New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

much lauded by the advsnc. guard OF young Wag-
nerates headed by Richard Strauss. Hausegger ts
conductor Of the Kahn Orchestra. in Munich His
father was DR.. Friedrich Won Hausesger. musical
sestheticisn Che wrote book on wagner and
schopenhauer' and another on Music as Express
eion'0 and leader OF the Wagnerian propaganda In
Graz His son Seguund born August Is.
1872 and thu. breathed the Wagnerfan atmosphere
from the beginning He was musically precocious
as child, and while yet in the Cornelius Nepos
,eriod of his classic studies he composed pieces
which he conceived TO be musical portraitures of
Fpaminondas and Herakles- As a student at the
gymnasium composed mass for soil. chorus.
organ and orchestra, and produced 1t under MS
own direction at Graz IN May. 1889 At various
times between 1893 and 1896 he gave unabridged
performances Of the dramas composing The Ring
of the Nibelung'' for the edifcauon OF the Wagner
soc,ety which his father had been instrumental In
founding playing the orchestral part on the plano
forte AT this time. too he composed orchestral
ballad entitled 'rOdin's Meeresritt-': pianoforte
fantasia entitled The Devils Elixirs and two
operas "'Helfried" and -Zinnober writing his
own Hbrettos. Of course. Zinnober was pro-
duced under the direction Of Richard Strauss in
Munich in 1885 From 1895 10 1888 he conducted the
opera at Graz. assisted at the Bayreuth Wagner
Festival Of 1897 and appointed conductor Of the
Kahn concerts In Munich in 1893, in which year ne
composed ''Dionysian Fantasia which had 6
performance the meeting Of the Aligemeiner
Yeutscher Nusikveren at Heidelberg last June
mite IN the printed score Of -'Barbarossa'' says
That its composition begun on December
& 1885 and completed September g. 1888. It
was first performed March q. 1900 at Munich
BY the Kahn Orchestra. and again on December 3.
1spo at Berlin, under the auspices OF the Berlin and
Potsdarn Wagner societies. the composer conduct
Sng on both occasions
The composer calls "Barbaro.sa' a symphonic
sDoerl IN three movements. Orthodoxy in all the
details OF form being longer required fix desig
nations Herr Won Hausegger's work might well
have been called symphony without s!o"
movement. His choice of the other term was due.
probably. TO the Circumstance that the scheme of
community OF themes. developed by List in his
svr,nhon,c poems was at the bottom Of his
structive plan. The work is programme music, the
e1te giving clew TO the poetical contents in gen.
eraI the inscriptions over the separate movements
20 details The subject is familiar one in the
ssrendary lore Of European peoples. who under in
<uences doubtless sprung from their prinneval
.nythologies long dreamed OF return 10 ancient
edo-.es through the mediation of their national
heroes These heroes. according TO the old super
st.tiou have not died. but. bound in magic sleep.
are awaiting the signs and onens that shall call
,b.-, to combat Thus Od:n sits in walhalla
rounded by the einheriar till Rasnarok shall come
Thus Arthur sleeps IN Avalon. or Caerleon. or
Csraelot. and awaits the summons to come to the
rescue of his people: Charemasne waits IN Unters-
x.rr Tor the coming of Anti-Christ Olger Danske.
Olaf Tryggvessen. Don Sebastian OF Portugal.
Boabdu and others are yet 10 return ano DO thelr
doughtiest deeds In the kynhauser mountains. In
sr-,ur.rzia Frederick j sits. sword on knee and
surrounded By his knights. ready to revive the old
German Empire. His red beard has grown through
the stone table which be rests his elbow Once
g. sh.nherd who found his way into the mountain
aroused the hero with pleasing sound do the
ravens stin fly about the mountain" asked Bar
bsrossa Aye" answered the shepherd Then
che time IS not yet" said the Emperor: Il must
s1eep another hundred years But some day the
ravens Will fly away and an eagle VIII be seen
soaring over the Eyrhauserberg Then viii the
nero emerge from his supernatural home and hang
his shield on dry Its withered branches viii
burst .ato green, and peace and glory viii return
20 his German people.
The sufferi.lgs OF the people, the sleep OF the En-
sneror end h.e deed OF emancipation the themes
Aymned by che composer In his three movements.
whsch may be outlined thus:
I-rhe Distress of the People" C'Die Moth des
VoIkes') Introduction broadly sustained,
major - time; in rapid tempo c minor. -
4Y-sTrhe Enchanted Mountain" t'-Der ZauberbergD
Very lively, eagerly hurried, B far minor. Go
tine: middle portion, very quietly. ID major, Ga
m-sTne Awakening {''Das Erwachen"). Intro