Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-16
DEATH OF Won BUL0W
The Great Musical Exponent Expires IN
Cairo, Egypt.
BRILLlANCY, GENIUS, And DISEASE.
Story OF His Artistio Life, and HIS Mar
riHge with the Present Madam
Wagner.
New York IIoraId)

,be most remarkable and Characteristic
musical genius OF the last half century
IIs lie was on enigma, his talents ex-
,~,ordinary. his closing years eras OF pa
rc,l~ brllliancy and musical revelations.
II is five or six years since he was last
q, New York. when he gave series OF
rlauoforte concerts at tho Broadway INC
atre which were attended by large auc'-
,rc.s every afternoon and a few orehcs-
tral concerts IT the metropolitan wheh
Lis splcndld educational Interpretations ~
1.apsUrnoister, especially Of the wagner
numbers. created artistic surprise ana ar
to,,shment. His life as musician way
however. emblttered from his early year,
e,rlve As he might 90 achieve grcatheSS'
f,is main could not carry him TO success
fiu rivalry with the men VINO lhIee u
four decades ago made tho musical con-
ql,si of the world. ,t.,
In l,ls earlier years De was as pianist
praised as the only living ilV"l % i'"''.'
sfein. but he went no further ana ,'c
,.,.st Ruselan has nothing TO fear from
hin from the judgment 81 io7teily. ~
created nothing but his INTERPRETATIONS VI
the great musicians. ci"ssic II Hio ,, -
were tho Gases ~ inc h.u'''A
li.c AZ the present day.
HIS MARRIAGE WITH COSiMA.
Tho romance OF hts life became Deah-Sea
y,,tit Married to Coe.ma. the oaubn'er Vi
iszt ana the Countess 81 Agoult, she wa
,tkeu away from him after IL ie" yef,i .
,.idcd misery by % greater man, py
Richard Wagner. whose inol'pe"9'o'. =" =
,...t and alter ego she ausoiuteY "
Gang. at, aosar-
49,. l.t no became one OF the stahchcsl
t.f,nds and adhcrents Of The great nius, ,1
,I4o Of the future. Somebody has ",i
,.Il that Won Bulow WAS never hOu,'
,..t,ut because he WOrshipped WIN
,,.b f.natc devotion mistress Whoso
,tyrav Was more poWcriul IMAM " WY
,ouslc--and 10 whom he IemHlheu 'O"
,'.rtlv faithful. Moreover, his intini"Os
>glfh Wagner, tho man az eActsSI,o on
,ltrayaraf: genius: with his 1ather-H-
s., Franz TJszt. whose romantic imael-
,,,fion INDUCED IN fantastic flights. uhht-
"a din, more and more for a humuruih
,.nfurql lie In MS exalted NtheId'i",
s.r two such powerful ana uhcohVch''oli'i
!uii.iIual.ties the young man "'V"i",
,.tr,rg.l from ordinary rcupduons'ahu
commonplace duties. and men ne pdsssu
rrom the heights Of cuthialasm 10 t"o
u~asaic plain Of d0mcatc'iy ne pecaiie
irritable. violent, and m'ioae' Dht uoS
t'osima now Mime W'gncp Gu'e'N III
f,rmad linn that she bad grown weary
~ IA. lie she led. ana that she Wouid
D., LONGER bear hts continuous III temper
,rurtbernore. she announced not Only her
tnt.ntion of obtaining a divorce, but Oh
contracting another marrlaEe. Inc man
tbn had chosen Was Richard wagner NM
relf. Bulow's bosom fricnd.'
VON BULOW AND LIST.
"IIszt opcnei his arms 70 his second
l,n-in-law as warmly 0s ne hau opener
them 10 the first. without. however any
abatement Of his affection Tor bulo"'
stranger stll. the two husbands sd" no
reason why COsima's determination shoula
alter IN any way the tenor oi theH iilu-
fual friendship, which Was contnued on
the old footing. and, as If cyerythin was
- be extraordinary IN this singular tP,-
fode. Nine Richard Wagner. win the iul
consent Of their father. carried away 10
ler new home the three children born or
Tor union with Bulow. Later on, When
,he was lying dangerously lll &c Luccrhe'
urfer the birth of a fourth child, she beg
f.i her second husband 10 send for the
first. who was brought 20 her bedslde by
Il. successor" OF Wagucrs children IL
,,ty here be said that only the last one,
az his father in Bayreuth. IS the achhoW-
,.lrcl offspring OF tn great composer
u'bc othcrs-girls-have all the character
fstics Of Won Bulow.
