Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-03

some singular Instruments Used h, Thor,
Whom thes tnmro.e.

a composer n engaged Ia writing hin
works he nnds Il necessary to have son,o
musical inslrnncn, beside him, On rh,c,
to produce his melodies and hnrmcnlos
before committing them to pupor. rhit
popular error has. no doubt been kcnt
alive BY certain fancifui portraits or eel.
chrated musicians. wherein the artiats
nave depicted them ~ seated With tte
leit hand resting on tho Keyboard or 4
pianoforte or ON organ. while the other
hand Il engastd IN writing musical aiens
on a graceful but certainly very moan.
vcnient, scroll, The eyes. meanwhile.
are generaily directed heavsnward aud
have rapt expression.
Now, u Is ncrfsctiy true. that a cam.
poser WIN ron'etimce. while cxtcmporls-
ing on M Instrument nit on them.
that he considors worthy of preserynt,cn
ana VIII NJ once 30 to a table and write
] Y upMn hctOrc # egrnnes his tnrn,ar,.
liut no composer worthy 81 tho mama
has auy need % musical Instrument
VINO sftlotFN engtgrd In scoring his
~ lnq shonlqnp eul sluo 81 II ,s,iloA,
capable amateur who u compelled 10 re-.
4 sort TO such br txptdient.
/ EVEN VI ninnofnrta or organ were any
\ Hld TO composer WHEN writing faf m IL.
instruments II VIII readily be seen thnt
Z "fffhf' NfHAihNNtll hNNlu not HELM him
! when producing ~ full score for an ar
eheatrh, NJ matter OF fact the ,rta
musician hears, on NJ any rat. aee,n.
70 henr tho music that he - writing MI
nhlN ltH uclgdles, but every harmony nnd
| complheuon ~ Instruments AZ man
sometimes Eccs Visions In his nmind.s
| eSN 10 the mrFcnn hears sounds. la
hts minds ear
Beethoven, although alllctcd with iear.
neHr itlm ms alst your produced some u
| me most divine music tho world has over
heard The incrc eve may he snfncien,
70 enable the educated thougb otrif@ ~.
muslohl brain 10 produce music TINT "
hoth correct and clever but music tint
] u really beautiful and capable % awaken.
lnH tho emcttna uuat he heard BY the
mlnda ear NJ the composer.
Heethovcn'r deafness though n preai
source of misery tn him. was no obstnele
10 hlA work Ike every other great com.
poser he could stu la lhiu subtle iiyr.
loupus way hear the "effeotr OF ovtFe
now and original combination OF ntttu.
m.hla, could ten infellhly whether tho
hrAHs M any particular uHesulge was too
powerful tor the "slringa." o. whether
certain lnHtrumcnta blended nErvolhlv or
NOT In iHct dvafness Ho far from beInq
"a hlhdrancei luaN have hocn t pontties
holp to him In preventing hls hcing ana
around him,
u To- extraordinary. this culilVatlln of
tho mental oni la musicians IA ,,rln,,i
who have inst anuiri.nt tp,i.t,.. a ,i,,,l,,ia,,
ip understand ,ybat n r.,nt. 10 AZ r.
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one OF the players strings mad broken.
Another well-hnown composer wAa once
sldhliit AT INC olhci emu oI lpng tuun.