New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
STORIES ABOUT MUSICIANS.
RECOLLECTIONS BY MAX MULLER, THE
GREAT ORIENTALIST
HIS MUSICAL EXPERIENCES As \ BOY-How
MENDELssoHN INITIATED LIszT-DEAN
sTANLEY'S DISLIKE FOR MUSIC
ANECDOTES or JENNY LIND.

From Cosmopois.
my Ny nu.eai cduSali9n began early so early
and / was destined 10 become a musician. iii i
me to keep to Greek and Latin. I was born and
brought up I'm Dcssau, small German town IN -
meet town then overlooking with music. Such
towns exist no longer Dcssau then very
everybody knew how much everybody else pos
sessed or earned. and no one expected TO spend
hardly understand now with how little people then
ma mhanaEed not only TO llye bit thoroughly 10 enjoy
was the Dukes Prime Minister. received. believe.
though there may have been additional allowance
ior rent carriages ana horses. But there was
rnents OF the highest kind. ! remember in my
Grandfathers house delightful social gatherings.
Mozar:'s Don Juan" Bccthovcr's 'Fideio'' being
reformed there. the latest works of Goethe ana
Jean Paul being read and appreciated with cup
of tea or glass of wine \ more select circle en-
joyed their Shakespeare. their Dante. their Cal
ber nv grandfather Ohe Of Bascdcw. the re-
former OF national education in Germany in his
court uniform driving TO court IN MS carriage and
pair servants I'm full livery, everybody making
room for him and bowing deep on each side. hat IN
hand. And when he came back from court. WAS II
not real holiday for his grandchildren TO turn.
the pockets Of his uniform inside opt.the pockels
what bonbons ard cakes he had brought home for
us from Tafel-i g.. dinner at court
HOW LITTLE MAX BEGAN TO PLAY.
Almost my first recocctions come from my
grandfa thers house. Ny mother. after the cary
death of my father who Gi'd before was iour
years old. had gone back to live at her father
house. This n very common arrangement
then. TWO three generations often HVcd TO-
gether In the same house. ana among me better
families the house was looked upon as common
home descending from generation to generation
There a large garden stretching out behind
the house. which was our playground our nelglI-
bors gardens Were separated on 'ach side from
our own by low hedge only. Next door TO us was
the house OF soap and candlcmaker. and st
remember the disagroeahle smells on the day Whrn
soap boiled and candles were drawn. fc"pir
talked across the garden hedge 10 their neighbor'
and all the affairs OF the town were discussed
there
our ne!ghbor on the right side took dodgers. AMI
OF them young man who had come to
Dessau TO study music under +. Schneider, ana az
the time give music lessons. II" ma !
been a theolosic student. Int had umgesatielt
tchanged saddles. and now tried to support hmsei
AS best he could at DcSsau iic often talked to ~"
across the garden heCge Il was only nVe years oiW
and asked whether would lik" to learn the piano.
forte. l. OF course said yes. and d" tlrn made me
promise To him every GaV 'Or nan an nohr
but not TO say = word to my mother or anybody
quito secret. ill., after abou, nalf a year or So
sat down at my grandfafh"rs p'anofof'e. ana 10
the amazoment OF everybody played some easy
pieces Of Mozart or Diabcli or course thc young
theological stu,fEnt-his mann was kahl.-w1s On
gagged TO be nv nusicfnas'cr II" chare' l
hve groschon osxpcncei for Il essen ana made
very rapid progress .
and al the heao OF IT WAS Friedrich Schneider. Il
we'll known composer oi the old school. "A cantor
ike Bach but also Ducal Caprllm"istcr, ana th,'
head OF what then called ~ rnusiCdl hcho"i.
now q conscrva tOrium This school was ir"luciltri
bv students from all parts OF Germany. ana mas
produced excellent musicians ana ""il-kho"h
composers.