Arizona republican., 1901-06-17
Student I fife in | eipzig.


vanced and talented students. He is studiummeister of the Con, and has practically the run of the whole direc- torium. All the teachers and number of Laipzig's ablest men belong to the directorium.
 Ever since Reinecke was asked to give up his position as director of the Gewandhaus orchestra. he has never been the same. It was five years ago, and happened this way. He had per sistently refused to give any of Brahms's or Grieg's music in the Ge- wandhaus concerts. He stuck 60 the old masters and the directorium didn't like 1t. Thera was pretty fuss among the people, every one taking one side or the other. But, of course, he re- signed, and has never quite recovered from the blow.
 In the Con he Is fairly adored and whenever he passes. off goes the hat of every single student on the spot, and every one cries out: ''Guten tag, Herr Capellmeister!"
 Mendelssohn was the first director of the Con, away back in 1Si3. When he died in his bequest to the Gewandhaus, he stipulated that the Con students for fifty years were to have free admission to all the public rehearsals of the Gswandhaus orchestra.
 This last winter, as a special favor on Nikisch's part, a third of the stu dents got free tickets each time. The giving out of the tickets was awfully badly managed. After the students. whose turn it was. got their tickets, a whole crowd of about a hundred would hang around the office door to get the | few tickets left over. And when the | door was opened there was scramble. | more like a foot ball game than any thing else. Girls yelling and fellows showing, all making for that marrow little door. just wide enough for one | person. There was one fat German | blonde. who invariably got stuck in | that door, till the crowd jarnmed her in! Next year, however, 1t will all be changed, for students will get no free tickets for the rehearsals. A rate of 1 mark-half price-just as the university students get them. has been fixed To all the hundreds of concerts given here every winter, all students get admis- sion at half price.
 There's one fellow here. a very tal- ented pupil of Sits, who gets every year from his father $250. How he ever manages is a mystery. Just lately his story has become known and there Is q pan to help him. An old German lady who lives in the same house has taken a fancy to- him, lets him use her piano, gives him clothes and has him to din- ner every Sunday. bound that he shall get one square meal at least every wsek. When he gets the chance he plays at dances on Sunday, that being the one day he is free from practicing He gets 10 marks-about $2.50--for playing from in the afternoon till F at night.
 It is unfortunate that the Con opens in the fall. for the fall in Leipzig is the worst part of the year. Fog and rain for weeks at a time. All the new schoi- ars who come are apt to find the first two or three months pretty hard to bear. When one is having to unlearl all one has learned in music before go- ing on fighting against the Helm weh." and also against depressing weather, his condition is certainly not
 to be envied.
 There was a Chicago fellow here whc had given up a fine bank position tc come over here to study. His famiy
 was much against it, and his father
 had refused to help him. He had som'
 money he had saved up, just enough
 for two years. His plan was to prac-
 tice ten hours every day of that two
 years. and by the end of that time h:
 was to be a pianist of the first class
 in the position to earn a livelihood He
 started in practicing on this terrific
 scale and soon. of course, he broke
 down. And in his condition, the awful
 weather almost drove him crazy. H
 hung around for awhile. refusing to gC
 to the doctor. and trying to keep III his practice. Finally, in a whirl o
 nervous excitement he packed up hi.
 traps, paid his bi!!s and was off befor.
 any of his friends knew what he wa. about. A couple of days later letter
 was received from him saying he wal ; feeling much better in merely beint
 away from Leipzig. He was going t' i. spend the rest of his money in trying
 to get well and travelling around, ther
 was going hone to eat humble pi' , and try to get back his position. Per
 haps 1t was better that way--for h. . didn't have any exceptional talent
 Brooklyn Eagle.