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# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Anecdote 280

280.—ARTISTIC PRIDE.
Musical artists have a proper pride as to circumstances and surroundings in their public appearances. In former days the musician was content to be a servant, to eat at second tables, and to be railed off from the aristocracy that boasted money instead of brains. Nowadays things have changed and a musician's art is the "open sesame" to the high places of the earth. There is an aversion on the part of a true artist toward appearing amid other than dignified surroundings.
This was shown not many years ago in Vienna, where there were being given a series of symphony concerts at popular prices; the listeners were seated at tables where refreshments, solid and liquid—more particularly the latter—were served. At each of these concerts some well-known composer has conducted one or more of his own compositions. Tschaikowsky was also invited to direct one of the series, but hearing that popular prices were charged and the hall resembled a restaurant he refused to assist at the concert, for which the celebrated Russian pianist, Sapellnikow, was also engaged to play. So, after having traveled for these concerts all the way from St. Petersburg to Vienna, he packed his valise and returned to Russia.
# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Anecdote 278

278.—ONE KIND OF CRITICISM.
Cherubini was able to make use of a species of criticism that was pointed enough, and yet was of a kind that could give no one excuse for blaming his sharpness of tongue. When a disagreeable topic was introduced or when that was brought to his notice that he felt deserved his condemnation, he retired into silence and could not be persuaded to open his mouth on the subject.
Halévy was a favorite pupil of this celebrated French composer, and on one occasion asked the old master to go with him to hear one of Halévy's operas. At the end of the first act he asked Cherubini how he liked it.
No reply.
At the end of the second act he repeated his question with more emphasis. Still no reply.
"Will you not give me an answer?"
Cherubini was still silent.
Halévy then became so enraged that he got up and left the box, muttering indignation at his teacher's sitting therefor two hours without deigning to say a word.
Afterward a reconciliation was effected and Cherubini was prevailed upon to point out those points in the opera that caused him to make such a severe, though such a silent, criticism. Cherubini might, in this respect, serve for a model for the numerous musical critics who afflict their friends and the public with their uneducated inanities. He was silent because he knew so much. They are verbose because they know so little.
# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Anecdote 279

279.—MUSICAL COOKS.
Curious stories have come down to us as to the idiosyncrasies of many a noted musician; but we have not elsewhere had occasion to note one peculiar enjoyment that several of them have taken in an occupation that is not generally supposed to give great pleasure to the average man. We refer to the art of cooking. Not a musical art, certainly, but one deprived of which we might hardly relish even a Beethoven symphony.
Lulli was an accomplished cook and used frequently to return to the instruments of his early days, i.e., pots and kettles. For his original occupation was that of cook's assistant. From him, considering his early training, we might certainly expect musical pot-pourris.
Then there were the Italian musicians Rossini and Paganini. They each enjoyed dabbling in the regions where the cook is supposed to have full sway. The violinist especially was fond of this occupation and turned it to good account when in later years he became so miserly. We may well suppose that neither of them (being Italian) was forgetful of the odoriferous little plant called garlic, in the preparation of their artistic dishes.
And then the greatest musician to cook, if not the greatest cook among musicians, was Beethoven. He had an idea that no one could prepare his food quite as well as he could himself. It is probable that he had a good deal of experience at it, perhaps more than he really wanted at times. For his treatment of his servants was so peculiar that it was seldom one would stay with him for any length of time. Part of his culinary arrangements Beethoven determined with mathematical accuracy A friend once found him counting coffee grains, and on inquiring the reason for the seemingly absurd occupation he was informed that sixty grains was just the right number to produce the best possible cup of coffee.
# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Anecdote 28

