Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-05

you can be lured 10 America. II is a
long time 10 wait, aud hope fate will
send you 10 as sooner than you dream
but Il the worst happens, you must
promise 70 superintend the production
of your sacred operas in the United
| States" .NAn
''Ah, there you have mo. don't say
mo- | am drawn 10 America. II is a
growing country. like your public in
fnitely better than the English. You
are appreciatiye and quick to learn.
was delighted with the New York au-
dences that assisted ut my recitals. In
deed. the attention on the Beethoven
day absolutely charmed me. You think
! did well 10 conclude with the funeral
march1 II Was at the request of lady
who had lost her son in your civil war,
and wanted me TO play il TO his honor. /
did. wished all the concerts TO be re.
citals. Perhaps the manager was right
in entertaining different opinion, but i
could not leave the country without de-
moustrating the history Of pianoforte
music, and see how well il was received !
You think / had motive in playing
Thalberg's ard Liszt's fantasias on Don
Giovanni, one after the otherf OF
course ! had. You saw Immediately
Thalbergs inconsequence and Liszt's
mastery Of the subject, Well, to return
to the operas. They are for theatrical
performance, with the aid Of magnif-
cent accessories. Yours is the country
Of new ideas. There | should have no
established religion TO combat, and there
would be the best place to bring them
ont. y llftl ttu .H
So, American public, If you properly
tell through your potent press, that
whenever his operas are ready you will
welcome them with all the heartiness
peculiar to the New World. u
But why not come to America TO
live2 You love your art. You can ad
vance it much more in New York than
in st. Petersburg" n 1JlIE EHIb|
Rubinstein looks to the sea, shrugs bis
shoulders and replies, IL my wife would
go to America would go. | am Rus
sian Of Russians, but | am also Re-
publican, and America is the land for
those who love liberty. | would like for
my children to be American citizens
but-so it is. You can do great deal
more for music than you do now. What
you need is conservatories founded, not
for money-making, but on sound bases.
Look at the magnificent legacy left to
Baltimore by Peabody. The Peabody
Institute has sixty thousand dollars
year to spend on music. What grand
opportunity for Conservatory Our
Conservatory in Russia costs no more.
We produce fine results, and the Pea
body Institute does nothing with its
music fund. Tell this to the people. 1t
ought to be known. You will have no
music until you can educate musicians
at home.p bH aa sn. sagIIf
tell it. Will the telling produce any
effect upon the Trustees of Peabody In
stitute2 Is there sufficient music in
their souls to stir them into action
Sixty thousand dollars annually going
to sleep, instead of awakening the latent
genius Of an intelligent people longing
for instruction. And it is foreigner
who first calls attention to the sin OF
omission.
In what language will your libretti
be written, Maestro2'
In Russian sometimes, but always in
German. 1t is the most expressive Of
languages l sympathize with it. SO
it is.
But how is it that you who hate the
sea should have written such beautiful
ocean symphony T
You may well ask. 1t was written
OH land when had only seen the ocean,
not felt it. That illusion has fed. So
it is.