New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
News From Dov
Before Yesterdo,
The Reviewer of Music Finds 1t Nece..
sary to Make a Second Report on )
Concert of Last Week

with the older master in ;rn..
Aullervo, the wanderer, is aeesn..a s
the Finnish people, Mr.. Scbins.s
serts, as a symbol of their own ~. as
country, buffeted about from o,., ~a
to another, and now. it NAV bs az .sa'
torn with internal war. as 81 ot.. S'u
fore in its history. The technical ,,s'
acter OF this vigorous song is vel, .~.
gested in the words of the pro,,..
note, which continues: "The sonh
mood of the opening pages ia en.,
sized BY four-part division =, 'sS
basses; in the middle section the tsn.'
begins in a sluggish nine-four o,..
ally evolving INTO an eight-four o.,
finally four-four movement. ~.
council of the older clan-folk' !,
scribed in a regular fugue Of Nv,
voices. leading up TO a tremendor, !,
max, when the BASES proclaim ths,,.
on the outcast, interrupted BY ;e,r,a
y JVtkily
syncopated explanations of the ts,,,.
After a violent fortissimo climss \.
music wanes and disappears in the ~
mood of its sullen opening" Nj,
song, it is explained, was written an.
cially for university students a.,
fears, however, that the American -,
lege boy, whose Bonnie Lies Over Il.
Ocean, Up-i-dee," would not be gratssDI
for music so difficult.
The other novelty of this prom va,
Sibelius's Song Of Exile" sung Tu.,.
day for the first time outside Of FL.
land. 1t expresses with liveliest fs..
ing, as Mr.. SCHNEIDER believes. the Gym .
pathy of the Finnish patriot for III,
brothers who had been exiled to Sbs,,
for opposing the Gar and his works
But the outstanding feature of MI
programme was the "Folk Music A
America" which comprised the fin,
group. One of the songs. called aTb
Sun Worshippers.' was brought fyu
the Zuni tribe by Professor Carlo
Iroyer, who IS authority for the STATE
ment that it is one of the most iuspj,.
ing features of the morning ceremopil
ais of the cliff jewellers. With II.
happy discovery that it makes perfec
canon, Harvey Worthington LOOMS
who has interested himself much il
the folh-music of the Southwestern
Indians, arranged it for chorus. BE
managed to give an extraordinsv
beauty to the song, but a beauty, om
suspects, which reflects rather NJ
Loomis's own happy facility than the
rude sincerity of the Indians.
But the news feature" of the who'll
recital was the spiritual, ."Goi;
A-gwine ter Move All de Troublti
Away" which Natalie Curtis Burll
has just brought back from her so.
journ in the South, recorded exacty
as the negroes sang it to her, with 81.
the parts and all the accents retained
With Mr.. BurIeigh as soloist, or raths
leader" it called forth an appaua
which was clearly a demand for repeti
ton. This particular type Of Bibla
ballad, telling III the raciest of negr
dialect the stories Of the Testamen's
old and new, is unfamiliar to man
who know and love the refrains d
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" "Rol
Jordan, Roll" and the rest.
With the performance Of this song
which marks the beginning of rs'
and more scientific kind Of reseapi'
the interest of musicians in the folk
song of the negro must find new
dating point. Surely the music Of ihs
black race is now 70 be accepted o.
one Of the most precious artistic tre's
ures of America. 1t is here, to be mace
use of as best the American compose
can. 1t is here, Iagtime and all. Nc
may as well get used TO calling II iss
time, for the more scholarly w'fa
"syncopation" won't do. There sF
many types OF syncopation, but 'asls
is only one music with the favor wnEi
we all recognize as that of rag.ins.
By coincidence, the Metropolis,
Opera House a few weeks ago stsg''
a work which is informed from y
ginning to end with the spirit a. q.
letter OF ragtime. This was Mr.. VI.
bert's ballet. "The Dance in pM
Congo" Ragtime in the Metropolis
IT is a fact, and most auspieious ~.
Ragtime is also here in concert, ID.
hymn tune, which, with all its quay
animation, does not lack certain o.
votional quality. =.
Ragtime fer the rejuvenstlon OF "
ballet and ragtime for The gresl.
glory Of God. Surely. as even ~
powers of the sanctum must admit. 'a'
is news"