New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-28

rrnm r1s WhitehaH Rerieln.

from The NhtffAnH Nrrtfir
NJ Gouuod was busy furnishing his new and
eurndid hotel situated nj No 20 Place Mnlcsherbcs,
and had io pass under ladders and jump over pans
and hammers before reaching tho Inu~ic-i""m Whric
fLr rrc,t master awaited nc. Tie muslc-roon -
splcudidly uanclcd with oak, iuln'shrl WIN Gas
seal severity and most perfect TASTE NJ one e."
D. placed ~ iinw'n'e organ u''. 49, ~ III
Gle OF .tlcficcXprc the musician ha~ yer us
covered The maestro received me most ,"rhlallN,
and ON my cXplaiunG &C. iim the Object OF my Ni'i'
hc plunged ~ once IN Mc1'Gs fcd.
70 Inv mind the intellectual tendency ci the
orf Of music is greater than tie sent iil MAI l"d
but the great fault ofuu-c u"" De- th"t - '"IP'
and uof -mpl. Masters ale apt 90 study Che ell
?cct Of hauthof 81 n Fl"ih ,l "i hu' 'lu. :,
tious of dctaii-aud 10 disregard ihc gcn' y1ur ~
,hr TINT cuscnbiCthe expression in iL~ COMPLETENESS
OF au idea II was not always so; * >lNi, Tor tN-
annie and Mozart were both suolILrly simpc. All
tle greatest things are always simple. h.-iil coin
u.s.d diviuely from divine inspiration. b. D. e. 81
God had ordered % n 20 sing 1rd le sang iufl!iy
co-,l, and enorfaucoi-iV. II was his nature. aud
hero was uo effort. ne same Is true 81 Noz1ti.'
'.Whst is your opinion of the condition oi the ant
OF music now p inquired.
Like every thing else, 1t ~ ~ tIan''tofy Stage
Il ~ NOT wholly sentimental or Who'll, practical.
When the two aTc welded together % viii De sub
lime and She fact Of orr beng Do thi~ tar-iiorN
-tage gives me confidence. There is strength ga
weakness and were there no opposition 90 ttu'h.
truth would be- the loser we gam strength and *
uericucc by combat and failure; and o. i~ Away
after trasItor7 and hcsitatlng stage ike tire pres
cnt that the grlLdcst epoch comes, when lded'ity
and reality 20 hand ia hand, when ialih ara reason
thouph ne lps neither Won nor will ~. 10 Is
the natural evolution of all things, and the history
of human thought ~ as the physical history of Tins
planet As wears and centuries roll we shalt see
thucs clearer until at length faith and reason Will
be as one aud things which We now consider super
natural will be natural. Music Is only one phase OF
thought, aad in considering It's present coud' on
and its future cannot separate 1t from other form,
of thought They all have the same history. and
will eventually meet with the Same full complete
ness and perfect power
&" Bnt what will he the result Of this present com
plex condition OF the theory of music III Europe y
"Why, naturally from this compcXlty will spring
Simplicity The next great master will Dee as simple
As Mozart or Rossini. lie will come rs giant and
break all, but with the fragments of what he hI'
broken he will erect splendid tempie-Power
powerful because n ~ Truth aud simple because II
rs true and powerful. A 10 IA with the history O
any art. so it is with the history of nations. Ger
many has been for years the head, the reason. Ia,
| INTEL gencc and France the heart, the sentiment
| The day will come when they will understand eacl
| other and be as one"
" How long did it take you to write Faust ~
asked.
| " About two wears and q half but then was i'm
| tcrrupted | wrote I,c Mcdcin Malgr6 hi in the
middle of Faust Before produced Faust.' pco
| pie did not understand that style of music--th'
| simple. ] oxpresscd the Fanst and Marguerite o
| Goethe as understood IT, he village maiden, pur
and chastc, even when she has fallen. Marguerite
is never impure. Some years ago, after had led tn
| performance of Faust before the late King o
| Hanover. His Majesty sent for me and said:
| have your opera performed every sunday evening
|
| vice have attended in the day. Your MaTgucut
ia az pure when the curtain falls rs when first Faus
! meets her,"
Have you ever heard Spohrs Faust y in
| quircd.
| " Years ago but do not recollcct il. ] am gla
| did not know it well Ut the time l composed NINE
for IT might have modified my conception OF To
| subject"
After pause NJ. Gounod broke out:
| - envy men who have time 10 express thei
| thoughts by oratory by writing. These men ar
the real apostles. am nothing but poor musician
| and the theatre absOrbs all my time. envy mel
| who can directly appeal 10 the thoughts of thci
| fcllow-men by their pen o, By their voice"
| I" But surely music is an expression OF thought !
| Yes, Of cOnrse but not SO direct. do not com
,lan for everything has its use, but envy men VIII
! are free and who have time to use their faculties q
| they please. Had my life over again / should no
| be a musician ; | should devote my faculties to IN
| erature and philosophy"
| could not help thinking 10 myself that tie wOr
! could iii afford 10 lose " Faust" and Romeo nn
Juliet =" aud that there perhaps rather too man
philosophers and wOuld-be apostles OF progress now
| adaVs