New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

subject Of opera I can hardly contrnr
am consumed with longing" The 1o-stFj
never satisfied Again and again he any
it. 'I am enviOus.' he exclaims. COZ ~
who write for the theatre. The sight =, 'a@
brings tears into my eyes" The sto-io- oe
prodigious facility point TO that profo,,,a y
edge which prompted ROssinf.s Os
They point also TO his dsemonie f,,-z
ecstasy Of happiness which he found a..
development Of his ideas. We rnusf -
Of these stories, the famous one reIat,.- =
composition Of the overture to ssIo, c. y q
postponed until the very eve Of the No.
Having bid his friends good night "
ms VIE that ne was Of course going "a 1t S<t n
night composing !" s2e1i !.
Keep me Company" he added NAB
punch and try to keep me awake- ne 81.
And then be seated himself at his H..
Constance prepared the eorlf1rfino- --Ss ~.
which he had a weakness. and h,afgar t0taSs. =
him the story of Cinderella II has s-eate
that Frau Mozart had great gift for tsIi,a. Sas
and she would weave humorous re7ns-I..sss re7nI.s s,arss
thread Of her narrative which xouId sJ;aats no .
of laughter from the bag child. her hIuSSsass rsa
from disturbing him, these little dtstractja1sS y
TO make his task easy. When CfnderalIs > ni2s
iShed Aladdin was commenced. and NO.
hnued TO work Unfortunately. when the -, -
was somewhat advanced. the SOpOrihc luars--sE
the punch began to take effect. ScfeSs-se I .
seemed wanting in animation and her So Zee
peared 10 be lacking IN interest Whe,s~e.S = &
stance stopped the masters head noddsd ~, = =
lined paper his hand ceased moving and -. -
eyes concealed themselves behind their ikf-
trowsiness duiIed his ideas and the sr,6Ss- ~
enings fatigued him very much ConStanrs Ia -
him thus wearing himself ont. advised hin "a -
a rest for a while upon the sofa, p-or1fS.-1s -
awake him in hour time He fen 49,
once and so profoundly that at the ho1r - :
upon his wife sCrupled TO aJ-ake him fro- -
beneicent repOSe She resolved 10 lei hi,, -
an hour longer and after this fresh deIa- - =
gretfuIly decided TO call him II then sT'.,ss
in the morning and the cOpyist due to rS-. :
Z Mozart made bound from the sofa +, -
table and recommended writing as II be had =
that moment laid aside his pen. his hand -
-o,x5Iry afo.o he raVer n make m
To the minute at O'Clock the copyist entersi =
room At the same moment the master dashss :
10 draw notice to this faCt-this nimb.y 49, /.
ulished work was. so to speak purely nztr--
Is il not altogether evident that Mrs.sf i c
thought out his overture before sitting d8Es I )
write III When he wished to impris0n L EIfsf. =
bars Of ruled lines it emerged ready equipped f.,
his brain. Also il is known through inf0rrs.- 3
piven f1v Luigi Bassi and DIschek that Msza-4 - :
three perfect overtures in his head and vas n
cided which to choose One was n fat rlaP
a second in G minor and IN the form Of w. ,
the third was definitely decided upon after taF,
the advice of his two friends The latter berz, o
the Tleristyle of his imperisha5le monument u
the couuents Of the critics. who pretend 70 = :
Germ indications OF fatigue and restlessHeSS n q
beautiful symphonic piece, are nothing less 4 Z
rhOdOmontade
II is no doubt interesting to speculate a o
what fate might not have done for Mozart Z
for the world, If it had granted him gaazs y
ease freedom from material anxieties. AMI = Il
short all the conditions which We assume q "a
favorable to the prC4OngatiOn Of life But sl 81
different conditions have really altered bis = b
tInv? 1t is more reasonable to argue that p
hero of the anecdote Just quoted would II !, q
case have burnt himself out at eaTlY u
through sheer excess Of the divine fire.