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N1USIC NOTES I The Opening Night

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BY HERMANN 110EXTER. I

The Mahler Festival in Amsterdam. I

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The most notable gathering of
world famous musicians, coming from
every quarter of the globe; a irrit-
able "Friedenfest" of musician;, me t
in Amsterdam (Holland) tar 10 0
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weeks last month to pay tribute coy

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At Covent Garden

BY ENOCH MEliS
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Following the impulse of a sudden
inspiration very often leads to hap.
pier results than those which devolve
iron) a long drawn out premeditated

action. This was agreeably proven
when I decided at the eleventh hour--
actually two hour, before—to treat
myself to the opening performance of
La litnlieme at Ole Lovett Garden
ra I louse, London England.

their presence or by direct partici-
pation in the great festival arranged
by the Amsterdam Coneertgebouw in
the honor and the memory of one
of the greatest of modern symphonic
'ie stalls and dress circle were
composers—the Austrian Jew. Gustave
alahler. The uniform excellence of sold out, but a seat in the amphi-
theatre circle could he had. The
the performances of the difficult COM-
amphitheatre circle is just one tier
po.itions of this master, the high
below the seats reserved for the gal-
standards which were maintained, and
lery gods. Here one did not have to
the ideals which were preached to the
put on evening dress, and could let his
devout enthusiasts who attended the
concerts day after day—these are all unrestrained and appreciative enthu•
a siasui mingle with the buoyant and
the uncrowned
king
of ' Rolland,
(I " I°
he genius the
of conductor, vociferous applause of the Bohemian

