The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-05

Is an empire. not a reform club" he IL said
to have aid. "A march should march and
a waltz should whiri; a two-step r. not an
inferment. and a polka set TO funereai time
IL a CHASTITY insult TO both the deceased
millionaire and his heirs" Has composed
MS greatest works holding these principles
wholly IN mint
Could play any instrument and negotiate
any kind OF n note at sight. and was As
strong In his technique on the oboe a. on tho
pianola- Became leader OF the United States
Marine BanG IN 1888 and held this position
In the Cabinets OF successive Presidents IN
I'll 1859. when. finding IL impossible to tell
anything more OF value TO the mnrireS he
established his own highly successful or
chestra- With this organization he has
played before all the crowned heads OF Eu-
rope. by all OF whom he has been artistically
decorated. and In his own country has been
hcnored by a hearing from every member OF
the -Four Hundred-now amounting In mum
oers to 9-5S.sS souls. not including theiT
Is modest In his manner and works 70
nard during the day that at night. when he
leads his bani. his demeanor SUGGESTS a
cozy corner and a dozen sofa cushions
rather than the Musical Imperiallst thai he
Is. He never goes 10 sleep while on the
platform. however, carefully guarding
against such a lapse In form by wearing his
medals and decorations 6Sfs in number. the
tingling OF which Keeps him from doing
on. las composed a number OF operas
which are notable as being OF his own COM
position. his idea being that a composer
should compose and not enter the strong
man business and lift heavy musical bars
from the mental gymnasium. OF other. Has
no use for The Echo School of Musical
composition, and warns consumers that
no opera OF his Is genuine that has not the
name Of SOusR b.cwn' in every note.
Is az present engaged In writing a comic
opera in collaboration with Thomas b.
Reed OF Maine. the book 10 be a dramatiza-
tion OF the Congressional Record. and the
music to be descriptive. Address. Coney
Island. Aston Court. United States Marine
Corps retired).
DASlROsCH. WALTER JOHANNES.
Musical conductor. composer. lecturer and
Infant Seldl OF America. Born Breslau.
Prussia. January 30. So Son OF Leopold
Damrosch. a pioneer musical settler In the
United States. from whom he has inherited
his baton, talents and occupation. Lover OF
music from the first. and could whistle all
OF Wagner at an early age. Came TO the
United States In ISL. and. fortunately. not
as a boy prodigy. Twenty years later. he
would have been Imported and sold 10 a
hRir-lovinG public at s. a seat for two years.
emerging into obscurity at the end OF that
period. Having escaped that fate. he de-
voted HIS early years in America TO study
Ing the musical needs Of the country. and.
with his fathers assistance. gave them d.
Tection.
They have all the sousa they need:
they'll get all the Duss they need: what
they lack Is German music he Is said to
nave said. Wei give IL TO EN- good and
hard" The public knowledge OF German
music at thu time was confined TO Die
Wacht am Rhein' and the soft tinkiings OF
liquid airs from such places as Rudeshel-
mer. Niersteiner. Johannisberger and other
Rhenish centers. which came in bottles.
AT the end OF fifteen years he had so far
succeeded as TO attract the attention OF the
comic papers to such joke compelling uties
as Die Gotterdammerung, and the "Nibe-
iungenned." in twenty years babies In the
400 lisped Of the beauties OF the tril0gy and
the New York muscsl critics could tell the
difference between IL and a trilQbite. and by
the time the Spanish war broke out 80
great Was his success that the line was
drawn hare and fast between the resen7
crate and the u-nregenerate and men wor-
SHIPPED either the true god Wotan and his
leading lady. BrunhIlde. or the false gods OF
raEtime. Italy, as a musical center. was
wiped on the map. end IL was erma or
America, "Parrtfar' or "Theren Be a Hot
Time IN the Old Town Tonight. to which
the struggle for supremacy remained The
struggle Is still on. end the leaders OF both
sides are confident. although there are signs
CT a compromise IN the air.
Mr.. Dzmrosch 10 about to compose q truly
American opera, IN which II Is believed that
the compromise viii manifest itself In the
superfmposfng Of Wagner and stromberE.
by which the severity OF the trflogy VIII
be modfned By an infusion OF 'Hurly-Bur-
ly." and the emptiness OF the Weber 4
Fieldian music viii b mitigased BY 4 touch
OF the aonorous fuilness OF the measures
Of Vaihaiia. As 3 missionary. therefore.
Nr. Damrosch has done excellent service to
both his native lands. His sermons On the
triioEy are a popular Lenten feature OF So
eIal NE, and as the Baedeker OF Wagner he
vii live IN history