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But they don't, and SO the tragedy is
THE DESERTION.

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THE DEsERTIoN.
The opera wends It's way rather slow
~ and deliberately to It's tragic end.
! Manru becomes more and more restless
| Tor the gypsy band at last Ulana re-
sorts to love potion, brewed by Urok,
the dwarf (Which, by the way. is the
most unique and original character In
the work. this, Menru drinks and FOR a
short moment his old love for Ulana re-
turns, and smiling and caressingy he
addresses ulana with the words; "Es
list doch schon, das Leben."
This Is at the end Of the second act,
where Mr. Paderewski has been partic-
ularly happy In melody even 10 the ex-
tent OF introducing the closed song
form.
The third act opens with the best
music in the opera. an orchestral pre-
lude OF great beauty and invention.
Manru, recovering from the draught.
has fed in madness 10 the mountains,
BY the edge of the lake he sinks down
fatlgued, bewildered as he utters the
words, "Airl air! ! stifle-close was the
cottage, Wild the dream that held me
bound"
MY heart, l thought, would split In
twain"
"Ah these refresh me The lakes cool
breezes, and from the heights, the for
est's smell"
a storm IL raging without over the
mountainous landscape and within
Manru's breast-but 1t Is the final clash
Of thunder we hear. IT, end IL not far
on for even as the clouds disappear
and show the face OF the full moon,
lights are TO be seen crossing the lake.
II is Manru's old gypsy band who land
and build their camp close TO where
Manru lies In stupOr
Here. after a long and somewhat
tedious persuasion in which all the old
gypsy love and lore Is brought TO bear
upon him. Manru at last burst the fet-
ters that bind him TO Ulana, and taking
the proffered leadership of the band, he
places his arm about his former gypsy
sweetheart Asa" and ascends hur-
redly the mountain path, the chorus
following.
Ulana and Urok have tracked !
Manru TO the edge OF the lake |
ulana enters, crying "Manru! Where
art thou? Where art thouY She sends
Urok up the mountain to persuade him
TO return; but. alas, "'tis vain as
Urok calls back at which Ulana
screams In her agony "My God de.
serted disdained," and throws herself
into the lake-the poor heart broken
Urok descends hurrledly TO the waters
edge, groaning. ITO late, too late; ac-
cursed hellbound murderer Ulana, wait
III fetch him thee"
The departing gypsl,s arc seen on
the path above. Manru and Asa APP
pear, their arms about each other as
they reach a point in the immediate
urok leaps from his po-
sItion, throws himself on Manru and
after a short struggle hurls him into
the lake, crying. There, you have
him." The vlolins make rapid up
ward procession terminating In a
quick abrupt chord and the opera is
ended.
The marvel OF "Manru" Is In the
scoring. It Is Wagner IN
doses, Richard Strauss In
miniature. We miss the broad sweep
md the depth Of meaning OF these
masters, but find a grace and piquancy
hat compensate the loss. 'Manru"
s a polyglot opera and may fail to live
because the composer took into ac-
cunt that there were many tastes 10
atsfy. 1t Is German, Italian and
so much that il contains
he integral elements Of each We
ave the German orchestral ideals. the
Italian love Of melodic flows, and even
he ballet, so Characteristic OF the
french opera, yet all so deity and
)gically utilized that no one dare crit
,ize.
In none Of Mr.. Paderewsks wonder
III advances has he ever left the peo-
le He Is too sympathetic for this.
10 bears witness Of TOlstoi and still Of
Wagner too, whom Tolstol hates Yet,
e is too plainly human and at the
anne time too uncommon a man to
e totally either one or the other II
dared venture an opinion, ] would say
hat Mr.. Paderewsh Is too genial for
MS generation. and that II Is not I'm
ossible that II will pass over him
ghtly when he dies, condemning him
)r not beating into II something II did
OF want Yet how could he? He is
the compassionate Pole,
nd, as | said at the beginning, a man
ever gets away from himself
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