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Tbe newest; brightest,
brought Protestant and Catholic to
getter Thursday evening at the pro
Cathedral. It was a grand mingling of
choirs. The fault of the program was'
Its length. And all the numbers were not
equally good; the insipid mandolin solo
and that three-stanza hymn of Mr. Sea-
The concert of the Matinee Muslcale tlon, imagery, climax without, howev- mark's choir might well have been
suffered perhaps, from' its restrictions er, seeing that. In the true oration these emitted' So might the final chorus by
4 to one kind of music, the music, in the are results, accessories of the strong un- the children. The concert should have
- face of this restriction gave It. to the derlying conception. Irf these musical ended with the inspiring Sanctus. The
m student of music, a peculiar interest, compositions there Is all the resonance, best feature of the program was th'e
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riding Tourist sleepers: Mrs. A. S. Raymond's Introductory pa- all the climax, all the external result singing of the pro-Cathedral choir. Mr.
W per was so apologetic and claimed so of a strong musical concertlon. But Movlus is a remarkable leader, a leader,
W lltflo mrlt for the comnosttions of the cOnceDtlon is lacklrie. Th'ia Is shown ,.-v.nm i .,. mon.. v. . oiiw
women that it would be unjust to say In part by Mrs! Herzog's second num- hitherto fitly to appreciate. He has. In
. (,mai in memuens piuiiiiwru mvc mwi ;,, "cic n.c meme nu uuwuncu nis cnoir, excellent material, parucu
( ir taey gave. They promised. Indeed, far from another composer, presumably a larly In Miss Helen Daugherty, whose
I less, and surprised one's diminished ex- man. Here' It gained much by sympa- voice, if wisely developed, promises
Iiectatlon. thetic development, and by very effect- better than any other heard this year
1 Yet one's expectation needed dlmln Ive technique In rendering. At the same n the city. It has the even, rounded,
1 Ishing. It would to prepare one for a time. It was th'e presence of this subject vibrating tones, the flute-like quality
restricted class of compositions, unless that gave the composition its definite, that, in so many cases, one looks for In
? it were music by German or Slavonic compose attempt the maximum of force? vain. Of Miss Finnegan's voice, this Is
2, composers, or. perhaps, the music of memorable character. not true. It seems a little metallic,
V some one master. In so limited a pro- Why, by the way, should women who even, at times, strident. Her singing'
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gram, too, it is difficult t form just. Probably because it Is what in listening has artistic merit, but lacks power.
critical judgment. As on one very cold to or in rendering music, most charms Another new voice which surprised
day we forget the past shlverings and them. Yet they err in this, just as do many was Mr. Spangier's, of St. Paul's
think we have never seen a day so' half our poets and novelists, half the choir. Mr. Smith still weakens his
cold, so. In a concert of music exclusive- men who write music. Each has only singing by adherence to tremolo. He
l)y of one kind, one lacks measure, and a certain power of creation. One should has excellent vocal material, but he
is in danger of overestimating a num- not compose beyond this. If one has an does not get wliat pianists would call
MC CLUBES MAGAZINE ber by comPar-nB u not w,th a11 mu" ,maSnation limited to the creation of a "singing tone." His voice does not
sic. but only with Its Immediate neigh- dainty songs?, compose only those. Why flow. It seems to vibrate with effort.
bors. essay mese suDiimer nignts calling ror This is a pity, for he sings with spirit
The best numbers seemed those by strong wings of imagination, sustained and musical appreciation. Mr. Sea
Chaminade. though the little Sttidy by power of construction? A vague con- mark's choir sang strongly In the Te
Teresa Careno seemed to have an ade- ceptlon of Immensities never made eith- Deum. It seems, however, that the
quacy, a subject, a unity, that the oth- er a Paradise Lost or a Fifth Sym- singers are picked a little too miscel
ers those of the others that were ex- phony. For these Is needed the ablll- Ianeously. Their voices, too, seemed
clusively the work of women lacked, ty to imagine definitely, to utter a co- to lack the blending of those of the pro
It attempted but a little thing, yet It herent, articulate message. That must Cathedral. But this may be partly
achleved It. and most of Its utterances come'first. Then if it be grand and in- due to the fact that the latter had the
seemed to serve an end. Not so with spiring, let it work itself into worthy advantage of orchestral accompanl-
Chamlnade. Her work seems ornate, form.
rather than elaborate; sounding, rath- It must be some comfort, however, for
er than profound. The'Andante illus- women to consider that they are not
trates this. It has, in Its color, some- alone In the category of vague emotion
thing that recalls, remotely, the trans- allsts, aiming Incoherently at "effects."
cription, for two pianos, of Chopin's This vagueness, the helpless sense of
Marche Funebre, but It lacks the sub- unutterable vastnesses, is at the bot
ject of that, the strong conception. It torn of the literary and artistic inade
has emotion, but it lacks the musical quacles of the day. It is the real root
material through which that emotion of the "Degeneracy" that Nordau writes
should be expressed. Dr. Hanslick says of, a lack of calm artistic intent, giv
that the reason that women achieve so ing us, not Shakespeares and Beethov
Uttle in musical compositions Is that ens, but Vaetedllncks and Saert-Saens,
"the plastic element In musical compo- creators Impatient of creation, aspir
sltlon Imposes the necessity of keeping Ing not to utterance, but to its emotion-
free from all subjective feelings." Many al results.
critics nowagree with Dr. Hanslick, that
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emotion, should excel In Its expression, ley. Miss Morrow, and Miss Crook, all
Music, however, must have, as its prime took part In the program. Their work
object, not emotion but music, a mu- is too well known to call for detailed
slcal Idea, a musical theme, which shall comment, unless it be that of Mrs. Her-
thrill the musical imagination of the zog, whose playing was brilliant, with
hearer, rousing, through this, appropri- force unusual in a woman. Perhaps
ate emotion. Miss Worley deserves special mention
Now in interpretation, where emotion- for her singing of Chamlnade's Summer,
al subjective feeling, superimposed on Evidently the Matinee Muslcaie con
technique, is the essential, women al
ways lead, often excel. When a man
excels, he is often some feminine ge
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Special concerts seem the order of the
week. Close to the evening of woman
composers comes an evening of lulla
bies. One is tempted to fancy it mleht
tie, playing divinely, adapting, arrang- hRVe hein we ,f lhe women who 8Ure
Ing much, making the most of the ere- ,y shouId understand the lullaby
ations of others. spirit, had composed them. Really,
The compositions played at the mat- however. it is surprising that after over
inee. particularly, perhaps, those of an hour onui,abjr any ,,,, unfeeiingly
Chaminde, too obviously sought the ex- axvake After the cumulatlve
pression. not of an idea, but of an emo- ettt of the Schlummedlled; Wynken.
tlon. not saying, but the effect of say- Blynken Nod. and Chopin's Ber
ing. Evidently the composer felt pro- cet ls WOndei' that the Sunday
foundly the grandeur of music, and aim- mornlns congregation did not find the
ed at this, rather than at treating ade- Friday nlght.s audience still in their
quately a grand musical idea. It is the 8eats slumbering off their sleepy po-fattlt-of
a certln kind of college oratory. tiof,
which seeing that- orations elevate. 4
blaxe with Imagery, amaze with cli
maxheaps, in its turn, vague eleva- A sense of the kinship of all worship
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