Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-30
RubinsIein's Death Brings Up
a Store Of "reminiscences.
WRAPPED UP IN HIS ART.
From His Childhood He Showed His
Great Ability.
HIS HINT TO CAR NICHOLAS l.
Even paisrn couid Not Interrupt HIN
When at Work-fcrentriciti
cr other Masters.

LONDON, nee. lathe death o. Anton
Cregcr Ruhlnstein Ike the dea,hs Of almost
all grea, or prominent mon. Ia, rccsllcd ,
Nasi number OF personal anecdotes, most
~ WA'eh have a peculiar interest to Amer
leans. Ia view q the tremendous amount
q enthusiasm that was aroused by hin, dur
inS hh witt here, more than twcnty-tw,
SeaFa ago. The famous Russian composer
and arts, was, undoubtedly. The subject al
more Of these Attractive nitle hits o. af,er,
dinner Sossip than any ether musician Of
ms ilme--a tact that Ia not altogether sur
nrislng. considering that his career betor,
mo public was 50 lcnr. bis personality !,
strong and Vigorous, his Eenlus 10 remark.
able, aud HE tastes SO well defined. such
dualltiea are calculated 10 concentrate tn,
waiehiulncsi that always lndS something q
be remembered, acme trait or eesentrielb
70 he noted,
u was a habit OF Rublneieln's 10 eontln.
ually regard his iransecndeus powers AZ a
NiFiuo1o and an Interpreter o. the nua.pal
creatlOnn OF othera IN the light Of A ntsfor.
hue ], was his ioudes, hepc to DO known
70 poaiecity only by hla own eompoaltlens,
Any ouupokon admiration Of his other nif,
was i'tile short OF dlsias,e;ul to him. ana
ne customary lmpAfgl0ll,y and teomlnF IN,
. lln-An~~-p the appreciation and outhnsi.
asm OF hls MAGNIFICENT andltnces. vasa on
lhe concert platform. were douhtloss at.
tributahie to this cause Probably moro Of
The stories that are told or hia ayo wovsn
about this phase ot hls character than any
other Ono, whloh has never before son
PRINT. IA Of some interest. The comnoser
was one day seated At a plano ehicr,alnine
the Empress Of Russia and the ladies Of
hcr court with some ID hls own warl,
which were then becoming ponu!ar, WHOM
tho Car, Nicholas l.. entered tho salon
u was dpiing tho trying days Of the Crl.
mean War The Emperor hugued With
tho burdcnn and The earss hf slate, sank
into chair, and commanded that no at
lentlon should be paid him. Gradually, AZ
no llutoned 70 the splendid chords and of.
fsets that came from he master hand. His
abstraction and melancholy disappeared
The very reality OF disastrous struggle
gh5 forgotten,
IN, Rubinrteln" he sad, At ioptth, 'you
are a wonderful pianist
'slre, BOT pianist" quickly responded
Ilubinateln. "tut composer"
fNHA ANNH hNtf A'tt AAAtN AT hNilnAfNl fNNs
ycrssilon upon tho works Of GllnkR. and
Beethoven. and Wagner and upon tho state
% music In the Empire, Rublnsiein always
upholdlng hig own yleWs with Gre and de-
termination. Nicholas was. in fact, as he
5t,cn declared. HIS ideal monarch. Tall
handsome. Of commanding presence. refined
AND Intellectual he was az much a. home
IN The thread-neta of artislic an, scientific
dllcoufaas an In hlh own councils OF state,
and stll spealduR o. music II Is even aald
lhat he was able 10 hum OF whistle through
whole operaA and souatap without tho as-
ulstanee 81 a note.
Like most great FanIuaou ilubnaloln was
always fally conscious Of bis own abilities
while yot q boy, travelling over Europe
from court % court. and playing heiofc m7n-
sachs ana princes lligo a modorn troubadaur
BE- Informed his Instructor, Yllioing. ih a
mdmenl Of coincidence that what no waa
dolne was nothing hat he would himself
iolse day write morp and better thingn,
lie had. In fact. beFua to write at years