New-York tribune., 1874-10-20
A.. made an ,muression on me

listening TO him humble silence aud seeming 20 tn M
come 40 Completely second nature to Schsdow, even
outside his studio TO act the teacher auSs ,St when
encouraging, or even severely lecturiuP that wh,n
Felix announced his intention OF aocoinpanyiug uI NO
Cologne the following day. he asked nm I'm ~ ali ihese
tone what would become of St Pau win al aon,;G ,
| excursions and distractions. Mendeissonn reploa
quietly but firmly, that twoud all Ue ready IN SIo
time Inc walk ended with coffee and game NJ po".S,
and Felix, who had been on horseback lent .hn III. @
horse to ride home on Chopin was strnger % rept @ ese
10 during the walk, watching eveipthus1. ,n ~
making his observations to me alone In the satest VI
voices Schadow always hospitaDle asked us to come
again In the evening and we tDen inund sone oa no &
soon became very animated and all would nave @ cesa
right II Chopin had not SAT SO sn9hs a % ,bst ne
Woud have his revenge and were secretly rejoicing at
the thought AT last the piano was Spchen penn 70 nsV
and rather doubtful looks we're cast at MN anu US @ ~
he ne nd h@dy %as
| like it had been heard They we're an III the
greatest eight, and begged for more and more Count
Amaviva mad dropped his disguise and every one was
dumb.
Two wears after, Mendelssohn was in Frankfort,
where Hitler was residing with his mother. and the
two cOngenial spirits almost constantly In each
others company The following paragraph describes
| an amusing touch of the O!d Adam from winch the
divnest artists are not always Free
Mendelssohn living in "a large house belonging 10
e which stood at the corner OF the Seh0ne Aus
SIGHT," with splendid view up and down the river ana
| comfortable there. He enjoyed receiving MS
friends, and even loved an occasional interruption from
sympathetic visitors in the morning Our house at ne
Pfdrresen," not far off, and we saw great deal
of each other MY dear mother who In spite OF her IN
tense love for me could easily be enthusiastic ABOUT & t
Mendessohu, and ready TO do thing for him that lay
in her power she soon discovered his fav0rlte dlshes
and knew how to indulge hn IN so many niue wss s
that he felt quite at home with u.s. She would often
secretly order carriage for u.s. so that we might make
excursions in the beautiful envrons of FRANKFORT On
one of expeditions had the opportunity OF seeing
friend IN rather passion IL was near the Vilape
OF Bergen. The coachman did or said some stupidity or
other, upon which Meudelssohn jumped out OF the car:
abuse upon the man, declared that nothing could make
him again. The punishment was on our sldei ana
nv mother quite frightened when we arrived late
in the evening. hot and exhausted having had to Walk
the whole way home. AT supper Felix himself eouid a
help laughing though stll souty maintaining thdt
he was right
visit of Rossini to Frankfort at that time pro-
| duced great sensation, and brought MendelssOhn
into close contact with the veteran composer. The
rencontTe is the subject of lively sketch.
Since his william Tell ROssini had reached the
highest pinnacle OF his fame. and also at the
hight of MS personality, IL may SO express myself
He had lost the cOrpueGce of former years;
his figure still full, but not dsproportioned and his
splendid counenance, which displayed boin the power
OF tie thinker and the Wit OF the hulnOrst, Deaned wlh
health and happiness. He spoke French quite as well as
Italian, and with the most meodious voice; his long
Residence III Paris aud Intercourse VITA the best people
| there, had transformed him from naughty young
Italian into man of the world dignied graceful and
charming and enchanting everybody by his Irresistible
amiaOilty H. had come to see us one morning. to our
great delight, and describing his Journey through
Belgium, and all that had struck HIM there, when
heard the bell and feeling certain that II was MeDdels
VUs' was Felix and Win MN julius Rietz, VINO had
| just arrived. / told them that RossDi was there.
