The sun., 1916-11-20
MUSIC OFFERINGS
CROWD A SUNDAY
"Friends" Hear Brahms and
symphony Society Haydn
and Beethoven,
A CADENZA BY SPALDING
Opera House Concerts Begin
and Delightful Yvette
Guilbert Keeps On.

ii""''e' irIend MarcelIus COM
piained Of the forced industry Of war
times. whose "sdre task does no, divide
the Sunday FROM the week." his unpro.
phetic soul was considering cannon
moulders and shipwrishts. not the
twentieth century doinss Of musicians.
a Marccllus Of the present would have
seen yesterday as that sacred day NJ
rest which divided itself habituaIly from
me week In music by being the busiest
Gay OF all. Seven times the gates were
opened 10 admit the thirsty who would
refresh themselves At the fountains Of
the divine art. and seventy times seven
they might have bathed their souls.
The concerts Of the day ranged from
orchestral with symphonic proportions
to the gossamer recital OF captivating
Yvette Guilbert. The Society Of the
Friends Of Music e~ndeavored to nnd de-
light In listening to quartets OF Brahms
with piano accompaniment. Some OF
these quartets were new to local hearers,
while the others were the familiar gypsy
songs.
Car1 Friedbers Plays.
Between the two groups Carl Fried
berg. who also accompanied the singers,
played hve piano numbers. 1t was an
interesting programme. The singers
were Miss Alves. soprano: Nine. Fried
berg. contraito Pau Draper. tenor. and
Reinhold de Warlich. barytone. They
labored earnestly. but their harvest Of
beauty was exceeding small.
The Society Of the Friends Of Music
with advantage to itself and the art
which II processes to uphold might re-
strain its tendency to overripe affection
for performers famous In the salons Of
the social elect.
Another society. the Symphony Of
New York. contributed to the day a rom
cert OF orchestral and violin music in
Aeolian Hall. Here. at n rate. the
personal equation was more significant
than at the solemn function OF the other
society. Albert Spalding played the
Beethoven violin concerto, He played II
very we'll indeed. but panied the Judi
cious by the use in the first movement of
u cadenza wholly foreign to the spirit
and style OF the composition.
We should be deeply grieved to see
Mr.. Spalding floating with the reach
erous current which leads TO the foaming
shadows Of mere virtuosity. He has
earned respect as a sincere artist. and
since Beethoven left open the cadenxa
to the choice and musicianship Of the
player Mr.. Spalding and all other violin
lists should strive to make The instru-
mental display consistent with the gen.
eral development OF the concerto
Unfamiliar Hsyas s~ynphosy.
Mr.. Damrosch began the concert with
an unfamiliar Haydn symphony In ID
major. II begins and ends with a horn
theme. which Mr. Damrosch emphasized
by causing the players TO stand while
sounding 1t. The whole work Is genial
and Of happy moods. The variations are
delightful, and were admirably per-
formed by Messrs Saslavsky. violin {;
Roentgen. cello. and kincaid, flute.
The other numbers were Of mose mod
ern date. and invited one to think about
the singing birds and the shining leaves.
One composition. that OF Liszt, dealt
with the legend Of the good st. Francis
preaching to the birds. who were Doubt
less properly edited. and the other with
the fairy tale Of the one little bird hat
told Siegfried about 'das herrlichste
Webb: auf hohem Felsen sic schlaeft."
In the afternoon also the violinist was
abroad In the land. Fritz kreisler In
Carnegie Hall and David Hochstein in
the Comedy Theatre. now the third in
the growing company Of concert audito-
RUINS. Mr.. Krelsler presented to his
hearers the + minor suite and the
chaconns OF Bach. Schumann's G major
fantasia, opus 1871. and some shorter
numbers. He was himself. which Is al
most all hat need be said. His playing
Of the chaconne was a masterpiece OF
phrase and tone. Those familiar with
! the course Of musical incidents will know
that II was utterly impossible thai Mr.
| Hochstein could have discovered that Mr.,
Kreisier was going to play Bach's +
minor suite yesterday. So Mr.. Hochsteir
| played II too. He also played the an
dante and allegro Of Bach's third sonata
and by way Of piquant contrast Men,
deissohn's concerto. He makes progress
He disclosed not only beauty Of tone
accuracy Of information and feeling bul
more nnesse and brilliancy than hereto
fore.
AZ the Opera House.
These were the joys Of the day. Ir
the evening the Metropolitan Opers
House opened It's doors for the first OF
its series Of concerts. Sophie Braslat
and Arthur Middleton sang. The specia
tar was Mischa Elman. the Russian
rtuos OF the violin. who greatly moved
his hearers. Richard Hagaman con
Quoted the proceedings capably.
The popular concerts at the Harri'
Theatre continued on their delectabI'
way. The Tollefsen Trio played, Mar'
Bali sang and Roger de Bruyn al
MERGED de Pin appeared In costume Il
deliver duets.
Finally there a that vital spark
Yyette Guilbert. at the Maxine Ellio
Theatre. She had Emily dresser. violin
list, to help her. and she INTERPRETED
songs ringing down the grooves OF tint
from the days Of the crusades asains
the inndels to those OF the crusade'
~ssainst the wine bibbers, from the ag'
OF chivalry to that Of reform.
The songs offered by Nine Guilbert arr
~unusually self sustaining. but her I'm
ished art adds charms to the best An
transforms the worst,
M A VIC AVN RYAXERG