New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
Carnegie Hall Chief Cen
ire of Many Pleasing
Musical Affairs
DAMROSCH FORCES
HEARD IN BROOKLYN
Kreisler and Friedberg
Show Refined Type of
Cooperation

The zone Of concert activity in New
York yesterday extended from the
line Of Broadway for a distance Of
several hundred feet east and west on
both sides of the line, roughly speak
ing. and was limited on The south By
Thirty-ninth Street and by l39th
Street on the north. The engage
ments were most numerous between
Fifty-seventh Street. where in the
Carnegie intrenchment the greatest
number Of forces of all kinds were
engaged, and Thirty-ninth Street,
where, at the Maxine Elliott Theatre.
in the evening. Yvette Guilbert led
the French cohorts.
The choice orchestral troops OF
Damrosch and Stransky were absent
from the main front, the Symphony
Society being on the march in for
cign fields and the Philharmonic Soci-
ETY. being employed in the still stub
born territory of Brooklyn.
The sound OF heavy artillery in the
Borough OF Manhattan was, in conse-
quence. heard only in the Metropolis.
tan Opera House in the evening and
the Cort Theatre in the afternoon.
Many Musical Affairs
Proceeding northwardlv from Thirty
ninth Street. correspondents reported
the recital of Yvette Guilbert at Max
inc Elliott's Theatre in the evening, a
concert Of Wagnerisn music at the
Metropolitan House in the evening, q
song recital by George Hsmlin in
Aeolian Hall in the afternoon, song
recital by Rhea Siberia and Harvin
Lohre at the Princess Theatre in the
evening, concert by the Orchestral
Society OF New York at the Cort Thea
tire in the afternoon, a concert by the
stringed contingent of the Russian
Symphony Orchestra in the Harris The
stre, in the evening. a duo-recital by
Fritz kreisler and Carl Friedberg in
Carnegie Hall in the afternoon, and
free organ recital by Samuel A. Bald
win in the great hall of the College of
the City Of New York in the afternoon
In our neighboring borough across
the Fast River the Philharmonic So
clety gave concert in the Academy of
Music IN the afternoon, and George
Dostal, tenor, q song recital in the
evening No doubt a number Of Skin
mishes between outposts we're over
looked.
The most importaL> affair, measured
by the popular attention which 1t
called forth, was the recital Of Kreisler
and Friedberg, for which all the seats
in Carnegie Hall, except a small num-
Der in the boxes, were sold.
Sympathetic Cooperation Shown
It's artistic elimination was found
IN the performance of the sonata in
G major for pianoforte and violin by
Brahms, which disclosed the most re-
fined type Of sympathetic cooperation
toward a high end by the two men.
Mr. Friedberg also accompanied the
violinist in a group Of prescriptions
of the lighter sort which he-the
pianist made. In the other num-
bers Mr. Carl Lamson was the accom-
PIANIST.
Mr.. Hamlin, at Aeolian Hall. did the
kind of missionary work for the songs
of Hugo Wolf which some years ago
he did for the lyrical compositions Of
Richard Strauss. Propsgandism OF
this sort is not altogether profitable
enterprise, but Mr.. Ilamlin is an artist
of sincere and serious bent Of mind.
and he seems 20 delight in employing
his high artistic intelligence in it, and
70 find reward in his labor.
He was in fine voice, and made con-
vincing plea for the composer by his
admirable diction, as well as his equally
admirable presentation of the charac-
teristic elements Of the musical set
tings. The audience was not large
one. John Doane was his accompanist.
Neither was the attendance at the
Cort Theatre numerous, which was less
TO be wondered at. With d superabun
dance Of music from veteran orchestral
the concerts of bands
like that which Max Jacobs presides
over must make appeal only TO friends,
and when seasoned concertgoers at
tend them the thought Of overveening
is pretty sure TO present it
self. as il did Yesterday, when Beet
hoyen's G minor symphony was es-
sayed.
Miss Marian Neryl. who has a pleas
ing voice of very small calibrc. also
sought to scale heights which are far
beyond her reach when she tried to
sing 80 tot, qui prolongess mes jours'
from Gluck's "Iphigenie en- Tauride."
Wagner at Metropolitan
Last nights programme at the Met
ropoltan was devoted TO Wagnerian
music. and the audience was nearly OF
capacity size. and. like all Sunday
night audiences, Of Gargantuan enjoy
ment. The solo artists were Nine.
Marie Rappold and Jacques Urlus. The
orchestra was under the direction OF
Richard Hageman. Mr.. Urlus sang
Tannhauser's Narrative and the Prayer
from "Rienzi," and Nine. Rappold
"Dich. theure Halle" and Elsa's Dream,
both to resounding applause.
The purely orchestral numbers were
The overtures to "Rienzi" and Tam
hauser." The Siegfried Idyl, the Got
terdammerung" Funeral March and the
"Kaisermarsch.' There can be no doubt
that the Metropoltan's Sunday con
certs I'm need IN New Nork's life. for
they bring TO them audiences composed
partially OF persons who are rarely
seen either at the opera or the regu-
lar recltals and concerts Of the week.
Good Programme at the Harris
The Harris Theatre "a continuing its
series Of Sunday night musicals, and
very good programmes are offered. The
one last night was furnished By the
Russian Symphony Orchestra. assisted
by Clarence Bird and Lydia Lindgren.
soprano. Mr.. Bird played the Saint
Saens ID minor concerto, and Miss
Lindgren sang several songs. The or
chestrs. under Mr.. Altschuler's direc-
{ ion. played n number OF selections, in
GLIDING Lalo's sercnsde Naomi"
Another evening recital was fur
nished by Rhes Siberia. soprano. and
IIarvin Iohrc fenor at the Princns,