New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08

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HERMAN zUMPE.
musical career. Two years later ne oec.r' ny
.ume,ster OF one OF the most modest OF German
,hoot-ss whence after a month. Wagner caii'u
hin, N Revreuth a. the instance or r.. W. ri''sN"
49, r,,h,.her erd Professor Riedel. concerning
n,s lahors IN Bayreth Zumpe once said' i"eie
were scores 10 be copied. proofs 10 De r.eu'' w
printing Of the four scores OF the Hns 10 ~"
after Tho master also intrus'eu "'e VIZ"
nrenaration OF pianofor;e arrangement OF
sks,ch OF Die Gotterddmmerung to be sent 10 .i'o
.,r,e-. IA the performances approached 10
rether with Anton Se.dl and Franz fisne''
euperintended the study OF the singers VINO CO.
20 Bayreuth At the orchestral rehea1sa" '
master felt tho need Of on'ra-bassooh' lo' VIZ
no part had been provided in the score anu .'in
u,ss,oned by him l wrote the part for all tho lou'
works In Bayreuth I conducted four orchesIl"
concerts annually. The master oI'eh came 10 .'
rehearsals and prompted me. After me MS. ~
hearsal he said the memorable woros' D'a'
Zumpe YOU are born conductor.
Franz Fridberg publishes an enter.ain'e
OF recollections" in recent issue OF 'he Bern"
Tageblatt." He Gays: -
In the spring Of 1915 Richard Wagner came TO
Rerlin TO Give two concerts with the local orcles-
traBilseone IN the evening nnsea nH1 With young
Anton Se!dl at his side. In ls'o Wagner W. nd
ms iel Elm TO send 10 him young artist capable
Of Iringing order into sadly disarransed sJoEeS
Heilmesberger with his wonderful k.enslsm.ys.
ness at once recognized tho man in my conseIya,,
tory colleague Hans kcnter, me Iou, ,ti he h vas
deceived subsequent events have snown I9s wo tor
knows what the name Hans fcase ~ PSchier had
gene away from Wagner-l believe 10 become ~, iio 70
Sn9 Se.Ser with anything like his capabilities
until Anton Seidl came 10 MIN ID I'm f no The
real conductor OF rehearsals II was inp9s o
bic to conceive a. ,m2y h t-f 5esr Before WSg-
ner himself had noted errors in his own muse muse
sed could be seen Gyms oyer me eS vewed The
actions OF his young famplus with patermdil ioSs
W SSS Would 90 without my seid? II seid dis
appeared for moment and thlng, began 10 20 =
BIT z, sizes sn dc crS Help Scar: and sed would
with hyng ieaps to set ahs' t., % aoseve
what was wanted Of the bass trumpet me p .ayer
was an excellent os O0i In vain did scd
labor VIII him. sing tho passage. rewr;e II 10. i9r
r rh' Waaner. too tried his eloquence but with
as little At length seid turned TO the d
for me 10 make the man play IT," For me, TOO
sspd dn W"snsT Al at once tho eare Of
Biise beside the trumpeter TOOK me n
perfectly Biise practical man eld routni'er had
as usual found way out o. ihs and nIsyes the the
passage in turn, correctly and with surety Wag-
served; There. You see sedl, Pilss do what
the two OF couldn't Five years iater | heard
in Leipsic Not iong 6efor: had heard the first
and second performances o. the tremendous WORK r
least to depreciats tho merits Of this great artist
must say hat for me SeidTs conGsp'ioh was .ne
sn more that In fss se iAs %
Sss ao .a nni ns wtS sed was tho chosen
te aT Of Wagner: since then many conductor
and seidl may have been forced a little into the
background but nevcrthelsss ne VIII remain IN
Wagner's crown OF fame
Tho return OF Mr. Gericke as conductor Of the
Boston symphony Orchestra will be hailed with
equal satisfaction here AID in Boston Despite
tho iabors Of his successors the judcious friends
of Mr. Higginson's organization have always looked
upon II the product of Mr. Gerickes zeal and
.t,l When Mr. Henschel TO the front as
the orchestra's first conductor he was practically
without experience leader lie learned the art
smpiricaly but learned II sufficiently we'll IN
three years to establish himself AZ conductor IN
Ycndon To friend he remarked on saying fare
we'll that six months Of his Boston experience had
h.., worth more 10 him in practical knowledge
than six years Of Europe Gericke came thor
oughly equipped drlmaster lie won Mr. Hs
einson's entire confidence. Desiring TO reinforce
the band he brought over young artists with
whom he had worked In Vienna In everything ne
needed only to ask and Mir. IIigginson gave him
what he wanted even 10 a complete OUTFIT OF
vIons OF Viennese make by which Mr. Gericke
hoped TO obtain greater homogeneity In the quality
or his string tone. He might have remained con-
duotor from the time OF his appointment I'LL now
ff he had not become broken in health because OF
oyer.exertion Even daily rehearsas seemed IN
suflcient 90 ardent his desire to achieve his
ideal of perfection. and finally his nerves gave
vay He returned to Vienna. took a long rest go;
married and for time resumed some OF the
duties which he had put aside In favor OF his
American engagement He again became conduct
or OF the concerts Of the Geselschaft der Musk
freunde But 1t would i. sojourn In
America tends 10 unfit a conductor for European
conditions. Mr. Ger.cke's connection with the
Gesellschaft was brief though longer than that OF
Nj Nikisch with the Opera at Budapest for which
ne abandoned Boston. To secure his release from
Mr. Higginson Mr. N!kisch go. money from the
Opera, and this nc has but recently been com
PEELED 10 return by judicial decree.
Higginson's thoughts again turned to Mr.. Gercke
and only accident prevented him from coming
back 10 America instead Of Mr.. Paur. IL was IN
the summer vacation, and Mr.. Higginson Rad prac-
tcsy concluded negotiations with him by tele-
graph IN fact. the signing OF the contract hung
cn & single contingency: Mr. Gericke wanted TO
have the assurance that the Of the orchestra
as we'll as Mr. Higginson desired his return For
this he intended to wait until Mr.. Sveceuski of the
orchestra. should come. usual to Vienna on his
way to lschl. where he intended to spend the sum-
mer. But Mr.. svscsnski. not knowing anything