Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25

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- 70 arvuss some Interest IN -Fsursnoth.
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take Salons" IN few years
II nay be Tor that reasrrr that the TON
pcssr h - particular ~ 90 the manner
~ the oprra's performances IN Berlin. LEO
Elech. Who vas called 70 Berlin after Dr.
Muck cane % she Boston Syrnphony Or
chestra- conducts the wurk usually m Ber-
In. one night TIE composer conpaainsd
that he took sorne 81 the ternri too slouly.
Hlech wanted 70 Dispute the point with
him
who wrote sslorns.' you or II ssksd
ths composer
Tou I'd ansvered the conductor
promptly. ''Buf thank Cod
CoBaserinE the Kaiser.
When the production o. ''saiorne- was
frsf EuEgeEtsd 20 the fnteodant q the Royal
Opera IN Berlin he would have nune Of T.
@FeDerEnoth- had aroused the indignation
q the empress and had not won success
with the public SUFFICIENT 20 compensate for
Der diErieasura
The composer determined that the Royal
Opera house should take his opera 50 he
composed two military marches Through
ms Influence as conductor of the Royal
Opera house he managed 20 have himself
invited 20 court The emperor wanted to
hear the new military compositions
Strauss stepped 70 the piano TO play them
Would your majesty permit that re
move my coat the pian,s1 asked
His majesty gave permission. and the
composer set 70 work 70 play the music Rs
wen as be could He put 30 much effort
INTO II that the emperor Was Delighted
II was not long AFTER that musical session
that 'Salore~ was pronounced 81 for PRO
dDotiOn al the Royal Prussian thester
The composer lives In Cha-lottsnburg
and his life 10 as quist as the ''sinfouia
DoynsEtiua" Indicated He IL q man Of very
shEtsrIious habits and drinks only glass
or two Of beer every dag. Wine he takes
only Al formal dinners. Three or four Gig
srettes give him AL The tobacco he needS
his summers are spent in NarEaretstein.
IN the BHvsrizn Tyr0l He does much Of
ais work there. although he devotes nearly
every evening when ne does not conduct
at the opera 70 composition At home, be-
ginning usually al and continuing until
him and c0mposes with 9 pencil II IL
newer necessary for MIN 70 revise the work
which is finished when he puts his IDEAS
IN paper.
He frequently sits surrounded by MS
family and friends especially IN the sam
ner. and composes while they are about
aim HIS passion IL kkat which he plays II
lis hours Of diversion He has often con
1sssed that ke Is writing for money and
nopes as soon as possible TO wr1ts an, opera
which VIII enable him TO travel ana com
pose without being disturbed by his routine
duties az conductor.
II is a curious circumstances that since
the visit Of the composer and his wife 10
this country the sale Of his bongs has fallen
on although the great singers always in
clnde them IN their programs. Strauss took
little apparent interest IN the persons he
met in this country and has always the LiT
Of being absorbed In some other subject
than that which happened to be under dis
cusEion
At one dinner given IN his honor he
scarcely spoke during the entire meal The
hostess wondered what could have hap
pened- She even asked HE manager the
neK1 day by telephone. The manager an
swered that Herr Strauss always acted like
that when his mind was on some other
subject
His infarible scent for the subject that Is
going TO attract attention was shown by
his announcenents when he left this coun-
try that be irtended TO write a tone poem
shout the New York sky scrapers. which
had impressed him 80 much. He even put
down the IDEA IN his diary. The music has
never been heard. however.