28.—CATALANI AND GOETHE.
Angelica Catalani was a singer who held sway in Europe for thirty years in the last century, as the peer of all prime donne. It has been said that never has the public been so carried away by the voice of any songstress as by hers. One writer calls her the "Paganini ​of Song," and from the accounts that have come down to us of her flights of vocalization the title must have been well bestowed. Going on to the stage at the age of sixteen, this musically gifted person was ignorant in all matters but her art; and besides this she was of an excitable temperament, vivacious and talkative.
Her ignorance of people and things often led her into making amusing blunders. One writer relates a ludicrous scene which took place between her and the great poet Goethe.
They were at Weimar; and at a court dinner she was seated next to Goethe, who was the most distinguished guest. Goethe and his works were utterly unknown to her; but seeing that he seemed to be a man of consequence and that much attention was paid to him, she inquired of the gentleman on the other side of her who this personage was. Thereupon the following conversation took place:
"He is the celebrated Goethe, madam."
"Oh, he is! And on what instrument does he play?"
"He is not a musician, madam; he is the celebrated author of 'Werter.'"
"Oh, yes, I remember." Then turning to the venerable poet she declared:
"Ah, sir, what an admirer I am of 'Werter!'" The poet bowed low in acknowledgment of the compliment.
"I never," continued she, "read anything half so laughable in all my life. What a farce it is to be sure!"
Goethe looked aghast at this remark, but managed to exclaim:
"The 'Sorrows of Werter' a farce, madam?"
"Oh, yes; there never was anything so exquisitely ridiculous," declared the talkative lady, laughing heartily at the remembrance.
It was found out afterwards that she had once seen in Paris a parody on Goethe's "Werter," which had ridiculed the original most unmercifully. But parody and original were all the same to her.
# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Anecdote 272

272.—SCHUBERT'S MODESTY.
True worth is always modest. This was especially seen, among the great composers, in the case of Franz Schubert. A characteristic bit of his modesty we find in the account of his first meeting with Beethoven. Grove tells us of this meeting in these words:—
"Beethoven was at home, and we know the somewhat overwhelming courtesy with which he welcomed a stranger. Schubert was bashful and retiring, and when the great man handed him paper and pencil provided for the replies of visitors, Schubert could not collect himself sufficiently to write a word. Then Schubert produced some variations which he had enthusiastically dedicated to Beethoven, and this added to Beethoven's good humor. The master opened them and looked through them, and seeing something which startled him, naturally pointed it out. At this Schubert's last remnant of self-control deserted him and he rushed from the room. When he got into the street and was out of the magic of Beethoven's personality, his presence of mind returned, and all that he might have said flashed upon him, but it was too late."
# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Anecdote 276

276.—FUGUES AND CHESS.
Many are the musical prodigies who come before the public, though but few of them reach the great heights of musicianship of which they, in their youth, give promise. Händel, Mozart, and Liszt fulfilled the expectations aroused by their youthful feats.
Among those whose fame was not so great was Walter Parratt, who was knighted by Queen Victoria. He played the organ in a Yorkshire church when only seven years old. At ten he performed all of Bach's forty-eight preludes and fugues without the music before him, and in later life he accomplished the extraordinary feat of playing, blindfolded, three games of chess and one of Bach's fugues at the same time, manipulating the keys of the organ and calling out his moves on the chess-board simultaneously.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Halfter

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​ Halfter, f., from the equiv. MidHG. halfter, OHG. halftra, f., ‘halter’; comp. Du. halster, AS. hœlstre, E. halter; a West Teut. word most closely allied with OHG. halp, MidHG. halp, plur. helbe, ‘handle, helve,’ AS. hylf, m., equiv. to E. helve; in earlier ModHG. also Helb, ‘hilt, helve.’ From the same root are formed with a suffix m, OHG. halmo (for *halbmo), in OHG. jioh-halmo, MidHG. giech-halme, ‘rope fastened to the yoke to guide the oxen,’ MidHG. halme, ‘handle, helve, lever of a bell,’ halm-ackes, ‘axe’ (comp. also Hellebarte), likewise MidE. halme, ‘handle’; so too the modified forms OHG. joh-helmo, MidHG. giech-helme; AS. helma, ‘handle’ (equiv. also to E. helm), and Du. helmstock, ‘tiller,’ are not connected with this word; see Helm (2). ‘Handle’ is the orig. sense of the whole group, and even of Halfter. Perhaps Lith. keltuvě, ‘swiple of a flail,’ is allied.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Halm

