‘La
Casaque’
was Molière bowd- THE FIFTH TEN VOLUNRS NOW RBADY.
Athenaeum - London - 1912a
, the following pictures : J.
D.
de Heem, Still
of it perhaps in No. 25, An Englishwoman; both names repeated in Albion and
Life on a Table, 1991. 108. J. van Goyen, A and the challenging expressiveness of No. 11, “Mona," which, he says, marked the nor-
Frozen River Scene, with old buildings and The New Hat, shows an absorption in the thern - most limit of the ancient Ligurian
windmill, numerous figures with sledges and
horses, 2151. S. van Ruysdael, A River Scene,
human interest of the subject which domi.
territory.
with buildings, boats, and cattle, 3251. ; A River nates its cleverness. In others, such as
Scene, with a waggon, ferry, boats, figures, and Nos. 8 and 30, the designer's triumph of SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY is to lecture to the
animals, 6351. M. van Musscher, An Astronomer, Auency of line is a little that of the virtuoso. Hellenic Society at the Society of Anti-
in red dress, seated in his study with two attend
No. 7 has a suggestion of painter's qualityquaries on the 7th of next month on 'The
ants, 2521. School of Van Eyck, A Triptych,
with the Madonna and Child, and two angels in
of a similar order, while No. 9, The Hotel Shrine of the God Men at Pisidian Antioch,'
the centre ; St. Christopher and a bishop on Window, is admirably to the point as a the discovery of which he reported in our
either wing, 3041.
study for the setting of a figure subject. columns last summer.
“ weird
>>
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No. 4409, APRIL 27, 1912
THE ATHENÆUM
479
Tauns. Twolve o'clock Chamber Concert, Bollan Hall
Edouard Garcenu's Matindo, 3. 15, Bechstein Hall.
Mapia Seguel's Pianoforte Rooital, 3. 15, Æolian Hall
Georges Pistob's 'Cello Recital, 8. 15, Bechstein Hall.
TRI. Paul Reimer's Vocal Recital, 3. 15, Bechstein Hall.
Frank Merrick's Concert, 8, Bechstein
Hall.
SAT. Pablo Casals's Orchestral Concert, 3, Queen's Hall.
Ernst von Longyel's Planoforte Recital, s, Bechstein Hall
Isobel Pardon and Celia Klein's Violin and Vocal Recital, 8
Rolian Ball
6
66
was
was
singing, but also her movements and gestures.
MUSIC
We therefore reserve our opinion concerning
her merits. The Don José of Signor Giuseppe
Cellini was promising; he has, at any rate,
an excellent voice. Signor Sammarco is an
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. able artist, but his Toreador’ song was
(Notice in these columns does not preclude longer not at all exciting. Signor Campanini con-
review. )
ducted.
Buck (Percy C. ), ORGAN PLAYING, 4/ net.
'La Tosca' was given on the following
Macmillan
DRAMA
Monday. Madame Edvina, whose Méli-
Increasing interest is being taken in organ sande has been justly praised, showed unex.
playing, so that this volume will be welcome. pected powers in her impersonation of Floria
It is by an experienced and able organist, Tosca. Her voice, it is true, is not of the
and is a thoroughly practical book. It quality which one would single out as specially
· THÉRÈSE RAQUIN. '
begins with elementary manual and pedal appropriate to that dramatic rộle, but
exercises, gradually passing on to higher she sang with strong feeling and, 'when | ZOLA's 'Thérèse Raquin,' performed in
stages. Then there are manual exercises
required, tenderness. Her acting in the English at the Court Theatre on Tuesday
on practical points: extended fingering, second act was notable for its power and afternoon, is an exercise in the ma-
changing manuals, cross-rhythms, &c. That restraint, during the whole of it there was cabre,” typical of the genre which could
Dr. Buck draws upon Bach for many of nothing theatrical or sensational. Signor be at one time his supreme achievement,
his exercises is, of course, natural, for no
Giovanni Martinelli, a new Cavaradossi, has
at another his mannerism. In the
organist of any standing could venture to an exceptionally fine tenor voice and digni; deliberate accumulation of transpontine
pass him by. We also find a few specimens
fied presence ; moreover, he is
from Prof. Max Reger, whom some call the
modern Bach. The chapters on Extem- appears to have a great future before him. effects and the accentuation of contrasts
His singing of 'E lucevan le Stelle the play might have been fathered by
porizing,' and the one suggesting, pieces most impressive. The orchestral playing, Massinger, except for the fabrication of
for practice, will be found most helpful. under the direction of Signor Campanini, subordinate details to be woven into the
The volume forms part of the Musician's
was excellent.
