New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-02
MUSICAL COMMENT.
THE PHILHARMONIC ELECTlON-MN'
HYpEs PREsIDENCY-wAGNE
FIRST wIFE-NOTES AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS

r, ,rrua, meeting Of the Philharmonic Society
mn. hold on Wednesday last. and the rollow'ne
onccrs were reelected: President T. Francis
t.vde vce-president. Richard Arnold secie'a'''
August Roebbelen: treasurer. H. Scnmit%' conuuo
.or Anton Se;dl; directors. +. Bersner George We
,rd A. Hoch r. Klugescheid L. kes'er' d. VI,
19auder. trustees Anthony Reiff A. Bernstein ana
car, sohst: librarian. John Riezel IL Is 'he 'oi.
Tina that Mr.. Hyde has been elected presiue' oao
having succeeded the late j. W. DreAei :" low
No non-professional has ever hed inc JIM
long I'D to tho twenty-sixth season. Io"" o'' VIZ
ne as chosen from the actual membership
- the society; the constitution was theh ena''se'
Cor the express purpose of making III ~ So So
Doremus president He remained IN 'ho o -
wears and was succeeded by George l. o"o"e'
father OF tho composer. r. TempetCh o.io"e, Nv"
,,,re IN svitzerland His term OF ONCE iasteo ioo
'''-e -, q Stehhins then followed with one
80 = u Scherrnerhorn with four. Juhus f1ai'-
carton with two J. w. Drexel with seven. ana '"e"
came Mr. HYDE Nearly all OF the lay Presuen.s no.
died IN Office Mr. Roebbeen, re-eecteo a.
has held the Office without INTERRUPTION o',.ro 80
Nv scial was elected for the sixth time Inc Ten
. :. A., 11vde's administration have been the
80, CONTINUOUSLY prosperous in the history OF inc
soc,a,v the only approach to them beng tne periou
from, 1858 to 1874 when Dr. Doremus ana ueo!ee
Strong were presidents. Then the indlvlduai oi','
a.ds amounted to from $50 70 SIG: under the au
rninistration OF Mr.. Hyde the lowest lnoi.iuua.
d,,,aena was $3.50 and it soon reached S2Zo oelow
which. we believe, it has never fallen since 'nous"
,bora has been n notable increase In expenoi'u
r,o "svmnhonv Fantastique' of Berlioz was 80
successfully given at the last concert Oh 'i' 80.
- c,.r,rborv series that Mr. Van der S'uchei'
,,,rnoses TO repeat it next season IN coh' -.
- .ooo,d mart entitled "Leio. EPISODE 90 Id VIC
d,un Artistic" 1t will be given by inc n ,',o,,
cbestra an arrangement whlcn 'ho .,u IA
NIusIc Hal! permits Of While lhe 80 -.
eiven from the stage. with the lnNisioie A.,
90 .ha ecAnes The Episode" ende WIN u"
H'''u '.0 - chakesneares Tempest" AT the
c.. .arforroance of "Ielio." which Berhoz caiiou
.rvrio monodrama," in 1882. bocase inc -0'0-'
.recited the part OF Lelos
An effort has recently been mace III oe' me- -
A,scover where Minna Planer the his' ST..
Richard Wagner. is buried, ou' III vain w g.
w nresden in January. 1866. Of heart disease. vi
~ 49, - The .dolatrous biographers of Wagner
- .,rarce,v reticent. 1t cannot have been oiIncu''
~ learn the whole story OF Wagner irs' mo-
NOD they been anxious 10 do so; but theE were NJ
Thra are letters in existence which furnish cie"a
=, great interest but they have never oeeh Pii''
~ n,ri,er Of this paragraph has himself seen t"o
~. On which Wagner offered her marriage al'ei
n.bat had obviously been lovers quarrel "'u
coupled the offer with a threat 10 rum iii'"
fascination II il were not accepted. Inc oeO''
n,-,,ten comparatively short time after the mar
80 yroceedinrs for divorce which had been oeeuh
nv him and which could be speedily Drought "
conclusion II the engagement which ne va ~,
soaking as a conductor could be secured Inc oiii'
friend that Minna Planer has found among "as
,oTs h,ographers is Ferdinand Praeger whose
,oor 4, must he confessed. has largely been dis-
credited but without harm TO his recital OF inc oo
nestle fo Of Wagner. This is Praesers account Oh
Nina Wagner 49,. Ot
Ninna was handsome. but not strikingy 50. ~ 81
haiC
gazee-like eyes, which were iathl bnaI your
tender nea and her gentle speech secured at once
Your goodwill Her movements IN me ho1 T,T Nc 10
dsy0d Of ey yo Mh R%s Complied before
had been expressed Her bearing Wa as ' int 70 he
Tended by her She was fq Of hearts ear aee Wa
Wiled and ambitious She was gentle, dociie anu ,ha
STd at his feet She was happy her German
home and desired no more than Pd him ~ With
howod Read TO his exuberant speech. his constant
aiscoei iIlinr attentive ear She could not follow
him she not able 10 reason ms e opfnsl ex
travarant theories but to all she was nob
sanguine and consolngns perez ings As Years
1roIIr nv and the genius of Wagner assumed NOR
dea e shape ana grew rev Night Of his intellect To
have written The Novice or Palermo d. tmet' :;
her unambitious heart the zenith Of success More
than that she could not undcrstsna no. f eo ~ her
=,
husband After twenty years OF maTfleu me T me-
much the same. We were sitting az IuHcH III tHs
FIRMLY kept Swiss chalet at Zurich IN me SUNNI
Tieted 'Rienzi," "Dutchman." "Tannhauser anu th
hLohengrin' come down from his scoring OF l tnS
"Nibeiungen" when in full innocence she ask sn
,oe. s.NoW honestly. is Richard such great gen
ius?" And yet. notwithstanding her 1naR er,;o
Waener was ever consderate, tender ana aHectlOn-
&C 1nward her. He not long in discovering heI
tnohilitv 10 understand him. but her many eo0d
raIities and domestic virtues endeared her greatiE
~ I'm She had one quality Of surprising value IN
~, household presided over by man OF wagner
.hc,ghtIess eXtravaeance. She thrifty ana eco
nnmical He was needless. relying always upon good
Tort1np But Minna a skilled hnancier; and ne
-, this For wears their lot was uphill some,
,irnes a hard struggle for bare existence ana
.hi-no,eb ali the devotion and homely love OF me
Hnnnsn soothed and cheered the nervous irritable
WooTnr When their means enabled them 70 en-
toy me comforts of life without hrst snxIousIy
cco3s,n,;ne the cost Mnna was possessed OF one
tbom1ht-her husband and his happiness And W az
ner Enev il and gratefully appreciated the hearts
devotion of the worshpping woman. Home was her
Iaradse her husband the king LoVe-slLhpie'
trustng love-uas her religion; and no greatec YES
,inonV "a the noble work of genuine woman
could be offered than that Of the poet Milton IN MS
paradise Lost:
Nothing ,ovelier be found
In woman than 10 study household good
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