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​ Halm, m. and n., ‘stalk, stem, straw,’ from MidHG. halm, m., and halme, m., OHG. and OSax. halm, m.; comp. AS. healm, E. halm; the meaning in West Teut. is ‘grass or corn-stalk’; Scand. halmr, ‘straw.’ In sense and sound corresponding to Lat. calamus, Gr. κάλαμος, ‘reed, reed-pen, halm’ (Ind. kalamas, ‘reed-pen’), OSlov. slama, f., ‘halm.’ Perhaps the Lat. word is derived from Gr.; it is also conceivable that Halm, like Hanf, was obtained from a South Russ. tribe by the Aryans who had migrated westwards. Yet it is more probable that Halm and Gr. κάλαμος, like Lat. culmus, ‘stalk,’ are connected with Lat. culmen, ‘peak, summit,’ and farther with excello.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hammel

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​ Hammel, m., from the equiv. MidHG. and MidLG. hamel, OHG. hamal, m., ‘wether’ (MidHG. also ‘steep, rugged height; cliff, pole’); prop. an adj. used as a subst., OHG. hamal, ‘mutilated,’ which elucidates the MidHG. meanings; OHG. hamalôn, MidHG. hameln (and hamen), ‘to mutilate,’ AS. hamelian, E. to hamble (‘mutilate, lame’); OHG. hamalscorro, m., ‘boulder,’ OHG. hamal-, hamalung-stat, f., ‘place of execution,’ MidHG. hamelstat, n. and m., ‘indented coast,’ hamelstat, f., ‘rugged ground.’ Allied to OHG. ham (inflected hammêr), adj., ‘mutilated, crippled’ (comp. hemmen), just as Fr. mouton to Lat. mutilus.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Halde

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​ Halde, f., ‘precipice, declivity, slope,’ from MidHG. halde, OHG. halda, f., ‘mountain declivity.’ OIc. hallr, ‘hill, slope,’ ​caorresponds both to the HG. word and to Goth. hallus, AS. heall, which are translations of ‘petra’; see Holm. These may be further related to HG. Halde, which, however, is more closely connected with Goth. *halþs, ‘inclined’; comp. AS. heald, OIc. hallr, OHG. hald, adj., ‘overhanging, inclined’; yet the dental in these words may be a suffix. If Goth. hallus, ‘rock,’ were allied, OIc. hváll, hóll (Goth. *hwêlus), m., ‘hill,’ might be compared, as well as AS. hyll, E. hill. For an Aryan root kel, ‘to rise,’ comp. Lat. celsus, collis, and Lith. kalnas, ‘hill.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hals

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​ Hals, m., ‘neck,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. hals, m.; corresponding to OSax. and Du. hals, AS. heals (E. to halse, ‘embrace,’ but now antiquated; the modern word is neck), OIc. hals, m., ‘neck,’ Goth. hals (gen. halsis), m.; all point to a common Teut. mas., halsa-. Primit. allied to Lat. collum for *colsum, n., ‘neck’ (OLat. also collus, m.); comp. also Gr. κλοιός, ‘collar’ (from *κλοσιός)?. Whether Lat. excello, excelsus, are also primit. allied (Hals, lit. ‘prominent part of the body’) remains uncertain. From Teut. is derived Fr. haubert, OFr. halberc, ‘hauberk,’ from hals-bërg(a). —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hall

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​ Hall, m., ‘sound’; see hell.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hamen

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​ Hamen, m., ‘tunnel-net,’ from MidHG. and MidLG. hame; akin probably to the equiv. OSwed. haver, ModSwed. håf, m., OHG. hamo, m., ‘tunnel-net.’ The latter word is considered identical with OHG. *hamo (in lîhhamo, ‘body,’ OSax. gûðhamo, feðarhamo; comp. Leichnam, Hemd, and hämisch), orig. ‘covering, dress.’ From the meaning ‘Tuch,’ in the restricted sense in which it is used by fishermen and huntsmen (i.e. ‘toils’), the signification ‘net’ might of course be developed; but that is not certain. OHG. hamo, MidHG. ham, hame, m., ‘fishing-rod, fishing-hook,’ and the modern dial. Hamen, are not allied to the words mentioned above; they seem to be cognate with Lat. hâmus, ‘fishing-hook, hook’; the h might be explained as in haben.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hammer

