Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-10

time he expected the aristocrat to be-
have like ladies' and gentlemen. One
day when "a young man talked loudly
when he was playing he stopped and
exclaimed: Il play no longer for suen
pigs" His attitude towards wealta
is illustrated by his sending back his
brothers card on which was written
Johann Won Beethoven, Land Proprie-
tor, after writing on the back, Ludwig
Won Beethoven, Brain Proprietor. He
was fond of nature and country LIE
and spent his summers in the pic
turesque regions near Vienna, he al
ways carried a sketch book with hin
in his pocket and jotted his ideas as
they came to him. Afterwards he re-
vised and revised his sketches. There
is not bar of his music that has not
been changed a dozen times. These
sketches have been collected and
printed. They give an instructive and
interested insight into the workshop
of genius. A better way to consider
the achievements of his genius is to
cast glance at each class Of his conf
position. An eminent english critic
wrote that Beethoven in music repre-
scented what Shakespeare did in poet
ry name before the greatness ot
which all names, however great, seem
to dwindle. This is possibly an eXag
gerstion but there is one department.
of music the Symphony in which he
is pre-eminent. In his art songs he Is
inferior to Schubert; in the grandeu-.
of choral writing he never qualled
Bach and Handel; his one opera, Fl
delio. is not equal to the best opera :,
of Mozart, Weber, Wagner, Gounoi.
Bizet and Verde. His piano-forte
compositions are less fascinating than
those of Chopin, Schuman, and in the
realms of CHI mber mus C ttere are
works of Mozart, Brahms, Schuman
and Schubert quite equal to his best.
Concerning his symphony work Wac
ner wrote, "He developed the SYM
phony to such fascinating fullness
Of folm and filled his form with such
an unheard of wealth OF enchanting
melody, that we stand before the
Beethoven Symphony as before tn,
boundary line of an entirely new
epech in the history of art For with
them h: S appeared a phenomenon Of
the world, With which the art of no
time and no nation has had anyth ns
to compare
The third OF my group, George
+ cderick Fl aIldel was born in Halle.
SaXony, 1850. Died in London 1859.
His father intended him for the LAW
and discouraged the strong passion
which he ev,nced e9rly in life for the
science of music. Although forbidden
the use of musical instruments, the
young musician contrived to hide a
small clavier chord where he amused
himself during the greater part of tn
night, after the rest of TIE family had
retired At seven he played the
church organ with such power and
effect that his father allowed him to
follow his inclination and gave him
splendid musicel education. After
spending sometime in Germany and
later in Italy, he returned to Ger
many. but having received several in
vitat'ons to visit London, he set out to
England where he arrived the latter
end of 1710 At the time of his arriV-
al in England the negotiation Of tha
Peace of Utrecht were just about II
be concluded and Handel was invited
by Queen Anne to compose a TIE Deum
nd Jubilata in celebration OF the
peace. This act displeased his own
people and he did not return to Han
over but remained in England. He
was recognized by the nobility, was
given the position of Kappel Melster
by tie Duke of Chandos for the splel-
d d choir established at Cannon. For
the service of this magnificent chapel
Handel produced those anthems and
organ figues which alone would hove
been sufficient to immortalize him.