New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
MCDOWELL SUITE
|HEARDONCE MORE
ohilharmonic Gives It's
second Festival Con
cert at Carnegie
opOGRAMME RAISES
MUCH INTEREST
Works of Hadley, Saint
Saens and DuCaS Are
Also Enjoyed

-.. second public concert o. The
o.gssrmcric Socicty's anniversary fes-
.l which ,ooI place IN Carnegie Hall
...,,,asy afternoon. was devoted to
:, .,sitions by American and French
'o--IEe.srs. thc programme being evenly
e-ss between representatives OF
schools The first number
'' vr,Dovclrs second suite for or
- generally called Indian he
~ n rs employment Of melodies
S.-roped from the North American
-sinen. g.. .,.,e,,.,,,o,,co
concert OF the Boston symphony
o.,be.trs in ,his city on January 20
,os u, the same evening that Alr'
ys,nowcll played one OF hls planoior'e
-.-.s~-e.. The programme notes pro
~ for thc patrons of the fcstya!
let's Yesterday contained the state.
wv IA Che suite was completed
~, pvcrak wrote his New World
'.,o,,.ovy" Irasmuch as this raises
i. i,.ercstnc question touching the
i. ~ native American themes m ar
~, music it seems worth while 90
.,s.c the facts.
Performed in 1898
n- proraks symptom was per
..-,,e5 ror the FIRST time a. a Phiihsr-
-.-i, concert on December 10. 1898,
&C. year, before MIR. MacDowelIs
.,'., lad lbs arst public hearing. I'm
i.s, Nh. Mcdowell kept his suite m
ID. desk three wears after its compile
80, the statement Of M. Eumlston
:, contradiction Of the facts IN the
sso These facts we're long ago given
~ tto readers Of The Tribune, though
IN. IN .g.l detail. for the reason that
Tie Triburc's music reviewer the
|Ir.er Of ibis rote) played a part M
ts esrIv history Of the suite. BEFORE
bs suite vas performed on the night
N the Bosom Orcbcstra's concert Mr..
.re6biel called upon Mr.. MacDowell
IN tbe stage of the Metropolitan Opera
g,gse 10 ssk him whether or not he
had employed Indian themes DO inc
composition. and, D. so. from what
source ho had taken them.
w. MacD5wel replied: y on ought
20 know. you suggested them youlsell'
nd recalled to the memory OF MI
Ereib.e. meeting 40 the Botolph
I.ao' " BOSTON, . ,...i sE'i,e .ho isttor had
dismissed with him the possibility o.
,orposit0n based on Indian themes
md surge .ted that he look into -.
n Baker's thesis. "Ueber cle Musk
5,r Observation-Disclosures Widen" From
ia, wor. Mr.. Mcdowell took the
Finep"I OHei"e '., % ~ So. v-ori51
me- symphony rom '"g ~. 80 NJ
lad been produced, 80 -.
Aieao'ei mat pcIol- - II fnii,
aad been compose -. re F." ,' b,.. ~
sAe'ened HIa i'''-i,''- 80 ',,lJ g.. fo,. ner-
10Y comp. ecu , ot 49, H. y -
'o'manee I--'.e io'o. D 80 -,.;tL w..
"a % sc. ee'-e. .'.,It So, General
70 hlia' az wen as ''1 "'''" ''
was ae" N.H' OF e" ,','' ..t.. Co.
The facts are ret',tu "e,e 9'."p'i ~
me sake OF hstolcai rum 1nol n" se
no other htef''. lhai 'lIlS 49, -
. oAeei"eo h'..' i- WIZ we -
20 interesting ar event as ING
non by q local musical Oisai'l@a'lV" "
me seventy I'd ahii' 'IS".
.ountauon. al matters OF "lS'oi'
should be accurately stated
Second Number French
Tho .orcr3 r-nbor If the pro-
-,smr.o ve...ris,- afternoon was T.
sSyrrkori. Fer-esia" iu L flat by
g,rrT HsdIe, vpfrb. we believe. had
ts inst DC-rorr,arco i'm New York or
MI, occasion. though the programme
note stated that il was composed i'm
100, and was played under the direc-
..er ~ -re cor,ro-cr bv the London
Sv~Dborv Orcrostr. I'M 1913. The
at,5 bcro would he Of greater mo-
r,-+ n Tho ror,ro.ition we're more in
.sre.t.-o ON e-st hearing. however.
Il .orrdad oTpt, of significant OF
beautiful THOUGHTS. and interesting
orly a. an eyamnlc OF skill in work
nsasblp.
French composers were represented
10 the scheme by Saiut-Saens's sym
Dhonv ir a minor and Dukas s
-f'Annrerti ~orrie," Tho latter work
',s, XII r,s,,. ,crror,,.ances i'm New
yort. ,so fo-,,rr IN tbc hest Of our
reeoiiectior orIy Two or three. NJ. Ed
Guard CoIoroe brought H. to notice on
his second visit 10 New York as n
society in December. 1904 Before
concert, or Che symphony Society