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​ Hammer, m., ‘hammer, clapper,’ from the equiv. MidHG. hamer (plur. hęmer), OHG. hamar (plur. hamarâ), m.; comp. OSax. hamur, AS. hamor, m., E. hammer, and its equiv. OIc. hamarr, m. (also ‘cliff, rock’); the common Teut. word for ‘hammer,’ by chance not recorded in Goth. only. For the elucidation of its earlier history the subsidiary meanings in Scand. are important; the cognate term kamy in OSlov. signifies ‘stone.’ Hence it has been assumed that Hammer is lit. ‘stone weapon.’ Whether Sans. açman, ‘rock, stone weapon, hammer, anvil,’ &c., and Gr. ἄκμων, ‘anvil’ (Lith. aknmů, ‘stone’), are also allied is uncertain.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hampfel

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​ Hampfel, f., from the equiv. MidHG. hant-vol, ‘a handful.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Halle

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​ Halle, f., ‘hall, large room, entrance hall, porch,’ unknown to MidHG. The word, which was introduced by Luther into the literary language, was originally entirely unknown to the UpG. dials. (in earlier UpG. Vorschopf was used); it may have originated among the Franc. and Sax. tribes of Germany. It is a thorough OTeut. term; OIc. hǫll, f., AS. heall, f., E. hall, OSax. halla, MidLG. halle, f., ‘hall, a large room covered with a roof and open or closed at the side,’ sometimes ‘temple, house of God.’ Not allied to Goth. hallus, AS. heall, ‘rock,’ AS. and E. hill. From the OG. is derived Fr. halle. Against the derivation from the root hel, ‘to conceal’ (comp. hehlen), there is no weighty objection, Halle, ‘the concealed or covered place.’ Yet comp. also Sans. çâlâ, ‘house.’ —
Halle, f., ‘saltern,’ is the ordinary G. Halle, not, as was formerly supposed, a Kelt. term (W. halen, ‘salt’); Halloren, a late Lat. derivative of Halle, ‘saltern.’ Comp. OHG. halhûs, ‘salt-house,’ MidHG. halgrâve, m., ‘director and judge in matters connected with salt-mines.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bütte

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​ Bütte, Butte, f., from the equiv. MidHG. büte, bütte, büten, OHG. butin, f., ‘tub, butt’; the cognate LG. and E. words contain an abnormal medial t; AS. bytt, ‘flagon,’ E. butt, OIc. bytta. These indicate that the HG. word was borrowed in the OHG. period, when the shifting of t to tz was already accomplished. In the cognates the meaning varies, ‘leather pipe, cask,’ just as in the Rom. class from which they were borrowed — Span. bota, ‘leather pipe,’ Fr. botte, ‘butt.’ To OHG. butin (MidLat. butina), MidHG. büten, the ModHG. deriv. Büttner (from MidHG. bütenœre), ‘cooper’ (likewise a frequent surname), is also related.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Büttel

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​ Büttel, m., ‘beadle, jailer,’ from MidHG. bütel, OHG. butil, m., ‘a messenger of the law’; comp. AS. bydel, ‘messenger,’ E. beadle (which is based both on the AS. bydel and on a MidE. word of Rom. origin — MidLat. bedellus, ModFr. bedeau, ‘beadle’); allied to bieten.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/C

* A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Z
C.
See K.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bürste

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​ Bürste, f., ‘brush,’ from MidHG. bürste, f., a deriv. of Borste; the equiv. E. term is, however, of Rom. origin (Fr. brosse).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bürzel

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​ Bürzel, m., ‘hinder part of an animal, buttocks, brush (of a fox), scut,’ &c.; ModHG. only; allied to burzeln, purzeln?.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Dach

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​ Dach, n., ‘roof, cover, shelter,’ from MidHG. dach, n., ‘roof, covering, ceiling, awning,’ OHG. dah; it corresponds to AS. þœc, ‘roof,’ E. thatch, OIc. þak; Goth. *Þak, ‘roof,’ is wanting, the term used being hrôt, the primit. Teut. term for ‘roof,’ allied to Decken. The art of constructing houses (see under Giebel, First, Haus, Thür, Schwelle, Tenne, Zimmer, &c.) was not yet developed when the Teutons were migrating from East to West; hence most of the technical terms are peculiar to Teutonic. The primary meaning of the word Dach is apparent, since it is formed by gradation from a Teut. root Þek, Aryan teg, ‘to cover’; Lat. tego, tegere; Gr. τέγος, n., ‘roof’; the same stage of gradation as in HG. Dach is seen in Lat. toga (‘the covering garment’), Lat. tugurium, ‘hut.’ The same root appears in Gr. with a prefix s, στέγω, ‘I cover,’ στέγη, ‘roof,’ as well as in Lith. stógas, ‘roof,’ Ind. sthágâmi, ‘I cover.’ Hence the HG. Dach, like the equiv. Gr. τέγος, στέγη, Lith. stógas (akin to stěgti, ‘to cover’), signifies properly ‘the covering part.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/D

