The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-12
i.y Vas .utacisn. to deter nj. yc.9ess

time connected With more discomfort and ex-
gsass thsT wo at th net r ssys ss eSy; n snd Rir re- sSe
pSssenoe IN Isip pie q aV Me Se n or amateur. in
sstsPShIsH at e ih ss %sisssi RissfSS oaa. asd sat ken S and
with the result that the. younger manager.
as i, had been revealed, to the world at Day
reuth, returned HON. to persuade the elder
s s%rsst taS f isss Il ailes St thS ts sssaSlIy. meant TnSi fsG
ioauy. and before Dr.. Forster Ind left Wagner.
d aSiv e sItbsnssd signed and scaled. had been
But not yet was the forte Of the Ring, to be
sum IN advance. tia" had BEEN one Of the con:
.overprudent ana soiicitous friends. who urged
A certain clause that. stipulated somewhat
feredl a ioopR6ols, Of eseeapos. and pr. FSrs S0H" was
not SLOW In availing himself Of the. opportunity
such ns Was T Sis ssti.t sssR 1G at Jena !G vel, io aas 81
y Pr Sss sS.it y s,tsr given nv VIZ 11S dus ssiie%sI!y
was drunk CONTEMPLATING the managers on
their lucky escape. The elder eagerly drained
s can s." VIII SS q VIEW Tnsf 70 t eiie sas that e b ens n gSdSn pset
the hen mp 4 director. he Indignantly broke his
Some months passed. and the time for de.
termining q repertoire for the new season that
81 the tone world. was carefully scanned FOR
any new work that would warrant the cost md
tSsSlaS,s OF { KEEoaHSe Nss st hi th in sa In be g Sure SH No
other manager had sought after Its rights. but
It was not to be supposed that Wagner would
time. And yet. In the search for valuable mu;
steal novelties. the two managers found
to face with the tetraioey.. so that
Gne q Fsrst In q so mSln Snt f O., sG q ,rom sin .sMny
ID Won know NnlmnnN I am Thinking nf
DOZEN n.' I pei fiG%" va shen fidd"fbs both 3 b ' SSpeier Tx K
The word was sunieient to. reakindis, oil the en-
thnsiasm OF The year before. Without con-
s sSnt 9S @ Ris s,4e in f SsSfentS: a"t%S!ffff r son T re-.
while came the answer; " Expect YOU at four."
with %psner5 shall / teiiesraph lin ~" II
NOT We as'' Ifs pS %ns fns bGe seen saI ne S%G "nd
Director Neumnnn had only to show the de-
r., spatch Just received; 4 train TINT left Leipsis
Lcfore I o'clock the following evening all the
n witSin ar IRA sas,Hs 70; The prSduStiSn
ripest work had been perfected. One
would have been impossible to produce
the four works shoald' be given TWO by two tss on
consecutive evenings: a promise to which the
which they ascribed tho phenomenal success
the work in its entirety achieved from the
n1st; unlike the experience Of other cities:
..Walknre."" to. the decided prejudice Of "Das
Rleingola." when subsequently, brought, Out;
80 far as the NibelunG contracts was con-
Gean t NJ hat Sef he ss dsselop >. T tHo not esc en- i'mR9iEssn ~
genius so much as in questions Of detail. when
often prejudice led him strangely a%stray.". It
Ia we'll known how little rCnl sympathy he felt
for a couple Of singers whose whole career Is
practically made up of heroic achievements
Il cannot likea man who shakes hands with
you as II he would wrench your arm. on can
hardly he accented as a good and sufficient rea-
son for injustice to n man who has mover been
approached in the. most difficult tenor part
Wagner cvor called on my o; his artists to
Unreasonable in his likes and dislikes. 1t
was OF course, at times very difficult to COM
GinG enti rnT Til mnSnssT;t II s meet the ,h Mslss s"rs
gested either the impossibility or desirability
q sar Es;s Sinffehr s.v, P5h|y rs fSa Fitness tlsn : for O.; q W Part
belunR cyclus in berlin he insisted
f Sn s the eo sSf iosee. int v % Z s ON 3 hop 5s%oas
inferior plane Of merit. As delicatelv MS pos
sibic the facts Of the cnse were submitted to
some one else in his place. but remonstrances
and persuasion we're In vain; and the day Of
rive Prom from Bayreuth. was was present esnaef In "a a box.
Hardly had the curtain fallen after the first act
then tho Il he { .n rubbed s,.m on the n b stage 9,y n = de% pa xa,d
it was suggested that it was too late to make
any change; n substitute had to be found. and
tenor was: WAS hraucht. err DEM Sanger zu
snin- or soil Wirth werden" why must he BIO q
s'p hssImil Isf h' .nd iarn e Hhnk1.r Of Opinion. though
OF the late Emil Scaria. who. among Wagner.
been replaced. Wagner sent for him in 1876
N Ens q r. tn; y5 1s.t dia w 1st |is in a 'I;s 6s ,Io F ssEit
even o! hassi profundi. he was indisposed. sui.
lice it to say that he was promptly requested
then on it was Impossible to persuade Wag-
seriously. Tic dubiei him der Hanssnecht'
1.-THE porterl. and would not hear OF his ap-
pearing IN any peTformapces at which he
issFihii9s IN VIZ Hts K O 6i aS@s ~ Ee ,ns 1afs' r slTs 1T
Motun. and the indignation Of the autocratic
!Meister can well he imHeined when. on arriv-
ing in tho PruTsinn ea;iial to attend the per PER.
OF Wnirnte,. Instant dismissal was the condi-
ton OF his remaining another hour in Berlin.
ness OF Frau Cosima could hav" brought about
an unwilling consent ut lenst to attend one re-
o oifaat Ssect IGadfs was vs.so on isr that Riu day. but i It Was HSs
sufficient to bring about m entire revolution
flake me to him. Take me to him. He
cried cxcitedly when the curtain fell. 81 have
misiudGed him, did not know him when l
sincerely his words were meant lie gave not
only by grazing with his presence the memora-
bio subsequent performances. but. by choosing
when "Parsiial" was produced in 1882.
Tho recent first performance in Prague of
tenth anniversary Of Wugner's death. not un-
naturally suggests the reflection what he
would himself haye snid Win regard to the
had a tondness for the earliest productions OF
his pen may. be Inferred from tho loving care
when it was performed in Venice so short q
time before his death. Besides. there Is little
doubt Tint Richard Wagner was quite as aus
ceptible to the material benefits accruing from
royalties a. most other composers who have
chosen to follow music as a profession.
W. Won SACHS.