The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-11
T.. A. WeisSenbOrn.

What can be greater for any man when he is
prepared to close his eyes for eternal sleep
where II can be sild OF him: "Iie has not lived
IN VAIN; 1t has done good and battIcd against
OWL
The deceased WAS one of those rare beings
VINO can meyer do enough for Il good cause or
friends burnever find time to do ANYTHING for
their own personal benefit or profit No sacri-
nee or eNcrtlOl was too great when he could
be the means "t all ton friends or society.
Many young person in the distant father-
lhnu owes final SUCCESS to efforts made in
his behalf by the subject of this sketch.
his purity OF mind, imrartiality in Judging
the work OF Others, made him the friend of the
highest ack nowledged composers or the old
world such as A. V. GOldschmldt, the author
Of Seven Mortal Sins," Prof. Freudenhere,
director OF the CONSERVATORY of music at Wies-
baden aud composer of several Opcras:and many
"thers nave always retained pleasant memo
| RES for him, though living on this side of thu,
Atlantic.
E. A. WeissenbOru was born in Duesseldorf.
| on the Rhene, on the 18th day of June, IS4S,
| and after leaving college nc devoted himself
entirely to the study of music, at Cologne un-
Sr cs most critic E' I"r sRS then
Weekly" German Musical Gazette, I'll
ustrated Journal for Music" and Other
| Journals. Besidesall this he was busy with COM
| short TIME prior to his leaving Europe he tin.
iShei a Pastoral Symphony" an overture, "In
| me Forrest and SUNDAY on the Rheine "
HIS repertoire includes some one hundred and
thlrty numbers, SOnlo of which are published
ana the remainder will he shortly
Religious discussions made him dissatisfied,
ana hence some twenty months past he came
10 Texas hoping to lind haven of peace and
4uietildc where he could work in the wide
hclds OF science and music, but like many OF h
ers disappointment came also to him. for unac-
duainted with the condition or situation of
iInInSs ne became a recluse on farm near
Brenham, where he devoted himsclf 10 the
composition of lurg,.r works
one OF his Texas products * Schiler's maid
Ia ~,
tfai At'tnpaniinont, which found great favor
with the director of the Philharmonic society
III New York, DR.. Leopold Damrosch.
Another pleasure awaited him on the fs,rnpo
Sition OF a "Fuge" i'll I'D" for tho organ for
Theodore Thomas, who wclrancti the compo-
ser r. as the "nusictl Pion'-r OF Texas"
over rT 'H a., "';i IS, ''% Wanna at work. An
Yer1cSt remains unfinished and which
Wia 10 have been published after his re-
moval to san Antonio: also a pron,ic in a ~
n,jor ID iSzt ana many sketches for grand
3ratorio uhdcI the nM4,c of Columbus, the
l)iScoyercr OF Anrrira," for which the Iibret-
TO had already been written in Germany.
!. nn WAS enaliy active ms an author his
nc speaks free and without fear about this
great evil was acknowledged as a master pro-
I iutitlh at hcrin ard wanna and the "Musi-
prGfaces 4 ~, most tattcring terms
, tM,Attnnhtcly he was not permitted to reap
th6 blessings OF his nCver-rc;tsing laburs; after
a sickness OF several weeks he died on the Suth
o1 September last At the age of only thirty-fivc
years. Not being blessed with worldly goods
MS uctth Is dOubly sad Si9Ut no leaves a widow
with four small ChtldTSN IN destitute circum-
stances.
ils r',i"i'0sfItons will bc taken back to Ger
MaA} according to the wish of deceased, for
publication, where beyond the ocean friends
VIII Keep him long in memory with rave and
respect.
To the hOHnrcd, loved aud Kind friend an
everlasting remembrance
ALBERT LAUTERBAIrM