New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18

though
,ro.ion ia refined throughout and the dance after
the quartet f. tho first act Is peculiarly dainty
and effective hit Of music.
Rosenthars fret concerts in New-York this soa-
son. on october % and "a will be rcci;ais; on No
vember . and 10 however. he will play With the
Boston symphony Orchestra In tho Music Hall.
whore all the concerts 81 the Boston Orchestra
will take place this year. Mr. Gericke sailed from
Bremen on tho Kaiser Friedrich der Gross" last
Tuesday. and IS therefore "rpc''"4 70 "'i'F' "'i'
on Tuesday or wednesday Of this week
Tho criticisms ~ The "Oll waFncri'cs' on tho p"r
,orr,oncos AT Bayreuth have been met Of recent
wears by a set 81 b,mhasilc young fellows who are
irving 10 make me world believe INT Wfgncr~
widow and son know more about Wagner works
than tho master aid himself All sorts Of liberties
have been taken with The Nihelung dramas IN me
matters Of text. costumes. action ana scenery ana
o,.cr,. t,ro,os' has been mo- with the in'imation
mat the denzens Of Wahnfried are infallihle
Houston stewart Chamberlain Ia the leader -
Cosirna.s hclo,s one Of his satellites "a julius
Erich Kloss who on the occasion OF tho nnnyer-
cary festival Of two years ago published glori-
ncaton OF the present regime under the hte
..zyanz,e Jahre Bayrcuth" The book vas issued
g., English as well as German. and now French
edition is on tho market. fact which Is published
IN The world by an announcement when Is rs
un,oue a specimen Of English made In Germany
az the world has ever seen. Here II Is. verbatim
ct literaum: IT,,
Now. ready: In the three languages. english.
french and german. Julius Ericn kloss twenty
w. eean a history Of tho tragedy in BayreGth IN
.,tch mo author in magnificent composition snow
US the different works Of Richard wagner ~ the
'tSS' ,bis historical part communicated second port
noIemiral I'm which the talented author 70 Wa'd OH
all the attacks toward Rich Wagner ana MS great
IA
es Th To' book is not common guide. but work
l.yerv warm written. " Is 10 be prominent "''' "
| Inc value Of "A work or OCCASION. -, NJ,
TO have through all booksellers ol me t W.,
post-fre"
Tho secretary Of the National Conservatory ~
Nuslc announces that Tor the beneht OF thos' VINO
are otherwise cnga god IN the daytime. evening
| Glasses havr been formed IN the departments of
singing. pianofortc tad Voh"'
| Tho story OF LISTS meeting with Beethoven, as
narrated by Iiszt himself Is thus given IN an
article entitled I'm Hause Franz List. contrib
| utcd by Nine Ika IIorowz- Barnay 20 the
"Dcutsche Revue:
! was about eleven years old when my honorcd
teacher Czcrny took me TO Beethoven Long he
fore he had talked about me. aud ASKED MN e,
hear play: but Reothoven hnd such , a rfing-
| lcnily against being obliged TO receive me. AZ
length he permitted himself to D% pGrsnaacG 10y
| well. then. In Gods name bring me the rascal
| (lackcr)." IL about ~ q CLOCK III tn" il'i III
| ing when We entered the two little rooms IN IN.
| - hwarZspanerhaus which Beethoven occupied,
| was somewhat iimid and Czrrny encouraged me.
| Beethoven sat at work. AZ a long and narrow
| table before the window. lie looked a darkly
| and said nothing when my teacher bcckoned me 10
! take my place at she pianofOrie Al first played
| a short piece by Ri~s When had done Beethoven
asked me II I could play Bach fugue. | chose
the fugue I'm & minor from the "Wcl-rempered
| Clavichord." can you transpose the fugue out Of
hand into another Ecy?" he asked. Luckily
| could Al the last chord looked up The darkly
| glowing eyes of the great master were trausnXng
| me. Then suddenly gentle smile passed his
| gloomy countenanre: Beethoven came close. bent
! over me. placed his hand my head and stroked
| my hair. "Tcufeskerli' he murmured 80 elm
! Racker." C'The little devil such rascal'D Then
! suddenly grew courageous. May play some
! thing OF yours nowg' | asked pertly. Beethoven
nodded and smiled. played the first movement
of the concerto In 9 major. When ! had finished
! Beethoven took both nv bands. kissed me the
| forehead aud said gently: 60! You are fortu-
! nate lad. for you Will delight many people and
| make them happy, There is nothing better or
| more beautiful, The incident has been the great
est pride Of my life, the palladium OF my whole
| artistic ] 'elate IL very seldom. and only
to good friends.
SHAKESPEARE CLASSES IN HARLEM
The Harlem Evening High School will be open
every night next week Hom TO o'clock. Satur-
day excepted. 10 receive applicants for admission 10
the special class In Shakespeare. Regular class
10. ~. n