The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05
By w. J..

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SINKING inf, .hc ou,cLs apds az lptcl-
lectual dos; rurtion.
Two radically opposeJ poluts OF
view arc conspicuous. one set of
these iu,ouilr philosophers is deeply
concerned les, postcritv condemn IL.
These Young men arc afflicted with a
lively dread of such rid,cule as thirty
wears of nrourcss hrolyh, moon the
esr,y enemies Of Wagner. They do
moi wish, to hc the butts of ;hc!r own
children and ,hcir nclrhbors' children
either h.,,ausc thev ahmed S,hoen-
her. and s.r,v,nshv ,r bo,u,,sc they
bel,evcJ them tn loo swans when they
t,rned M, ,o lc ouly long ueckcd
sco.c
The others who differ So markedly
src no, IN rho Ions, afraid 80 declare
tha, nj, musi,. p-i,r !, that of De-
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noc,ous ,lesre,uL,. Ec.,hoven is an
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rlo r,yc wasted their cnthusi,sms
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arrnni urp:, ud,rs. They should lie
,o,,nxs,, ,,,n in. ,,.u:res Of activity
aud rerh,ps secluded i'm some quiet
nsviuu whore peace and long repose
miyh, r.s,. r., them to honesty.
ii il interesting to- read the 'chal-
ienyc nf these valiant, lads. II *
eo,,,,y interesting to read the words
of the others who fear tn. verdict ~
~ba h.,.af.cr. Eu; why not make an
effort ,o discern the splendid conncr-
ton between the past and the present?
WHY not venture cyen a conjecture
At the future: The past Is dead ana
hence We may do IS We please VITA
II. As for the future well. We shaII
be dead and IT VIII do as !, p!easts
with lis. 80 We need have no meSaio-
maniac terrors lost we he ~niisJudse''
The best way |" arrive NJ an u''''-
standing and an appreciation VI
Schocnbers and his trit" Is to es'ao-
lish as clearly as p"S"!pi' their '""-
-anti.,, ,,.ifh fh.. '. AVA HISTORICAL ~ bE-
ress of music. History never STOPS III
the making. human 'HouS"' h'''
halts in i,s march. Therefore S'hneh-
berg is in the broad seiae II G~esceh"ah'
Of MeGarI and Beethoven as ne surrey
u Of RacA.
We shall earn far more 10y striving
70 perceive IN what Fundamentals "i
rtist hered.iy SghueIberg * in
debtcj Ia his ioreheags than b, declar-
ing that lie ii n"w Minerva sprung
full blown from tn" brain OF the
twentieth Century. Perhaps this line
Of procedure is unpopular. /;
IN likely 10 indicate the absence Of any
revelation " striking creative power
IN the new Music.
Stravlnsky. 70" example, has no
new melu.ic inspiration. nor has he
disclosed any command ~ rhythmic
figure no, found in composers Of the
generation before him. 1t is an cd
story. but il, must rccds Ice repeated
that the novelties in the works of the
reu mon are in the domain OF har-
mopy Th,ir coupositions aston.st
and ever confound the ear by theii
constr,c,.on of themes founded on un
Familiar scales. With the themes mus,
,ecessari,v ca their harmon!es anG
1bese are removed from the long &C.
customed TYNE NJ diatonic simplicity.
Scboerberc has given us some OK.
RENE strange and puzzling disso.
nances in his "kammcrsymphonie.' but
he has distributed these chords SC
skilfully in his Instrumentation that
we get striking and interesting coloi
effects, just rs We do when looking a
one Of Bakst's scenic designs. People
who demand Photographic reproduc'
ton In theatre scenery do not liz
Rakst's manner. Those VIII" nave any
feeling for the purely decorative IL
art md much In them 20 ENJOY
Now all TINS novelty IN harmony, Al
this department mas aSser'eu ire
quently IL III the direct anu IreN''ap''
line or Hnus'ca1 p'os'eS i"H par
tcular me oi e'op"'.nt oesa" 'n'
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