El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-30
FAV0RITES ON
THE PROGRAM
From the New World"
Symphony, Ell Paso SOloist,
and Wagner Gems.


Miss Marguerite Buckler. an Il Paso
SRI who has made an international
reputation as a soprano soloist in
grand opera. will be the soloist We'd
nesday night with the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra at its third con-
cert here. Miss Buckler viii sing an
aria from Charpentier's opera Louise.
and ~Balateua" from LeoncavaIio's
II Pagliacci-"
The aria from Louise opens the
third act OF the opera. and is sung by
Louise TO her lover In ii she tens
graphic story Of the home OF the
French workers the life Of A young
working girl. and the perils confront
ing her in the underwood of Paris
The -'Balatella" is the famous bro
song" which occurs in the ilrst acl
OF fhe opera and is a favorlte number
ALWAYS. Media. left alone. is troubled
by her remembrance Of Canio's man
ner and wonders If he suspects her
But she shakes off her depression ana
takes note Of the glorious bright anu
happy day. The bird theme IS an
nounced by the string instruments, and
Media, remarkinS that her molneL
could always understand what me
birds We're saying. breaks INTO her
beautiful and delightful song about
the birds flying around her
The ..Ner World- Symphony.
The symphony for "Wednesday htEnt
is Anton Dvoraks From the New
World" sometimes called the Amer
lean symphony. Dvorak resided for
\ time in the United States and trav-
eled widely. The Bohemian maSteI
conducted various American orcheStras
as a guest. and presided over the great
national conservatory in New YORK
His wonderful symphony rom l ile
New World" was written as Irinule
10 America and was dedicated 70 lAe
[ev- York Philharmonic society whose
splendid orchestra has performed ~ -
symphony perhaps more often than any
other single piece during the last t"o
In general. the symphony is inspired
by certain primitive aspects OF Anaeri-
can history and life which strongly ap-
pealed to Dvorak- He gained intimate
familiarity especially with Indian rpu-
steal themes and the melodies and har-
monies Of the negroes Of the south- In
this symphony he has strlVen 10 ADAPT
the cadences and tone color OF the
primitive American music rather than
to use any particular themes OF either
the Indian or the negro music
Primitive America.
L is the musical Interpretation OF
primitive America that will prove the
most fascinating and interesting fea-
ture of the music to those who have
never heard it. The New World
symphony seems especially TO belong
to our own boundless west. our own
winds. our flowers and SHOWS. our pic
turesque pioneer history and the grim
struggles Of retaining a wild country
TO civilization. ANY person who has
ever explored our mountains and for
ests. or has slept out under the brill
liant stars Of our wide plains. or has
watched the changing lights on our
rocky slerras. viii catch the spirit or
the music and delight in is magic spell.
The first movement IS rather strong
" marked by the influence Of Indian
musical ideas. Its Instrumentation calls
for the beat of the tom tom. the minor
strains OF Indian songs and laments.
and the crash and shout OF battle It
is full of the color Of the widest wild
west But many soft. sweet and ap-
pealinE strains of melody are intro
duced. and the negro jubilees are at
times suggested
sNiEht on the Plains
The second movement. sometimes
played separately. is one Of the most
beautiful slow movements ever written.
The principal theme is a most appeal
ing melody, stated by the English horn
to the accompaniment of muted strings
II is Dlaintiye but soothing. as one
pathos can hardly be Overestimated. It
so lands itself to vocal treat
ment that il is a wonder it has
not been adapted to concert DUR
poses" The general meaning Of this
second movement is night on the plains
the brooding quiet of the stars then
lhe awakening OF the birds. the stir of
4 new day. and rest after toll
The third movement is more strong
~ marked by the cadences Of negro
music. with syncopation and odd in
terNalS, IL is stirring and gay
In the fourth and final movement.
the thematic material of the preced-
ing movements is summed Up and treat
ed in novel ways. the final movement
is Of a patriotic nature. with strength
Of great accomplishment, vivid imagi-
nation. great aims. high impulse and
boundless energy 1t moves with a
tremendous sweep. to the final note OF
victory.
Great Beethoven Number.
The opening number Wednesday night
viii be BethOven's third Lenore over
ture. This is the finest of four differ
ent overtures composed by the master
Tor mis- one opera "Fideiio." It is
greater than the opera. and is a whole
drama in miniature. \ powerful dra-
matte episode is that in which trum-