* A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Z
* da
* Dach
* Dachs
* Dachtel
* dahlen
* Dalles
* damals
* Damast
* Dambock
* Dambrett
* dämisch
* Damm
* dämmern
* Dampf
* Dank
* dann
* dannen
* dar
* darben
* Darm
* Darre
* daß
* Dattel
* Daube
* dauern
* dauern
* Daumen
* Daune
* Daus
* Dechant
* Decher
* Decke
* decken
* deftig
* Degen
* Degen
* dehnen
* Deich
* Deichsel
* Deichsel
* dein
* Demant
* Demut
* dengeln
* denken
* denn
* der
* derb
* desto
* Deube
* Deut
* deuten
* deutsch
* dibbern
* dicht
* dichten
* dick
* Dieb
* Diele
* dienen
* Dienstag
* dieser
* Dietrich
* Dill
* Ding
* Dinkel
* Dinte
* Diptam
* Dirne
* Distel
* Döbel
* doch
* Docht
* Dock
* Docke
* Dogge
* Dohle
* Dohne
* Dokes
* Dolch
* Dolde
* Dole
* Dolmetsch
* Dom
* Donner
* Donnerstag
* doppeln
* doppelt
* Dorf
* Dorn
* dorren
* Dorsch
* Dorsche
* dort
* Dose
* Dost
* Dotter
* Dotter
* Douches
* Doufes
* Drache
* Draht
* Drake
* drall
* Drang
* drängen
* draus
* drechseln
* Dreck
* drehen
* drei
* dreist
* dreißig
* dreschen
* drillen
* Drillich
* Drilling
* dringen
* dritte
* Drittel
* Droge
* drohen
* Drohne
* dröhnen
* drollig
* Drossel
* Drossel
* Drost
* Druck
* drücken
* Drucksen
* Drude
* Druse
* Druse
* Drüse
* Drusen
* du
* Ducaten
* Ducht
* ducken
* Duckmäuser
* dudeln
* Duft
* Duft
* dulden
* Dult
* dumm
* dumpf
* Düne
* Dung
* dunkel
* Dünkel
* dünn
* Dunst
* durch
* Durchlaucht
* dürfen
* dürr
* Durst
* Dusel
* Dust
* düster
* Düfte
* Dutzend
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Büse

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​ Büse, f., ‘herring-boat,’ not from MidHG. buze, OHG. buzo (z for ts), but from the equiv. Du. buis, to which OIc. búza,. AS. bûtse (in bûtsecearlas), E. buss, also correspond. There are similar words in Rom. — MidLat. buza, bussa, OFr. busse, buce. The origin of the cognates is probably not to be sought for in Teut.; the source whence they were borrowed is uncertain.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Büste

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​ Büste, f., ‘bust,’ ModHG. only, from Fr. buste.
# Anecdotes of Great Musicians/Anecdote 58

58.—AN IGNORANT TENOR.
Campanini once made an enemy by the use of a title which a rival singer thought to be his own particular property. Fancelli, the rival, was a very ignorant man and could hardly read or write, but he deciphered the term "Primo Tenore Assoluto" on Campanini's baggage, and this aroused his wrath, as he considered the word "Assoluto" (meaning absolute or unrivaled), should be ​applied exclusively to himself. So ignorant was Fancelli, who, by the way, had formerly been a baggage porter at Leghorn, that he had to hire one of the opera chorus to write the autographs he gave to admiring damsels. He was once asked to append his signature to the autograph album of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society. His scribe was not at hand, so he undertook the painful operation himself. He got along fairly well with the name, only omitting one "l" and a "c." Not content with that, he attempted to add his pet title, and succeeded, in his schoolboy hand, very well till he got to the final word, the most charming of them all, in his eyes. After he had written an "a" and three "s's," he managed to spread a huge blot of ink on the page which obliterated one of them, and to-day the signature stands,
Faneli Primo Tenore Ass——"