
concert at which they appeared, singing
opera or oratorio arias. A single song
by Brahms and the two songs from
4 hxy
Lilli Lehman; a song by Augusta
Kate Bensberg; a single song by Grieg
by Louise Pyk; two OF Lassen's songs
by Emily Winant and Lilli Lehman;
two List songs by Marie Groebl, Helene
/ Hastreiter and Lilli Lehman; one song
by Mendelssohn by Kate Bensberg; one
| of Rubinstein's by Emma Juch; Schu-
i bert made eight offerings, the singers
being Ella Earle, Emily Winant, Anne
Louise Tanner. Carrie Goldsticker, Ida
Hubbell. Christine Dessert. Lilli Leh-
mann, Jennie Miller. Nine. Won Donhof
and William Candidus; Ella Earle sang
four of the six songs which Schumann
contributed to the seasons list; Emma
Nevada sang two songs by Taubert,
Christine Dessert two songs by Van der
Stucken. and Lehman gave a hearing
to Wagner's "Traume." There was a
sprinkling of French songs. three by
Gounod, sung by Mr.. Candidus, Ger
trude Chandler and Marie Van; one by
Bouhy, sung by himself; one by Masse,
one by Reyer and an arrangement of a
folksong by Wekerlin.
Only a cursory glance at the append
ed programmes is necessary 20 show
what a tremendous revolution in taste
has been accomplished since. Folksongs
were scarcely known in concert rooms
then, or even ten years ago. Nine.
Sembrich set the fashion with an entire
programme of folksongs of different
peoples FIVE years ago. Before then she
had introduced groups of them into q
list of art songs. Now all manner OF
folksongs are being exploited. ms
week will bring a lHrge number OF a
new type, Yiddish, into notice at the
concert of Elizabeth Gutmann. More
over, nationalism is forcing itself on
popular attention more and more. Nine.
Bloomfeld-Zeisler calls attention to the
fact that three Of the pieces which she
will play on Tuesday were dedicated to
her by three composers OF different ma
tionalities- Mrs Beach. an American;
Nine. Lund, Norwegian, and Nile.
Chaminade, a French woman. Mr.. 5.
Scheling seeks TO make much out OF
the fact that he was the first pianist to
play few pieces by Granados in Amer
lea, and for that reason proclaims him
self the "discoverer" of the Spanish
composer. though an opera Of his was
successfully produced in Madrid as long
ago as 1898. 1t il plain that the uni
versal ferment now at work is going TO
affect music deeply and seriously. The
fact makes a perusal Of the weeks pro-
grammes interesting, even for those
who do not expect TO attend a concert.
Here they are:
SUNDAY:
The Philharmonic Society, Carnegie
Hall. al 9 p. m:
symphony, IT, g. No. f................ DForak
Gssang der Apollo Pries,e'.n and yertlhnns
Meauie hurt.
F.ntssy Overture Romeo and juliet rcbGlAo~aS
Songs ~.
Az, Gem See and O ne1.lche wansen B',hn.
pas yer lsssene Magdleln and Der TAmbour VOL
Nine Kurt. ~.