The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Gathered i'm the
World of TlelOdy.
Interesting Notes About rlusicians
At Home and Abroad.

I furiously through the air. Another
subject experienced on with the fire
| music of 1.-The Walkure" gave every
indication that he felt himself in the
midst of flames The "Walhalla' mo-
tive gave third patient the firm be-
lief that he was climbing lofty noun
tain and surveying landscape of much
beauty and grandeur. One of the most
| remarkable effects produced during
this investigation consisted in suddenly
changing the music from that which
Wagner wrote to that which Wagner
did not write. Extraordinary results
ensued. All frenzy Immediately ceased.
1.-The subjects face became ashy pale;
the pulse dropped from 120 to 40 beats
per minute and became irregular, soft
and small; the respirations were de-
creased in number and became signing
in character. The whole picture pre-
sented one of complete collapse, so
that all who saw it were alarmed. On
being awakened the subject said he
had been oppressed by a horrible fear,
because everything had suddenly
seemed to come to an end" Can 1t
be that music is a species of delightful
hypnotize their hearers as Svengali
mesmerizes Trilby? Has Wagner so
hypnotized his admirers that when they
hear Verdi or Massenet they also feel
that everything has suddenly come to
an end? Innumerable experiments
suggest themselves. What effect might
follow the playing of After the BALI
before listener hypnotized by Bee
thoven sonata, or the rendering of a
Bach fugue before one under the spell
of Dreaming of Love-
A bureau for American composers is
the latest contribution of the j. B. Mil
let company, of Boston, to the cause
of American music. This firm has
done much for the development of high
ideals among the music-lovers of this
country by it's handsome publications
of bound music of a high class. and
now it goes step further by announc-
ing that through local bureau i'm each
city of sufficient size it intends to pro-
vide assistance to those who hope to
become composers and to give them as
good advice as they could get by ap-
ply ms " Il Ictti lVi ~ iNiit' ~ 'iiN
present moment, it is said, there is
hardly a teacher in any large city who
is not compelled to give up a good deal
of valuable time to answering questions
about compositions submitted by
friends and acquaintances The pub
fishers have found, on consultation with
these teachers, that they would be enor-
mously relieved of such obligations by
the institution of such a bereau, to
say nothing of release from the pecu-
liarly trying position in which a friend
ly critic of friends manuscript-either
lettered or scored-is placed The
teachers are, therefore, with the foun-
ders of the bureau, and have offered
help in every way. Every composition
submitted to the bureau will be care
fully examined by experts defects will
be pointed out and merits noted. The
idea is to encourage native composers
by honest yet not unkind criticism, and
the best work thus nurtured will, in
time, be published.
A good story is told of Mascagni,
the composer During the latter's re-
cent visit to London, while in his room
at a hotel, he heard an organ grinder
play the intermeZZo from "Cavalleria