, 1880-10-07
THE DEATH OF 0FFENBAt1R.

jacques OHenhnuh, tho boat known Of the
thrce representative composers Of upera bo.tlIc,
IL dead. lIerv6 and LecocQ remain. Tl,ore Is u
popular notion that Otfcnbact, WINS tho oroator
OK thls iltppant schxll Ut intstc. but thls IL IN
err0r. lteryu WIS tho real founder, atll BROUGHT
out bis carltor works. which wuro in ono uct. In
!lttlo cafd concert halia. They woru full Of
droIIcry, bizarre 8conos, and roltlpklnR n,usto
AMI the ,ihrottt wero suggestive and humorous
They at,ln became tho rngc, and III! Far1s heard
thoin with acctni,n. Ills success brought OHen.
oaoh t,l.o tho tuisl and Inter I4ccocq. tlvryd tl
nnn Wrife hls larger works, like "L't;ll Crovd,"
"Chllpcrfc," aud :" Io PotIt Faust" u..tl O6en.
bach had thoroughly soIzcd upon uf,l developed
hss ideas. and the schfol ut oporn bn,,lyc was
prominently established. In raality, Otreuhact7's
"orpheo nux EnfcFs," the first Of Ills works,
waa tho doashblow to Itcrv6s popularity, and
afterwards 1.cet'oq, with hia Lies Cent
plorycs," La File do Mmo. Angot.'' G1rotlo-
0lFnila," Ln pettt Duc," !" In Calnargo," and
Other works, hepelt0 dim tho lustro Of Iloryt's.
success. though he was q bottor musician thn1l
either ot tho other two. IIcry0's fnlnc was local
to Paris 01Onbaoh spread tho reputation OF
opera boutEe a!l over tho world. and thus It IL
that> h1s name Is tho most closely Identified
with It.
oHonbaoh waa boru at ColoRne. juno II, 1910.
ano Was Jow. fiad ho heen a German 1t il
doubtful whother ho would pycr haye located
h'mseif In Parls md made for himself reputa.
hoH su schpol OF pposa which haa not a Cur
tann Characteristic In It. Goruany has no
writer's Ia this aph0pl. Won 6uppo IL often ealled
the ucrlnan oncnbaoh, th,ugb tAoro arc no
points OF similarity between tho two, Huppo's
oposas moro nearly rcscmblc tho opora cou,lquo.
There Ia ',uthug ot tho bouYo tlayor aaout
thon. For two yearu, O0cnbach studied In tho
iHrfs Conservatory, aud In 1917 vus
appo'ntcd leader OF tho band. a. nar-
nfcaas successor, III tho Theatre
Francata+ Ills nrst works uerp nero tritles, svt
to tho fables Of La Fontalne, and showed that
be hui An apsttuda for pioAHant, jtngllug tue,o,
dlca. Tho only legitimate reputation which ho
made was ~ v!oloncoilo sololat, and bin love
Tor that instrument may 10 seen hy tho oloot.
lvo manner In which be usea 1t In hts scores. III
lsa ho became dIFootnr OF tho Itou0cs parts.
tonnes. whore ha earliest works, "I.ca peux
Asongles." II 1ataelan,' and "Tro,nbat. Caxar."
"ofo Produced. but thcae wesn merD tslttcs, Not
long alter 10 assumed the atreutorshp ha u1ade
Tue acquaintance Ut AclIhao and lialeyy, thou
rising dsaHRt1sts, and they conceived tho Idea OF
gong Into nhctcAt mythology and reducing tho
gosss and Kotdeascs 10 the condltlon Of tho mod.
eFn farce. They commenced with the iexond Of
Orphcus scaschug through uall Tor Eurydlco, in
which tho ent!rc group OF tho Olynpsan doltles
u moicsntzctl, both dramatically and mualcalty,
IN tho most sadculous mauusr. Ths pieoe was
MI Instant saceuaa. aud "l.n Dulls lioleue''
followed, which was \ !sugh4bla trayesty OF
life In the ll0yAl hoaset.o!d Of the King Of
spaHa, la which shosa aneent hcsoes appear in
nlanuur auytblnx but stutely pr dlxnttlcI.
"Orpheus," which Il bis best work, run 100 !
niHata. VA Hc!e Helene" was brought out lp
la6t and aFst mado Nine. schnei<er famous.
uarhe pioua" was tho third opera OF hls |
writing u waS produced In ls9a. bur 1t WIS
lacking ID bEllllanoy ~ pats4 With IL pselo-
russors and bus never been great s4oeess,