, 1873-11-09
MUSICAL CELEBRITIES.
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Horny HOLT Il Co. Its tit!e Ia Neccnt Music
aud Music!ans, as Described IN tho Diariog and
MAI. by a, D, Colcrilgo." Mosdholea himself
was not genius In naielo, but he was Q tboro,lg1l
musician, md llo ostablishcd for himself IN
d01ae a p Gsp"sSn Snn as o an wo afst ao oe a0ht To-
this country. Ho was born in Prague in
1701 antl educated for pianist there, and
IN Vlouiia. In tho course Of luis caroer !lo camo
ct last to London, In 1922, tanklng that capital
to aormany BY tho ofrcr Of ProfosaorHhip in
the Conservatory of Lopsic, whcro he nudo hts
home until his death in Nlareh, 1870. I1e kept n
diary from the timo Of his youth, and ho llad n
thus furnished, haa wife prepared a book, whicl,
has Ind tho alyantage Of furthor se!ccion md
revision by hlr. ooleridge,;f for the English and
American public.
i1oscholea l!fo vau partly English, but chiefly
German. 1Io bocanc fayorto toaoher Of tho
piauo In Londoii,: receiving guinea losson i1s
times when tint was considered al high price. Ito
did m immense amount OF work % writer Of
musio for tho dealers. q giTer and manager Of
piano, :n. rs composer Of really solid, learned,
aud hoholar]y works. not only for that. but for
other inAtrumontg While popular and prosperous
among tho English, he okopt up the most intimate
relations with dormany s.'a TIE bosl parts of g,
Dsethoyon and Aendolssohn are described.
know both Of those giants, and. to be
on the most atfeotionate relations with
pas assaEes IN o book Is sho s aeoount ot the s
days of Beethoven, In which thoro arc several
letters Of his to :Mosoheles,, and number from
schindler and Hau, IN which tho story Of tho
groat masters lnea his dsat sna his tdna fanarGl
no biography. Tile first, Of those letters, in
which Beethoven, MORALLY Ill, stone-denf al
most frondless, tormentea by his worthless
nephew, and dteading poverty. writes to AZ Mo77
harmonic Society, over which Bit George smatt
presided may seryo ns an example Of this cor
respohdence. It was written only about
month before his death, and is g follows ,sor
. "My dear Moschelea--I an convinced you
will not take It amisn II trouble you III we'll as
Sir Smart for whom inoloso : letter, with
petition. The matter shortly told iB this: Some
made mo the handsome offer Of arranging con-
oort for my bonont. At the time, thank God.
Was not in such position aa to bo obliged to
make uae, OF their generous offer. Now, how
over, 7 am quite IN different position for
terribly Tearisome llneBs. AM suffering from
dropBy. Schindler will giyo you more details
ID tic letter which incloso. You know Of my
old hnbit Of life. You also know how and
hsss hsSs ar ss CEASED A h aG5 ny q E%,s6s IT, 1sappy %pS
therefore, may bo 10 placed % to DO obliged to
suffer want. You have not only largo cirolo Of
acquaintanoes In London, but also important in
1uouce with the Philharmonic 6oosoty to resus-
citate their generous resolution and carry 1t out
speedily. 1 inoloae letter to The Hame effect to
Sir Smart, and hnye sent another already to Herr
gtumpff. Please give the letter to Sir Smart, and
unto with him aud all my friends in London for
the furthoranco Of ny object. am y. 70 ,osn, %eak
ty to me.. Remember mo to your an,inbla wife.
aud be asAnrea that shall nlwnya bo your
friend. beethoven.
:: THB pitoous appeal, and tho letters TINT follow
It In the book, make . painfully interesting pas
aage, in which tie vholc miserable story Of tho
end Of Beethoyen's life Ia told. hfoBche1es wor-
shipped him rs master aud gigantic gonius,
and he did what he could to comfort him IN tho
last. / =
those relating to Mentolusohu, who was to
MoscholeB ike 4 younger BROTHER until bis mar
volous mr1aioal achievements made the Benior
falrly idollzo tho junior. Scarcely in any btog-
raphy OF lendolssohn hnyo wo Ind such charm
ing revelations Of his PERSONAL social character,
his ufe aa friond, = non. . brother, husband,
and father, as are afforded by tho many CHAP
tors In which Moscholes doHoribca him. But
along with all those personal picturoa, there are
artistic and professional pictures not less inter-
esting. We are tempted to quote scores Of pages
about this raro aud charming genius Of modern
Germany but selection ia difficult. and space is
HMitou IN . newspaper.
Although the two Titnns Beethoven aud Mem
delssohn. aro prominent figures in this capital
book Of muHlca! gossip aud criticism, thore arc
hundreds OF others that appear in 1t, all Of moro
OF loss celebrity. There ia mention, frequently
with pleasant anecdoses, Of oil the musical
to 1soo-Malibran. sontheg;" o.stAre;r rt,fzoT 1a14
Wood, Schroeder -Devrient, CASTELAR,, Jonny
Lind, Tietieus. md scoros Of other Prlln,e,
donns; all tho famous men singers, al
the great aeor7 vqaop saa on ysrous
Instruments and there is frequent allu,
sion to famous mon and women Of politics and
society, for Moaoheles had social and profas;.
Bonal position which brought him into personal
contact with the most distinguished people ~
tho Continent ho was befsieuded by SovorelgnB
es we'll as BY brother musicians. We arc im-
nellod to give an example Of Mosoheies' diary IN
The following describing Mabran I'll Then Sasa
aud when her splendid caroor was brought to
such sudden and doleful end. lie says =:
"she camo at O'Clock; with her wore Thai
berg, Benedict, and Klingemann. Wo dinnd
carly and Immediately afterwards Ma6tan a;93ra say
aB aho used to cali it. the Rasaplan and some OF
hor father's Spanish, RongB; for want OF q
guitar accompaniment she uued, while playing,
every now aud then to mark the rhythm on tiie
board at tho back Of the koys. After singing
French and italian romauceB OF hor own COM
position, sho waa rolieyol at tho piano by
Thalberg, who performed oil manner Of tricks q on
tho instrument, swapping hlB fingers 90 an 9oli
cato to Vionnose songs and waltaos. played a.
forwards with Reversed hands md with my fists.
and none laughed louder than Malibran. At =
O'Clock wo drove to the geological Gardens, ana
pushed our way for an hour NTH tho fashion.
abloa. When. Wo had enough Of man aud beast.
We took one moro turn in the park, and directly
| We rot homo, Mnlibran sat down to the Piano and
aane for an hour. At last, however, sho called
! out to Thnlberg 'Yenoz jouer quolquo chose
| i'ai beaoIn de- me repoHer,' her repose consist
In water-colors, IAN art In which she va!
| aclf -taught). Thalberg played by, hoart. ant
in . most uiastorly way, several Of Ills STUDIES,
and Fragments Of noTly,wrltten y % ta h9nao
minor Concerto We lind supper. afterwards
thero again It WAS Malibran who kept us al! g.
ing. She gayo uB the richest limitations OF 81
George Smart, the aingora Knyyett, Brahem
| plillina mud Yaucha1, who Ind R4nE with ho