The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-07-20
OF ARTISTS
Some Notable Achievements In
Eleventh Hour Work.
ONE OF LANDSEER'S SPURTS.

The Masterpiece the Great Painter
Produced In a Few Hours--Remark.
able Records Made by Some of tn.
Famous Masters Of Music.
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
picture for the spring exhibition of
the British institution in 1S45, but on
the day before the exhibition was tc
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. a 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 it yet. but 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
In the National gallery. This wonder
full work of half a dozen hours was
none other than the universally ad.
nired 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 his
back the neighbors of the great artist
used to exclaim, There goes Leander
of to paint his daily picture" Al
though this may have been an exag-
geration. 1t is a well known fact that
on several occasions the academician
produced a large picture within a few
hours.
Leander has formidable rival In
the matter of hasty work in Solomon
Solomon. This artist painted an ad
mi-able life size portrait Of Israel
Zangwill wiAhin the period of five
hours.
In the realm of music there may BE-
cited many instances of EXTRAORDINARY,
quick work. Oscar Hammerstein's
record of 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 Rossin
In only twenty four hours.
Sir Arthur sullivan composed tn
brilliant epilogue of the Golden Leg
end" in the same space of time. ii
sat down mt 9 O'Clock one evening T.
compose the overture to "Iolanthe
and did not rise from his desk unit
the last note was written at 7 on tn
following morning while the overtur
to THE Yeoman of the Guard" occu
pied him no more than twelve hour
both to compose and score
1t Ia told of Donizetti that he wrot
the Instrumentation of an entire oper
within thirty hours. On the mornin
in which Rossini's "Gazza Ladra" wa
to be produced not single note of tn
overture had been written. and tn
manager was in despair. He sough
out the indolent composer, locked hir
In one of the rooms of La Scala an
declared he should have neither foo
nor freedom until the overture wa
completed Rossini set to work with
will and to such purpose that th
music was written and rehearsed b.
fore the evening performance.
Mozart was another genius who fr,
quently needed the spur of elevent
hour work. Though at l In the NOR
ing not a note of the overture to do
Giovanni had been set down. yet Nj
Fart finished 1t before he went to tn
breakfast table at his usual hour. Du
ing the long hours consumed by tn
task 1t is said that the musicians viii
kept him awake by reading fair.
stories to him.
One of the fastest composers tbs