central theme and the rigid, unwavering
Library.
On Monday evening, the first night of exposition of the plot. Its motive is
Séré (Octave), MUSICIENS FRANÇAIS D’au- the summer season at the London Opera- the tragic débâcle consequent upon the
JOURD'HUI, 3fr. 50.
House, Gounod's 'Roméo et Juliette murder of the neurotic, puny, querulous,
Paris, Mercure de France given. The principal parts were taken by and niggardly husband by the wife and
The author of this volume explains in Miss Felice Lyne and Mr. Walter Harrold, her lover. To diffuse and thicken this
brief and well-chosen words his aim in who both sang well, though Miss Lyne's
writing it. Since 1870 a great musical voice, owing apparently to a cold, was not atmosphere Zola has even drawn upon the
movement has been going on. About that at its brightest. It was a good all-round stock-in-trade of the supernatural, the
time the disciples of Berlioz were trying to performance, and Signor Ernaldy proved bridal night of Thérèse and Laurent being
acclimatize the symphony in France, but himself a thoroughly sound and skilful con- similar in treatment to that of Anatole
most of the younger generation fell under the ductor.
France's 'Histoire Comique. ' The sub-
all-powerful influence of Wagner, while later
AMBROISE THOMAS's 'Mignon was the sequent scenes oscillate between naked
came that of Slavonic music, with its
enchanting melodies and vivid rhythms. opera selected for the following evening; it realism and grotesque extravaganza. The
But for some time past French composers,
is of conventional character, and, though it mother of Camille Raquin, the murdered
profiting, however, in some respects from contains much light and attractive music, husband, becomes aware of the deed
these influences, have been opening new
paths, establishing, in fact, a genuine native Kerlord, the Mignon, created a favourable through the tortured hysteria of the two
impression : she has a sympathetic voice, guilty partners. She is paralyzed and
school. Performances of new works are
and sang with marked feeling. M. Jean stricken dumb, but, goaded by the
few and far between, honco the public is
slow in becoming familiar with them. Many Buysson is a capable artist, Ho has a well bickerings and counter-charges of the
trained voice, though in loud passages it
of the best contemporary musicians are
couple, speaks, and thus
was somewhat forced. M. Mérola conducted. drives them to suicide. Right up to this
therefore little known to the public. Of these
M. Séré has given us here a brief bio- On Saturday, May 11th, Mr. H. Plunket preposterous finale, the machinery of the
graphy, list of works, a very useful biblio- Greene begins a course of three lectures at play groans and creaks, labouring to shape
graphy, also iconography. The want of such the Royal Institution on 'Interpretation in these incidents into plausible dramatic
a book is much felt by many who take Song,' with vocal illustrations,
Mr. S. form. Amid these sulphurous artifi-
interest in modern French music. To assist Liddle will be the accompanist.
cialities, there is no room for the evolution
one in forming a judgment respecting a
MR. LYELL-TAYLER, director
work it is most helpful to know the com- Brighton Municipal Orchestra, at his recent creatures in the writhings of their mutual.
of the of character. We only see two abnormal
poser's early training, his age when he wrote benefit concert referred to the forthcoming disillusion, agony, and terror.
