New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

Intelligent appreciation Of the spirit Of the music
And the bass did much the same The eontralto
and intelligence, but her voice was. though sweet
sang most aristieay but Ot TO meS rather too emo
uonally for Bach, so that altogether L hold in
which aroused my enthusiasm. Mr.. Wolfe presided
end sepf M his 's frcea Of mo
derfully, helped out the solo singers when they
parts. and brought the work to a most successful
finish. Surely an occasion to be remembered with
Ernst Dohnanyi will give two pianoforte
citals in Mendelssohn Hall the afternoons of
April 9. At the first recital he will play these
pieces:
chro1natic fantaisie and fugue
ImPromptq. sharp major oP s8o ...-....- Chopin
Vase c sharp minor 0p. g. No. D. p-abm,
Variations and fugle op I;rbnstnn
Rhapsodie Hongroise No LASH
Mr. Van Dyck is the owner of letter hitherto
unpublished written by Richard Wagner to Joseph
Alois Tichatschek, famous tenor and the
creator of the roles Of Rienzi and Tam
hauser at the first performances Of Wagner's
operas 1912 and 1s45 respectively. After career
covering forty years Tichatschek retired from
active work in 1870 at the age of sixtythree years
He died in 1856. seventy-nine years old A warm
friendship existed between Wagner and Tichatschek
from 1S42 till the death of the poet-composer, a
friendship which. this letter shows, Wagner put
to the test which all with whom he came in inti-
the writer of this saw two letters in the hands
of Frau Rudolph, Tichatscheks daughter. which
put the relationship between the men in most
amiable light. In the first Wagner addresses his
friend by his pet name. he does in Mr.. Van
Dyck's letter:
God my dearest Tscheckel how much have
thought OF you of late How often have told the
story how after the first performance of "Rienz'
you forbade the copyist making the which I
had indicated and when took you to task, replied:
is E permit How he Ro tears aa cut a1
my cheeks!
That letter was written in 1861 after the Tam
hauser'' fiasco in Paris, and evidently reply
to Tichatschek's reproaches by of the fact
that Niemann and not he had been chosen to be
the French Tannhauser An earlier letter written
in 1858 from Venice. contained this paragraph:
For the rest 1 so poor and so continually in
need of help that must ceaseessfy appeal to the
friendship OF those dear to without being able
WIZ DO is TO prescribe in my will that a monument
Pe efScte9 10 US Us two near the theatre in Dresden
SO SO that that IN IN the future when people look upon
OF en- particularly C'besondersch'') Tichatschek"
The letter printed below was evidently written
from Paris late in 1859 early in 1860 as it refers
10 the negotiations for the 'Tannhauser'' perform
ance, or the concert which he gave before the EN-
peror commanded the production of the opera at
the Academic:
My Dear Friend: Although the services YOU are
rendering me at present are of the greatest impor-
zeal with which you stand by me make me still
more happy. / astoniShed at the duness md
the thoughtessness of the majority of nv friends
VINO do not seem 10 be able to imagine the hazards
my position lays me open TO, all my cares and all
my Worries of which l ought TO be entirely free in
order TO work and give something to the world |
assure you that II you cannot help me l shall have
10 give everything up. And yet this is only "A
ransitory position, which Fate might Certainly
have spared me. Something must and vii be done
put am entirely helpless for the time being on
account or the delay with Tristan" there is no
way out for me, and unable to meet present
wants. With regard the Paris Undertaking 7
can count upon 1t only by pretending not 10 be IN
the least anxious about it, for Roger works slowly
and does not like TO make any kind OF mental ef
fort Under these circumstances am looking for
ward with extreme anXiousness to the result of
your endeavors TO secure for me a loan of / 900
francs. You are giving ME hope-may God rewa ri
YOU | say no more But one must know whaT n
is for with my feelings TO stand in the nosi
ton DO toward Germany, to have tried every
thing in order 10 settle down there again In have
10 remain in Paris against my will to have a wife
In poor health that it is absolutely necessary to
hold out 10 her pleasant prospects only, and then
when am in need of every support to meet with
nothing else but dsappointments delay and iii
luck. This is the with Berlin, where I can
nothing this winter as Formes has LOST
his voice, and they have tenor.
With regard TO the Wlesbaden people-althouzh
they have done nothing more than their durvI
glad 10 say that they have given me n decapt
remuneration for my ''Rienzi" They secured M,
first three operas for next nothing | asked y
louis dor-on the Rhine they understand this to
be the of 10 forms per louis d'or-hence the
they counted the louis dor the rate of 10 norns
What / am say about Ldttichau | really dn not
know They paid for "Rienzi" and Tam