Text der roten Fahnenschleife: "Arminius Wien | 3. Juli 1927" (**).

 

Der Bericht von Henrietta Straus vom 25.6.1927 über das 96. Niederrheinische Musikfest in Aachen erscheint, um den Bericht vom Konzert mit der 7. Symphonie am zweiten Tag [vermutlich 6.6.1927] erweitert, in The Sun Nr. 27D (Sonntagsausgabe, Baltimore, Maryland) auf S. 32 (= S. 4 dieses Zeitungsteils):

"RHINE TEST SHOWS GERMANY MUSICALLY IMPOVERISHED

Ninety-Sixth Celebration Of National Event Might Easily Have Been Duplicated In Any Large Town In United States, Says Critic.

        By HENRIETTA STRAUS.

[... (streckenweise wie im Text vom 25.6.1927) über die Geschichte des Musikfestes ... sehr ungünstige Besprechung von Walter Braunfels' g-Moll-Messe am 1. Tag ... der zweite Tag (Philipp Jarnach, Rudolf Beck [recte Leopold Beck?], Hugo Wolf) ...].

IF the program could have ended here one would have left the hall refreshed and interested.

     Unfortunately, however, people over here seem to feel that a concert must last at least two hours. This particular one lasted almost three hours, including an intermission of twenty minutes, for after a symphony, two piano works with orchestra and two big choral works with orchestra, Bruckner's long-winded Seventh Symphony was chosen to conclude the program.

     Architectural and heavy, uninspired and repetitious, it has all the semblance of a mighty work and none of the substance.

WHAT a relief next day was Bach's cantata [... über das dritte Konzert und Resümee ...].

     Dr. Peter Raabe, who conducted for the second and third days of the festival and who succeeded Fritz Busch as leader of the City Orchestra, proved to be adequate and no more." (***).