The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-03
dilemma

s.TF YOU are going to be musician
i some one has said, by ali means
be born in Vienna" The muslc-mao
people of that city have been the en-
couragement of more composers OF note
than those OF any other single CITY
From Johannes Brahms 10 Franz LehaF
fha Austrian capital has entertained,
provided for and applauded the produc-
tons of the makers of music. Lehar
masterpieee. The Merry Widow hrst
saw the light of the stage in the capltal
which has been called the city OF the
music-mad 1t IS strange that vienna
should prove the inspiration of so many
great composers sOf so great a variety
of genius.
The greatest composer. in the estlIna-
ton of those best qualified TO ludse' was
a Viennese-Beethoven. There his gen
Jus ripened, and there he was a pupiI OF
HAYDN. Papa Haydn, as he is stu al
fectionateIy called by lovers OF his gay
and naive music. and by admirers TOO
of the grandeur of his Creation.
In Vienna. which Graded Lehar's
laughing musical baby, Mozart wrote
his Immortality sunsniny music. There
he penned his notes to Don Giovanni
and 1.-The Magic Flute" which sun
charm with their purity ana beauty
There. too, Mozart wrote the soinore
reouiem which he was destined not 10
finish. and there, too-somewhere IN
the. Potter's field-his bones lie, LOT
which neglect the Viennese have atoned
bv erecting a handsome monument
Mozart and Haydn were friends III
Vienna and walked the streets tosethe'
a century and quarter ago.
Long before Haydns day the revo-
lutionist in opera. Gluck, was student
IN Vienna, and returned master aIteF
wandering the continent over. Inc
torerunner of Wagner, from Whom the
latter giant received inspiration, pro
duced his "Semiramide' on the occasion
Of the birthday anniversary OF the Aus
trian empress, and there he met the
artist Calzabigi, who was TO supply MN
with the books of his greater operas,
"Ornheus and Euridice" and "Alceste.'
Encouraged by the Viennese love OF
music. Massenet did not hesltate, 10
compose his "Werther" for that cap
itaJ where il was heard and loved before
Massenet's Partisan admirers mad
chance to hear it. The great Joachlnh'
master of masters OF the violin, came
from schools of Vienna with his mag
a. fiddle tucked under his arm. Like
wise came also Ernst and Auer the lat
fer one of the authorities of the present
dav in violin playing. Hans Richter,
who rendered such aid to Wagner as di-
rector of the Beyreuth masters compo-
sitious. received his first recognition
from the Viennese, and was leader OF
the Imperial opera.
Akin in spirit to Lehar are the
Strausses. TNey were all Niennese' and
scarcely stirred from the austrian cap
itaI. Edward was born there; Johanh'
the father of Edward, and called the
life. and Johann, his son. was born
there The composer Of The Blue Dan
ube." 10 the strains of which countless
Thousands have waltzed. wrote for the
Vienna public the OperettaS which IL
vailed Offenbach's In popularity, and
which are the legitimate progenitors OF
T,ehar's compositions. Joseph Strauss
brother of Johann, jr., was also born IT
Vienna, and contributed TO the merry
music which the Niennese love STU
another light opera writer, also fore
runner of Lehar in style and sDirit-Non
sunne-was born near Vienna, and lived
IN tine capital most of his life, There
VoD Suppe wrote Poet and Peasant
Sbe overture of which remains one OF
tha most popular wherever bands or or
chestras assemble.
To Vienna went Brahms 10 composs
ara get material for his HUNGARIAN
rhansodies, and there Brahms remained
FOR many years. writing his greatest mu-
,tc. And the list is not complete yet OF
the worlds music masters who loved
Vienna.
Carl Goldniark. the composer Of the
"Sakuntala" overture learned the tech
MICS of his art at Vienna's conserva-
tory. and many Of his important works
we're given their initial hearing there
To Vienna Schumann went and pub
iished some of his stil wonderful crit
ZONES and there, too. Robert discovered
schubert's symphony in and sent II
on 10 Mendelssohn. to the end that the
world might marvel at its melodies.
Won Weber lived there and wrote his
.'Esurvanthe" for a first production In
the city of music. Spohr's greatest sue
cesses were achieved in Vienna, which
stamped him with his first brand Of gen.
Jus. and so sent him forth to win Eu-
ropean fame after he had been made d.
rectos, of the great orchestra of the
"theater au DER Wien"
Not the mightiest of Vienna's compos-
ers Is reserved for final mention, Blu;
the most charming. graceful and classic
Franz Peter Schubert. Travellers IN
Nussdorfer strasse. passing a plain
fronted building numbered 81. will see