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\Villein Mengelberg, lalio is to come crowds above, unmindful of the de-
In this country next fall to act as corous reaerve of the bejeweled ladies
in and stiff fronted gentlemen below.
associate to Arthur liodanzky
building and developing the reorgan- Here I sat through the performances,
stage, the
lard New National Orchestra of New
h all
leier'liine tel:Ca'St
stalls
t ea(Il on the
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about int'.
When a City of 641).1") inhabitants
'f l it' King and Queen had signified
can he aroused to such spontaneous
NENV YORK.—Dr. Nathan Krass. I . +
their intention of being present on
exhibitions of civic pride and enthu- this night, as is their custom at everylRa libi of Central Synagogue, and
siasm as Amsterdam demonstrated opening of the opera season, but, ow- member of the Executive Board of .
last month; when it names :in avenue ing to the recent death of the Crown the American Jewish War Relief and' sll•
and a public square in honor of the in i.i„,.,, a s Sweden, the Ki ng' s fi rs t Joint
Distribution Committees, Is '7s,:-
man (obis same 5l rngclbergI who cousin, the royal box was empty. /tut going abroad again this summer inn ' .0st ,
bas practically given twenty-live there was nobility, aristocracy and the interests of the suffering Jews
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3I ars of his life and labors to make wealth t i , , t,ffi e t eh t profusiontthti in Eastern Europe and Palestine. Dr. ,7,1-;
his orchestra one of the finest and splendor to more than satisfy th e Ix rasa has toured the 12nited States 49
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greatest in the world, and at the most ardent worshiper at the shrine So veral times and has raised millions , V,
same lime so cultivate the taste of of blue-Wooden] deity.
of dollars for the cause of the relief 1+
Iris countrymen that they prefer sym-
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Jews in flee war stricken lands. Da
I confess to a secret breach of I °
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phony to opera, and the abstruse com-
20E1-210 GRISWOLD ST.
decency' and good manners. Tat i s, Last year he visited the lands of son El!
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positions of the 'Mahler to those of a
if gazing at tones complete leisure, row and suffering and brought back . F!
host of lesser lights \stunse music still
graphic
report
to
the
Jews
of
this
iltti
from a remarkably good vantage I a
tickles the palate of popular in-
point, at all the well-displayed ladies i F ° "" tr Y which stirred their genersts- :Ins
clination In nearly every other mus-
through a pair of plus eight binoc - ity.
Pr. Era" expects
ical community, then there must cer-
ulars, can thus be characterized. It the Niew, Amsterdam July 7.
tainly be some profound reason for
cannot be denied that poor feminity
such a manifestation, a conviction
must fare ill under the ruthless
barn of experience that in the works
scrutiny of such ocular magnification.
of Gustave Mahler a new gospel for
And at what a disadvantage the obi
the regeneration of mankind is to served victim is
Nevertheless, I
be found, an abiding message of love plundered, visually, everything within
\VA l(S.NW—M, A.
Novakofsky,
and healing is to be read.
scope. l'oung and old, comely and editor of the local weekly, has al-
This is not the place to go into an otherwise, dressed an mostly not. I rr„(1,
been ,„rd there time, fur k.
extensive resume of the life and work speak now of the title and dignity n
eating to pogroms against the inns.
of this great Jew, who in his chosen bearers. But in vain olio! I look for In a recent article he declared that
field was as great a reformer as Dr. that most fascinating of all pictures — ,
et hic Jews had a bad influence in the
Isaac Weiss, as great a scholar as a genuinely happy face. Thrrc
were army, and therefore their Christian
Hirsch, a poet as sensitive and as ex- straight faces, drooping melancholy
fellow students should avenge them-
quisite as Heine, a musician who must mouths, puffed and lightless eyes, and
selves upon them. L'pon all three oc-
This Is II,• same Rosen who formerly owned the Warsaw
ultimately take his place with the a perceptible air of listlessness and
casions this editor Was acquitted.
Bakery. Tills is my new establishment. Bread baked here
representative symphonic composers inanimation over all. I could look
The period'cal "Dwa Grosza" quite
three times a day-5:30 A. 151.--2 P. 51.--5 P. M.
of three distinct epochs in the his- into the pupils of their eyes, see the
satisfied with the decision of the
— SHIPMENTS MADE UP THE STATE
torical development of this art form, furrows on their brows, even some
court, hails Pan Novakofsky as a
viz.: Mozart, Beethoven and of the artifices that these.slays so ma-
brave fighter against Judaism and
Brahms. Like the great \'ienna mas- terially constitute beauty. it was all
Communism. It expresses the hope
ter, Mahler wrote nine symphonies; so clear and demonstrable. Not from
(Opposite BobInson.Cohen's)
that this holy warrior may fare just
where Beethoven was quite deaf when these areas did the artists hear the
as well in all future law suits.
he penned his •Iast composition, and thunder of their inspirations, but
though present, was denied the ex- from the tiers nearest the heavens,
perience of hearing the music except where suppressed expectancy and
that written in the higher registers, hushed delight would break into a roll
Mahler died before his "ninth" re- of applause, round after round, until
ceived its first public performance. it seemed as though the destiny of
Since his death, ilia fame has been the opera had been fulfilled by their
steadily growing, his music is slowly approbation, and that the soul of ma-
but surely winning recognition on its sic had found its counterpart in the
merit, he is gradually being recog- gladsome heart-throbs of her devoted
nized as the great spiritual pathfinder audiences.
in the modern school of cacophonous
Sir Thomas Beecham conducted,
and daring individual composition.
and a tense, domineering, forceful
