Telegram-herald., 1889-04-29
y0S BUL0W'S CONFESSI0N
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IA Bserh0ven tns son u Music
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.cog1as1Hr lsss-
ia na..c America l4s 1dv4resi ~sta
sese4 .-.44s 1.s4.s, zl1 ei-- t-..i>1a slre-
tr.eiss pace. II / aay De gsrnit.ed - 81
trr1l II. i came te.1 seoA before. a-t oe
s.1es 7 Nas Ia bai leallr. All - als -i-l-s
c4t a pleasant teaa per
Hans 9a bai3w. tle great German
p.a-l.- smiled aad plffet as cigarette
y vigorously when 1e raIsl-d E1u REMARK
above. lie uAs seated ia al arm
ea4ir - the H9lel Nc-asnile "a
Arw York ana co1sersllx win -olie
friends. f1r three toars previous BE
Aad been gvLrAr>iug, 4ud Le sad thar
he f-lt anything t1c lively lis actions
Art eoasers.Ilon. however. showed l1At he
,t.is very ll.4l rlated and anything box
f4t- 81 4e'i. lie wore black ff1ck coat
s1sA- Lat fr4yel around tic Cd -~s aaa /.
Ia.r Of trousers that u4, have been srft-
ice wAvu Le visited the coauley years sgo
Right ia yne front aud On the top o. his
head he is bald. aad unlike many aged
tul vain uleu lie never attempted 10 piAs-
ter over tla exposed surface with the
fringe or gray Lxlf doing duty lower down
% nls cralluEL Tie doctor has 0l ue eyes.
a littis gray goAter. and nl0cstacLe. and
r. 4
man
Then you come 20 America this time IN
your normal condition. do you not, doe
t0r'' asked the writer.
All come, a. I snon!d hav- come be-
fore feeling in splendid condition. and In
good humor. L. makes all the difference
IA the world The fact Is / expect 10
find the fountain OF youth IN America.
a ff.f .ff
ferent from what II was when hrst came
over. DO not think there Will be any
fHur pas TO mar the pleasure OF my trip
find that Wagner's music has taken
hold OF the people here, and in many re
spects that is'commendHble IL shows some
advancement When WAS here before the
Italian school was all the rage"
"What do you think OF Herr Seidl as
CONDUCTOR"
Herr S-idl can conduct for the Bay
reuth school but ne will not do for the
classical For Beethoven and such com
posers, DO not for momen; think. he can
interpret them correctly Why, Walter
Damrosch can conduct such operas as
Tanuhauser and Loheugrin better than
Herr Seidl I WAS surprised 10 see that
the orchestra at the Metropolitan
Opera House. New York. had only
one harp. Wagner always had two,
and the effect il much better. l recon-
mended another harp to Mr.. Stanton
and think ne has taken my advice |
confess, however, that the operas here are
put on the stage better than they are in
Europe. The singerst Well, now, ! in
tend 10 speak plainly. Wagnerian sing
ers are highly interesting rs rule, but
they get to barking many of them, and
where is the melody. There was Schott
aud Niemann, whom Americans praised
highly, who were only two great barkers.
Take the Walkere, fer instance, and what
did they do in that but play mimics-they
knew nothing about phrasing The fact
is Wagner's operas, many OF them, give "a
singer "A chance merely to pose before n
large audience and make noise, for they
do not sing. Now there Ia Alvary. | dc
not blame New York women for kissing
and hugging him because he is really
singer It il true, he was nobody in Ger
many, but he has developed in America.
| call him "A phCeuix, Il product OF the
New World
do understand you to say that you
are not Wagnerian above and 10 the ex-
clusion OF other cOmposers7'
You did for | am not ultra Wagnerian.
and deprecate the attempt 10 place his
works on pedestal above many other
great composers. | knew Richard Wag
ner well. and helped to advance the
Wagnerian school in Germany. but | am
sensible and unprejudiced enough to be-
lieve there are other composers. | ap-
preciate his greatness and recognize the
compliment paid him in America, but
want il distinctly understood that | am
not an ultra Wagnerian."
"Then you do not put Wagner at the
head Of the list of composers;'
Il Will answer that by telling you what
wrote In a young lady's album recently
II was 4 believe in Bach the father,
Beethoven the son. and in Brahms the
holy ghost Of music To Johannes
Brahms, OF Vienna. owe my redemption
from the ultra Wagnerian school. Tho
TACT is ! renewed my musical youth by his
acquaintance. He taught me that there
are many composers, many musicians, not
one. and | owe him much for bringing me
ont of the sloughs OF prejudice where the
one man worship prevails. could talk
TO you for hours about that great musician.
but what have already said Will show you
that be is broad and catholic in his musical
views
do You ever see Verdi these days''
do you mean Verdi the Italan'
! Humph. hear of him now and then. Is
here any music in his Otellos | cannot
understand how an omelette can be made
I without eggs. and do not see how music
AN be made without melody. Verdi has
/ 40 melody in anything ne composes. He
.annot help II because it is not in him.
+ Wagner is ANYTHING but international
F .onfess bu. when II comes TO preaching
no Verdi As some unetucated people do.
asa an universal exponent - music. then ]
become illed with laughter aud regard II
A. A prepoeterou- assumption. Think or
-ather try 20 imagine a Russian or Italian
Washington. and then consider Verdi from
musical standpoint His alleged melodies
.meu ~ l0w people. q the vulgar. the m
.iucsted Where II that perfect Expression.
he eyes. the no-e the entire face, that con-
yevs the resemblance ia fact the exact por-
.rsitu~a of A beautiful woman or hand
come man. - 20 speak 10 be fonnd ga Yer
Is worx r. IS not there An e7e. or
3ar- of the musical face l. there. hut that
1af We fud perfect express sion though
rsrch operas "a orunambula and Norma.
Ifo ike roe ching hows~er ir OteIlc. and
.hs- "a irs dramatic hiaod Il is there
sarv and txe lava stream. huf the
,t.er inxred -nts are iscxi1r Verdi i'
l-amatic SD asfhnafIc Don'zett. las
i-snsstic beauty in some % lie ccmpo-
.-irrs
"Hav. yo1 made friends vitb nDosn-
rein vet 80
sThere vas no ifg row hetVeen rs a. re-
ported II 30 Bad rr.tten to me as TO
ported can t4.i rop tast would lave
-'ven sharp reply E. w0at rot have