New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-01
IN MEMORY OF ANTON SE1DL

N ~
,,v FAREWELL TRIBUTE PAID IN A
' n,,,,r1r1-1. SERVICE OF MUSIC.
ruorsASrs OF FRIENDS IN THE NhlHofVi"-
on,n. MOUSE WHERE HIS BODY LAY
.o,,r,x COVERED WITH FLOWERS
x,r ADDRESS DELIVERED ny THE
my Mr.. wRIGHr-ELoovENT DIS
PATCH FROM COLONEL NIGER
sorI.-TKE BODY TAKEN
TO FRESH POND
beautiful d.gniheG and simple service 81
1t a solemn farewell tribute was paid yest"r-
-. ,,e highest master Of music Of this time
80 o,,.-v The body Of Anton Soidl lay where
.ho hodv OF his great ~ 'decessor. Dr Leopold
romrosch Law thirteen years aso. IN the presence
- a congregation OF thousands OF even more deeply
.-scrona,e ard devoted admirers. IT lay. too. on
-. s,ot where Anton Seid. while he lived with
these same thousands about him. stood so often IN
go ,or,ornance OF his mission OF cheering and
,nlf.,nc and ennobling their lives. through the
r,,r,e,rv Of the grand hnrmonies which he re-
c-oa,cs The many thousands who will remember
hto through their lives VIII think OF him most
o,,e, as standing IN that place and the few
.horso,as who were I'm the Metropolitan Opera
House Yesterday Will think of him again as lying
IN that place. Reside his coffin was n music-s'and.
hur, OF flowers. and on Il hung the masters baton
II was the summit Of n mound OF flowers and al
around were banks Of them Behind was the stage.
set as n cathedral. and IN front was the great
Gathering Of people cage and sympa' het'c
ore than ever sat in that house the most memo
rahle OF opera nights.
There was not n feature OF the inspiring service
that did not involve n genuine and heartfelt tribute
from some one or from many who had looked up
ttA while
the Opera House the gift II tho directors
The music was performed by organizations which
.elt every mar Of them. that they had LOST lead
Or who could never be replaced. The words which
we're spoken faithful expressions OF adnrn-
ton and honor. The flowers we're the special SYM
bols OF the sorrow OF those who fell that such
gifts could most adequately convey their sentiment
The multitude which filed the house was made up
OF those whose most appropriate tribute or respect
was their presence. and there were thousands more
who would gladly have paid the same " the mouse
Rad had for them
THE PLACE THE RIGHT ONE
simpler or more appropriate ceremony for
the funeral Of such man as Anton Seidi. or one
more Impressive and memorable to these who
had the privilege OF being present could scarcely
he devised The place the right one. wher@
his greatest triunlphs had been won And all was
arranged with the best OF taste and with the most
telling effect. The stage as had been saio was SET
cathedral. AT the pack was III" ait"i '"'''
with the light OF many candles. The space IN 'ronc
Of this was OCCUPIED by the musicians. Tho orches-
ira nit was hoored over and the surface was car
peed with black IN the middle, in the place OF the
conductors seat was the catatalGue. and all the
rest Of the space az we'll the front OF the stage.
wa. covered with flowers. The floral designs were
without exception tasteful and beautiful. Among
than were a huge lyre from the Philharmonic
Society a wreath still larger. from the Metropoli-
tan Permanent Orchestra: a broken column from
the Arion Society. a victory wreath OF laurel ana
orch,d. from Colonel and Mrs Robert q. lngersoll
a large wreath OF violets from Jean and Edouard
De Reszke another from Nine. Melba. a large
wreath from Stenway e. Sons. a monogram.
"s s. from the Sedl Society. a Tyre from tho
German Liederkranz. another from the MetropoH-
tan Opera and Real Estate Company. scrol OF
honor and wreath from the Aschenbrodel Tyre
from the Musical Mutual Protective Union ana
n,eces from the German Polyknik. the German
Press Club f Francis Hyde. the president or the
philharmonic Society: Heinrich Conried and many
other. The floral rnus,c-stand which stood on the
c.,,,.,oue was from the Maurice Grau Opera
Company.
THE PRINTED PROGRAMME
The printed programme OF the exercises was as
follows:
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Thursday. March 81. 1868
MEMORIAL. SERVICES
ANTON sEIDI.
,~x. An Died March - 1893