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      h e m will e sett find ings some , ma vi de go b rous y the and sam p ictures author q , of c p ompositio oetry by n Shelley which , any anv musician musician mignt mierht hav nave e been Dsen pieaseu pleased . 10 to write write . , It it is is just iust to to

      say , however , that Mr . Cox is willing to give to the Times critic | | a " show nd the we benefit that have such of onl the indul y ma doubt gence de / ' is as in foregoing regards no way his required remar musical ks . , there attainment fore , to s , writing Mr . Cox notic now es in goes the on Pall to Mall inveig Gazette h against this th same e Saturday critic Re for ~ matter view , as for well the critic the Times to settle : trul with y , his this conscience appear , s to and us his to editor be a

      — the we season cannot when see that the columns it is any business of the Times of Mr are . Cox engaged ' s . If during upon i j to matters take other of , more work ge , n we eral see interest no grave than objection music , to the his critic doing chooses so ; i wh if h ite e says , in the that Saturday a thing is Rcvievv black , and the neutral Pall Mall tint , in Gazette the Times , and , wh seems y the to n us we that pity a literary and man his is readers justified , but in , short taking as th much is , it | work . as he thinks himself capable of getting through . said Mr to . Cox prevail proceeds in the to remark case of that the " critic a similar of the arrangement Telegraph is Observerand Sunday Gazette tic / ' in this Mr lvli Cox is inaccurate ,

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      i ward wa t is a as a < p z ity it - is that possible he veils ^ ior his a a ma man honest n ( who convictions n is a . partizan in such ^ ) to a be cloud , and make of extravagant out what E on earth lish t he hat means it is , . To times these , no remark easy m s atter it to be added that this gentleman is no musician whateverbut may he to has a heard unusual music all sha over re the of cr worl itical d , and his eciat e i x perience renders , joine his opinion very a valuable one . appr , tthe ne We merits merits will 01 of not ivi Madlle follow aane . . Clauss Mr iauss . Cox . Madame ma throug aame h scnumann Schumann his dissertat and ana i Madam lviaaa on up me on e <_ ,

      Arabella Goddard , and how , the two former were , persistently however " written down that , Madlle " and th . e Clauss latter was " writt by en no up means ; " we may so great remark an , it artist that as , Mr . intelli Cox gent raakes and out i . nteresting Her piano , but p he lay r mechanis had m m uch was in far from faultless . We cannot , also , endorse his opinion that o Gounod f the acerbity ' s music of the k criticism ept out of which this cou it would ntry throug encounter h any . fear It pu mu b lic success borne u in ntil mi th nd e p h roduct at Gouno ion d of neve Faust r ac a h n d eved although any great the reputation vaim * + o # i / - * tti 01 y ~\ r mis •?• Ti i o m * o r % rt wortc \ ir /* wlr T naa ^ t * / - ! spreaci cnv / aorl inrougn i-li t , "ntirrri w » * a mr coun r » Aiin _ -

      triesit was felt that grana the introduction of the scene in many the Cathedral , was a somewhat risky experiment to be tried on the when English he . p forbids ublic . Marguerite It is all very to well pray to , is say that an Mep embodime histopheles nt of , rent her ow fact n evi that l conscience the Devil , has still found there is his no getting to the over church the appa and - that he gets dominion over the sinful girl way who is endeavouring , to cleanse her soul by prayer . disagree In returning with Mr to . our Cox subject in his , opinion we may that remark if an artist that is we criticised wholly

      journals with unsparing , " little severity else but in ruin the will columns too often of the follow Times as , an or inevi other - treated quentl table consequence y demonstrated at the outset . " The in of the their fallacy case career of of artists this b op who inion have has been and been who fre ill - - have subsequentl , y risen to a position , of y eminence newspapers in , their promake fession . the The future critic of an has artist no more all power he can to do mar is than to mislead he has his to readers for a certain period , but ; , in the long run , no singer or

      composer The real , if fault he possess of the merit musical , will criticism appeal to in the this public country in vain lies ; , not ignorance in its injustice of those , who or its write partizanshi ; these p gentlemen , so much ( probabl in the y bl very ind are nice , for agreeable the most persons part , altogether , for anything innocent we' know of any to the knowledge contrary , or !) , fess as in to some expound cases , , and of any we now appreciation come to the of the question art which , " What they pro is a -

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      critic ? " Ought he to be a composer himself ? We think not pression spea beca k use . ith ery If ju fe yo sti w u ce c omposers o not n all get th a e c n ompo um suffi erous ser cie to n tl write hase y liberal s of r musical -minded criticisms ex to - , then you run the risk of acquiring the services of an Ignoramus , w fo ithout r very a few view peop to its underta practice ke in the some stud form y of the or other theo . ry of music , mastered A man who s prec epts fond , who of is mu not sic , devoted who has to , to any a c one erta school in extent in , p sional refere intricrueQ nce to any anrl other -wh , o will is writf in no what way hf mixed » rnnsripntinn up with profes filv ! - »< = » - _

      PIV / Aldl XXX VX J . & * -t . \—J * C 4 . AX VI . VT 1 J . V | V XXX VVlltU WW 1 J . C 4 W XX \— V / V / XldUlVlXblU UtJl V l ^/ f " liev Cox e ! we to be fear true that , will there be are a good not musical such critic and however but , alas mu , Mr ch . we may deplore the condition of many thingswe , have , but slender hope of mending matters . The art of criticism , is difficult to w defi e h n e , bu alread t well y indicated gh impossible , the prosp to realise ect , and securing , for reason trustworth s which y musical tremelremote chronic . lers in England is , to say the least of it , exy

      2,76 The Tomahawk. [November 9, 1867.

      2 , 76 THE TOMAHAWK . [ November 9 , 1867 .

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      ( 1 . ) Days Once of more my childhood their leasures 2—happy seem days to come ! As I remember how p teeth , Delighted in thy luscious my gum , . ( 2 . ) Thou Is onl wondrous heard midst knowing hihest bird , swells whose voice Minerva y , art thou ? Yes g , but dressed ;

      In r oily s stolen cap and bells . A Power which can ( move 3- > the world ; Let "Where Science dwells it ? for In me the it sea lives , or sky ? In the pui guess e depths ; of Beauty ' s eye . Sweet daughter of a ( noble 4 . ) sire , The Whom heart envious his vixen tongues wife half in vain broke reviled ; She could not steal from this dear , child .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 9, 1867, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09111867/page/12/