The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27

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ter than the imported n from Bos-
ton or that Josef Stransky is the great
est List conductor the world has
seen he can be excluded from
the concerts Of the society. and 80 can
every other Of his SUCCESSORS who per-
sists In this malicious refusal. For
the law holds that II is for the man
ayers. not the newspaper editor or
the public, to declare that the COM
mentator Is unjust.
II remains therefore for the man.
ayers to decide whether the depart
nents Of dramatic and musical criti-
cism shall be continued in the daily
newspapers. II the managers aim at
depriving these departments of their
vital critical functions they will at the
same time aim at robbing them of
life.
The only eas for newspaper COM
ment on the do.nps Of theatres. opera
houses and concert halls is the sup
position that they belong to the world
of art and are therefore subjects for
critical discussion. II the privilege
of such discussion is withheld 10y the
managers. AZ II can bc under the law.
there is nothing LETT as subject matter
for these departments.
The logical and inevitable result:
will he their discontinuance by the
proprietors and editors Of newspapers.
For IL there is to be no discussion
Of the artistic quality of the offerings
Of the theatre. the opera house and
the concert hall then there is no moro
reason why anything whatever should
appear about them in IA pei
than about a shoe shop or IA delicstcs-
sen store.
\. a dinner of the National Insti-
u of Arts and Letters at the IIar.
vud Club on Monday evening two
men who write about musical doings
met. And one said to the other:
can you find anything to write
about?"
And the other answered:
MAY the gods forgive us. but We
can write about Geraldine Farrar and
Lucia di Lammermoor.'"
Thereupon the one who had spoken
first gazed thoughtfully at the other
Who had spoken second. and after a
silence said:
7 what has music come when {
grown man speaks of writing abou'
such frivolities. This man will pres
emily write me a some on IA bras.
fartling. Do you know. sir, that 81,
Peladan has discovered that Wagner.
Ring is a prophecy Of the presen
ware"
Yes. and S~hakespeare's plays con
composed by the author Of tn
'Novum Organum.' do not bellev'
either me-"
Then why do you not write abou
S~travinsky?"
"'I.'Oiseau de Ecu or 'Pctrouch
ka':"
"l5oth. since neither is "A complet
exposition OF the soul of the mus.
clan"
GLORIOUS news. Has he "A soui?'
You will admit that he has imagi
nation at any rate"
80 has Charles Chaplin. Flu;
grow faint. Let us not pursue tn
matter further. There is nothing NOR
to say about Stravinsky. ! said il a
in a column and a quarter long ago
have been irving ever since "a fin
more m say. 7 am no Uuneker
cannot write word noems aroun
things which have no life in them
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