The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
The Texas siit;ngs on Remenyi.

E,louard Ramenyi, the violin cons
tortionist, was in Austin this week.
He played in the Opera House.
Edouard is great atliSi in his line,
probably the g,e9iest VIOLA player N
the world. L re had lived N a d.
Ga he could have ii ilicd Rome 'uto
ashes in one third tile time that Nero
did. On second though, e conldnt t,
for Remenyi CAM play when there is
apy hustle or confusion in the aud =
ence That is one Of his pecullan
ties. He is a genius, or supposed to
be one, which is all the sane. All
men of genius have eccentricltlps,
which in them are admired, but IN
ordinary mor'als would be called
affectation, or worse, Remenyl M
ssts on perfect quiet when he plays.
He says that his old Stladinnnor viii
not respond to Ills spirjtuoso touch,
or words to that effect, unless the
ouiet surrounding him is so intense
that you could hear II heel"tan. lie
opened his concert Wednesday night
with Senate Pathetique,by Baeth
oven. Everything went along smooth
lv at first, until he got up into the
crescendo part of senate, where the
fiddle seemed to be trying to get the
audience to understand that, aided
by the young man at the piano, 1t
was describing pack of wolves pur>
suing man through boiler factory.
Then Remenyi stopped and looked
puzzled. Something had evidently
gone wrong We felt sure that Inc
fiddle had got hot>boS, o. tbat The
rosin had given out, bnt we were
mistaken. Signor Remenyi sad be
could not account for it, but 'hat
there was something unsympethetlc
somewhere in the surroundings.
Then, as he looked around the build
ing, sort of Eurek expression
stole over his countenance, ana
pointing to stove>hole in the wall
under the gallery, he asked the ushers
to be so kind as to stop it, as the
vacuum it caused spoiled the accousLc
properties of the viClin-dld vlollns
to his feeling, as it We're Then the
concert proceeded until tine violin
arrived at that part OF the S1@dte
Pathetique where it tries to express
the low, soft gurgling OF the early
cocktail ripping down a thirsty
throat. Everything was so quiet
that you could have heard a pickle
jar
At this point man in the gallery,
in attempting to adjust his paper
collar, dropped a pin. 1t fell into
the parquet. Sienor iemenyl stops
ped, laid his violin on the piano,
folded his arms and, striking Napo>
leon n-exile attitude, declared that
such an interruption could not be
tolerated, and that he would dc cline
playing until a policeman removed
the man with the paper collar also
the pin. He said that the nan could
get his money back at the door. The
man went out. (Re proved to be
country editor who had got in on
Complementary ticket, but ne didn'l
refuse the 81 cents rendered him ut
the door) The concert proceeded
until the senate was finished without
any other interruption, except that
Remenyi stopped for a moment to
say that there was hustle IN the
audience somewhere that must be
suppressed. Several ladies bIushed,
but no further notice was taken oil
the matter.
Next we bad Vio'ea O6Ngato
.Ar0cito, OF something Of that char
acter. There was hreatGicsa atten-
ton in the audience, The violin
seemed in the hands OF the master
artist to he thing of life /. moau>
ed, then it emitted a cry Of triumph,
and the next moment 1t poured out
despairing bowls, rs if somebody bad
stepped on its sore toe, just h-n
Signor Remenyi stopped. He said
it was impossible to continue I'M
less absolute quiet was maintained.
There was he said, person IN the
house whose corns were aching; MS
long as those corns continued to
ache, and tue owner refused to 60
out and take the obnoxious corns
with him, he must post ve'y refuse
to play II the person lms 10 re-
spcct for the player, he should GER
tainly have some cons derailon fol
the ladies and gentlemen who came
to hear the ''moosc.'
We left the theatre after this, fear
ing that the entcate cordiote between
the Signor and his old Stradinariu.
might be spoiled by something VIZ
might do, In our pocket was note
of hand that a man in HOus Oh h, {
given us. The interest was accumn
lating on it very rapidly, We were
afraid that Remenyi might detec
the note in the act Of drawing inter
est, and that it might disturb hin
and cause him to cense playing, ST
we left. Remenyi is great musician
but we doubt if there is any place
this side of the dark aud silent tomb
unless it might be at The DO tom O
a deserted coal mire. where his tai
and lofty genius will have room t.
shake itself out TIE rude nose 0
the caved-in- peanut and the stento
rian eating of the clover in theatr
are fatal to it. Remenyi, if you g
further west, you won t mako.a dol
Mr week iddling in the COW coun
tries, and if you don't put cotton i
your ears you will have your ca
drums frayed at the edges by some
body dropping a remark over th
edge of the gallery.