New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03

endured. Keyser took the libretto. changed the
ute, and SET it himself, intending 10 eclipse
flanders effort. Handel had meanwhile gone 10
Italy. There he heard Of Keysers proceeding
sent TO Hamburg, procured a copy Of the new
music, So lectcd the most pleasing numbers, and
utilized their melodies in a series of new pieces
which he brought out.
Nothing could more patty illustrate tie frank
ness with which musical ideas were regarded as
common property in those days than this story
The art Of composition was not alone original
creation, it was also transformation and trans
ngurailon, the superior genius Of TIE composer
disclosing itself in the higher and better life
with which he infused existing organisms. When
handel utilized the melodies OF kcy>cr, Eerba,
Trio and Strade!la he did something analogous
10 what Shakespeare did when he IcwrOte the D avs
OF his predecessors. Tie parallel is absolutely
complete said DR.. Chrysander i'll commenting
on the keyscr score. We are all familiar witt.
anecdotes which tell of great musicians pitted
against each other improyisers on given sub
jectS and performers; the Pilgrim suspects that
the spirit of such rivalries IS also to be
others. II is not half uncommon as is popu-
larry supposed. and composers seem to have made
10 effort TO conceal ii: which fact is of course
significant in the moral aspect of the case. DR.
Chrysander not long ago made careful study of
the hooks and scores of Gazzaniga's Don Clio
vann" and that Of Mozart Not only did his
study convict Mo@T's poet D9 Pont", of rank
plagiarism from the original book of Bcrtat THAT
would scarcely he surprising TO students of Dd
fonteS iife hut il also proved that Mozart had
not disdsined 10 avail himself of some of Ciaz-
zoniea's clever musical conceits. But only as
SUGGESTIONS
DR. Ch:ysandcr lives in humble farmhouse
in the rolling country Just outside OF the VILLAGE
Of lergedorl He is widowcr and alone so far
as kin are concerned 4 daughter is married in
London; son, the only one OF the family that
followed him into a musical career, died some
years ago. inst when his talents had begun TO dis
close themselves another son, through the kind
and interest OF Prince Bismarck is near
enough at hand 10 visit him at intervals He is
the house physician and private secretary of the
deposed German Chancellor. Unfortunate just
now his visits are professional as well as signs of
flial affection. for DIR. ChrvSander is suffering
from a disease of the muscles OF the right leg
which has for q long time put stop TO his aborS
lie is under treatment al the hands of DR..
Schwenniger and his son. who used to be ono Of
the famous Schwcnnigcr's assistants. II
through the letter that his son became Bismarck
physician DIR. ChrySandcr sys That when
Prince Bismarck withdrew from public life Or
in Iarlin and accompany him 10 FricdrichSruhe:
but Bismarck would not hear of the sacrifice
Instead he asked the eminent physician 10 recon-;
mend one of his assistants. The latter named
young Chrysander and Swiss. and Bismarck
chose the son Of his old friend and ncehbor
Persons are nei- hbors in these German villages
even if fourteen miles lie between them
My MchlY respected neghhoT is a talented
grapc-tasFr" said DR.. Chrysandcr when hc
bunch Of Forster licSing grapes for the delccta-
ton Of the PILGRIM and then he spoke in few hut
gentle and feeling words of The kindness of the
" Nan of Blood and Iron" With a grim smile
PdN oNfl Ms dlllIdblP on leHllPS ne ll"1 lou
of the heroic treatment prescribed for his lame
ness by DR.. Schwcnni2er, and related how when
the assistant was handling his LEG rather Rngerlv
the old doctor had told him 10 pitch in and give
il vigorous binding He'll yell ANYHOW" said
he. land YOU might as well do the thing mp
brown. or words 70 that effect in German.
BESIDES fine Lot house cranes DR.. ChrySandcr
grows roses This is his diversion His library
and printing shop is in another house. deeply
shaded in his garden. which has the architectural
beauty of an American woodshcd. Here an en-
grayer cuts the plates. prints the sheets. and a
binder binds the various issues Of d" The German
Handel Society" The copy is prepared and the
proofs read by the Editor and The Society
Jointly Altogether the enterprise and it's
a9ement is a spectacle. in serious sense for
gods and men. II helps 10 an understanding 81
the monumental achievement Of the Germans in
critical research-artistic and scientific