I remember Gustavo. Mahler as conductor lie is. I am inclined to be-
conductor of the Philharmonic So- lieve that Ink father, Mr. Bedlam, the
city of New York, and recall my inventor of the famous Beecham fill,
restacy when I was once permitted was a more relaxed, easier-going per-
to attend a rehearsal at which Bee- son than his titled' son. If it were not
thoven's "seventh" was being analyzed so, the elder Beecham would have
for the benefit of the members of the charged more for his boxes and not
orchestra. Mahler seemed to know left it to his offspring to conduct a
the meaning of every note in the business where boxes were soil at
score, and he had the supreme artist's fabulous prices to those whose con-
happy faculty, the ability of making stitutions needed them less than the
each man antler Itim appreciate his small round boxes of earlier days.
place and his part in the building up which, if a physiological census were
of the perfect ensemble. Difficult taken, I doubt not it would be found
uick's
ordan
passages were repeated endlessly until that the latter Were !Welled snore.
Covent Darden has an absorbing
Thep satisfied his keen ear, repeated
191 1)-1920
1920
history
on
Which
volumes
could
be
until they glowed like burnished gold.
The music became transparent, the written. !fere the greatest celebrities
Touring
Car (brand new)
Roadster
and
Tourings
were
made,
and
those
with
groundless
meaning obvious. I have never :wain
heard Beethoven played as he was ambitions were buried. For me Cov-
ent
Garden
holds
one
delightful
mem-
under the magnetic baton of Mahler.
iberty's
Cadillac
It was the same for Mozart, especi- ory. There I was fortunate enough
ally the operas of this divine genius. some years ago to sec a performance
1919-1920
Models 55 and 57
Mahler conducted "Figaro," of Les llugenots, at which the ravish-
"The Magic Flute," Mid inlayed the ingly beautiful Una Cavaieri made
Tourings, Phaetons, Victoria
Touring,
Sedan
and
Touring
Car
recitative accompaniments al a mod- her debut. Tetrazainni in the prima
ern imitation of the harpsichord, set- donna role, "Destine at Her Best,"
ting and singers counted for nought— and my Father-in-law falling asleep
armor,
udson's
the music was the thing, and the pub- between arias.
1919
1919-1920
The opera itself was quite laelli0Cre.
lic overwhelmed the conductor with
applause for bringing this truth so Qualifications were sorrowfully lack-
ing
though
efforts
were
not,
and
the
Touring
(exceptional value
Coupe
and
Sport
Model
forcibly home to them.
performance suffered greatly in the
The last time I saw and heard Mah-
comparison with those produced at
ler was at a wonderfully cast perform-
our 'Metropolitan Opera House. The
oamer
ldsmobile
ance of Wagner's immortal love
greatest artists are today in America.
Late Model
1919-1920
poems "Tristan and Isolde." l'nder \Vhere wealth is, there talent lavishes
his masterly guidance the music her wondrous gifts, and Europe today
warmly glowed, reflecting every sub- feels the pinch of this truth. Talent
Touring (Sport)
Tourings, Roadster, Coupe
tle shade and tint on the orchestral struggles for approbation here, and
palette; grew in depth and intensity having a goodly store of it to her
Commercial
until it held the vast audience spell- credit, proceeds to covert it into cash
ldsmobiles
bound. Never loud, never boisterous; on the other side,
Fords—Maxwell
O 1919-1920
it became the expression of passion
Thomas Burke, the star tenor,'
subdued, it became what Wagner
struggled pitifully through the beau-
Vim, Doyle, Buick
4-passenger-6-passenger
Himself wrote it was and with every
tiful "Cho gelida manina," and spoiled
performance should be, love itself.
the "death scene," by acting a ,
There have been more dramatic read-
though he was quite contented and
ings of this marvelous score, but none
at a very
This is
reconciled by that appalling event.
so permeated with understanding
and seemed intent on assuring the
spirit, so convincing, so abidingly true.
audience by an obvious nonchatancy
A very limited number of Amer- that the scene was only a make-
icans came to know Mahler, the gifted believe one, and that there was no
conductor. He left these shores when need for experiencing any sad emo-
he found that his duties were so bur- tions because of it. The rest of the
densome as to leave him no time for company were equally as good. It is
reflection and composition. The soil, generally understood that Sir Thomas
the atmosphere was not congenial, Beecham is not the kind of light
not conducive to the expression of around which the best artistic moths
his best talents, the unfolding of his like to gather. His extreme modesty
remarkable genius. A still smaller is designated very commonly as a
number is acquainted with Nlahler, form of "swank," and generally con-
the composer. His compositions are sidered as an artful way of concealing
to lie featured on the programs of an inordinate supply of egotism.
the National Orchestra when Mengel- Many times throughout the perform
berg assumes control. May we not ance the voices were completely
look forward to tlw performance of drowned by the orchestral accom-
some of his music by our own sym- paniment, so much so, that through
phony orchestra next season? Men- several scenes. one found himself
gelberg is sure to bring several of staring at what appeared to be a
the coveted scores from Holland. pantomime performance. acting to the
.And he would be happy to know that overwhelmingly loud music of a gi-
the music is to be played by other gantic stringed afistra, rising and
sterling orchestras and under such falling in intensity f sound to the
able direction as we have come to look wide gyrations of long arms and the
forward to and realize in readings of rythmic motions of a little lively stick.
our own gifted conductor, Ossip In the midst of all this one can be
forgiven for lapsing into a retrospec-
Gabrilo•itsch.
tive mood and feeling poignantly that
Manchester University has con- the days of Patti, Melba, I)e Reskes
ferred the honorary degree of D. D. and all the others that made up that
galaxy of operatic stars, are now al-
on Claude G. Montefiore.

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