Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-09

W VII anu ISdCu llIe WOTlQ-TS-
nowned choir of ST. Stephens Cathe-
dral.
The awkward, uncouth, sensitive
little fellow in his gray clothes of
no pattern, with his bushy black
curls, and specialized eyes was the
object of ridicule from all those lads
until his time came to stand up be-
fore them and show what he could
do. He excelled so far that he was
given the highest place possible by
the examining board, and the next
day he appeared in the splendid
gold-braided uniform of the I'M
perial Convict" He was exception
ally well taught in many subjects,
but here began the slow process of
death by starvation and freezing.
The first letter we have of Schu-
bert's is one written home from the
school in which he begs them to
send him a roll or an apple to eat
between meals, as the time between
miserably poor ones was eight and
one-half hours.
The director of the orchestra
Spaun, was attracted at the first
orchestral rehearsal in which Franz
took part by the violin wonderfully
played-for any of his amateurs
Immediately behind him. Unable to
curb his curiosity he turned to see
little Schubert-the new boy, play
ing as if his whole being were in
the utterance of the instrument.
This man afterward forced through
the invulnerable reserve this timid
child shrank behind and became one
of Schubert's dearest, lifelong
friends, and it was Spaun that the
little fellow finally took into his
confidence enough to tell that he
could not buy music paper upon
which to write. The sympathetic
teacher supplied Schubert with writ
ing materials for four years.
Schubert's manner of composing
was different from all other music
makers. He has been called the
''embody millionaire. The musical
ideas came to him so rapidly that
he was often impatient over finishing
one, so anxious was he to begin the
next clamoring for existence. He
wrote so rapidly that he never took
time to redress and polish a COM
position. Since he was almost self
taught in the mode of composition
he used, it is marvellous that it has
stood the tests which 100 years have
subjected it to, and that it's merit
was so great that by the help of
very few friendly musicians it Gre
ated a demand and place for it
! SELF
| Schubert stands supreme as a
song writer. The art form seemed
in him an inspiration from his first
attempts which no subsequent COM
positor has improved upon. Many
of his songs written at the age of
II stand today as masterpieces I'M
equalled in all musical literature.
He wrote in all 637 songs, the
poems culled from 100 poets. I'M
agine his knowledge of literature.
His instrumental works were not of
the artistic quality of his songs until
he became more mature, but he left
some violin and piano sonates and
two symphonies which rank among
the worlds best
At the age of 81 his irregularly
and poorly nourished body fell an
easy victim to typhus fever and be-
fore he was known, before he had
heard many of his finest utterances
the chord of life had snapped.
Mrs Berry concluded by compar-
ing his advantages to many of the
other master musicians, bringing out
their meagreness, and impressing the
fact upon the club that Schubert's
talent and genius was probably the
greatest of all musicians.
The numbers used ON the program
were as follows: The unfinished
symphony in B minor. Played by
Mrs. Tom Kendall and Mrs. Berry
Mrs. j. w. Chandler sang two
beautiful little songs to illustrate
the two styles in which he wrote
"Impatience" being a song written
in verses with chorus, and
WHITTIER" a song written in the
art-form-,a principle theme, then
a second theme of new subject mat.
ter, and a return to the principle
theme for a close.
Mrs. w. A. Hutner played the
beautiful Liszt transcription of Schu.
bert's "Hark. Hark the Larkr
Written upon the bill of fare while