THE WORK or 4 LIFETIME.
The story Of Won Bulow's musical lfe'
,1ucatonal and creative may be COM
nassed in a very short space. lie was
born at Dresden. January 3. $50 lie began
1t- musical education und r Friedrich
\Viucl. In iSiS he was sent 20 the Uni
vcrgity Of Leipzig to study Jurisprudence
his parerts having always Regarded music
81. A mere pastimc. but be- continued his
studies M Counterpart under hGuptmahn'
Iu the following year he entered the Uni
y,rsity ~ Berlin. and took great interest
In the political movements Of that time,
contributing 60 a Democratic Journal, Die
Abeidpos In this paper he first began
10 defend musical doctrines OF the new
German school. led 10y List and wagner
After hearing performance or 'Inhen-
grin" az Wcimar IN 1850, he threw aside
his law studies, went 20 zurich ana
placed himself under the guidance OF
Wagner. In June. 1871. he became pupil
of Llszt and two years later made ms
FIRST concert tour. From 1850 to 1861 he
occupied the post of principal master or
lianofortc. playing at the conservatorium
OF Professors Stern and \. Il. Marx, at
Berlin In 1864 he was called TO Munfch
az principal conductor OF the Royal Opera
and director OF the conservatory there
lie there organized performances OF Wag-
ncrs Tristan uud Isolde and die Meis-
tersinrcr Won Numbers" In 1869 he left
Munich and afterward gave concerts In
Italy. Germany, Russia, Poland. Eng
land. and America In January. 1873. he
was appointed koeuiclichcr Hofkapell-
mcist.r at Hanover. Among his most inn
Iottant compositions are "Nirvdna, Sym
phon!sches Stlmmuueshlld." music to
SlaErspeare's Julius Caesar" pes SAN
gers Fmch." "Vicr Charakterstucke fur
Orchestor.' and III CarnoVale iii Milano."
WHY HE WILL BE REMEMBERED.
More than for his undisputed genius as
On Interpreter and commentator Of the
works Of the great masters. Won Bulow
Wal always be remembered for his biting
strcaQns, incisive uttorances on his con-
tcmplraTies. and his capacity for creating
hostility by his often tcO-UutspOkcn maia-
propos. During his concert tour in Flor
snce years agO his success was
enormous. but hc entirely destroyed his
popularity just before be left by
violent condemnation OF Verdi. who, at
that time. was considered by the Italians
90 be- a demigOd. In Spain he exposed
himself 20 a similar fate. When ne re-
turned 90 Berlin he WAS equally caustic In
his criticisms one day. somewhere about
lS1i he ironically compared the orchestra
Of the Royal Opera 10 the orchestra OF
Rcnz's circus. and pronounced II shame
ful and disgraceful. The manager OF the
circus, incensad at what he considered an
ufrpnt 20 his musicians, took UP the
Culgcls and called RulOw to account In
print Won Bulow, without moments
hesitation. again seized his pen, and wrote
"a letter Of apology TO the manager OF the
circus. hunbly begging his pardon for
having thoughtlessly compared his ex-
ocllcnt orchestra with the very inferior
ono of the Royal Opera This occurred
la 1873 when Bulow was occupying the
post Of Kapelmeister 20 the Emperor. The
scandal caused by this indecent polemic
WAS 80 great that intimaiion came TO
Bulow 20 send in his resignation, which
Was promptly accepted
WITH THE BERLINESE.
But Won Bulow often returned 10 Berlin
20 give the people artistic enjoyment ana
delight In his erratic saying and doings
The last time he was there. after the con.
cluslOn OF the concert. he took his hand
kerchief out of his pocket and delibe-
Il. l.te .tad marched