this or that work, and his views respecting musical festival to be given in the Dome
his art. Under Massenet, by the way,
during the last week of November, and was
The play was competently acted, the
Finck's 'Massenet and his Operas,' pub-
lished only last year, is named. The title able to state that he had received promises cast being superior to Madame Yavorska's
of help from Sirs Alexander Mackenzie and usual selection. Mrs. Theodore Wright
of this book is, however, somewhat mis-
Henry Wood, Dr. Alfred King, and Messrs. as Madame Raquin would have been more
leading, for it is given in h, while just
Coleridge Taylor, Edward German, and at ease in a less oppressive part, but acted
below other English books named have their
Robert Taylor.
with much felicity. Mr. Edmond Breon
proper English titles.
HERR SIEGFRIED WAGNER
to rendered the pusillanimous husband with
London in 1894 and 1895, and at some convincing fidelity.
Wagner concerts conducted works by his A special tribute is due to the acting
Musical Gossip.
grandfather Franz Liszt, excerpts from his of Madame Yavorska as Thérèse.
father's music dramas, and his own sym- showed that fierce, compelling force which
She
THE Covent Garden
season phonic poem 'Sehnsucht. ' He is coming
opened last Saturday with Carmen,' which again, and will conduct a concert at the disdains, and is so alien to, the common
seductive arts of the average English
owes its continued success to its book, and Albert Hall on May 12th.
to the fact that it is a happy blend of the
actress. One forgot her unfortunate ac-
old conventional opera with touches of
cent in the sheer audacity of her presenta
the dramatic spirit of Wagner which influ-
It was a courageous
endeavour
enced French composers at the time (nearly
to add a subtlety to the character of
forty years ago) when Bizet wrote his opera.
Thérèse for which the dramatist gives no
A now Carmen, in the most favourable
warrant. She made the commonplace ·
circumstances, naturally induces comparison
with many eminent impersonators of the
criminal something like the more potent
Aighty, wayward woman. Mlle. Tarquinia WED.
and varied woman of Flaubert, and, if
Tarquini was evidently very nervous, and
she kicked against the pricks, she had, at
this affected not only her voice and style of
least, the individuality to do so.
possessed”
came
summer
tion.
PERFORMANCES NEXT WEEK.
Sux. Concert, 3. 30, Royal Albert Hall.
Bunday League ('oncert, 7, Queen's Hall.
MON. -BAT. Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Mon SAT. London Opera House, Kingsway.
Mon. Frederick Stock's Violin Recital, 8 16, Steinway Hall
Dr. Rumschiysky's Planotorte Recital. 8 80, Bechstein Hall.
TUES. René Bohet's Orchestral Concert, 3. 15, Æolian Hall.
Johanna Ferida's Vocal Recital, 3. 16, Bechstein Ball
Kathleen Bruckshaw's Pianoforte Recital, 8. 15, Æolian Hall
Johan Wysman's Pianoforte Kecital 8. 15, Bechstein Hall.
WED. Raoul Pugno's Pianoforte Recital, 3, Queen's Hall.
Arthur Rubinstein's Pianoforte Recital, 3, Bechstein fall.
Roland Jackson's Vocal Recital, 8. 15, Æolian Ball
Marie Leschetizky's (hamber Concert, 8. 15, Bechstein Hall.
Baltour Gardiner'i Concert 8. 80 Queen's Hall.
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belief in Mr. Hoffe’s rather ugly little fairy-
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Mr. Hardy has dramatized the story of vocative of laughter. Other attempts at
Amy Robsart with some care and dignity humour are dragged in with no more artistry
of utterance, and without lapses of taste. than is customary on the variety stage--this
Editors:
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Herbert Fisher, M. A.
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is too sedate and monotonous to kindle any
Prof. Gilbert Murray,
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but slight fires in the reader. Nor is the THE French players, who inaugurated their
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the play is sincere and praiseworthy, and night, if they stimulated us with their
Prof. Wm. T. Browstor.
reminiscent of the more quietistic Eliza- acting, did not captivate us by their choice
bethan manner. It is engaging rather than of play.
