MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 9

MUSIC.

Jififc fE.WWS Gii'if.? Harold Bauer Next, Harold Dane; - , tho renowned pianist, ivlm is eoinmoiioiig his iir'st tour of A.us: t'm'lia jicst HHflntii.j .has feiiii further triumphs in America. A fow weeks hirek ho appeared with Miss Alma Otaels, ,i woted American MjHiuio, ii : fc tits Symphony llafl, Boston.,. ajid achieved a gnjjtt suewss. 'lliis famous vh rc.jjricrti'rg of sevwa't it-ems • hy Dteli-tissy, Clwpiu, SchtiWt, asicl •Saint-h-iii'ifs invoked oaithusi:tsin s and iio te(l finally to' refuse to givsj j'urthor encores. toner apjwai'Hl again hi I lesion it few (lays later ill a. uiiigii'o. reeitai, of which the programme W.is designed to ravesil striking •contrast;?' of toiifi and thejrio. Il:s SiiCc.O-ss oji ti;ii occasion wrts even 'more liijifke.d than s.c tho 'former concert. Mr, Leonard Borwlck, .. Mr. Leointi'tl iionvirii. Iho eiiyiiiisnt English pianist, who tcr.ii.-d. Now Zealand a toufilq of years ajjo iimtev tho mjuanfiiiK lit of Messrs. J. and ;\. 'I'aii, ■oStßtiieiicccl airojihef toiix at jlstfibairrto on Alay J2. Chopin, of which he is a tJ.elitiiiti'ti.i exponent, formed the major portion of his programme, Ijiit th-rp wore also a Jiai'li "Choro-ie," a, Brahms ' k 'ten's 'VVsiefe.)" a-nd bis .dttii ftn'aiigcinfrit of Jiatidcl's '''lia.fi.vioifi;Oua : Blacksmith." On the present occasion this Berwick lour is under the direction of Mr. Carh'iP Smytho. After appearina; in .Nov,- Zealand, .Mr. iionv.ieit will no. to Java, China, .thpnr., and Manila, and; by October 25 lie hopes to lio in S.ait FranciscOi Hoffmann's Etiquette. . Jostrf (iofmriUii''.s new book oil prana tells faii'i: important, Uiiit ( ;s: "1. Mash the. keyboard hel'oro using, your piano iij ihp. morning. S. 'J'iie lieigii; -of tho piano seat is to bo the same when you practise as wheii you play for people. ■ .."t, Do not hiie your .finger-nails. -I|'lf the soloist be a man tiro socompauist should prec.cuo him ■.<» iiia stage in order to .arrange his music, tile .height of. l.iis seat, or whatever may. bo. necessary, during -vvhicb lii.no the Soldi'st saliites ■t'lip autficnce.For these ' reasons it, should bo the same.when itha soloist is n woman, h'tifc as women aro of the feminine persuasion it v.-jil, perhaps, look better if the accompa Kit I yields precedence. to her."

Tha Nightly BusojtiU ; Wriiine from Munich on March 27 tiio correspondent, loi the ".Musical Courier' says: —• "Fcrruccio Busoni trifieri n largo Munich audieupo at "the Tonbatlo by his .brilliant and masterful performance.' ll© played the piano part of lii's new 'tajta*/ 'fai'itasiti with the;. enirji-gcd. Konzcrlveroiu Orchestra,, and , teee studies, by .l'np;anini-Liszt. t'hsiupass«d technique, profound iniellocuial grasp, warmth of teinpet anient. theso seem trite e.ncqmimns when applied ro a genius so groat as that of Fcr.ruccio 13uMini. lie. wa.s sccord&d a tremendous ovation. . The. programme " ccntnitieil two pure orchestral numbers, a Strauss emiiDositicn ami 'Fantastic' symphony by' JBirHpz. Both wc.to given admirable readings under I.lm ablo direction of Oscar Fned. Tho Greatest Violinist.

Mi. Geoigo Musgi<n<- writes m ie« fiiH'd m 't'hrconi'ing violinist .Miselia Eliuan, who was to have mado his tour under the Siiipir.an management. Mr. \lusgrovo itonucrtyat the iirui of WifUamson. and nates' 'This ycnni; man (.now iil years of age) .is tha [neatest living violinist. All tho world ■iuwft'6 Ehnan as a wonderfully gifted violinist, but it is a very open, quostioa as, to which artist could bb (jailed ■'■tha greatest hi mg »lolimst Even tho iiuest critics would probably disagree on the point, for, after all, tha technic of lire may be just as complete as another. ' Btotli may have appealing temperamental qualities, and. tkero may po littlo difference, ii.t tiio quality and power of tono produced, Jjut still one. person of scction wiM yo.tfiji for one man and oiifc- for another. _ George Musgrovo might say Elmaii is-- tho man; Gurirga Tallis might prefer Eugen Ysage., aiid' George I'ortus might plu ; nip.(or Fritz lireisler, and Georgo Bulier for Kubolils, What would the answer ho ;to tiio questian—"Who is the greatest 'living pfoilistj'''. Seventy, perhaps eighty per cent, of tho peoplo of New Zealand syoufS Tiftvct lies h^si|aiic : y lit writing I'aderowski, because it is a naino that, sticks, and he lias been, hero. If D'Albert or Bu.som wero suggested, tjipy, would perhaps ask who they Wore, yob Busoni, I Suppose, ig tho greatest lir-»: ing pianist of the day.

