The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-01-28


spirits, with sparkling eyes, and cheeks
like the rose, already more than half in
love with the pretty Nanny. E71
Joseph Haydn lived thus many
months in the house of Wenzel Purde
lein, burgher and renowned jriseitr in
the Le0pOldstadt Of Vienna, and not a
man in the imperial city knew where
the poor, but gifted and well-educated
artist and composer had gone. Invain
he was sought by his few friends i'm
vain by young Won Swieten in vain,
at last, by Metastasio himself. Joseph
had disappeared from Vienna, without
leaving a trace..fk Wenzel Purdelein
kept, his abode carefully concealed, and
wondered and lamented, like the rest,
over his loss, when his aristocratic
customers, believing he knew every
thing, asked him If he could give him
any information what had become of
Joseph. He thought he had good rea-
son and undoubted light, to exercise
the hitherto unpracticed virtue of si-
lence; because, as he said to himself,
he only aimed at making Joseph the
happiest man in the world. :.
Joseph cheerfully resigned. himself
to the purposes of his friend, and was
only too happy to be able undisturbed
| to Study Sebastian Bach's works, to
try his skill in composing quaItettos,
to eat as much as he pleased, and to be
able day after day, to see and chat with
the fair Nanny. 1t never occurred to
him to notice that he live !, i'm a man
ner, as a prisoner in Master Puderlein's
house that all day he was banished
| to the garden behind the dwelling, or
| L. nh b<ar .,1 only
| permitted to go out in the evening with
Wenzel and his daughter. 1t never
occurred to him to wish for other ac-
quaintances than their nearest neigh
bOrs, among whom he was known
simply as "Master Joseph" and he
cheerfuliy delivered to Master Wenzel
every Saturday, the stipulated number
| of minuets, waltzes, ETC., which he was
ordered to compose. Puderlein carried
the pieces regularly to music dealer
in the LeOpOldstadt, who paid him two
cOlIven :ion-guilders for every full-toned
minuet, and for other pieces in propor-
ton. This money the hair-dresser
conscientiously locked up in chest, to
use it when the time should come, for
Joseph's advantage. With this view,
he inquired earnestly about Joseph's
greater works, and whether he would
not soon he prepared to produce some
thing which would do him credit in the
eyes of The more distinguished part of
the public.
"Ah! yes, indeed" replied the
young man. This quartetto, when l
Shall have finished it, might he ven
tured before the public; for | hope to
make something good of it. Yet what
can do? no publisher would take it,
because l. have no distinguished patron
to whom to dedicate it."
"That will all come in time" said
Puderlein, smiling. "Do you get the
thing ready, yet without neglecting the
Dances" ~ -.....
Joseph went to work yet every day
he appeared more deeply in love with
the pretty Nanny; and the damsel
herself looked with very evident favor
on the dark, though handsome youth.
Wenzel saw the progress of things with
satisfaction; the lovers behaved with
great propriety, and he suffered things
to go their own way, only inter-
fering, with littleassumed surliness, If
JOSEPH, at any time, forgot his tasks in
idle talk, or Nanny her housekeep-
ing.
But not with such eyes saw Mosjo
Ignatz, Puderleins jOurneyman and
factotum hitherto; for he thought him
self possessed with a prior claim to the
love of Nanny. 1t was gall and worm
wood to Ignatz to see Joseph and the
fair girl together. He would often fain
have interposed his powder bag and
curling irons between them when he
heard them sing tender duets; for
Nanny had really charming voice
and was very fond of music, and was
Joscph's jealous pupil in singing.
Atlength Ignatz could no longer en- J
dure the tortures of jealousy. One
morning lie sought out the master Of
the house, to discover to him the secret
of tine lovers. How great was his as
tonishment, when Master Wenzel,
instead of falling into violent passion, |
and turning Joseph out of doors with
out further ado, replied, with smile, |
that he was well pleased to have it so. |
i'm vain Ignatz urged his own prior |
claims to Nanny's favor, and the en-
enlargement he had received from |
other and daughter. All his preten-
sions were treated with the utmost |
ScOrn.
The journeyman declared he would |
instantly quit the hair dresser's treach- |
erous roof, and him and his periwig |
stock. Accordingly, he fastened to
pack up his goods, demanded, and
received his wages, and left the house, |
vowing vengeance against the einmates. |
Pnrdelein was incensed; Nanny Laughs |
ed; Joseph sat in the garden troubling |
himselfabout nothing but his quartetto
at which he was working.
approaching, when the attention of the |
imperial city, and of the world, would
be directed to him as the protector and
benefactor of great musical genius.
The dances Joseph had composed for |
the music dealer in the LeOpoldstadt, |
were played again and again in the
halls of the nobility. All praised the
lightness, the sprightliness and grace
that distinguished them; but ali in
quiries were in vain, at the music
Dealers respecting the name of the
composer. No one knew him; and
Joseph himself, had no idea what {:
sensasion the pieces he had thrown of
| so easily created in the world. Master
| WenZel, however, was well aware of
it, and waited with impatience the
completion of the first quartetto. At
! lc1StD, Tic was
Puderlein received it, took it to the
music publisher, and had it sent to
press Immediately, which the sums he
had from time to time laid by fer
Joseph enabled him to do. Joseph,
who was confident his protector would
do everything for his advantage, COM
United all to his hands; he commenced
a new quartetto, and the old one was
soon almost forgotten.
They were not forgotten, however,
by Mosjo IgnatZ SchuppenpeIz, who
was continually on the watch to play
Master Puderlein some i'll trick. The
opportunity soon offered; his new
principal sent him, one morning, to
,iress the hair of the Baron Won Furn-
burg. Young Won Sweiten CHANGED to
be at the baron's house, and in the
] course of conversation, mentioned the
balls frequently given by Prince
Esterlazy, and the delightful new
dances by the unknown composer. In
the warmth of his Subscription the youth
stepped up to the piano and began
a piece which made Iguatz to prick up
his ears. for he recognized it too well
it was Nanny's favorite waltz, which
Joseph had executed expressly for
her. s s"af1
"I would givef fifty ducats,n cried the
baron, when Won Swieten had ended,
to know the name of the composer"
"Fifty ducats ~ repeated Ignatz.
Your honor, can tell your honor the
| >f I'm