'The Music Makers,' by Edward Elgar Author(s): Ernest Newman Source: The Musical Times, Vol. 53, No. 835 (Sep. 1, 1912), pp. 566-570 Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/907621 Accessed: 01-01-2016 02:53 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Musical Times Publications Ltd. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Musical Times. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 204.235.148.92 on Fri, 01 Jan 2016 02:53:36 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 566 THE MUSICAL TIMES.-SEPTEMBER I, 1912. nor skill, should have so utterlysucceeded in 'THE MUSIC MAKERS,' BY EDWARD his Success him. As throwingaway gifts. spoiled ELGAR. M. Claude Debussy once humorouslyremarked, 'he fella victimto the butterfly-playof fascinating Elgar's new work, 'The Music Makers'-a lady admirers.' Hence the monotonyof worksin settingfor contralto solo, chorus and orchestra,of * the greaterpart of which he sedulduslyresorts to Arthur O'Shaughnessy's poem 'We are the his favouritenever-failing devices. Hence, also, Music Makers'-is interestingand welcome not the 'superficial versatility.' For if the actual only forthe fine musical expression that abounds progress of musical art duringthe past fortyyears in it, but for certain very effectiveinnovations in leftMassenet unmoved (and indeed he has taken the matterof structure.