Expurgating "The Dream of Corontlus.'^j Mueh comment has boon caused hi musical ciiclos of Europe over tbo do* 1 cisiou of tho Dean r.nd Chapter of tho Petersburg. Cathedral to dcleto certain portions of tii'o text and music of Sir Edward Elgar's ''Dream of Gorontius,"■svjiiol). is .to bo giv.oi'i at tho festival i.oi- . bo held in tho Cathedral in May. Geri', vaso Elwcs "nas engaged" for" tho part, of Gerontius, but wJieu. approached hv tho authorities, or potters, to oinili cor-, tain references to strictly orthodox Ro< inau Catholicism, ho refused to . do eo, t •and accordingly another sciolist lial\ been engaged, " ' , . | To a .representative of tho ''Standard'*:) Mr. JClwes .said, that th.o report wa3.. q-uito correct, adding! ''I cannot from ffltojtasfeg; -this;;: action of tho cathedral authorities is,: singularly narrow-minded and illogical,': AVhila I respect their relißicUs suscopti-., bifibos- Ed l'ar as they do uo,t. wish' to iiiclurfo any references to tho Blessed. Virgin in a musical work sung in tha cathedral, it is obviously absurd for* them to imagine they can transformi tho work into soinothing purely 'proles-] rant' bv cutting out. tbo naroo, when. nil tho' rest of the work is distinctly;;; Boman Cntliolic and. liroatbcs that; spirits throughout. How illogical aW; this is Bray bo Seen from tho fact "tliai;.' $ Wor<&ster ; ®atlie&jil soino years ago! they garo tliio- '"^iVi'ftgHflßcatr, 1 a purely,. Roman Catholic composition through-j out, without any attempts at fexpiirgs.- \ ;tion." •- : Many other interesting comments. Were mado by Mr..Elwcs on tho subject ■of iho pinging of tho ■ nl music in Protestant cathedrals, concluding with tbo following commonts; ~*"T!i6 plain truth is that in art, roil cannot separato tho man f.roni tho ■ impulse that inspires liim. Elgar, as a devout Roman Catholic,, was inspired My' thought of -tfiisV \ T -irsUt'iii."life music, iiist as Cardinal Xowninu was inspired bv (he sa.mo influence in .his poem, so. if you take* olit the Virgin Mary from 'Tho Dream of GoVonHiis,' awl thus niiemut to. separate this particular in-piii-iO from the composite result, of words -:wd musip. .yQU absolutely destroy. tlio whole meaning, or, at least, VV.c deepest significance of the oratorio.' ■■■ ,

Notes. Max von Schilling is at. work on a 'HOW upora <'n(itlwl "Mona <u which tho libretto is by a woma.i, Beatrix Uovsltv, of Vienna. Tho iiicm w iii l;b pci:foTiiicd -'first. tliff Stjrit,crart Opera next season, but has ,nlM>adv boon accepted by Grcgqr for tho Vienna Jloyal: Opera. ■■Richard- : St.rauss will I)o: uiO■ years old on Juno 11. Mr, Leon Cohouhas discovered a pood French' horn player iii . Wi-llmj-.toii. This is Mr. Simpson., formerly snln iplayer "in tho : j Dorbydn'ro--- Kcftimeirial Band. Ho is a good "find."' Tho h."l- - cornot is a-poor substitut« for tlm real thing,, ■

Miss Molyneaux has returned to AVol'lirigton fr'ejm ChristchurchMiss Ida Frasor left for Sydney yesterday. 'lho Woliington friends of Miss. Gwen Burroughs will bo interested to hpav that she is playing .in tho Muriel §.tarr Company wliioh is at present tra\ - oiling between Perth and Adelaide; mid: is playing "Madamo XV' Miss If, Reading waa a passenger.hy tho Maunganui for Sydney, Miss iladierras. who has been. staying with Mrs. A. Gray, Kelburne, left •for Sydney by tho MftungaKUi yesterday, Mrs. and Miss Huhfcsr-Brown left for. Sydney yesterday by tho Maunganui. Mrs. Guy Williams motored through .to Masicrton yesterday from Welling- : ton.. Miss Woiter# (Carterton) is spending a fow days in Wellington befo-o returning to. tho Wairarapa from a usit ti tho south. Mr. and Mrs. Ghapmait-Tajlor arc leaving early next month on a visit, to; Engfend, via Sydney* At tho conclusion of tho day's work at, tin? Port Ahuviri School yesterday liftprnoiui, Mrs. A. Anderson, who has held tho position of head mistress for eighteen yonTS, and who re.tMfi's. on. suiv'rr.iimiation, was with a . purse of sovereigns hy the pupil teaehm and members of the committee, in recognition of her valr.abl'v services., Sc,;;ie of fhe fawt quo.lity hair •in all stediss evfcr Sltipovtei ft. thtj Col.oßres. .hns Arrived it* Wellington fv.im U'ndon, coHSigjiesl to Mrs. RoileMon, liambtoi), Quay, free <ff The siftunfchMfc MSnd? pf * r NA7/OT/' are tbss? wh<! hatvo tested it fo.r SoSfB Threats, Bvor.rWHs. <ind Colds, Have you tried .i.t ? Boia evorywht'rG. IS, {Id. hottje of CQ dosoj,-^AdTi,