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WILMETTE .LIPE December 14, 1928 Music News · and Events Music World Pays Tribute to Great Master-Schuber. t s1 Rutheda L Pretzel The centenary year of the dtath of Franz Schubert, Au.;trian composer, has brought more than a little attention to the man and to his works. It will be recalled that he was born in 1797 .in Vienna, and passed his whole life there, dyin~ in 1828. He is buried beside his contemporary. Beethoven. The two musicians li\'ed in the same ate in the same taverns, but because of Beethoven's formidable character, Schubert was afraid of him, and the two came together only at Beethoven's death-bed. Olin Downes in the "New York Times Magalinr;' says of them: "Of :~11 the arti:;ts of that time, they ar,? the mJst complementary to each other, the mo5t inevitably associated in a persp<'('tivc of the period. Separately they are divergent. Together, they city, walked in the same street3 and appear as the halves of the soul of their epoch, expressing in a mysterious synthesis all that was idealistic, heroic, and beautiful in the early ninetee·tth -:cntury. Today they lie side by sidethe brooding, pa.isionate Beethoven, the warrior, the prophet of the new age, and Schubert:.. the poet. the humble, wistful dreamer, the sweetest of . ingers, the simplest of souls." Created Romantic M uaic Schubert created German romantic concert music, just as \Veber created German romantic opera. He was · hardly known as an iu.3trumental composer by his contemporaries and successors, being over-shadowed bv the giantic figure of Beetho\·en. His- fame is f~~nded on the lied, a type of composttJon that had heen little cultivated, although it may he traced back to the minnesingers. The romantic lied of Schubert is a mu.;ical composition to a certain extent independent of the poem for which it i:-; written. llere alJ the romantic clements converge in a ~reat art form, and one finds intensi~ed individuality in its most direct and tdeal form of expression. In his instrumental compo:-;itions, one finds the two fundamental characteri3tics of romantic music, the activity of modulation inherent in the harmony, and the :;;tressing of color sen!'le. In Beethoven we find t~e severe organic unity, singleness of 1dea, monumental massiven< ss, hut Schubert show·' variety of ideas, fanciful \'isions, change. The individual human being with his particular joys and sorrows is expressing his own ~· on s ciousness. 1797- Franz Schubert- 1828 L-----...----------------- Opera Tickets Are I deal X mas Gifts, We Are Reminded · " 'Say it with song' this ~hristma~." That is this is a new Chnstmas g1ft suggestion · voiced at headquarters 0£ the Chicago Civic Ope~a company. . "Santa Claus is on l11s way to Chtcago with a bag full of gifts for the opera lovers of this city, continues the suggestion. · "Holiday week will be a gala week indeed at the Auditorium. The first performance of 'The Marriage of Figaro' revived this season for the first time since 1911, has l)een sched~led, for Christmas Eve. 'Der Rosenkava1!er, r~ sumed in the standard repertmre t~1s year, will receive its . first presentah')n during Christmas week. "Marv Garden, favorite of thousands of opera goers throughout the count.ry. will make her first appearance durmg the holidays in an opera which will he announced in the near future. "For the Ne\\' Year's Eve gala the first performance of 'Norma,' revived this season with new scenery and costumes: has been scheduled, with Rosa Raisa in the title role and Char!es Marshall as the Pollione. It wilt he Mme. Raisa's first appearance of th\: season. "On Ne\\' Ycar's Day the second per formance of 'Don Giovanni' is :ill nounced "So why not opera seats for holida~· gifts?" Mozart Works to Feature Chicago Opera Repertoi~e Two Mozart works have be~n m~ eluded in the standard repertmre ot the Chicago Ci\'ic Opera this season. One, "Don Giovanni," was presented two years ago with out~tanding ~~cce-;~: The other, "The Marnage of F tgaro: has not been prest·nted at the Attdttorium since 191 1. Few indeed, are the companies whic 11 can gi~e the Mozart compositions act'-.'quate productions, for .. Mozart was prodigal in his usc of votces, and bot)! these works demand three sopranos )t stellar abilities. . . While Mozart was an