[*] “Strong, graphic, truthful.”
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Webster, John. [White devil and The duchess of Malfy]; ed. by Martin W. Sampson. [*]60c. Heath.
A volume of the Belles-lettres series. The play-wright’s two masterpieces, “The white devil,” and “The duchess of Malfy,” in critical text with the original spelling. An introduction and critical notes are included among the editorial helps.
Weingartner, (Paul) Felix. Symphony since Beethoven; tr. by Maude Barrows Dutton. $1. Ditson.
This book about modern symphonies, by the conductor of the Berlin royal symphony concerts, and of the Kaim orchestra, is in its second German edition. “He holds that no other symphonies comparable to those of Beethoven in lofty grandeur, deep significance and perfection of beauty, have ever been composed.... He has small praise for the successors of the god of his idolatry in the symphony: a kindly word for Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bruckner; condemnation for Schumann and Brahms; mere cursory mention of Tschaikoffsky, Dvorak, Rubinstein, Borodin, Raff, Goldmark, Saint-Saens, César Franck and Sinding ... Favoring criticism on Berlioz and Liszt for their symphonic poems.... Discussion of Richard Strauss, whose earlier tone-poems the author says he admires, but whose later, and greater works he cannot appreciate.” (Ind.)
“An interesting and stimulating essay, albeit so short as to be fragmentary in parts. The translation of this essay into English was worth while, but one regrets that it was not more skilfully done.”
| + — | Ind. 58: 43. Ja. 5, ‘05. 300w. |
“A sympathetic study.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 30: 761. D. ‘04. 100w. |