Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

snd most fruitful years OF his life, Bach
received a home rent free. q fixed salary
Of 81 thalers. and 3 thalers extra for wood
and lights. Added to this there were q
few thslers as the cantor's share in GER
tain school income and an annual pay
naent in kind Of sixteen bushels of corn
two cords OF fire logs and two measures
Of wine. The only extras ne could lock
for came from incidental fees for we'd
dings. funerals, etc. And there was the
rub. For, as Bach writes: When the air
Of Leipzig is wholesome. thene are fewer
funerals" and. as his biographer. Spitta,
''On this theory, the comfort
Of the cantor would naturally increase
with the mortality OF his neighbors."
There is. too. something unpleasantly IA
miliar in the complaint against the wcli-
to-do couples who went away 10 the coun-
try TO get married n order TO escape the
cantor's fees. But Bach wRs at least en-
abled TO support hts large family decently
ard 10 accomplish a vast amount Of work
embarrassed by the worries Of the indi-
gent.
Pegnsus in Livery.
In the earlier days OF music. the rom
poser not infrequenfly solved the financial
question by entering the employment q
scme nOblenan. Not only pleased 10 acs
AZ q patron Of art. but also glad 10 have
his musicians al hand to furnish refresh
ment as destruction in those days there
were no public cOncerts-he would regu-
larry maintain one CT a rumber nf musi-
clans. paying them wages comparable usu-
ally 10 those paid his butler or other re-
tanners and furnishing them with the
livery Of his house. Some Of the princes
maintained Orchestras as an integral part
a
position OF chef ~d'orchestre with two e
the princes Of the Austrian house OF
EsterhaEy. who were particularly fond Of
music. He received an annual salary.
which. commencing at So florins. was in
creased TO $500 florins. OF about $500, be
sides his doctors bills. On this amount
(the purchasing power of money was then
greater than now Haydn was able TO live
comfortably; and he seems 10 have made
little use Of the perquisites 81 the place
He was treated literally and allowed great
freedom of time. When the Creation"
was performed. the expenses were de-
frsyed by several noblsmen, and the en-
tire proceeds. almcst a.6OG, were turned
over 10 the composer. Haydn gave the
scores OF the Creation" and the 'SeasonsT
70 the Vienna T~Onkunstler societat, which
derived considerable income from the sale
OF these works for many years..
Operas the Great Money Makera-
Weber, vince fame rests almost eF-
tirely on his operas, never made a fortune
out Of Them. but he managed 70 live on
the proceeds. Der Freishutz~ brought him
A.oo, and from five other operas TO-
Eether he made twice that amount n
Bohemian Girl the popularity Of which
has only just begun 10 Wane after sixty
five years. brought $500 10 Balfe. The
publishers. however, made over tWioe that
antSunt from the sale of a single ballad
from the opera. i Dreamed ] Dwell IN
Marble HsIls" GounOd'E Faust" Was at
first a failure. and ne sold the English
rghts Ter xa0. After il bad become p0pu-
lar he was able 10 command high prices
for his music. The Redemption alone
bringing him xz000 ROssini Jared well
81 ths hNnes Of his publishers. bug thsy Dc
ret seem q have lost monsy On hs muse