Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-05
THE CRITIC TALKS
TO MUSIC LOVER,
Weekly Comment on Things NM,
cal In Discriminating +
Phiiadelphia

=. personsh,y, pius hard work, are n.
h H. ma' a sasons lor the snc"oqs 4
po,na,,u ndvn ,es.ivai at Bcthlehem
| hona 90 49,. .s'' as 'ne nonor OF being IA.
% Jfn;t.d - stato @ o",s ~, nus'cai event in Il.
hans .ttts ,,, mnivh IL beginning "A
nanco ~. .s "ne .ne musical signis
ban. H. %,.u ne paireu'h performance
h, .hn IT,
s,cno.ss,,i go q. every pre- 'cmnentb
1h. ,rs.l a .ne credit and most n
Dr o E,sd WI. one nan-,n thi. cad
nn,;sn - "o,.e; Doc.or Wolle's do.
was vail .e % vi sebastian Bad
fnro th thn nuwI sn., 10 his friends long b.
MANNED In fact nd't thn ,es,.vai srn, u was eya
doubtful IL at that timo Dnc,o anu m
even thought Of, mucn less pann.o "O
annual affair.
| He was anxious to give the first r,.
formance in the United States ~ q.
B minor mass, and with the dctermirs
tion and devotion to his idea which H..
| characterized his work with the no..
Choir ever since, he carried II 70 a.
cessful conclusion. Last week n.
writer, who attended that first perform
ance, mentally contrasted the scene y
1900, when 1t was first given, with M.
chorus, orchestra and, above MI w.
audience Of this years Performance
And yet, considering the dificui,,,,
under which Doctor Wolfe jaho,.,
twenty years ago, tbe small and "o1.
paratively inadequate chorus. tbe ~,
chcstra, made up largely of ama,on,
players, and other things incidental MI
the initial performan nee Of the e;oan,i.
composition, the Performance w..
amazingly rood. but no one in tbo co"a
try but j. Fred Wolfe. with biS sa
tbusiasm and his ability IN tronsn,,,l
that enthusiasm to his singers md "a
strumentaltsts. could have done II
y own 80 n. ,,s,, - s.h.u.,
~ - 'no ,c'N " 'eo"'',an pacn
Is not nasn In the pan. once ac.
| CURED, IL never leaves the devotee, and
TINS Is true 70 a greater extent OF bio
music tnan OF tnat OF any ptner cons
poser. Every year tne same races aft
seen at Bethlehem and the high spots'
OF the Is minor mass-and there are
lots OF them-always make the same
profound impression OF dignity, gran.
deur ana awe: Inc mass Is one OF IN.
greatest OF chorai WORKS ana IS ana
OF the Bach FESTIVAL.
pus tha' nrs. uhs snou'u hot w over
l%Gon % mLns ~ !. tha. ,,,oui,s ' ~ Iuts ~.
= c.ans. .;ai u,;na @ ~ o,"a a,,ou u i;naa me
ttuu t ~ haan5 .Is,r.horo "'sa, Wv.
Wnich cannot a oe healu e,se"nt.e, W., ate =
Smns. nn ny maSS =. Nae oyn s"ru a ~ !,
rniiaue,phia anu IN t>eM .orA' a. a"S, III
|
cago, put IN none VI 'hese ltus' I rtu'tL' .t'
are .he nio.e.s. 'ne Jans"s u;'.a anu Wv
ot1er greaS gnErai Moihs me sNen. s; = G,
Doctor Wohe mug 'ne mus. " , ne,
oastian nacm Il. ..s enst' snst en'o "" .h
nearly a,Mass on ~. ;s' u"t Vi ="
1estlVai tnere 10 sohie'n,hs on .ne pro
gram tnat even .ne c,ose s s'uoHn' ~ "
baCh mas never nea,u g,lol ~ Ms W.,
wen worm a "Trip 10 Detn,eneh S!I ,n'
year 70 near ,ne iharys,ouS W nS ii,ole' sna n."
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TIME outstanding feature of the musi
80 pooh :, lie otorra, vortb nm
froshnos. s;v;ns II n sense of modernit
~. as 80, 10 othor nornnoser =
~. .na. -. .ne W.. sar tbot r,ottor of nm
e. n,s s,ne n" b..wooU ~, him him and Havdr
p;ansonoos as shorn as anv that De
hnssv or Ravel use appear CONSTANTS
pussy .U;. ~, ;n,un,.aot reesorrot;on. Ras
~sos @ thom Iog;cally and for n sppci6
usss % 'num for tho saLo of force
or;sinal;tv-and he always resolve
them
Thn ,so ~ tho d;ssonant was vel
known to Bach /; but, for that matter, 8