The morning call., 1894-03-22
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

Tschaikowsky's sixth symphony was pro-
duced last Friday and Saturday evenings at the
Music Hall, New York, for the first time in
America. On october 16 OF last year Tsehaikow-
sky produced II at concert OF the ST. Peters,
burg Imperial Musical Society. Although the
cOmposr was recalled many times after the
symphony he was not satisfied with its recep-
tIon aud expressed a wish TO have it performed
again soon that IL might be better understood
His wish was fulfilled at the next concert OF the
socirty, but when that took place the composer
was dead and had been honored with a state
funeral The new symphony Is In the key of b
minor and bears the opus number OF 4. The
descriptive epithet pathetic" which has been
applied TO ii, is said 10 have had the sanction
of the composer and a pears upon the tile Of
the score. II was given 10 the work after Its
first performance aud its significance does not
appear until the last movement. which, instead
of the customary spirited allegro. Is a slow
movement, lamentoso. Ii is altogether a
unique symphOny-mOTe0ver. strictly speak
ing, only the first movement seems to be SYM
phonic, and there is a good deal OF heterodoxy
in the matler of form.
The flood OF stories which has been let loose
on The press concerning the rudeness and &C.
centriclties Of The late Hans Won Bulow recalls
the fact that nearly all musical geniuses are &C.
centric and irritable and do and say odd things
Pagsnini, for giving an audience a bit Of bis
mind once, had TO fly for his life In Ferrara
he had asked dancer 10 I'LL In the time De-
tween two solos with a dance. The audience
applsuded, only somebody in the gallery whIs-
tied. When PaganiDi came on he announced
that he would give some limitations of differeut
birds, which be did. But before he finished he
advanced to the footlights and produced some
marvellous "hee-haws" on his violin. That's
for the wbistlers," he said. and the gallery,
furious, dashed downstairs, broke into the
orchestra, climbed on the stage aud Paganini
fed out OF back door and left Ferrara there
and then TO save himself from an infuriated
mob.
Verdi, who in Paris was known as "tbe
bear" through his rough manners, went TO the
opera to superintend his "Vepres Siciliennss."
The orchestra did not arrive just at the ap-
pointed time. Whereupon the maestro put on
his bat and left the theater and Paris there and
then. Hans Richter, when In London conduct
Ing bis band, which had got careless, shouted
OCT, 1--WE are not in republic here; will you
take your own movement or mine ?'' and he has
been known on several occasions to snatch the
Instrument out of the performers hands, violin
or horn or whatever 1t might be, and snow
what he wanted. Once at Munich tenor did
not turn up at rehearsal, whereupon, handing
his baton 10 Hans Won Buiow, Richter climbed
over the foOtllghts to the stage and sang the
whole part from memory without a mistake
either In words or music.
Edward Hauslch, the veteran among Ger.
man musical critics. who is sometimes known
as "the last enemy of Wagner" Is publishing
10 the Deutsche Bundscnau series of interest
Ing musical recollections that are arousing con.
sloeraple interest The following Is q transla-