The Pensacola journal., 1913-12-31

1euo, 1okana1las hloto, oSahaIna
Honolulu (Iawaii1, San Francisco
Denver. Chicago. Detroit, New York
Philadelphia, Scranton. Carbondale
Philadelphia, Trenton, New York, AL
bany, New York, Perth -Amhoy. New
I York, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto.
Il Now If you viii count the interme-
/ date small stops and return engage
/ ments, and-talze a ruler and a mile
/ age book and a pencil and some paper
! and figure thoroughly and conscien-
! get more than So. 600 miles, come
around and l will eat shirt.
Although I do not feel sore about
| 1t, beg of you never to jolly me when
am III disposed or nervous.
Trusting your curiosity is satisfied
| and hoping to have the pleasure of
| seeing you seen, ] wish to remain,
| Cordially yours.
(Signed) "ANDOR Won COBOLY.
'The baron is going to be a tartar
when he is an old man. He is pretty
near one now, only frivolous vYhen in
| society. He loves to tell his own sto-
ries and laugh with the joyousness of
| a boy over them His pet story seems
to be about three Irishnen in a hole.
Pat says, How many of yez are down
therer Three Well, half Of ye
Nothing Strange.
Il have heard IT said in Tampa that
they never heard of Won Coboly be-
fore. This is no. strange. There are
plenty Of artist who never came to
this country. We must go to Europe
and be there In the season to realize
the great number of artists who are
known little or not at all over here.
The Won Coboly compositions are
not published in America. Schirmer
is to publish them soon. If one kept
in touch with the New York papers.
they would have read of Won Coboly
for he is sometimes given an entire
page of the leading New York daily
papers
81 was gratifed the other day when
opened the st. Petersburg studio, to
receive a call from the Rev. MADEIRA
of the Episcopal church. who had read
or Won Coboly and wanted to hear
about him. To talk Won Coboly to
comprehensive companions like the
Maderas and my pupils is to live yon
Coboly days over again. Many OF his
experiences and anecdotes that are
funny at close range become = scream
when retold in the studio-then Mr..
Dais took time from his studio to
come and hear about the wonderful
Hungarion composer, while the dear
pupils sat around with eyes and ears
and mouths open to catch every word.
| said / was sorry they did not hear
the artist. One devotee said it was
almost as good to hear me tell about
it. think gave two lessons-the
rest of the days was given over to a
Won Coboly reception without one Co
boly. We have got to wipe him off the
slate and get down to work-he is
demoranzing to business though an
inspiration to the art of music and we
shall wait inpatiently for the Amer
lean publication of his music It will |
be joy to see him in print. You ask /,
why one could not get the European
publications. They can be had when |
the edition is not sold out-for his |
compositions have sold like wiIdf1re.
'The biggest seller is the Hungarian |
Op. 2. Eighty thousand |
copies were sold from 1906 to 1912. |
Just to give an idea of the income |
from a few Of his works I will quote /
the publishers yearly royalties paid |
to Andor Won Coboly, Hungarian |
Elegya, two thousand dollars per an
mum. 'Valse Arabesque.' four thou
Palms three thousand six hundred, |
etc.
Won Coboly does not seem to give
much time to the dedication Of his
to Harrison Albright When asked
who he is, Won Coboly answered, "A
friend of mine with capital letters |
Harrison Albright is one of the finest
architects in America A man of orig
nal ideas. pleasing personality and a
real man from head to foot, and bless II
I'd with a charming family. He has II
built 80 per cent of the fine buildings
on the Pacific coast. The Spreckles
theatre in San Diego, built at a cost
# one million two hundred thousand
dollars, stands as one of his master
strokes of ability and originality. Won
Coboly was guest of Harrison ALI
bright on an auto trip from San Di-
ego to the San Gargrian desert. The
auto in time had to be abandoned and
/ walk of three hours brought them .
% the foot of the San Bernadino
Mountains. where they heard the chat
ertng voice of mountain stream. 1t
'ecalled a story of an old prospector
md Mr.. Albright seeing the pre-occu-
lied condition Of his companion jok-
ngiy remarked, Here is a chance for ,
you to compose something about our
like across the hot sands of the desert
md the mountain stream-Which Won
Soboly did.
mot every artist is blessed with a
ecretary like Mr.. E. G.. Harrison. He
S a prize among prizes. His devo-
ion to the baron is loyal and genuine
o the degree of alteration. I have
lever seen such strong friendship be-
ween two men. Mr.. Harrison is un-
-odly proud Of his relations with the
distinguished Hungarian while the
'aron is like a fish out of water when
1r. Harrison isn't around.
tThey have travelled the world over |
ogether with no one to interfere with {
heir close companionship. Harrison
yves 10 ISAI OA Won NoDoiy > llIuIIlpLlS
low in Toxic they carried the baron
n theri shoulders while some high :
auck- muck drew his rickshaw. In
ther places they have made the auto |
reak down so he could not make
rain out of town. In other places
owers have been strewn before him
rom his hotel to the theat :. One I
ouId keep on reminiscing out his
areer indefinitely but time forbids.
Te is now filing his ninth scrap book t
nth newspaper and magazine clip
ings.
I'VE realize his ability and great q
ess more since he went away than {
7aen he was here, If that were posi-
le II he ever favors us with another 6
isit Tampa is sure to be more pleased I
nth his music than ever before. We c
7ish him a God-speed and return