New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-29
BEETHOVEN'S VIOLIN.
STORY oF A FRAUDULENT INSTRUMENT.

JOACHIM AND HIS PUPILS-A LETTER FROM A. W.
THAYER
private letter from Mr.. Alexander W. Thayer
suthor of the greatest book Beethoven ever pub
ushed who Is s.il at work on his "magnum opus at
Trieste. Austria) to Mr. II. E Krehbiel contains somc
interesting musical gossip worth giving to tho word.
Tho lotter Is dated April IS. Mr. Thayer says:
A newspaper paragraph informs mo that Beotho-
yons vioin' Is now IN the possession Of gentleman
Ia England "paeresy hangs tale. Beethoven ven
sontsd to him BY Prince Charles Lchnowsky probably
about 1897 hrst VIOLIN oremona by Joseph Guar.
GSsras Ss,'i ia is oG ee the
woro owned by Carl Hola then director Of the con-
ccros spiritueies In Vienna ON tho bottom Of each
hugo b. and on tho neck itself put his seal IN wax:
In April 1880 called upon the ., widow , Of HSn 70
sf' tns nGn sAS Of SooS Being @
Judge Of It's excellence several yoiinlst examined anu
an inferior Instrument, as indeed It had been declared
to DO By Vieuxtomps who had previously examined lt.
Not one Of these gentlemen doubted rs sushcac'y
Ses sR9s IN t sssp Bsa,seio Musk
August 25 1862, that Herr Jokes, of Vienna, had
prescnted ali four Of tho Instruments to the Royal
Library IN Bern knowing that tho Widow MolE had s
not sold the In her possession To note In the
Of the musical division Of the Royal library sent the
for my inspection By which 1t was proved that Carl
Uolg had sold tho genuine Guarnerius IN 1889 I'M
IN HGs its stead G & %" 81 @ she sold the
good faith, but II the gentleman In England desires 70
Sa s1 e IN one large ne 9Th whee
saw It again few months since
hS' iho x Sase when he really nsssd
:s III. Ts as: With iGHf Is S si %s
so ss q Z X. SId nser Of i. Ell heard
Inn nj as
Ing on which alter the concert he started FOR Amsto
dam, TO try the new treatment for 4 This reminds
the Hochschue Of Music OF which he is at the bead to
hear Eraeuelu wetrowe.z, Of Sraz, play violin con-
SJoaohm,s said after II. who is that sweet little
r there OF tho end that plays with such energy and
Shot She Is . countrywoman Of yours and a
iayorite pupil Of mine Will introduce hsr She
a. 20 y h RI
York. She may we'll have been favorte pupil Of the
great vionist for heard her several times this past
IN November, think she Impressed me 8 tho finest
female vollnIst have heard No better proof Of
fact that he played with her Bachs concerto for two
yIoIns and string orchestra at the Crystal Palace
Mrs Morgan's thrce daughters and son played to me
from one Of Mo1arts quartettes three months since
The SOM Paul. now fifteen years Of age was admitted
allow, on account Of his extraordinary talent as a
vlOohcolllst A charastorstc anecdotes of Joachim 90
were ); younger than now Eheu Alter ono Of bis con-
certs IN tho Berlin singakademIe. hastonod to him.
al ordsred all DG Emersons works today was his
reply This remind, mo OF something that Stuck me
o MEEK sS WITH nsS called pD to aa ssa my
beethoven collection she sold they were going to
mako the italian tour and the ono object that she men
the grave Of IN her yah ho bad
learned German and fallen IN with volume Of bis
works, which she had to hido and read by stealth
This from lsdy Of Finland