The herald., 1895-08-11

at Twenty-seventh street. John keeze
Bailey's father had given Union square TO
the city in order to enhance the value of
his property in Sixteenth street. which
was hopelessly far from town. 1t was
along about then that the city hall was
built and finished up behind with stone,
because it was so far up town that nobody
would ever build tar enough to get view
of the back. Such hospitality as this
CITY gave to the Hungarians then was
never known before.
"Well l remember an early appearance
in America. Wilhelmj was here, too.
There was a monster charity concert given
for the Hungarian:sufferers from terrible
inundation. There was $25, 900 realized
through that concert by collections and
all. Henry Ward Beecher opened the
concert with a prayer and speech. Will
hemj and | played a duet. Afterwards
some enthusiastic Hungarian rushed up
to mo. threw his arms about me and
kissed my cheek. Beecner was with sme.
You wipe away that kiss? All! | re-
member kiss from a Hungarian that
still burns on NV check tonight. kiss
of Louis Kossuth.
Zone night in 1852 a banquet was
given to Louis kossuth at the Astor
house. William Cullen Bryant presided.
1t had been arranged tia. Henry ]. Ray
York Times, great admirer and friend
of Kossutb, should respond to the toast
of The Press. Watson Webb OF the
Courier and Inquirer, Utterly antagonistlc
to hossuth wanted to speak to the
toast and when Raymond arose. il re-
sponse to the call OF the chairman,
Webb also arose and trieh to talk him
DOWN. Raymond. supported by the chair
man, with all his great dignity and i'm
pressiveness. succeeded in making his
speech. but subject TO continual Interrupt
ton from Webb.
'Tell us of the great people you have
known" This from some one at the
table.
1T has been my good fortune to know
many great men; great men of whom |
learned with intense delight how to feel
proud of genuine humbleness. One must
feel this if he knows the ways of great
men. Whom shall | talk Off | have
loved nearly all of then, that | knew most
ultimately.
The great standard bearer. Wagner? l
will tell you Of his first audience that list
we're togethe: in Pinzing in 1864 when he
composed that. One morning, just as the
uay broke, Wagner burst into my room.
was awakened from sound sleer. He
was in frenzy. He shouted, Come!
come" In my night clothes | ran after
MIN TO the music room, and there, Just
ct the break of day. in the most abomln
able voice that was ever heard, tc the
most abomnable accompaniment that ever
was played, Wagner sang for the fit
time. to solitary man. in his nj ht
gown, his Just finished Hans Sacn
Schusterled' from The Meistersinger.
a wonderful song, fearfully and wonder
fully sung! But, then, Shakespeare was
a bad actor
'.(,o IN on IN ~
Then there was Liszt AM to ap.
prsciate that mans greatness greatness
itself is needed -
go on and tell us about it.
Just a little! Just a little! I'll tell
you little thing of his marvellous talent.
When Liszt was years old he already
played like a grown-up master Bach
preludes and fugues. One day his father.
Adam List, who was q gout all-around
musician. came home unexpectedly, and
heard little List playing one of Bach S
four part fugues, but the fugue was writ
ten in another key tnan the one in which
little Liszt was then playing. The father
was appalled,. lie knew too well that his
son hau no intention whatever to trans
pose the intensely polyphonic four-part
fugue. He knew that it was being done
He asked the boy why he
did not play it in the right KEY. The lit
tie fellow was astonished and asked if the
fugue wasn't written in the key he was
playing it in. No; it was written in f
fiat and not IN g. The musician knows
we'll what it means to transpose COM
plIcated piece to another key; but for