St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-26

trouble. All such compositions are alb
surd. Theodore Thomas and his Or
chestra is the greatest institution in the
world. He played my music at the
worlds fair. My music is not absurd"
Yes. Theodore Thomas played your
music. and nobody went to hear him."
said Mozart. Its uninteiligible."
My dear sir. music should be an ex-
preston OF unutterable things" said
Wagner
"lndescribable emotions. you mean,
don't you?" sneered Balfe. Nov, l
would like to know what has more
pathos and grief in it than my "The
Heart Bowed Down.
Sing it," said Rossini. BaIfe sang it.
WHATS the matter with the vocalist
who sings it in the opera, indigestion?"
asked Mozart.
Ppm sorry I can't remember the
words,' said Balfe; but he lost his child
or something of that sort"
1.-The words may try to tell that, but
the music is dyspeptic"
You just sing something YOURSELF"
said Balfe to RossnL
Rossini sang something from 'Semir-
amide."
What's that about? l believe 'Semir-
amide' is tragedy, isn't it?" said Wag-
ner. Nov listen to this" and Wagner
us she crazy when your heroine sings
that?' asked Balfe.
mo; that is God-like rage. Of course
you must hear the trombones. the
French horns and the drums to get the
true effect"
You can't carry ali immense orches-
ira about the country for your operas"
mildly suggested Donizetti Then Doni-
zetti gave an example of his work.
us that the soprano or the tenor?"
asked Meyerbeer.
No; that's barytone."
Nv hats the matter with him? Is he
going to cut somebody's throat?n
No. he's telling the prima donna he
loves her."
II hope she understands that clearly
before he begins or she might get
frightened at such ferceneSS," said
Balfe.
just at this point in the arguing, a be-
witching figure, all golden curls, red
skirts. bronze slippers, appeared upon
the stage Of the Haymarket. evidently
just in the nick of time to further illus
trate to the old masters what the popular
modern ballad and the popular style of
music was today. AT the appearance of
this animated creature tremendous ap-
plause burst forth from the theater
patrons present.
Whose that?" asked all the old
masters and poets, almost in the same
voice.
That's Lottie Collins" said Wagner,
and she's going to sing her world wide
popular "Ia-ra-ra- boom-de-ay." kind
OF thing that vitiates the public taste
and ruins the advance of idealiz ,tion in
music. YES" said Rossini, 1--WE can't
expect anything OF an age that produces
nf
wonder Italian opera managers lose
S3oo,OO0 trying to play my operas wnen
such miserable Trash as Lottie Collins
"Marguerite'' and "Ta-ra-ra- boom-de-
ay" are received with such fervor.
"Ah," sighed Theodore Thomas ap-
partition, who had just entered, land
all my weird and wonderful selections
as given by my orchestra forgotten for
this - what did you say? 'Ta-ra-ra-
boundary?
musical nonsense" said Bellini. The
idea of suck stuff:
"a young ana stylish girl you see,
Queen of swell society.
I'm not too young I'm not too old,
Not too timid, not to bold,
Just the kind you'd like to hold
Just the kind for fun. I'm told.
Ta-ra-ra- boom-de-ay."
''No, mol" said Beethoven, "tha It's
all wrong. 1t does not go that way at
ALL" and he gave his idea of it.
Ridiculous" said Wagner. "What
childishnesS to sing such rubbish, Ia
ra-ra-boom-de-a -boom-de-
ay.'"
The effect of the song all lies in the
way in which it is rendered." said
Mendelssohn. This is the way it
ought to be sung. Suppose you sing
it again for US, Miss Collins" and then
the bouncing Lottie sang it through
again, while many of the old poets and
composers kept time with their feet
tapping the floor. Lottie Collins had
hardly started the refrain for the second
time before they all began singing it:
'Ta-ra-ra- boom-de-ay.
Tara-ra- boom de-ay,
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-a y,
Ta-ra-r boom-de-ay.
They had all caught the infectious
spirit of the modern ballad and popular
air and were all singing it for the sixth
time. including Theodore Thomas ap-
partition, and Chopin was playing 1t on
the piano when morning dawned and
the first rays of daylight dispersed the
nights meeting of the Apparition De-
haIinp SNcintY