‘La Casaque’ was Molière bowd- THE FIFTH TEN VOLUNRS NOW RBADY.
powerful.
lerized, wrenched into a shape congenial 11. CONSERVATISM. LORD HUGH Cecil, M. A. M. P.
for histrionic tours de force. Of M. Tra-
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Kerr (Mina), INFLUENCE OF BEN JONSON ON
rieux's 'Un Soir,' the less said the better.
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ENGLISH COMEDY, 1598–1642.
Prof. W. P. KER, M. A.
Its theme is the calculation of a woman,
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A monograph of insatiable industry, but decides to forego elopement with the fiancé
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Prof. W. MCDOUGALL, M. B.
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Its Origin and
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NOTES AND QUERIES
482 WITH DISCUSSIONS.
of it perhaps in No. 25, An Englishwoman; both names repeated in Albion and
Life on a Table, 1991. 108. J. van Goyen, A and the challenging expressiveness of No. 11, “Mona," which, he says, marked the nor-
Frozen River Scene, with old buildings and The New Hat, shows an absorption in the thern - most limit of the ancient Ligurian
windmill, numerous figures with sledges and
horses, 2151. S. van Ruysdael, A River Scene,
human interest of the subject which domi.
territory.
with buildings, boats, and cattle, 3251. ; A River nates its cleverness. In others, such as
Scene, with a waggon, ferry, boats, figures, and Nos. 8 and 30, the designer's triumph of SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY is to lecture to the
animals, 6351. M. van Musscher, An Astronomer, Auency of line is a little that of the virtuoso. Hellenic Society at the Society of Anti-
in red dress, seated in his study with two attend
No. 7 has a suggestion of painter's qualityquaries on the 7th of next month on 'The
ants, 2521. School of Van Eyck, A Triptych,
with the Madonna and Child, and two angels in
of a similar order, while No. 9, The Hotel Shrine of the God Men at Pisidian Antioch,'
the centre ; St. Christopher and a bishop on Window, is admirably to the point as a the discovery of which he reported in our
either wing, 3041.
study for the setting of a figure subject. columns last summer.
“ weird
>>
## p. 479 (#365) ############################################
No. 4409, APRIL 27, 1912
THE ATHENÆUM
479
Tauns. Twolve o'clock Chamber Concert, Bollan Hall
Edouard Garcenu's Matindo, 3. 15, Bechstein Hall.
Mapia Seguel's Pianoforte Rooital, 3. 15, Æolian Hall
Georges Pistob's 'Cello Recital, 8. 15, Bechstein Hall.
TRI. Paul Reimer's Vocal Recital, 3. 15, Bechstein Hall.
Frank Merrick's Concert, 8, Bechstein
Hall.
SAT. Pablo Casals's Orchestral Concert, 3, Queen's Hall.
Ernst von Longyel's Planoforte Recital, s, Bechstein Hall
Isobel Pardon and Celia Klein's Violin and Vocal Recital, 8
Rolian Ball
6
66
was
was
singing, but also her movements and gestures.
MUSIC
We therefore reserve our opinion concerning
her merits. The Don José of Signor Giuseppe
Cellini was promising; he has, at any rate,
an excellent voice. Signor Sammarco is an
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. able artist, but his Toreador’ song was
(Notice in these columns does not preclude longer not at all exciting. Signor Campanini con-
review. )
ducted.
Buck (Percy C. ), ORGAN PLAYING, 4/ net.
