New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

TO know on what authority the London mar
monicon" 0S2J page 1l2) stated this: ifayun
Symphony in f fat (No. y written tor oa' :,
mons concerts, is a perfect picture 10 the ear; -
the expression may be allowed The author IN
tended 1t to represent to the IMAGINATION WI
lage ftte. the commencement or when Is
tarded by thunder storm. All are TuSii"o
about to find shelter; the tempest tnef apdtee'
and the festivities begin. a second clap OF nun
der suspends the gayeties ana coIsterna o,'n.
again reigns. But the heavens soon recover
their serenity and the rural sports suher 10
further interruption" How like the programme;
OF the last portion Of Beethovens "Pastorai
Symphony!
But Thayer's letters not all In the crit
ical end historical vein. Sometimes he got gos-
sippy as in a letter dated April %. 1883 when
was just five days after he had written the let-
ter quoted in the preceding paragraph.
vagrant newspaper story about the Euarheri"S
violin which Prince Lchnowshy gave to Beetno-
ven lust a. century ago suggested some comments
on the ncOrrectness of the statement out ne
soon got on a gossippy track, and reached SUBJ
;ect which NEWCOMERS will appreciate better
now than they would have appreciated it them
for the subject of his first anecdote Is become
one of New-Yorks artistic colony. Thayer IS
first telling about Joachim, who it was thouSht
would visit NewYOrk in the season OF 1893 %
he did not come, hOwever-then he goes on
This reminds me that in S5, being in Berlin
Joachim invited me TO the Hochschule OF MUSIC
Of which he is at the head to hear Frauiein
Wietrowetz, of Graz play violin concerto with
orchestra which she did very we'll
| Joachim" said 1. after 1t, who is that sweet
little girl there at the end that plays with such
energy and freedom?"-or to this effect.
| She? She is countryman OF yours ana
| a favorite pupil Of mine. VIII introduce her.
She proved to be Geraldine Morgan, daughter or
Morgan (deceased) formerly crganist OF frlhi1y
| Church, Newly She may well nave Deeh d
! fayorie pupil of the great volinist, for heard
| her several times this past winter, ana on the
| whole, considering her age-nineteen In NoVeHi-
ber | think-she impressed me as the nnest
| female volinist l have ever heard NO better
| proof Of Joachims high opinion OF ner can De
! given than the fact that he played with her
Backs concerto for two viOlins and string or
chestra at the Crystal Palace, Sydenhani, on
| March 3.
A characteristic anecdote of Joachim occurs
| to me. IL was all Of thirty years ago, when we
| were younger than now Eheu! After one of his
concerts in the Berlin SingakadeInle hasteheo
| to him.
"Oh Joachim how you play so"'
II ordered all Emerson's works to-day was
| his reply This reminds me of something that
| struck me a week ago. a lady with two grown
up daughters from Helsingfors. in Finland,
called to my Beethoven collection. She said
| they going to make the Italian tour and
| the one tject that she mentioned OF being very
| DESTROYS Of seeing in Florence-the grave OF
Theodore Parker! In her youth she had learned
| German and fallen in with volume OF his
| works which she hs to hide and read by
stealth. This from lady OF Finland!
Here is the conclusion Of one Of his last let
| ters albeit it was written six years ago:
There. my poor head shakes itself and orders
me to stop: l will put on the other page some
| juvenilia which were told me the other day. God
| bless and yours!