Vermerk »Streicher 18.6.893« am Ende der Partitur von »Helgoland« (*).
"Die Presse" Nr. 166 gibt auf S. 9f einen statistischen Überblick über die Saison in Hamburg, in dem die d-Moll-Messe [31.3.1893] erwähnt wird:
" Theater- und Kunstnachrichten.
[...]
– Der Director des Hamburger Stadttheaters, Hofrath Pollini, versendet eine Statistik über Aufführungen an der genannten Bühne in der letzten Saison. [... 206 Opernabende, 26 Schauspielabende ...] 3 Matinées, ein geistliches Concert und ein Ballfest mit scenischen Aufführungen. An Novitäten wurden 12 Opern, eine Messe und 25 dramatische Werke aufgeführt. Unter den musikalischen Novitäten findet man "Manon", "Freund Fritz" [...] und die Messe in D von Anton Bruckner. [...]." (**).
The Illustrated Buffalo Express bringt auf S. 11 eine Zusammenfassung des Artikels über Dvorak:
" MUSICAL THEMES.
What European Composers Say of the Dvorak Idea.
[...].
The European musical celebrities fall to grasp Dr. Dvorak's idea of building a distinctively American school of music on negro melodies. The New York Herald on Tuesday printed a letter from its Vienna correspondent, giving the result of interviews with Anton Bruckner, Dr. Richter and Prof. Mandyczewski, all of whom seem to think that because German musical literature contains no hint of negro melodies, nothing good can ever come of those melodies. "My first interview," says the correspondent, "was with Prof. Anton Bruckner, whom I found sitting in his study by nearly a hundred wreaths, all bearing ribbons with inscriptions commemorative of one or another of his triumphs. He is an elderly man, has been brought up amid the traditions of the strictest school, and I was therefore little surprised when he asserted that the basis of all music must be found in the classical works of the past. German musical literature, he declared, contained no written text emanating from the negro race, and however sweet the negro melodies might be they could never form the groundwork of the future music of America." Either the great organist troubled himself to say only the first thing that came into his head, or else, which was probably the case, the correspondent failed to make Dr. Dvorak's idea plain. It is improbable that Prof. Bruckner really thinks Bach and Beethoven – he has no respect for Wagner – wrote for ever and ever the alpha and omega of music.
Dr. Richter was found to be very enthusiastic concerning America. [...]." (***).
" MUSICAL THEMES.
What European Composers Say of the Dvorak Idea.
[...].
The European musical celebrities fall to grasp Dr. Dvorak's idea of building a distinctively American school of music on negro melodies. The New York Herald on Tuesday printed a letter from its Vienna correspondent, giving the result of interviews with Anton Bruckner, Dr. Richter and Prof. Mandyczewski, all of whom seem to think that because German musical literature contains no hint of negro melodies, nothing good can ever come of those melodies. "My first interview," says the correspondent, "was with Prof. Anton Bruckner, whom I found sitting in his study by nearly a hundred wreaths, all bearing ribbons with inscriptions commemorative of one or another of his triumphs. He is an elderly man, has been brought up amid the traditions of the strictest school, and I was therefore little surprised when he asserted that the basis of all music must be found in the classical works of the past. German musical literature, he declared, contained no written text emanating from the negro race, and however sweet the negro melodies might be they could never form the groundwork of the future music of America." Either the great organist troubled himself to say only the first thing that came into his head, or else, which was probably the case, the correspondent failed to make Dr. Dvorak's idea plain. It is improbable that Prof. Bruckner really thinks Bach and Beethoven – he has no respect for Wagner – wrote for ever and ever the alpha and omega of music.
Dr. Richter was found to be very enthusiastic concerning America. [...]." (***).
Zitierhinweis:
Franz Scheder, Anton Bruckner Chronologie Datenbank, Eintrag Nr.: 189306185, URL: www.bruckner-online.at/ABCD-189306185letzte Änderung: Feb 02, 2023, 11:11