The Brooklyn Citizen Nr. 78 berichtet auf S. 3 vom gestrigen Konzert:

"             MUSICAL ART SOCIETY.

     The Musical Art Society, under the direction of Dr. Frank Damrosch, closed its twenty-fifth season last night at Carnegie Hall, with a programme embracing ancient and modern works, combined with patriotic music to celebrate the alliance between France and America. [... Salzedo ...].

     The first part was devoted to church music, comprising Palestrina's "Stabat Mater," Lotti's "Crucifixus," and Anton Bruckner's "Ave Maria." [WAB 6]

     The third section of modern airs included Brahm's [... Elgar, Rimski-Korsakow etc. ...]. The singing throughout was impressive." [keine Signatur] (*).

 

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Nr. 78 schreibt darüber auf S. 4:

"  "MUSICAL ART" SINGS ECCLESIASTIC MUSIC

[...]

     The spring concert of the Musical Art Society in Carnegie Hall, last evening. followed the lines laid down by its director, Frank Damrosch, years ago. The first part of the program was devoted to ecclesiastical music suitable to Eastern time; the rest to the best examples we have of modern choral composition. [... zur Entwicklung und Stellung des Vereins ... derzeit Männerstimmen schwach, Tenöre bei Bach "lost entirely" ...].

     The program began with Palestrina's "Stabat Mater," [...]. Then followed a setting of the "Crucifixus" by Lotti, but here the choir missed the great climax of the final bars. A Bruckner "Ave Maria" and the Bach motet completed the first part.

     The second part was devoted to "Songs From the French Front" [... Salzedo, Ravel, Florent Schmitt (Solo Lawrence Haynes), Brahms, Elgar, Rimski-Korsakow...]. A program of the difficulty of the one last evening requires a particularly good chorus for its execution and this the Musical Art Society does not possess this year.

     Before the second group the chorus sang a combined arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the "Marseillaise." [... Symbol der Allianz der Länder ...], but the musical result was a friction which we fervently hope may never be realized." [keine Signatur] (**).

 

Eine Besprechung des Konzerts erscheint auch in The Sun Nr. 201 (New York) auf S. 9:

"              ART SOCIETY MUSICAL.

     The second and last of the subscriptions concerts [...]. The programme was of more than common interest. It began with Palestrina's "Stabat Mater," [...]. Letti's [sic] "Crucifixus," which followed it, is another of the priceless gems of the church masters. An "Ave Maria" by Bruckner was placed between this and Bach's motet "Sing Ye."

     The second part of the programme was entitled "Songs From the French Front." [...].

     The singing of the choir last evening indicated that there had been serious words followed by serious work after the first concert. There was a great improvement and some of the singing was entirely admirable. The audience was of the familiar Musical Art size and Character." [keine Signatur] (***).