Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

the water, Munich Is lode
star OF intense drawing powers. There.
| after fighting and seorning the mad king
Ludwig's (was he so mad after all:) plan
| to build his friend Wagner a dream
Festival house. the Munich people have
at last forgotten their hatred Of the man
who so absorbed their rules. and in the
present regents time have fashioned a
| wpndrous opera house. where pilgrims
from all over the world go to hear the
masters music. Munich Is stili second TO
Bayreuth not IN artistic ways. but the
fact remains that Wagner and Ludwig
received cold shoulder in the Bavarian
capitol. and they took their dream TO
Bayreuth. There they saw II fulfilled.
and all the rich personal side OF the
master Is there. You see his home. the
peaceful .'Wahnfried." his Ivy covered
grave with his dogs buried quite near TO
him. You know that cosima, daughter Of
LisEt and also wife OF Won Buiow. In
stiil alive and somewhere close about.
At last you take a flower to the tomb
OF Lisxt. You the STEPPED in the romance
of memory. All about you seem to be
mists of past friendship. genius and
greatness. Munich can never steal this
flavor. Better go to both festivals and
enjoy each in its way.
At the Hof theater In Munich are given
the great Mozart festivals. Rather odd
isn't 1t that one city should be the gala
hsme Of two such contrasting genluses.
Mozart. the Greek: cool. simple. purely
meiodious IN bis fashioning OF his
material. and Wagner, the personification
OF tempests and passions.
THE music OF Mozart. N one hears
II In Die Zanbergiote, Is music without
desire" says symons. music content
with beauty. and to be itself. 1t has
what Coventry Patmore called gilt
tering peace" To Patmore that quality
distinguished supreme art OF Mozart Is.
in its kind. snpreme- II. and. indeed,
the art has an adorable purity OF
form and 1t has no need 70 look
outside those limits which It has
formed or fixed for itself. He gives
you harmony that does not need to mean
anything outside itself In order TO be
supremely beautiful. and he gives you
beauty with a certain exquisite for
maiity."
The lesson to me In these two con-
trasting festivals Is this: Art and genius
crystaliEe In many forms. We should
therefore be broad and flexible In our
appropriations. We may like one kind
OF thing, but all goodness and beauty
should be encouraged to make its per-
sonal appeal.
At the Royal Opera last spring heerd
gala performance of Die zauber-
fIote." The emperor had taken q very
special interest. and bought the elaborate
and spectacular scenery himself. It was
gorgeously put on. and very we'll sung.
Frieda Haempei was TO have had the
role OF The Queen Of the Night" but
something happened TO prevent-bitterly
to our disappointment. She comes this
| fall to the Metropolitan, and next season
win doubtless see revival OF Mozart's
opera In America, purely for her sake.
As I look back IT Is hard 70 tell which
gave me the most pleasure, The Magic
Flute" or Tristan" though ] know
that / like Tristan the best Poor
old Krause. who sang the latter. split
up so fearfuIly and awfully in the
second act suffered for him. He went
right on singing. with his voice crack
ing and breaking like pinwheel. and
at last he managed to get on the track
again. Fancy that beautiful love scene.
with Isolde palpitating and the tenor
just literally squawsing In spots. Awful!
One night / heard Van Dyke actually
go to pieces, and give up the Job in the
second act Of "Tannhauser." / rather
admired Krause for sticking It out. As
he was dying most OF the time In the
third act there was some sense In his
| trying As a whole the performance
was very fine, and the orchestra par
ticularly SO.
| / have my eye on tenor who lie, in
my Judgment. going to grow into the
great Wagnerian roles and interpret them
more satisfactorily than anyone we haze
heard in America for years. This man
Is Charles Dalnores. Burrian is not great,
except as Herod in "Salome." Jadlowker
Is Just fair. not distinctive. Fremstad's
Elsa way overshadowed him.
When one remembers Lllli Lehman and
Nordica, and Max Alvary and Jean de
Reszke. 1t Is difficult to make these NOR.
modern people come up to ones standard.
lsnm 1 'sIquIBI IsJ ussq ssu sIuL
get back to more tangible matter. You
my musical friends. where. in Germany or
France, will you sojourn this summer?
II you will tell me I shall be most glad
to record IL.
To those Omaha and New York friends
who have SO generously contributed 70
the Jules Lumbard fund would like to
say that Mr.. Hubbard and his aged sis
ter-in-law have been moved into small
detached house in Chicago and made very
comfortable. A very devoted friend. n
Miss Patterson. takes care Of them and
looks after them. 1t has been a great
pleasure to be small wheel in the ma
chinery of bringing this result about. Il
really fine people didn't hate so awfuliy
to have their finenesses discovered and
recognized, I'D like to pin the credit
where it most certainly belongs. Such y
nice letter from Mr.. Hunton Of the cud-
ahy Packing company. who used to hive
In Omaha and knew Mr.. Hubbard well
for ten or eleven years. He went to see
him and found him playing checkers. his
favorite way Of passing the time. Mr..
Hubbard had no recollection at all OF
him, but greeted him In the ghost Of his
old hearty way. As Mr.. Hunton said.
Even in his ashes snore his wonted
fires'-he Offered me q drink and q
cigari