Austnan, hts operatic compositions belong properly in the Italian repertoire. They were constructed around Italian librettos, and had their first presentations in .t~at language. Most of them were ongmally planned for the intimate R~dout ensaal in the imperia'l palace at Vtenna, and even today, when a Mozart seaso!l is given by the Viem1a St~te Opera. tt is produced in this lovely httle theatre. poser, introducing the "Erl-King," and one friend, Sonnleithner, had it and other songs engraved at his own expense. Even when the songs became popular Schubert's receipts were small, because publishers knew Schubert seldom hand money and considered himst>lf lucky to sell his songs at any price. MARY McCORMIC RECITAL Marv McCormic, world famous opera star a;ld concert soprano, will appear in recital at the Studebaker theater Sunday afternoon, December lG, under auspices of Bertha Ott, Inc. Life Story Appeara An authoritati\'e life-story of the ~reat composer ha~ recently been published hy Newman Flower, and in his hook, written after two \'ears of re. earch, Mr. Flower says that Schubert wrote more than six hundred songs. the best- of which have never been equaled, se\·eral remarkable symphonic~, a great deal oi fine chamber music and a mass of lighter music during the 31 vears of hi:; lift>. but his total c~rning~ were only about 575 pounds. :\ man of little bu::-.iness sense, and not famous during- hi ., life, Schubert was unable to command fair prices from publi shers for hi~ compositions. Dia beJJi and Haslinger, publishers, flatly refused to pay anything for the "ErlKing," declaring- that, since Schubert was unknown to music-seller,, it would hardly pay them to engrave the score. A small group of appreciative friends gave a · charity concert for th~ com- · Not a W eaklinc . 1\1 r. Flower shows that Schubert was no "3entimental weakling," hut that he was "virile and passionate," and "fond of wine and good company." 'He was a complex character, as those who know the wide range of his music would expect." Rauernfeld, one of Schubert's intimate friends. said that he "has the right mixture of the ideal and real." and Anselm Huttenbrenner said, "Ovl'r a glas,:; of wine or puncl_1. Schubert was most talkative. Hts musical judgments were sharp, and he alwavs hit the nail on the head. In this ~· ay he resembled Beethoven, who could h~ vet;r sarca3tic at times. [ f at a socieh· gathering music was discussed ·with knowledgt.·<l. Schubert would listen with pleasttrl'. and rarely interrupted. But if an ill-informed amateur made 3tatements \\'hich proved his ignorance, Schubert's patience broke at once. He would go up to the jabberer and exclaim hotly: "You'd better be quiet. You don't understand that, an<f you ne vt>r \\'ill understand it.'" Where to Go for Tickets for the Horowitz Recital Tickets for thl' Vladimar Horowitz recital to be given in the ~e\\. Trier gymnasium \Vednesday evening, December 26, will he on :-ale in all \Vilmette and Kenilworth drug stores, and may also he obtained at the \Vinnetka State bank and at the Hubbard Vv'oods pharmacy. Regular subscribers to the ArtistRecital series are assured of first choice of seats for the recital, it is announced. All seats will sell at $2.50, except in the balcony, which is to be re!'erved for studenb, at Columbia School Pupils in Recital December 15 Miss Ruth Raz of the Columbia School of Music will present her pupils in an "ensemble program" Saturday afterhoon, December 15, at 3 o'clock in the Recital hall of the school.' The following program will be given: Valses Nobl~ . . . . . . . . Schubert 'Tis Evening . . . . . T:-=chaikowsky Sonatina D l\lajot· . . Schubert Trio--piano, violin and cello-Pergolese Kreh;IH Children's fo;Ong~ Toy Symphony . . . Haydn Tht> vocal pupil~ of l\Iarion Capp::; Stewart will a:;:-bt in the program. $1.50. Mrs. Harry Street is in ch~rgt> 0i ticket sales in Winnetka, Mrs. Sidney Bartlett, in charge · of sales in Hubbard Woods with headquarters at the Hubl~ard Woods pharmacy. Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt has charge in Glencoe, and Mrs. Everett Harris, in Wilmette. GIVE JOINT RECITAL Michel Wilkomirski, violinist, and Vera Mirova, dancer, will .appear in joint recital at the Playhouse Sunday afternoon, January 16, under direction of Bertha Ott, In<;.