Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09

lister the petticoats few more yertiginousy;
ae clergymen preached against It. While
hey were preaching against 1t In Ger
nny-thls was In i7s5-it was forbidden In
Bohemia by Imperial edict. II passed to
England where that stern moralist Lord
Hir'l reproyed its indecorum.
But always In Vienna they danced, for
Vienna is the home OF the waltz and the
aPtal OF the Strauss dynasty, Of which In
nsse days Johann H. is the head.
Weber FIRST introduced the waltz form into
le sphere Of absolute music and prepared
le way for the modern pianofOrte and
vocal waltz. but the dance music Is Of
slauss, as Il has been from the beginning.
ilese Irresistible waltzes! They catch the
~ and circle round the heart. and make the
.lnan legs poems King Johann the First
~ he torm-an Introduction generally in a
NV tempo foreshadowing the principal
.ouVes OF tho composition. then five or six
Nplaie Waltzes ending with a coda re-
pluatnB the best numbers. He was
y lun-keeper's son this old King Johann.
X was playing OF the sperl at the time OF
y. "reminiscences Of the waltz. He saw his
ypartunity The new dance brought him
,ae and fortune. He turned the continent
w England, and tho ,bolsterous merriment
as hundred and fifty waltzes danced the
Aslt out Of the aliens.
mnen In lSi9 he died the most prominent
.ssule went out OF Vlennese life He was
.slned with a royal funeral. II may
- strange to us to-day, the international
iauence with which each Of his new
NS i.es was awaited. There was in Il some
INs Of the fine and chldllke enthusiasm
Zach greeted a new book by Dickens.
.Nhg Johann being gathered to his fathers,
Had. N 80 80
mere was something artistic and hendsh
Me old Kings Jealousy OF the heir ar
Islt As father he loved him and
linked him. but he would have no mu-
- near his throne. He apprentlced him
shop'keeper, Young Johann ran away.
~ ealhe home hungry and blubberinE
NJ, apparent, and asked his father to Jet
~ study music. The old King was OBJ
49,, He would do all the fddling that
~, 70 be done In that household. The
wv BOY went blubbering back TO the
saa now came one Of those curious con-
xaaglss not without parallel In the great
ss.i-A 81 the world. II was conspiracy
s.nst the supremacy Of the fathers talent
= mother had young Johann taught music
~ .sfeI lie was instructed In harmony
a. suy.oughbass, and even as a youngsler
clever viollnlst.
~ ~ secret was not discovered until the
-. a. elghteen years OF age and then the
tses- -.lN' Via JQnann lett ms VIE AM
n aag anything more to do with her.
n, might have forgiven her for breaking
AZ ons Of the Commandments. or all OF
N. ielsnrely as a girl breaks hlberts--
ss'i.-s could not forgive that conspiracy
M, MS supremacy. Young Johann
AZ. vas Oct 10. 1874. fifty years ago
No.. Vlt as rival to his father. lie ap-
80. Dommeyers az Hietzing, and with
Lam Mai Irony conducted his fathers
Ill - al ne
49, nli own. and the ls-year-old con-
49,. ssaped into sudden sueoess. Vienna
nrsr. hls audacity. The young helr-ap-
IN, eAa a party as enthusiastic as that
sliIy years ago
riiieslste years what hundreds Of golden
4s1 .s' lusty waltzes he has written.
~ w, the world does him homage 90
n success AZ Doameyers' In Vienna
h,n Is. they wih make festival. and
~ pafia Of The world wherever the