Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

List, the worlds greatest pianist,
so we are informed by Mason,
one of his pupils. never took any pay
from his pupils, neither would he bind
himself TO give regular lessons at stated
periods. He wished to avoid obligations
as far as possible, and to feel free to
leave Weimar for short periods when 30
incllned--ln other words, to go and come
as he liked His idea was that the pu-
pills whom he accepted should all be far
enough advanced to practice and pre-
pare themselves without routine in
struction, and he expected them to be
ready whenever he gave them an OPP
portunity to play, The musical oppor-
tunities Of Welmar were such as to af-
ford ample encouragement to any seri-
Gus minded young student. Many dis
tinguished musicians, poets and literary
men were constantly coming to visit
Liszt lie was fond OF entertaining,
and liked to have his pupils at hand so
that they might join him in entertaining
and paying attention to his guests.
"He had only three pupils at the time
Of which / write, namely, Karl Kind
worth. from Hanover; Dionys Pruckner,
from Munich, and the American whose
musical memories are here presented.
Joachim Ran, however, we regarded as
one of us, for, although not at the time
a pupil Of List, he had been In former
years, and was now constantly In assoc
citation with the master, acting fire.
quently In the capacity Of private secre-
tary. Hans Won Bulow had left Wei
mar not long before my arrival, and
was then on his first regular concert
tour. Later he returned occasionally
for short visits and ! became well ac-
uuainted with him. We constituted, as
Il were q family, for while we had our
own apartments IN the city, we all en-
loved the freedom OF the two lower
rooms In LISTS home, and were at lib
erty TO come and go as we liked. Regu-
larry on every Sunday at eleven o'clock
with rare exceptions the famous Wei
mar String quartet played for am hour
and half or so In these rooms ana
List frequently Joined them M concert
ed music, old ana new.
"As / remember his hands continues
Mr. Mason, "his fingers were lean ana
thin. but they aid not impress me as be-
ing very long, and he did not have sucnl
a remarkable stretch on the Keyboard
as one might imagine. He was always
neatly dressed, generally appearing IN
a long frock coat, until he became the
Able List, after which he wore the as
tlnctlye black gown. His general man
nor md his face were most expressive
OF his feelings, and his features lighted
nm when he spoke. His smile was SIM
nlv charming. His face was peculiar
one could hardly call It handsome, yet
there was In Il a subtle something that
was most attractive, and MS Whoie
manner had a fascination which IL Is
impossible to describe. 49,,
~ remember little incidents when
ore I'm themselves trivial, but when
illustrate some character trait one day
I,Iszt was reading letter In when a
mueicIan was referred 20 as n certain
Mr. so-and-so. He read that phrase
over two or three times, and then SUB
s,ltuted his own name for that OF the
musician mentioned. and repeated
several times, "a certain Mr.. List, a
certain MIR. List, certain Mr.. List
odding,-.'T don't know that ] should
obiect 10 being called a certain Mr.
TIszt'" AS he said this his face had
an expression OF curiosity, as though
he were wondering whether he reaiiy
would be offended or not. But at the
same time there was In his face that
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