'La Tosca' was given on the following
Macmillan
DRAMA
Monday. Madame Edvina, whose Méli-
Increasing interest is being taken in organ sande has been justly praised, showed unex.
playing, so that this volume will be welcome. pected powers in her impersonation of Floria
It is by an experienced and able organist, Tosca. Her voice, it is true, is not of the
and is a thoroughly practical book. It quality which one would single out as specially
· THÉRÈSE RAQUIN. '
begins with elementary manual and pedal appropriate to that dramatic rộle, but
exercises, gradually passing on to higher she sang with strong feeling and, 'when | ZOLA's 'Thérèse Raquin,' performed in
stages. Then there are manual exercises
required, tenderness. Her acting in the English at the Court Theatre on Tuesday
on practical points: extended fingering, second act was notable for its power and afternoon, is an exercise in the ma-
changing manuals, cross-rhythms, &c. That restraint, during the whole of it there was cabre,” typical of the genre which could
Dr. Buck draws upon Bach for many of nothing theatrical or sensational. Signor be at one time his supreme achievement,
his exercises is, of course, natural, for no
Giovanni Martinelli, a new Cavaradossi, has
at another his mannerism. In the
organist of any standing could venture to an exceptionally fine tenor voice and digni; deliberate accumulation of transpontine
pass him by. We also find a few specimens
fied presence ; moreover, he is
from Prof. Max Reger, whom some call the
modern Bach. The chapters on Extem- appears to have a great future before him. effects and the accentuation of contrasts
His singing of 'E lucevan le Stelle the play might have been fathered by
porizing,' and the one suggesting, pieces most impressive. The orchestral playing, Massinger, except for the fabrication of
for practice, will be found most helpful. under the direction of Signor Campanini, subordinate details to be woven into the
The volume forms part of the Musician's
was excellent.
central theme and the rigid, unwavering
Library.
On Monday evening, the first night of exposition of the plot. Its motive is
Séré (Octave), MUSICIENS FRANÇAIS D’au- the summer season at the London Opera- the tragic débâcle consequent upon the
JOURD'HUI, 3fr. 50.
House, Gounod's 'Roméo et Juliette murder of the neurotic, puny, querulous,
Paris, Mercure de France given. The principal parts were taken by and niggardly husband by the wife and
The author of this volume explains in Miss Felice Lyne and Mr. Walter Harrold, her lover. To diffuse and thicken this
brief and well-chosen words his aim in who both sang well, though Miss Lyne's
writing it. Since 1870 a great musical voice, owing apparently to a cold, was not atmosphere Zola has even drawn upon the
movement has been going on. About that at its brightest. It was a good all-round stock-in-trade of the supernatural, the
time the disciples of Berlioz were trying to performance, and Signor Ernaldy proved bridal night of Thérèse and Laurent being
acclimatize the symphony in France, but himself a thoroughly sound and skilful con- similar in treatment to that of Anatole
most of the younger generation fell under the ductor.
France's 'Histoire Comique. ' The sub-
all-powerful influence of Wagner, while later
AMBROISE THOMAS's 'Mignon was the sequent scenes oscillate between naked
came that of Slavonic music, with its
enchanting melodies and vivid rhythms. opera selected for the following evening; it realism and grotesque extravaganza. The
But for some time past French composers,
is of conventional character, and, though it mother of Camille Raquin, the murdered
profiting, however, in some respects from contains much light and attractive music, husband, becomes aware of the deed
these influences, have been opening new
paths, establishing, in fact, a genuine native Kerlord, the Mignon, created a favourable through the tortured hysteria of the two
impression : she has a sympathetic voice, guilty partners. She is paralyzed and
school. Performances of new works are
and sang with marked feeling. M. Jean stricken dumb, but, goaded by the
few and far between, honco the public is
slow in becoming familiar with them. Many Buysson is a capable artist, Ho has a well bickerings and counter-charges of the
trained voice, though in loud passages it
of the best contemporary musicians are
couple, speaks, and thus
was somewhat forced. M. Mérola conducted. drives them to suicide. Right up to this
therefore little known to the public. Of these
M. Séré has given us here a brief bio- On Saturday, May 11th, Mr. H. Plunket preposterous finale, the machinery of the
graphy, list of works, a very useful biblio- Greene begins a course of three lectures at play groans and creaks, labouring to shape
graphy, also iconography. The want of such the Royal Institution on 'Interpretation in these incidents into plausible dramatic
a book is much felt by many who take Song,' with vocal illustrations,
Mr. S. form. Amid these sulphurous artifi-
interest in modern French music. To assist Liddle will be the accompanist.
