And after discussing several technical points in the work, Mr. Krehbiel adds that, all the same, it is not wise or just to condemn an art-work like this in so superficial and flippant manner as nearly all the New York newspapers have done; “but bearing in mind a score of marvellous things in the symphony, notably several moments that approach grandeur in the slow movement, and remembering that that is not always the highest type of beauty which is obvious at a glance, we are yet constrained to say that for the present the work is a failure. It may be beautiful in twenty-five years; it is not beautiful now.” [Sidenote: =Weingartner’s Opinion=] In the article by Herr Felix Weingartner, on the post-Beethoven symphonists, which was previously mentioned, we find the following opinion of Bruckner and his works:—“In these last ten years has been often mentioned a powerful rival of Brahms, born in that artist’s second fatherland, in that city of Vienna which seems to be the city of the symphony.[40] Though much older than Brahms, Anton Bruckner, recently deceased, only became universally known even later than him.... His was a musical talent veritably rich. For that reason one would be almost tempted to compare him to his great compatriot Schubert, if only he had created works perfect enough to be considered really masterly. But it was not so.... I was once asked my opinion of the rivalry of Bruckner and Brahms. I replied, ‘I should like nature to give us a musician uniting in himself the qualities of the two composers, the immense imagination of Bruckner with the knowledge of Brahms. From such a combination would arise an artistic figure of the highest possible value.’” [Footnote 40: There would seem some mistake here, as Bruckner was born at Ansfelden in Upper Austria.] CHAPTER X. CHAMBER MUSIC OF RECENT TIMES. Trio by E. Schütt—Trio by Kirchner—Raff’s C minor Trio—Balfe’s Trio in A major—Trio: C. Hubert Parry—Trio: Bargiel—Sterndale Bennett’s Trio, op. 26—Trio, D minor: F.E. Bache—Trio, E flat: Nawratil—Trio: Goetz—Trio: Schmidt—Other Trios—String Trios—Quartett: Mackenzie—E flat Quartett: Rheinberger—Quartett: W. Rabl—Quartett: Prout—Quartett: Verdi—Quartett: Onslow—Quartett: W.H. Veit—Unusual combinations. Here we must notice a few chamber compositions, chosen chiefly from the works of musicians of our own or of recent times. No special method of selection is followed, nor must the list be regarded as at all an exhaustive one. Only what is thought may prove acceptable and useful to earnest amateurs is mentioned. [Sidenote: =Trio by E. Schütt=]