New-York tribune., 1922-01-26
Musical Heavens
StOrmed in Recital
BY Miss Du Carp
Pianist, Criticized Year Ago
for Small Tone. Returns
With Amazing Pursuance;
PLAYS New Pierne Number
By II. f. krehbieI


pening at Carnegie Hall yesterday aft
"rnoon let Us quote passage OF Scrip
ture: And from the days of John the
Baptist until now the Kingdom Of
Heaven sufFereth violence. and the vio-
lent take it by force" That is from
a report of sermon written by Mat
thew. Luke records the utterance in
different words: "The law and the
prophets were until john since that
time the Kingdom Of Goo is preached
and every man preseeth into it." We
do not wish to attempt Biblical eX-
egcsis, so we set down tho text in
terms of music: From the days Of
Franz List until now the kingdom Of
music susereth violence and the vio-
lent take it by force. Here. the ap-
plication: Last season young woman
whose pretty nsme-Mare Magdeleine
du Carp-also has Biblical sound,
gave two recitals of piano9orte muaic
in Aeolisn Hall. The newspaper re-
viewers. We believe were unsnimous
IN praise of the fnesse of her play
ing. the beauty o. the tone which she
evoked from the instrument, the poet
lca! and music;anly quality OF her read
ings. But they said she did not pro-
duce large tone. Evidently she felt
that she had not met the demands Of
latter-day pianoforte playing. So, we
fancy, she went in during the months
when have elapsed since then for phys
zeal culture and developed "thcws Of
AnaAim and pulses of Titan's heart'
mat she might produce thunderous
sounds from the instrument Of ripid
steel into which rivalry between vir-
tuosi and manufacturers have trans
formed the pianoforte for which
beethoven and his beloved disciples.
schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and
'hopln composed some Of the most
beautiful music in the world
Exhibits Acquired Pursuance
Now 1T became necessary to exn;hit
no, acquired puissance. So With the
heip OF much money her manager hired
olg hall lCarnegie). big orchestra
lhe I'm harmonic, with It's conductors
Ny. StransKy). prepared a big pro
gram (Beethoven's emperor" and
Nchnmanns s concertos and a brand
new Poeme Symphonique' by Gabriel
flernel and gave the concert which a
muititGde Of people. many of them
Muaiczl. listened 70 yesterday II was
Veiitsbiy a storming Of the musical
heavens. But when it was ali over the
re esiduum OF pleasurahle emotion left
IN the minds Of her judicious hearers
vas that caused by her exhibition
Of the lovely artistic qualities which
she mad disclosed in her lecitas last
season. Ine rest vas amazsment at
ger daring IN attempting q rrodig ous
Ieat and admiration for the splendid
technical equipment which she brought
To It's execution. Hor performance of
al the music was practicable hsckless
On It's mechanical SIDE but ii vas in
the serene lovel.ness Of the slow move
Ments OF thc cuncertos. not IN the bri-
-AAoy Of theil hnalcs. that size showed
nel knowledge OF the works. her SYM
re5hr FOR their emorioaal contents and
ne' e9pacitT for expression. Size yiaccd
herself Enthusiastically IN the. ranks OF
tie vlrtsosi. hat did not quite COLI
rincc rs that she is & musical poet o.
the ilr~t order. She might. perhaps.
have done $50 had Sl.e sought to charm
rather tnan TO be1siloe, US.
New trenc;, Coinpo sition
ne new compoS ,1ion seemed - us
one Of the best thi4ios that have conc
to us from France sii.ee the wsr-per-
maps the verg best. Il is III one move
inent, out ~ II nay be recognized the
essential elements u the concerto
form. though it was ninrke dig 2ifTer-
ent trom tne works which preceded il.
IN one of his erratic periods Beethcven
took Il into his head tnat Germo
words instead OF Italian ought to Ii
o'npleyed as musical terms So h
called the p.anoforte "Itainnei
hiavier' and suggested that "Strci
stuck be subst tnted for "concer.o"
! STREET is a quarrel Of dispute. ana
Wnat Beethoven meant to Imply By
the resignation vas that q concerto
was not exactly quarrel or dispute
between solo instrument aud all OF
cnestra, but a harmonious rivsjrr III
tine proclamation Of musical t!.ouchts
between them. TIA. il what the "F1o-
ueror' concerto is: rncre distnctlv tina.
~ what the slow movement in the {,
mayor concerto is-the movement for
winch Schumann provided lovely con-
psnion III ms Intern ez2o played ves-
tefdaN. The two performing agent
We with each otner in the cXchanoe
Of beautiful thoughts and comments.
Mr. Plernc ass igned different role to
ms solo instrument. 1t is the ey
FOUNDER of the musical idea underlvinm
the work and remains dominant ever
Wnen all The full powers Of the modern
orchestra are released The work vas
oes gned a. glorificatior Of the dead
VINO died Tor France. and for ,ts pyo-
-" He 'O"N w q pcTtIOn or ono Of
Victor Hugo's "Chants du Cresnusculo,
IN which the poet summons the multi
'ude to pray for the Aonored dead.
whose renown is greater than ali other
earthly slories. The panoforte in
tones solemn canticle, song Of
strong, vital. exalted beauty: and when
'hls IS taken up By the orchestra the
planoforte adorns 1t with vigorous
chords chords Ike the tramp Of victorious
"osss' a midd c section Is enriched
With moro scintilant Embellishments
ana hnally there is crashing melee
.ugato in which the solo instrument
noioS Its own against the fortiss;mo
or tne orchestral army:
GIoire nctre France eternelle!
1iolre eux oui sont morris pour
els" p0N1
1t IS a splendid hymn of triumph.
and 1t was splendidly sung.
Mary Garden Makes Her F;rst