The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-26

ne places at lis side. nut 20 winch ne ser
dem refers. He Is the one musician N Ger
many 10 whom tn title % General Mus!ca
Director has b-en given
expressed himself as very anxious, u
an opportunity could be afforded HIM. o.
VISIT the United states.
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y met another conductor resumed Mr.
Franko. who. 10 VII be remembered visit
81 America some t.me asa. re IS Ems
Won schuch- He - nOe At the ROYAL Opera
house at Dresden. When be = sited New
: York he Vas call d upOn 20 conduct 'Lohen
grin al the Metropolitan Opcra-hcuse. with
10 ehearsal. II is said thar the manager
sought 10 retain him IN Tire city. but the Pc
euniary emoiuments promised were M
satisfactory OF sufficient 10 tempt him 70
chang his residence.
i cannot speak OF European CONDUCTOR
without telling you about Hans Richter"
saic M Franko. He is wei kno IN TO al
music lovers. as h Is the recognized king
CT authorities IN all MASTERS mu =lcaL. and
fas no equal a. a student Of Beethoven ana
asu r He became famous IN Bayreuth
IS the first conductor Of Wagner oPcraA
lac, TOO. csa tea'n and conduct the operas
without th= sc-res, net alone the German
Cplras. but those OF the It1t an repertoire.
HE Is inclined to TAX rhlrgs phiosoph-
icaIy al the prtser; time. as ne Is a1Vauc-
Tx n years and Eatura u IS not as active
as n ms younger Gays His work n Lon
Goa g Ec-eDcat lanpered ~ the fact that
be has not the material there 10 p-odsc= e
fects Rhich contributed 10 the fame and
reputation Of his younger days m &C.
Another famous conductor visited was
Doctor Karl M.ek. afr. Franko saws that
ne was frequently spoken OF "a Europe as
the coming mTn OF IN Wagner 5cnooL.
Doctor Auck IL about % years Of age. end
l. conCec I'd with the Royal Optra In B-rsin.
lam LAST yCar he Welded The baton al
Bayreuth. and was highly praised for h 3
cica-. d-cis.vc beat. which. although en-
phntic. was always given with e.essAce AL
6rEce OF manner.
'He Sail he had had several offers recent
Is 10 visit the Uni.ed States. but he cIul1
nnH nnHarHnWn 49, to- 49, 1900. 49, =.
has a five years contract 10 remain n Bsr-
lin. ard even II he could be released there
from, n would not o1end the Emperor by
even asking for permission 20 leave his na-
tive l8nd.
wEINGARTNER SOON TO COME.
i must tell you about another prominent
said Mr.. Frankie. He : a man Of about
tniTtTEve- He IS OF slight build. with a
me Reld OF hair. He Is not only graceful.
visit tie United States curing the coming
winter ard bring with him the Ka:n Or
chestra from Munich.
His band numbers sixty men. and VIII
nlay In the United states during the months
OF January and February. / DID not hesr
OF meeting him this trip. for the reason
that. although we were both in Bayreuth at
the same time. / was gwen to understand
that Herr Welngartner wished TO be there
1~ncognito' and did not care 20 be called
upon or recognized by any Of his friends.
he. was very much engaged In his studies
@AaAH - hAEA We N1lAA r10A meet mere. L
did not care TO int-ude upon his privacy"
Mr.. Frankie heard Richard Strauss and
We Win him when he conducted the six
hundredth performance Of Moz1rt's Don
Juan" In Beriin. Mr.. Frankie calls him a
"secessioutst" IN music and explains the
term By saying that Mr.. Strauss departs
absolutely from the conventional and is en-
urely original IN his conception and deiiv-
cry Of musical compositions.
WHY WAGNER Is DISPLEASED.
Siegfried Wagner Is unhappy because the
American newspapers have spoken Of him
s~liFhtingiy and said they absolutely mis-
understood him. II Is not unlikely that
heT wagner may conduct concerts In the
United States before many years. for he IL
exceeding cuross about US and lungs
for an opportunity to visit America.
Kari Panzner. who now holds the posi-
tion that Anton Seidl occupied in Bremen
sno Who. ike his predecessor. Is an exFo-
nent OF Wagner. and kapeiimeiseer Kun
Eaid Of Frankfort. who Is a man about
% wears old and n very promising musician.
are also among those who expressed them
selves a. anxious TO visit the United States.
They are both able and talented men