The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-13
SCHOLA CANTORUM
GIVES FOLK MUSIC
Souc, of Russia. Finland and
sweden Interest Audience
at Carnegie Hall.
CHORUS SINGING GOOD

70 f-st ~ two Subscription concerts
=, ,ha ,lr-ia called che Schola Cantorum.
..ray,,ei bv kur, SCHNEIDER. took place
u. eyerire al Carnegie Hall. The pro-
ANN, was a departure from the kind
.rered Wy the organization in Its earlier
I, consisted OF songs OF the Rus
IAN. Finnish ard swedish peoples. Most
these we're from the trasurice " tho
.,,n,cs themselves, but some were tive
,odncrous Of known composers. All.
,orcytr dealt with the topics familiar
n the lvric and poetic fancies Of the
,ura populations.
This is hardly the time for a dis
.us.f,on on northern ok music but IL
nav slffJe to say that in recent years
no songs NJ Russia have made their
cav into far parts OF the world. Those
q, Inc Firms and the Scsndinavians are
* widely known. TIE list Of num-
b,s offered is too long for recapitula-
tor. There was n bylirka. for instance.
,ne Of those old metrical chronicles like
,iat from which the story of prince
lsor' Is taken. and there was n kolyadka.
which some authorities would call n
season song, but which Mr.. ~Schindler's
programme notes limited to the Yuletlde.
/, vos taken from Rimsky- korsakov's
,p,-a Christmas Night and composed
n initiation % ire ancient manner. but
With modern alterations Traditional
songs Ike Down -. Peters Road" of
tercd plentiful food Tor speculation. The
'eN, o. such songs Is quite : Significant
~ tie music. Tor n one has read the
up.gll Russian novelties he vii! find
n these songs expressions OF the same
usts Of thought and the same predomi-
riu, moods OF the folk as he finds in
The sturie,.
The group " four Finnish student
sJ4gS, suug by the male choir, with a So
p'ano solo i'm the first one. interested
and pltUsed the audience greatly. The
.Iliaby froyed to be especially beauti-
~ and the clever imitation OF "A rum
ling Russian bass voice given in the
os.ug chord won for the number an
encore. The next group consisted of
'r-ee Swedish songs. all composed By
Wilhelm Peterson Berger. but with low
* preservation of the folk music styk
VI Wa.odv.
The las' group. like the first. was
y Russian >ot.Cs the first being the
am1u boltmen's song. Down Mother
ioiga,' one of the most beloved of all
russian choruses. Mr.. SCHNEIDER had
cent much time in arranging the vari-
= .y'ics 10. the purposes of his choir.
10 had treated some In numerous voice
ar's, sorue Ia canonic form and some
Attn solo effects. Doubtless his object
VAS 20 AVOID the inevitable monotony
which wolld have resulted from present.
,Hg ali the songs in their simple otigi-
nal fo'ns.
RI, while the elaborated transcript
IONS served to achieve this end. they
$50 :pbbed several numbers OF their
'oNN song character. 1t IL true that
ne Russians do sing many of their
songs IN a style by no means naive. and
my one who has heard the lyrics de-
.ye.el by a chorus such as that 10 be
found in the season AT the Spergen-
terg Just outside Moscow knows that
a siderable measure OF sophistication
. found in the arrangements and that
,o.os are not rare.
~ course the i~ntonation OF initial lines
~ a solo voice as found in last evenings
toHcer, il traditional and general in
Russian folk song, and Mr.. SCHNEIDER
e0 De- departed from strict usage at
ELS ~r'-perted the artistic Ideal under
y.ns j.. Tho songs We're well worth
a'arH- They ought to be heard often.
rlS.c - ,rch in character. in feeling
and 90 times In humor.
j. these dayu when the study OF tradi-
""uhi muse ~ pursued with greater
l.'d intelligence than ever be-
.".r Americans can olsain much en-
lg ',tuvut from such "A concert. Per-
''is some day We shall hear a pro-
Z "Hu" OF FORE gn sonts and ballads
" I'ta have iOIud no1nes IL this country
''"a sLoJec;ed to interesting local
Nar.i.u..
Nj S'"H Aei's chorus sang most of
! " 'N.' Veil enough to merit
'o'"". Ia..rr were noments of ragged
' o'I some wandcrings from the
ich bat such Things are to be expected
lie p4A.'y Of tue tone was fairly good,
g . 'H s.tdlug the chorus sometimes
'"i't"I "l'eIieHt results. The oloists
wee Anid Fltziu. a young woman with
Oh 'h, - soprano volc. and a. most
'ee"i'hs sty.e Jean Vincent Cooper. a
contra 20 w!cn It really good voice and
To" II u ,4rgin- Charles Harrison.
: gentle teho!. and Hugh Allan. "A baIy-
'V"" with u IrHt voice and a straight