The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-05
VIEW CHOPIN LETTERS.

letters. FIRST given to she world by Morits
Karazowski In 1877, do not make such
! capital reading rs do those OF the German
composer The graceful sentences that
are like swallow fights across the pages
~ Felix his Wit and wisdom. are not To
he found IN the Chopin correspondence.
| Nevertheless. a shy charm exhales from
the often awkward communications sent
! hy the great Pole to his family and friends
at Warsaw In lsoS rhs young pianist
went 70 Berlin in company with Professor
Jarocki. and there attended the natural
lsts' congress-. where he met the mighty
Alexander Won Humboldt. His letter
J telling of the Berlin OF that time was
addressed tn his school friend in Warsaw.
Titus Woyciechowsky. and il reproduced
! in the karazowski volume. as are his
! Niennese letters. So 1t is with more than
! passing interest that we read several new
letters unearthed n few months ago in
Warsaw and translated into German. IL
- related that Chopin would walk half
way across Paris rather than write
letter: the bulk ot his correspondents" IL
not large. although many letters Addressed
/ tn his family were destroyed during the
plllage Of Warsaw by the Russians, The
/ length OF the newly discovered missives
must be- set down tn the etfervescence of
/ his youth. In them Chopin - foreshad-
owed caressing. sarcastic. sprighily. fiat
tsring. slightly peevish. jealous and full OF
love for his parents and his native land.
July /. 1929. Chopin entered the Austrian
capital. Vienna AZ that time prided
itself On being the capital Of the musical
q Ia, h n Nar . ha1
Beethoven. after fouring him during his
unhappy life. and there were already some
amateurs To he found who ment Toned the
songs of a cert ain Franz Schube by name.
hui music vas caviare To the general
Chopin had some letters.of introduction.
among ot hers % the Ma pellmsister Wurfel.
who had lived in Warsaw and was a friend
"t Chopin precept ors. zwyng and Joseph
Elsne'. not to speak Il the composer
father. In a lengthy letter TO his bosom
friend Titus Chopin relates how he
played AZ Count Gallenhergs and thus
was enabled 70 play in public az the Inn
peral Opera House august /. 1929. was
the precise date Haslinger the musical
publisher. unbent. and no less than thre,
piano manufacturers appeared on the
scene Offering the Use 81 their Instruments
to the virtuo-o IN embryo. the report of
whose abilities had quickly spread. But
Frederic had only small room on the
kohlmarkt and WAS forced 10 decline
Time brings changes. hut the Psychology
of the pianomsker does not alter He
did not praCt lse for has debut feeling sure
IL his fingers. Ar the rehearsal. he tells
Titlis. everything was az SKIES and sevens
with IN. orChesf "a, DsIiking their leader
Nurf"l; suspicious Of tn. unknown Pole
the men mixed things zap hadly in the ac-
compartment to Chopin's -Rondo Krako-
WAX; 50 badly indeed that Count Ggllen-
berg. tn" impre-ario. advised Chopin to
cut out the -Rondo' and inst cad impro-
wise. Therear adds chopin. the orchestra
members made big eyes They had
heard Beethoven and Hummel improvise
this slim youngSter IL 20 must he some
body To attempt such a feat befor" the
clrping Vienna public
chopin knew what he was about He
began with his VARIATIONS op = on
theme from Don Juan LA ri dar-m la
manN, over which SChumann later
waved .nt huslastic. crying. Hat. OF
gentlemen \ gsnius'-D accompanied by
the band. which after all must not ba
blamed for failing 20 read AT first sigh,
Chopin- Grabbed handwriting 4 Frau
lein Veil helm ,ls2l .Ist0l. famous for her
hravura singing. followed: then Chopin
facing a now .yrnpaf hefIr audience. i'm
provi-ed Oddly enough. h" does no,
IN this letter ~ Titus mpnt ions tn"
themes h" selected for Improvisa,Ion
Bu' history an supply IN. omission
La Dam. blanche. by m. French com
poser BoleldIeu who's" statue MAJ h.
found a. Rouen ,why. IN" gods alone
know was IN" first 'han" and "A Polish
melody - hrnIrl the second i-Chmiel- /
- song IN m" rnazurka measure.
sung nv IN. Poles a. marriage ceremonies
AZ the moment when h" brides sister
places the cap on her head After this
he pianl~' mod.sty reporTs that M
hearers seemed pleased and rha, M had
20 return 10 bow hi- thanks A. matter
nr far' he received a Paierew-ki-S-rr
brlch ovat .on and tired himself acknowl- .
.iglng n. II orny applause The orcha--
ira contrary 10 i's custom. had remained
for IN" Improv'sar on and was more en-
p hu-ristlr than 'h~ public IN. uizzling
mlx;ur. ~ honey and shslnth" IN he new
MUSIC could not di-guls" IN. extraordinary
~ the Young composer
star among the musical cons'"llat ions
ta-hlonabl. folk sought him Prime.
Lichnow~kv Beethoven protector.
among the rest Chopin took all the
f'attery AMI Attendance a. matter Of
crur~.. II" had enjoyed such things
when he was wonder child IN Poland
~" writes Titus with the unpronounc--
anl" nam" ~ a natural manner II the
success "i N" second concert. Humrel
Herr. Mp-Ch-le4 ant others were Vl-nnr-.
fAvorIt"s for III. moment Chopin over !
shaGow-l them He met and admired
FrauleIn Blah.'ka Oisil-iss5l. a NI.nn
born pianist "a daughter "f m. editor Of
~" Wmn'~ ZsiiUng. AMI for a Will. IN.
SITUATION looked SERIOUS Was thop,r IN
LANCER Of forgetting his beloved Cons,.n
"a Ola ipw-sa' apparently not. He left
for Warsaw more than a.. IsfI..i
with hl4 trlumphs.
Tn. second soJourn NJ Vienna. from
November. 1890. TO July. 1881. was not 40
s4t I-factorv Poland was in the -hro.s
u "a revolution The EienneS. did no,
II afHg.