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This unique book should be in the possession of all lovers of Poetry and Music, and should be especially appreciated by those music-lovers who wish to possess the autographs of musicians, each "day" being furnished not only with a charming musical quotation from our greatest poet, but also with a stave on which may be written a few bars of music. Incidentally, it may be pointed out that the book has a persuasively educational value, in that each quotation appears in the original English and also in an idiomatic German FIFINE AT THE FAIR (A Defence of Inconstancy.) With a Prologue (AFTER BROWNING.) COMPOSED BY GRANVILLE BANTOCK. MINIATURE SCORE. London: NOVELLO AND COMPANY, Limited. Net s. d. 3 O The Musical Times AND SINGING-CLASS CIRCULAR. JULES MASSENET. centre vituperator François Bazin.t Since then, and until the end of his life, honours, fame and fortune came to him in profusion. The absolute failure of a comparatively great quantity of his works passed unperceived under the favour of several radiant and protracted triumphs, the most memorable of which are those of 'Manon' (Paris, Opéra-Comique, 1884), 'Werther' (Vienna, 1892; Paris, OpéraComique, 1893), and 'Thaïs' (Paris, Opéra, 1894). Esclarmonde,' which, when produced in 1889 at the Opéra-Comique, had a very satisfactory run of performances, has never since been revived. Massenet has certainly been one of the most He has written no prolific of French composers. By M.-D. CALVOCORESSI. By the death of Jules * Massenet, which occurred on August 14, France loses her most popular and, besides Dr. Saint-Saëns, most famous composer a composer on whose actual merits, perhaps, exacting critics do not agree, but whose less than twenty-four operas or opéra-comiques career may well be described as (three of which, 'Panurge,' 'Amadis,' and an almost 6 uninterrupted series of successes. 'Cléopâtre,' are as yet unknown, but, we are told, Jules Massenet was born, May 12, 1842, at are ready for publication), incidental music for Montaud, then a suburb of Saint-Etienne, the several plays, pianoforte pieces, a great quantity of great manufacturing city of the of songs, choruses, and a few specimens of churchmusic. France-the youngest of twenty-one children. Besides Marie-Magdeleine,' he has His biographers relate many more or less romantic composed the oratorios 'Eve' (1875), 'La Vierge anecdotes showing his early propensity for music; (1880), La Terre Promise' (1900), and the lyric telling us, for instance, how his keen desire to scenes, Narcisse' (1878), and 'Biblis' (1887). study the art impelled him to escape from home His instrumental music is neither very abundant with the intention of going to Paris and the hope nor very pregnant, consisting chiefly of picturesque of finding there the suitable teacher whom he had suites and other minor works. He never attempted vainly sought for in Saint-Etienne. His father, to deal with the more earnest types of instrumental manufacturer ruined by the Revolution of forms except once, and this attempt (a Pianoforte 1848, left Montaud for Paris, and there the concerto written in 1903) was pronounced a failure boy became, in 1851, a pupil of the Conservatoire, even by his most enthusiastic devotees. studying the pianoforte in Laurent's class and winning the first prize in 1859. He began to learn harmony with Bazin in 1853; but after this master (a poor musician and poor teacher) had discouraged him, he became a pupil of Reber. In 1860 he entered Ambroise Thomas's class of composition, and in 1863 he won the first prize for fugue and a the Grand Prix de Rome. His first works were principally songs and short pianoforte-pieces, The last opera of his performed during his lifetime, 'Roma' (Paris, Opéra, 1911), is also an isolated and not particularly felicitous attempt towards classical severity and grandeur. 'Massenet's prolonged and widespread success,' says Mr. Fuller Maitland in 'Grove's Dictionary,' is one of the puzzling phenomena of modern musical history. While those who look a little below the surface find his music inexpressibly monotonous, casual hearers are surprised by his superficial versatility . . . few of the real lovers of music will expect any of his works to remain among the compositions that keep their popularity after the death of the author.' Harsh as it may appear, I believe this verdict to be a sound one. The chief idiosyncrasy of Massenet's first ambitious work, the opéra-comique Massenet, as a man and as an artist, was an in four acts, 'Don César de Bazan' (Paris, 1872), overwhelming desire to court success. His object was an absolute failure. But in 1873 the young was to seduce; and from the time when he found composer scored two decisive successes with the that his music proved effective and became incidental music to Leconte de Lisle's tragedy, popular he carefully avoided changing his manner. Les Erynnies,' and with the dramatic oratorio, The characteristic melody 'à la Massenet,' graceful 'Marie-Magdeleine,' both of which were performed and elegant enough, but almost stereotyped, runs at the Théâtre de l'Odéon. As early as 1876 he through all his scores, doing duty for Manon and was decorated with the Légion d'Honneur. In Thais alike, for Roman Vestal or for gay Spanish 1877, 'Le Roi de Lahore,' one of his best operatic lady, for dreamy German maiden and for haughty scores (although comparatively little known), princess of yore. His early scores are, for the was produced at the Paris Opéra ; the following greater part, his best, with the one exception of the year he was elected professor of composition at very pleasing and chaste 'Jongleur de Notre-Dame' the Paris Conservatoire and member of the (1902). Later, and for the plain reason that he Institut, thus succeeding his former teacher and never attempted to renovate his style, he sank into sheer mannerism. Indeed, one can but marvel that so gifted a musician, who lacked neither individuality At that election, Dr. Saint-Saëns was his unsuccessful competitor. *In spite of the composer's known antipathy to the name Jules, we think it best to use the name by which he was widely known. He preferred to be called M. Massenet' simply. |