, 1876-03-18
Ot1lot uf h1s vptka

dies. Cins1oaa. Gu Tho utlor hand, lovcd tbs
sxh,laia,lon S', os nnist' AID co1npnnonship whon
It Was In tho n,ilJ. Of i circle nl friends that
he composed lin "Draz.i" and his stWattiu,o-
DIo scgroto." Aacohlni, tho nt,sllor Of a vast
number of works i''r tho church and tho stage,
could write Lest wia h bin aweothnaEt BY hia s,lc.
and With his cAta OF which he WA worry fonl.
n1aying about h,H. raxiollo composed III bed.
md In this snug ro rrest planned his l'arbsere,"
tue "afolInars," aud other sraeeful creations |
that otnauated from hla brain. ziugarelll nub- !
duod nud settled his thoughts. preparatory 10
tho work ot cosnT.ostlon. by reading ellaptcr |
from tho niLle Or from some classical author. a
gifted brother Of ,Anfosa who died Young. gath
rfed innptfhtton from an atnosplefn BatuTatcd
with Tic odors Of roast fowls aud smoking
saliRaReE.
rigid preci Aion. For mora than thirty years II
wAH Ills daily custom to rise early, dreRH himself
neatly, and Ftt down to small tab1o beside hta
plano, wht,ro He spc.'t n1Any consecutive hours.
was enabftd to produce tito ynat multitude Of
wotka hea ring lis name. 1t WAS notiou Of
lltytln's bal his imagination was In bone mgs-
serions wsty kind!ed by tho presence OF ring OH
bis fitiEer which had boen aont him by Frederick
tho Greats: therefore. he always wo1n tho jewel
when ho ut down 10 tho piano, md, Immediately
ra,s rapi .na h'sfa' he "So.red among tho angelic
Mozat worried fitfMly. his gcntns refusing to
toll IN tarnesa and ut stAted periods. 1fo en-
3oyca fritlng in tho morning but, Whenever
the inF piEatton seized him. ho graaped tho pom.
and vi 'uld not lay It down until tho tcatasy
had 7 aasDd. lilo often Bpeut wllo!e ntghtA
transc rsbing tho thoughts that troopcd IN
cndle n procession fron tho recosses ofls brain.
Again, m ayofaton for tho labor OF composing
would overcome him, and oiro necessity alonn
could force him 10 complete tho piece that had
bech left unfinished Owing to ons Of those
way sard moods. tue overture To 'Don Hlo-
tho oS'ern was to DO performed. Tbon. retiring
TO ai room, IN company with hiA vito md l.
30 VI Of pupch, Mozart set himself TO tho taek.
II .vaa the buslnuss OF the wlfn to feep tho
It .nAican awake by recitiug to him fairy ta!cs
nd funny stories, Of Which. II IL t. DO presumed,
she had nI Rmple Btoro III her hend and il wa4
tho part of the punch 70 Rustain lis tired facui-
tieH when they lanEuiahed. Hetweeu nlternab3
intervals Of sleeping anu wakiug tho night WIS
r paused aud when the copyista came, nt In tho
morning. tho overture w"s ready for them, but
| 1t raa impossibio to do more than wrte ont Ii
| orchestral parts befoto tho honr OF tho pes'-
! f0rnance arrived. aid tho overture vas p1nyed
IN public without a rehesrnaI.
| 1u Honu moods beethoven composel at tho
arrangement OF bis idons At o.t,or times, whon
! subject was worksne in his brain. he would
| seek remote and secluded places, AID regard
less Of tho passago Of ti1no aud OF all things
| about him, would walk on and on until the pro
cenB By which bis musical conceptions were do
| vcloped was completed. When engaged upon
tho "sonnts ApnaBslonn!a." he onv iay walled
for mt,os. With his pupil Ferdtnnnd lslcs baside
u
| 'but kept hunmiug, or rather howiiuE, lip md
| dosu tho scale. On reaching homo, lie seated
htnsolf at tho riauo, without tsking oil ilia hat,
md daslsd into Tho splendid finnle OF that nohlt
| work. Once there, hs remained for HOMO timo,
I totally regardless of tho darkness. or tho fact
that bo aud lties bad lind nothing to eat far
bonrn." singular freak in which Dee-
thoycn sometimes unconeclously indulged dur
Ing tho spols Of abstraction in which i,o WAS
| metlisatlng new works. was that OF pouring cold
water over blu hands Us he paced tho room to
I and fro. Tbla performance would sometimes be
continued until the flour was inundated. mud tho
peopIo below rushed rp to stay the ete!ugo pour.
