The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22
was paderewsli a great pianist when


 he came to you?
 Decidedly not, as he himself will sd- init. His touch was hard CD, his tech Iic lacking fin every essential. But he was a worker. He was as willing as child. I put him at Czerny, and Kept him at Czerny for six months" 4.
 Did you foresee his great succeesr"
 "One can be sure of nothing, but well lessor Epstein. one night at concert of the Tonkuenstler Verein in Vienna. Hell never be much said Epstein after Paderewski had played on that evening. ton on a knowledge of his ambition and primarily on q knowledge of his charac- ter He is wonderful Judge or human nature. He knows how to handle people. The greatest diplomat among the pianists not even excepting Franz Liszt. And be- fore all things a man of noble charac- ter. A prince in his friendship"
 Knew LiSZt.
 of course you know Liszt?"
 Intimately. I knew him as com- paratively young man
 'Then you remember his early strug- gles. his battles--
 "Liszt never battle and he neevr struggled he conquered l well remem- Der his concert in Vienna after his first gT eat Parisian successes. He was to play the plano part in Hummeps Septet. The hall was e ~ded. On the estrada sat Vlenna's hi aristocracy. The six players WfI SemDiSu OIl lHE Ths seventh .igzt. was missing. Af'9r five minutes he came in, stnDlled over to the estrade and conversed nonchalently with several Princes and Princesses or aghast. The six musicians were horri- fled. After ten minuptes LisEt remem- bered that he had to play. He walked slowly to the piano. sat down and sur. veyed his audience. Then he looked at the piano. On the rack stood the music. Closing the book, he threw it under the plano. What cried the audience. he would play without notesT imposslnaedi the rack and threw that under the riano Finally the performance began And such was Liszts power over ms audience that before twenty lines had moi of excitement, and at the close of, the piece it rose at Liszt and cheered him to the echo That was the first time and artist had played from memory at a Vienna concert
 ''I believe you are an old friend of Joachim too, are you not? He is the dean of music nere, you know?'
 Knew Joachim.
 Yes, so hear. But l am opposed to cllaues and parties in music. They nir- row and hamper art. Joachim and site poles in music. try to foster indl- yiduality; he tries to kill if. I hear that Rosenthal quarreled with him at a HnuSlC IeStlVal recently aDOut the proper tempt of the Schumann concerto. Forty years ago I quarreled with him in Lon don about the tempt of the Schumann quintet. That Is one of his pet hobbies. But he is small in other respects, too. a benefit given in London years ago for the dying violinist, Ernst one of the greatest artists of his time. Vie mawski and Joachim were asked to play What will you play?' asked Wieniawski 'Ernst's 'Elegy,' replied Joachim; and you? Ernsts "Othello" fantasia an swered Wieniawski. Joachim objected and conteqded that the piece was not advise" finally asked the latter. Play Errsts "Erlking" transcription for vio- lin alone. was Joachims friendly sugges- ton. The piece is one of the most diff hcult and 'ungrateful in the whole range of violin literature. The joke of the mat ter turned out to be, however. that Wien lawsh learned the transcription in week. Sn and with 1t made the success of
 Clever Repartee.
 Are Joachim and you not of the same No. he is older. but he Is very sensl- tive on the subject of his age. In Ores ID the stairs. How do you manage to climb so briskly at your age? asked Joachim. How did you manage at my ageF returned. There were a number 9f artists about and they all enjoyed the Joke" Did you know Brahms?" T used to call him Hans" And Rublnstein?' We were like brothers. Brahms and Rubinstetn hated each other and each | others composition. I remember meet | ng Brahms in Hamburg just after Ru- | 0instein had died. 'Christus Rubin | itein's Oratorlo. was being performed | vas in raptures about the music. Brahms | yrowlea his dissent. Look here. Hans shouted, I'm no Brahmsite, and | in | Taa NaaU-sNn -Nf Sips nj ean put my bser on 6e tbs T9u p,sns Sns n your music and say 1t sounds like | Wagner; on thaS place and say 1t sounds | Ike Beethoven: on a third and say 1t | our music or in any ones else. for that | natter ,and say it sound like Rubin tein's.' ''
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