The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-27

entirely with mother of pearl disks.
Tapped one over the other until the
whole gown looked like mail. The other
dresses were not so striking, but equal
" beautiful.
Paris is also talking just now of the
fetes at Grenoble celebrating the Tooth
anniversary of the Composer BerIOiz'
BIRTH 1t would seem that the world
at last is beginning to recognize the
genius of Hector Berlioz after so many
years of neglect even in his own cOun-
try. In Paris especially the man and
his music were treated with contempt
and abuse for years. Germany, from
the first, appreciated his genius and
did honor to the man who is now re-
garded as the greatest of French mu-
sicians, thereby verifying the old
proverb that a prophet is not without
honor except in his own country
OVer-praise from ones own country
people has spoiled many a budding gem
ius and has caused many one who
could never lay claim to that title 10
OyeTestimate himself But BerliOz' life
was saddened unnecessarily and
thwarted on every side by such ex-
IRENE cruelty and opposition that it
seems unbelievable. However, the
world might have lost much of the best
work Of Wagner had his domestic life
I been peaceful and his companion thor
oughly congenial. The struggles and
vague, unsatis6ed lOngings of his soul
We're poured out for the world i'm the
grand measures Of Tristan and Isolde
/ and the other great human dramas
/ Possibly a happy BeTliOZ would have
given us only tame love dittieS and
quiet pastorals The artistic tempera-
ment, with its excessive sensitiveness,
always pays the price for in such a
nature the capacity for suffering is
] III
memoirs. which. by the way. are ex-
ceedingly fascinating reading. speaks
Of the indifference Of the public and
the depression and struggles that cloud
ed his entire life He says in the in
PRODUCTION: Il have not the slightest
! doubt that the public viii bother itself
/ but very little about what I do or feel
or think. Only "a small number of ar
lists and amateurs have shown de
sire to know more of my life and mu-
steal opinions. This is my excuse for
writing my memoirs I was born on
the 18th Of December at La Cote St.
Andre, very small village of France.
( situated between GrenOble and Lyons"
Like most strong natures. he was very
precOcious, especially so in the tender
passion He experienced the first and
only love Of his life. he insists, at the
age of u years. and a charming French
girl of is was the object of this boy
ish passion entirely too intense for his
years. He describes her as follows
''Estelle. tall and elegant. with large
eyes. armed for battle although eveE
smiling mass of hair worthy 10
adorn the helmet of Achilles; and feet
III not say, Ike an Audalusian's, but
like a pure blOOded Parisian's. and
rose COlOTed bOOts-yOu may laugh
had never seen any before. I might
forget the color Of her hair, but I can
never think of her without seeing.
flashing before me. her large eyes. and
the little rose cOlored boots. Time can
do nothing and other loves never re-
move the traces Of that first one" He
afterwards saw her when he was 30,
and then again when he was an old
man past so. but he always experienced
the same romantic and absorbing pas
sion for her. She. in the meantime,
had become a grandmother and was
troubled and somewhat frightened by
the eXtravagant letters he insisted on
sending her. She was much more in
teTested in the love affairs Of her
grandchildren. growing UP around her,
than she was in the transport of her
venerable lover. An incident in BerliOz'
life, which he speaks of with great
deal of enthusiasm. goes to prove that
musicians are not all enViOUs Of each
other and that really great artist is
terested generosity toward a fellow mU-
stefan. Paganini. the great violinist,
who was then i'm the high tide of his
glory and fame. happened 20 be pres
ent at concert where two symphonies
OF Berlio7 were played directed by the
composer.
Berlioz, then in the early part of his
career. in speaking Of this concert.
says: Il was ill.,. confined to bed with
an obstinate bronchitis, but 1t was alb
soiutely imperative to try 10 make a
living for myself and family. 7 there
Tore arranged to give two concerts at
the conservatory, the programme TO in
ciude my two symphonies. the Fan
tastic' ana Harold in Italy" The re-
eelpts of the first concert barely coy
cred the expenses, and the next Jared
hardly as we'll The second concert
mad just come to an end and 7 was
completely exhausted, trembling and in