Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-21
FEATS OF ARTISTS
Some Notable Achievements In
Eleventh Hour Work.
ONE OF LANDsEER's sPURTS.

FAMOUS M4btoFe " "eeSs
Some astounding feats in eleventh
hour work. especially in the musical
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 1S45, 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.
II have not touched il yet, but l viii
send 1t 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
in the National gallery. This wonder
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 In
the morning with a canvas on bis
back the neighbOrs Of the great artist
used to exclaim. There goes Leander
or to paint his daily picture" Al
though this may have been an exag-
geration. II is a well known fact that
on several occasions the academician
produced q large picture within a 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 i've
hours
In the realm of music there may be
cited many instances Of extraordinarily
Quick work. Oscar Hammerstein's
record Of a comic 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. He
sat down at 9 o'clock one evening to
compose the overture to "lolanthe'
and did not rise from his desk until
the last note was written at on the
following morning. while the overture
to "The YeOman of the Guard" occu
pied him no more than twelve hours
both to compose and score.
Ii is told of Donizetti that he wrote
the Instrumentation of an entire opera
within thirty hours. On the morning
| in which RosSini's "GaZZa Ladra" was
to be produced not single note Of the
overture had been written. and the
manager was In despair. he sought
out the indolent composer. locked hin
in one Of the rooms Of La Scala and
declared be should have neither foO(
nor freedom until the overture wa.
completed. Rossini set to work with 1
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 eleventh
hour work Though at In the morn
ing not a note OF the overture to ''Dol
Giovanni had been set down. yet Mo
cart finished II before be went to tn
breakfast table at his usual hour. Dur
ing the long hours consumed by thi
task It is said that the musicians wifi
kept him awake by reading fairy
stories to him
One Of the fastest composers tha
ever lived was Trotere. the writer o
songs. Some OF the composers feat
verge on the marvellous II is said. fo
example. that be actually wrote III
score Of ''In Old Madrid and ha
dropped 1t into the letter box With
eight minutes of the time be had take
up his pen. This would be remarkabl
merely as showing his dexterity an
agility. TO say nothing of the labor O
the composition itself
| One OF Schubert's friends tells
story indicating that composers ~
pidity Of workmanship He had lei
Schubert absorbed In Goethes baiIa
The EtI King. ON his return in a fe,
minutes he found the musician swift
~ putting on paper the notes InSpir,.
by the poem. and within an hour ther
had been composed that great song th
world has admired ever since -EdwI
Tarrisse in Chicago Tribune.