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...sole reason for the existence of music is to bring pleasure to the hearers. What other purpose does it fulfill? When it ceases to bring pleasure, it no longer performs the function which is its only excuse for existing, and becomes to the hearer only a fatiguing succession of sounds...
...Hoch Conservatorium in Frankfort that Mr. Scott finding himself hampered by the limitations of musical conventions, threw himself into the ultra-modern school of composition. His works aim at the portrayal of "atmosphere," rather than definite beauty. His later works show beyond question a greater consideration for the hearer's pleasure than do some of his earlier ones. There are a good many pianoforte pieces which in name and style seem to fulfill the Debussy ideal of landscape painting in music. A number of his compositions will be played next week by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall...
...will find much material for sober reflection. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," be he Jew or Gentile; and to think rightly is impossible without faith in God. This may sound like sermonizing, but if ever a sermon brought conviction to the heart of its hearer, this one preached by Mr. Thomas and interpreted in a masterly way by Mr. Mason and his excellent company, should touch the heart and stir the mind also...
...confusion of mind; more often still they omit the most important facts. There can be no doubt that facts can be learned far more thoroughly and accurately from printed than from spoken words. Criticism, comment, and explanation can, on the other hand be admirably conveyed in lectures, provided the hearer is already acquainted with the facts upon which the comment is based. In an elementary course, for instance, the lecturer rarely sets forth facts not easily obtainable in books; his explanation of these facts, may, however, be entirely original...
...usual felicity of style the tranquilizing and uplifting effect made upon a toil-worn man of the world by a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in C minor. Subjective interpretations of musical masterpieces are fraught with danger, as the same music may mean one thing to one hearer and something else to another. But Mr. Van Dyke has shown discretion in selecting for his possibly too rhapsodic treatment a work of Beethoven which is intensely subjective and even, as far as absolute music can be, definitely autobiographic. It is well known that the Fifth Symphony was composed...