and Mendessohn was dehghted Dut in spite OF all our
persuasons Retz would not come in ana turned back
When Felix appeared, Rossn received him with marked
few the conversation resumed its flow and be
| came quite animated He wanted Aendels'onn TO play
TO him, aud after little resistance Mende5s0Dns
sde tney arranged to meet ut our honsc again next
morning These meetings were often repeated In the
OF the next few days, and it quite charming
to how Felix, though inwardly Resisting was eacn
time afresh Obliged to yield to the overwhelming ama-
d la
with the utmost interest expressing ms satisfaction
more or less openly. caunor deny the factand
perfectly natural-Dut Felix, with his juvenile
looks playing bis compositions To a composer whose
melodies just then ruled the whole world Of was
"a measure, Ostensibly acting inferior part
must always be the wnen artist Introduces
MendessoSn soon BEGAN to rebel a little. If Your
Kossn said he to me one morning when we met at
as he did Yesterday, won't play him anything more"
"But did: when was playing my + sharp minor
Caprice, he mnttered between his teeth. Ga st"t "a
We'll, tnats nothing so very dreadful"
However on the following day he played to him again
must add that RJssini always looked back TO tAis
meeting with Mendeissohn win heartfelt las re- and
| expressed the strongest admiration for his talent
The following agreeable picture affords an idea Of
the quiet domestic life at Lepsc during the Winter
of 1S39-i0, period at which the artist Was at the
| hight of his activity and fame.
| Memberships house was pleasantly situated with q
nice open lookout from the front upon tne LcipsIc
|
the sphere of the great Bachs la0ors The arrangement
OF the follows: First, sOrt OF hail, with
the dining table and few chairs to the right OF this
large sittingrOom and bedrooms; TO the left my
friends study with his piano Opening out OF this
Hne large drawing rOom which. however, was robbed
OF some OF Its natural elegance by the 0ed whica had
been put there for though this COunteracted
piano also put there tor my use.
eight breakfasted coffee and bread and
Butter Felix eat but broke his bread into Ls
tp w, dined at one and t6on@n ne desnised imttr
| Hn "a Nj "a d "A
TO try some special sort which he would produce with
great delight, and swallow with immense satisfaction.
We generally made quick work with dinDer IN
the evenings after supper used often to SIT round the
! to the piano which nad been presented TO Madame
| MendelSsohn by the directors Of the Gewandhaqs.
RECEIVING visits passed quickly enonght NY next
/ thought was TO resume ng woyk, !had aperforAance
deal to be done towards it, We must sit aud compose at
the same table together" said MeGdlSsohu,
| ing land let's begin at once to-day"
| Tie following day the InedertaIeI bS which I
must no. &c supposed to mean one OF those huge so,ie
formed III Tue last forty years 10 assist the love Of
sisted Of dozen thorough musicians some Of them stl
Iapsc Who used to meet fro time to me aud dd al
honor their ttle for tneir table no less excellent
| than their songs. MeDdessohn though: it would be
great fun il set the woIds to music and let
singers guess which was which No sooner SAID than
done We looked through several volumes OF poetry,
and agreed in the choice OF song vi Echendor
still see Us sitting opposite one anOner, dipping
pens into the same nkstand the silence only broken
at rare by joke other and the piano
not touched. In writing out the parts each copied
half his composition and half OF the others the
not and above ali the secret
on account to De betrayed TO ;he members .: the
| Liedertafel.
| The evening arrived. and the thing was complete
success The songs at sight IN capital siy.e
and only the singers DR.. Schlenitz, OF the
most accomplished OF living amateurs gave Lis oanlon
with thorough convictiOn-Ind WAS right. None OF the
others could make up their minds. We laughed and
| held our tongues.
The relations of Hitler with Mendelssohn were
disturbed by some trifling misunderstanding few
| Al, :. ,l, I,@t. .l,,x
respondence was brought to a close. 1t was, how
| ho fool