The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-23
FEATS Of ARTISTS
Some Notable Achievements In
Eleventh Hour Work.
ONE OF LANDSEER'S SPURTS.

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Produced In . Few Hours-Remark-
able Records Made by Some Of the
Famous Masters Of Music.
Some astounding feats in ele anth
hour work. especially in the mu ,icai
and artistic branches. have been
achieved by the great artists Of the
world.
Sir Edwin Landseer had promised a
picture for the spring exhibition of
the British institution in 1915. but on
the day before the exhibition was to
be opened all the hanging committee
had received was an empty frame.
which was duly hung in the position
Of honor.
AS the prospect Of receiving a pic
ture for the frame seemed to the COM
mittee to be slight. member thereof
went to see the artist He found
Landseer standing in front of a bare
canvas.
That's the picture promised" said
the great man. pointing to the canvas.
Il have not touched it yet. but l will
send it to the institution tonight"
And he was as good as his word A
few hours later the completed picture
was delivered and may be seen today
full work of half a dozen hours was
none other than the universally ad-
mired Cavaliers Pets"
Leander. the famous painter. is ca
pable Of remarkably rapid work. Upon
seeing him leave his rooms early I'm
the morning with a canvas on his
back the neighbors Of the great artist
used To excialm. There goes Leander
of 10 paint his daily picture" Al
though this may have been an exag-
geration. It is a we'll known fact that
on several occasions the academician
produced a large picture within few
hours.
Leander has a formidable rival in
the matter Of hasty work in Solomon
Solomon. This artist painted an ad
mirable life size portrait Of Israel
Zangwill within the period Of Eve
hours.
In the realm of music there may be
cited many instances Of extraordinarily
quick work. Oscar u:mmerstein's
record Of conf" opera in one act.
words and music. composed in one
night. is an example.
One of the most remarkable bits of
orchestration ever written. the over
ture to 'Otello." was scored by Rossini
in only twenty -four hours.
Sir Arthur Sullivan composed the
brilliant epilogue Of the Golden Leg
end" in the same space Of time. Be
sat down at 8 o'clock one evening te
compose the overture to "Iolanthe'
and did not rise from his desk unit
the last note was written at on the
following morning. while the overture
to 1.-THE Woman of the Guard occu
pied him no more than twelve hours
both to compose and score.
1t IS told of DOniZetti that he wrOt,
i the Instrumentation of an entire oper:
within thirty hours. On the mornin:
in which Rossini's ''Gazza Ladra" wa
to be produced not a single note of tn
overture had been written. and tn
manager was in despair. He seugh
out the indolent composer. locked hin
, In one of the rooms of la Scala ant
declared he should have neither foo,
nor freedom until the overture WA
completed RoSsini set to work with
will and to such purpose that tn
music was written and rehearSed be
+ fore the evening performance.
Mozart was another genius who fire.
quently needed the spur of elevent
hour work. Though at in the morn
1 n
Giovanni had been set down. yet Nc
Fart finished it before he went to tn
: breakfast table at his usual hour. nul
: ing the long hours consumed by thi
e task it is said that the musicians wifi
kept him awake by reading fairy
f stories to him.
One of the fastest composers tn:
ever lived was Trotere. the writer c
:, songs. Some of the composers feat
verge on the marvellous. 1t Is said. fC
example. that be actually wrote tn
score Of I'm Old Madrid" and ha
;, dropped it into the letter box With
eight minutes Of the time he had take
up his pen. This would be remarkabl
merely as showing his dexterity an
. agility. to say nothing of the labor {
the composition tself.
l. One Of Schubert's friends tells
story indicating that composers r:
= pidity of workmanship. He had lei
i Schubert absorbed in Goethe's balla
1.-The Fri King" On his return in n fe
minutes he found the musician swift
IL putting on paper the notes inspire
by the poem. and within an hour tiIcl
= had been composed that great song Il
world las admired ever since