MUSICAL MAGAZINES.
Tux quarterly .Mwsio and Letters maintains its solitary excellence. Mr. Wright Roberta contributes an interesting appreciation of Cesar Franck, whose centenary occurs this year. In spite of his growing popularity Franck is not much written about. Mr. Roberts is not blinded by admiration, and, although justly appreciative, he unfavourably compares Franck's lavish chromati- cism with the skilful blending of diatonics and chromatics in Wagner's more frequently successful chromatio effects. There are two articles on the string quartet. One by Mr. Eugene Goossens describes, with many musical illustrations, works by such modems as Mr. Ernest Block, Signor Alalipiero, and Mr. Prank Bridge. Variety is supplied in a scholarly but readable article on "The Jonsonian Masque" by Mr. Jeffrey Mark, and "The Flute and its Powers of Expression" by AL Louis Fleury, the well-known flautist. Some useful translations of songs of Schubert and Brahms are included in the contents. The &abut, under the editorship of Miss Ursual Greville, remains the most intimate and lively of the musical monthlies. Its beautiful production by the Carmen Press is worthy of the contents. In the September number an appreciation of Delius by Mr. Sidney Grew and "A Study in Criticism," by Mr. George Arnold, are noteworthy.
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