cialities, there is no room for the evolution
one in forming a judgment respecting a
MR. LYELL-TAYLER, director
work it is most helpful to know the com- Brighton Municipal Orchestra, at his recent creatures in the writhings of their mutual.
of the of character. We only see two abnormal
poser's early training, his age when he wrote benefit concert referred to the forthcoming disillusion, agony, and terror.
this or that work, and his views respecting musical festival to be given in the Dome
his art. Under Massenet, by the way,
during the last week of November, and was
The play was competently acted, the
Finck's 'Massenet and his Operas,' pub-
lished only last year, is named. The title able to state that he had received promises cast being superior to Madame Yavorska's
of help from Sirs Alexander Mackenzie and usual selection. Mrs. Theodore Wright
of this book is, however, somewhat mis-
Henry Wood, Dr. Alfred King, and Messrs. as Madame Raquin would have been more
leading, for it is given in h, while just
Coleridge Taylor, Edward German, and at ease in a less oppressive part, but acted
below other English books named have their
Robert Taylor.
with much felicity. Mr. Edmond Breon
proper English titles.
HERR SIEGFRIED WAGNER
to rendered the pusillanimous husband with
London in 1894 and 1895, and at some convincing fidelity.
Wagner concerts conducted works by his A special tribute is due to the acting
Musical Gossip.
grandfather Franz Liszt, excerpts from his of Madame Yavorska as Thérèse.
father's music dramas, and his own sym- showed that fierce, compelling force which
She
THE Covent Garden
season phonic poem 'Sehnsucht. ' He is coming
opened last Saturday with Carmen,' which again, and will conduct a concert at the disdains, and is so alien to, the common
seductive arts of the average English
owes its continued success to its book, and Albert Hall on May 12th.
to the fact that it is a happy blend of the
actress. One forgot her unfortunate ac-
old conventional opera with touches of
cent in the sheer audacity of her presenta
the dramatic spirit of Wagner which influ-
It was a courageous
endeavour
enced French composers at the time (nearly
to add a subtlety to the character of
forty years ago) when Bizet wrote his opera.
Thérèse for which the dramatist gives no
A now Carmen, in the most favourable
warrant. She made the commonplace ·
circumstances, naturally induces comparison
with many eminent impersonators of the
criminal something like the more potent
Aighty, wayward woman. Mlle. Tarquinia WED.
and varied woman of Flaubert, and, if
Tarquini was evidently very nervous, and
she kicked against the pricks, she had, at
this affected not only her voice and style of
least, the individuality to do so.
possessed”
came
summer
tion.
PERFORMANCES NEXT WEEK.
Sux. Concert, 3. 30, Royal Albert Hall.
Bunday League ('oncert, 7, Queen's Hall.
MON. -BAT. Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Mon SAT. London Opera House, Kingsway.
Mon. Frederick Stock's Violin Recital, 8 16, Steinway Hall
Dr. Rumschiysky's Planotorte Recital. 8 80, Bechstein Hall.
TUES. René Bohet's Orchestral Concert, 3. 15, Æolian Hall.
Johanna Ferida's Vocal Recital, 3. 16, Bechstein Ball
Kathleen Bruckshaw's Pianoforte Recital, 8. 15, Æolian Hall
Johan Wysman's Pianoforte Kecital 8. 15, Bechstein Hall.
WED. Raoul Pugno's Pianoforte Recital, 3, Queen's Hall.
Arthur Rubinstein's Pianoforte Recital, 3, Bechstein fall.
Roland Jackson's Vocal Recital, 8. 15, Æolian Ball
Marie Leschetizky's (hamber Concert, 8. 15, Bechstein Hall.
Baltour Gardiner'i Concert 8. 80 Queen's Hall.
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