ing through the ceiling. Beethoven revised lia
4 wcfla with tire'ces care. One Of his sketch.
three separate d!aughts Of the inato Of QUO OF
hin sYnphouies,-"a striking proof Of tho tn
slonco With which this great and fiery gcnius
perfected his masterpieces" His lnanuscsipt
| wab go hard to dcctpher. from tho number Of AZ
tora:ions tho original scnto underwent th'.t
copyists aud cngraEGra mads sad hnroo with it.
On ono occasion, after correcting the proof Of q
stringcd quartotte that Ind suffered sovore\y at
tho hands OF tho tsanscriocrH, Beethoven seEt it
baek to tho publisher with tho mcHaagc: ~ It iB
4 O'clock; must post ths; and 1 am 4stite
hoarse ,oith stamping and strcaring:"
| III composing. MerdcEsohn made few sketch
CO. but constructed tho entire framework Of u
pioco In bis MUD before ho committed it to
paper. Then, when writing CUT the sooro, lie
ouioycd tho Hocosy Of lis friends. pray coms
H." was his remark while thus engaged II am
merely COPYING" 1Iin psnmnushsp was hoausi-
fully clear aud neat. aud. in Ills musical aud lit
j, orary writinEs, ovorr note md letter Was per-
! fcotly finished. fIc withheld Ills works from tho
pubsho. nut they had been long studied. and
had received the nfltre sanction OF his fastitl!ouH
taste. 'fo musician moro thoroughly spprecI-
aed tho maxim that wha. is worth doing is worth
4 doing well, or more consistently carried 1t into
| practice"
/. Is said Of Ross,i that ho wrote 1T no tins
| 10 well as immediately aftor sllpper. The story
Is told that, during his youth. he was engaged to
1 i'm f1AA ffH1r
:. aud, tho woather bong worry cold, aud lie toe
poor to buy fuel, he waa obliged 10 write In bod
where ho could keop tole1aby wnrm. "Jnst 81
j; he was finishing duct. the principal moroccan
in tho opera, tho paucr slipped from tlla llanls,
and 1oatou aud fluttered under thu bed ue
reached ont ns far ns he could without quitting
tic bed. lrst on one Hdo anti then on the other.
bus without being ab!o to sccovor tho pioce. IIo
therefore resigned himself to hls fate, md wrote
= II over again. 4 friend caH,o in presently, Rnd,
hearing What Ind happened. fislca up tho frs
duet which proved TO 30 altogether difforcn
The divine atlatus descended upon Meyerboel
with unusual power during thurdeF-ssoru,s. And
whl'o tho lsgltnings played and tho sllu.,dats
II roatcd llo would scat himself before Its tabfG
and write with great felicity md spirit. When
1Ialeyy found tho fire Of hts genius fading, he
would start It into fresh glow ny hnugsE the
lsettlo over tho hearth. 1ts aoothnE song. az II
his mind aGa.u, until it's creative, torce was Gu.
Il tircly renewed. Auber Sought Inspiration OF
horsoback. in wild gAllop ovor the country
and Adolphb Adam. when at less for IDEAS
buried liimsolt. with his cats, under an slider
down covorlid.
MRS. lNcHbAlp.
Mrs. Elizabeth 1nctbald, who Is remembered
ns one Of tho minor Engllsh authors Of tho las
century, had a romantic aud singular history
which IL recalled by somo characteristic lettors
published in tho recent Memoirs OF W,Ilin1I
| 0piwfu. Eho Waa born In 1753 u0ar Bury 1t