, 1879-01-04


spondenec Of Hector Bertoz, 1919 to 1868, with
Biographical Notice" Correspondence In
edlts de Hector Berlioz, 1s19-186s. Avec unc
Notice BtoKrsphfque. Par Daniel Bernard.
Chez Calmann Leyy.) The letters included IN
this collection were hardly intended for publ
cattan.. Had they been, many expressions
w1nld have certainly been modified, and many
literary alfp would have been rectlilcd. These
features, which IN one sense may be regarded a.
fsulta, only make the value VI tho work mora
undenfabe.
!. Amongst tho letters, which range over nearly
the Whole Of the composers ltfc tbcr1toz Was
dressed to Ferdinand Hitler, Richard Wagner,
Hans Vnn Rusow, Lfszt, krcttzer, ind Erntat
heycr, together With others, more confidential,
70 his son, Louis Berlfoz, and TO Nine: Massaft.
d1s.sed so 70 Rhs1 wssaer wss has morn apo .,sa n
common interest tomusitians, It shows u, too,
Berlios In very different character than that
OF . taVnR and Jealous matman. a. his enc
mics would have him To be. Juuge for yourself:
Mr. DEAn WAoSEn: Your 1etter EAvs me great
Ignorance Of Uerman. All you Ear 1. 70 .he fposst.
oo aee ySu n sns
~ almost always vtthesed In translAiina, hnwercr
delicate tho traus!atton may bc. There arc loncs
words which require speclat accent. To fepatate
one from the other. or TO gIvc either ali appro1I.
nvs sS s".t
ksrr IL. mnst swfnl ,ltnIrrjtv in icsrnlro Ian.
RuaRes. ~ whole knowlsdgc hardly goes beyond
10 you atu melting Tho Rlnciers with your H7ebs.
sangenf It mustpe graud to aavs Naturcso
R!orioosr present whlc one wr,fcs: an
lofty peaks, graad sea pictures. completely Ahsof1
me tn.sead of exciting any manifestation Of
knnv H. sam ,a m,oM ~ nh,rrysne ~ aSr
reaccteti 1t tho bottom, Of veil.
Hs,r1S {ndt a nuf ma far
for ong time past my publishers hass slTe,, mp
sendsnx na any. However, In . tew ~eGks' Two
psfnaps even thfseLwt,l engeat. w. ae ocnns,
monodraa'sI. ] rhess su.ii 1t oil events b sbio
haye your 4.Lohenerin.n II you cou1d for.
ward ne .!Tannaausef." YOU wonId aeeatly oujjsc
mt. Ths meriing Jon pruI,ots won!l be delight.
fu; nut ~1ss no. even .hnk 81 t,.s H. To gan
pisasnre: :ttlps'-tof all tue 'fnit fafss gives me
turns 70 ashcs' =, ,,,. H.. .a.,..a VANS.
n, 30 20 ,nnrsr daro nv we wond coMn,iss rfcat
a2s .nd m' Ta
low auecesaiui i,is staio ticks always ars.
But will saJ no III Of him, for ho ono OF your
friends, And know you protect nm. an an IN.
pions fe,!ow bur nass plenty nt respect aor TIC M
llus. o sais " ,mp1s pio'a ne fesnec. pons lca
.". 'pn n'i roucfnc WIN "hsa 'o1
RafHnt hasn = m";,stnHn ~ ,narv. .hncd ,ac.a
mi shoujd iigs to cofnnfunicatc 10 YOU. Thcrc
ia no time. Wtits mo down On ass, for tu pre1ont.
nj RHftI0y
Itujs ,,nycii A nriyatu troubiu uf wbIcI Hills
WA known oy thc public, They arc extremely
intrrrst,S =: hut il might have bccn i,ctter.
nrycrthrIess. to nave lct then, rest au,onr thu
family MINORS. Herlltlz Ia hest JUDGED IL hfs
wnrks. Witf his private woes ind nl1lcttons
thn n"h,ic mi, h.gn nn .ymnathy III whit
Sooi h ia curlosityi
Hnriioz il not aiYays lust In his estimate of
Xiii in ssnertnt horrnr. a,,d. to ao f;hnrnni
tm.t,r. r." ."s,,,stf,v va ,,,,t,,ot Nci;hcr iii
i,a and Nendn]ssoEn net TN very we'll together
,xhrn tl,ey were bntt, studyiuE in Ron,e. In
Sae D'ass we tna J., asas'ssohn as !sa writnE
,,odt,w ~ tn,rntl eroniro nnaat n dsrt:nsss
md fu,,cyInx he i,ss M crcatrd d new wor.u.
sn,netimrs iecl M II could tlcyour tlitn." Who
fay4"itc Fsiirf 70 be s,1s. Herlvx IL ,,nt ysrT
romniimen,arv tn snmn ,a,m,m,srrs. rithcr' liz
rsters 10 iiaricI, for lusLance, &c that. purk
md hcsr mrrsi. IN sftnljv pritltcr fitting ,,or
arnrnsni. H,t. IN im smrr. ths is nm ttIsnnra~r.
mani tn uan,,st's nentns.
~ Snnntint, Ei,r;t: Wcher nua R-rtb,ver-
1,ncthnvcn ast,erjnjIr-lIerlloz lati thn most
rHii,,.sa.f,c atiinlrati0u. liz onre saId. truth
.:h: ,,aS takcu in 1,,,is at tiIo pont at Will,
uno,h~v.n isfttsn 1t.rtnjniv i,r Ina tmnr,"od
cvcn ina, thn ,mmortai s,i1,tn,srr ,f In nin..
sr.n,on,es in Tic matter Of i.,stru,usnt atnn
Tho iotrsd,stoFy sks!sh q nstss xli;h 1 ha'
Hrrari il not tho ieast attrnctIOt, Dosscssctl hy
III t,nok' It has hcet, nns Iogethrr corc5,,,iv.
imosrtisI, anil succinctiy. f. does mt nsnirt
Ia. II viii n,oya yery scFy,ccaGlc to mauy Who
.n,iG mt spnrs ttmi, IN rrai the innrrr ,vnrk.
ool Il 70 nnpt fu,l to inspirp tic rc,tirr viii,
1csf-s r. Ennw tb,, mnsttrnicrrs Of ilio tr,,,nn.
se ~ isr~,v thar, ia In irriinz,s casc !" NV,
t6cm H.. ""'" 'S''' ~ '>''N >"''' ~ ''''
Tia lIfo of Hector BeflIoz was M full of emo
ttons ne a rnnanee. IIo WA i,orn in Inrl. NJ n
s tis town sslsa Ia Coto IT, H,r., t pssr q Ire.