. Programme . is styledthe aesthetic school in Germany. The latter has written chieflyfor the theatre, the former for the orchestra and the chamber. OfWagner we expect to have an early opportunity of speaking. OfSchumann we have been compelled to speak frequently, and, as ithas happened, never in terms of praise. So much has been saidof this gentleman, and so highly has he been extolled by his ad-mirers, that we who, born in England, are not necessarily ac-quainted with his genius, have been led to expect a new Beethovenor, to say the least, a new Mendelssohn. Up to the present time,however, t
. Programme . is styledthe aesthetic school in Germany. The latter has written chieflyfor the theatre, the former for the orchestra and the chamber. OfWagner we expect to have an early opportunity of speaking. OfSchumann we have been compelled to speak frequently, and, as ithas happened, never in terms of praise. So much has been saidof this gentleman, and so highly has he been extolled by his ad-mirers, that we who, born in England, are not necessarily ac-quainted with his genius, have been led to expect a new Beethovenor, to say the least, a new Mendelssohn. Up to the present time,however, the trios, quartets, quintets, which have been introducedby Mr. Ella, at the Musical Union, and by other adventurous ex-plorers for other societies, have turned out to be the very oppositeof good. An affectation of originality, a superficial knowledge ofthe art, an absence of true expression, and an infelicitous disdainof form have characterized every work of Robert Schumann hitherto Complete Financial Service. Mil mk-mk Main Office, Court Street Old Colony Trust Company Boston, Massachusetts MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 93 introduced in this country. The affected originality had not enoughof genuine feeling to be accepted, while the defects by which it wasaccompanied gave its emptiness and false pretension a still smallerchance of taking hold of public favor. The statement of these ob-jections, however, has always been met by the answer: Oh, youhave not heard Schumanns best works: you should know his orch-estral compositions, his Symphony in B-flat, and, above all, hisOverture, Scherzo, and Finale. Well, we have heard the Overture,Scherzo, and Finale, . . and we regret to say that, bad as weconsider the chamber compositions of the author, we are forced topronounce the present orchestral work still worse. Then followsan attack on this piece. This is the closing sentence: The generalstyle betrays the patchiness and want of fluency of a tyro; while theforced and unnatural
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