The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-11-04
WHOLE NO. 1886.

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,reation," of which. Heavens are Tell
ng' is a part in the year 1875. He Ia
{ oored two whole years to complete this
work. When any one fastened him IN
9he work, he replied with tranquility, L
IN long about it, for | wish it to last
ong At the commencement of the year
1898, the Oratorio was finished, and the
.Ollowing Easter was performed, ior the
i irst time, in the room of the ScWartzen-
,urg palace at the expense OF the Dllet-
5anti Society, who had purchased 1t OF
he author. The enthusiasm, delight
: md applause expressed at this first per-
! ormance, can scarcely be depicted;. eV-
'rytning united to make it more lmpos-
.ng The choicest society OF men OF
letters and amateurs of music filled the
saloon, which was in every way adapted
for music. Hayden himself led the or
ahestra The most profound silence,an
almost universal feeling of devotion and
respect, reigned throughout the assem-
oly as the first chords resounded FROM
he instruments. Expectation was not
deceived. A rapid succession OF hitherto
unknown beauties unfold themselves to
the ear, overcame every hearer, and all
tgreed they had felt, for two successive
hours, delight scarcely possible to
lnalyze, produced by excited desires,
ever renewed end ever satisfied The
Creation met with re- pid success; at that
time every German paper was filled with
-ulogiums on this great effort OF genius,
and the astonishing effect it had produc-
I'd in Vienna, and the score which ap-
peared a few weeks lbsequently satisfied
| all amateurs OF music as to the correct
ness of this statement Two years after
| this he composed new oratorio entitled
| The Four Seasons The Eour Seasons
would be the finest production, in that
style, in the world. if the Creation did
not exist The music is more scientlhc
| and less sublime than that of the 'Crea-
tion;' but it nevertheless surpasses its
elder sister in one point, its quartetts.
When he was told of the hattering appro-
baton it had met with in the palace
of Schwartzburg, he said, II feel much
| delighted at the manner in which my
| music has been received but should not
wish to hear any compliments on the
occasion. I am persuaded all must feel,
as feel myself that it is not a Creation,
| Tor the following reason; in the Crea-
| ton the characters are angels, In this
| peasants.
"Hayden's musical career finished with
| The Four Seasons. Old age and labor
which this work had cost him, exhausted
his strength L have done, he said,
some Etime after he had completed this
has been. Formerly, ideas came to me
unsought; now l am obliged to seek
them, and l am not equal TO this. When
he wished to remind his friends that he
was still living. he sent them visiting
card with the following words: Hin ist
ale meine kraft Alt und schwach
bin ich." (My strength fails
me. am old and feeble.)
About this time it was determined that
the Creation should be performed, with
the Italian words of Carpini; hundred
and sixty musicians met for this purpose
at the palace of Prince Lobkowitz. They
were greatly assisted by the beautiful
voices of Madame Frischer, of Berlin,
Messrs Weitmuller, and Radichi. Hay
den once more insisted, Notwithstanding
his weakness, On seeing that assembly
for whom he had labored so much. He
was conveyed in his arm chair into the
magnificent saloon, where every heart
was affected. The Princess Esterhazy,
and Madame de Kurtsbeck, and the
friend of Hayden, met him. The flour
ishes of the orchestra, and still more the
agitation of the spectators, announced
his arrival. He was placed in the middle
of the three rows of seats, occupied by
his friends and the principal persons at
Vienna. Saliere, the director of the or
c1estra, received Hayden's orders, and
amidst the general emotion of the assem-
bly, the orchestra commenced. Hayden,
surrounded by the nobility of Vienna
and by his friends, by artists and by
lovely women, whose eyes were fixed on
hirl, listening to the praises of God,
which he himself had imagined, Hayden
babe glorious adeu to the world and
to life. So much glory and love caused
him to weep, and he found himself much
exhausted at the conclusion of the first
act. His chair was then brought in, and
as he was about to leave the concert room
ordering those who carried him to stop,
he first bowed to the public, and then
turning to the orchestra, with real Ger
man feeling, he raised his hands to heaY-
en- and with tears in his eyes, blessed
the former companion of his labors.
'War broke out between France and
Austria; this intelligence troubled Hay
den, and exhausted the remains of his
The French armies advanced
rapidly, and on the night of the 10th OF
May, having reached Schonbrunn, about
half league distant from Hayden's lit
tie villa, they fired the next morning,
fifteen hundred cannon shot, only nun
dred yards from his house, upon Wen.
ma the town so much beloved by him.
He pictured it to himself destroyed by
fee and sword. Four bombs then fell
close to his house, when his two serv-
mus, with terror depicted on their ooun-
tenances, ran to him. The old man, by
effort rose from his chair, and with
dignified air, cried: "Why such alarm2
Know that where Hayden is no evil can
happen" But this exertion was be-
yond his strength; a convulsiye shivering
prevented him from adding more. and
was Immediately confined to his bed. On
the Goth of May he was completely ex-
Notwithstanding, he had his
piano moved towards him, and sang three
times, with as loud a voice as he could,
God save the Emperor
"They were his last words At his pi-
ano he became insensible, and expired
on the morEingof the 3lst, at the age of
years and two months,
Hayden was very religious; it may be
said that through his firm faith in the
truths of religion, his talent was increas-
ed. The commencement of all his scores
is inscribed with some of the following
notices: In Nomine Domini, or Soil
Deo Gloria and the end of them all,
Laus Deo.'
"'When | was working at the Crea-
ion, said he, L felt,myself so penetrated
with religion, that before l sat down to
my piano, | prayed confidently to God to
give me the talent requisite to praise him
yorthily. Thus the great and good man
passed to a nobler and higher calling, not
20 initiate the Heavens are Telling, but
10 hear the melodies of the celestial
Heaven, and join with the sanctified in
oraising God, in whom he put his trust.
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