New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-30

four months" he cried out; one
must al last lose patience Other
things i'm Vienna did not seem 70 oe
20 his liking. and he spoke with the
utnos, severity Of "the present taste
i'm art" and the "dilettanteism when
is running everything" Nor did ne
snare thu government up 10 the most
cvaI,od regions. write n volume OF
nenitential hymns and dedicate ~ "
Tho Empress," he remarked WIN
,loomv smile TO Hummel, who, now
over. made no use Of the weIl-meaat
advice. Hummel. who was a practical
man. took advantage Of Beethoven
condition 20 ask his attention 10
matter which occupied long tIine:
l. was about the theft Of one o.
Hummels concertos which had Deeh
printed illicitly before 1t mad beeh
brought out by the lawful puDlisner'
Hummel wanted 10 appeal 10 thG
Bundestag against this wretcheu
business. and to this end desired 20
have BeethOveu's signature, when
seemed to him Of great value. lie
sat down TO explain the matter I'D
writing, and, meanwhile, ! was per
mitted to carry on the converse
ton with Beethoven. ! ala nay pest
and the master continued TO give
free rein 10 his moody and passion
ate utterances in the most coniden-
tial manner. In part, they referred
70 his nephew, whom he had loved
greatly, who. as is known, caused
him much trouble, and, at the time,
because of a few trifes thus Bee
thOven, at least, semed 70 CONSIDER
them, had gotten into troubles with
the officials. Little thieves are
hanged, but big ones are allowed TO
90 freel" he exclaimed ill-humoredly
He asked about my studies, and, en-
couraging me. he said, Art must be
propagated ceaselessly," and when /
smoke of the exclusive interest m
Italian opera, which then prevailed
in Vienna. he gave utterance 10 the
memorable words: at is said, vox
populi, vox Del. never believed IT.
On March 13 Hummel took me
with him second time to Bee
thoven. We found his condition TO
be materially worse. He lay in bed,
seemed to suffer great pains, and at
intervals groaned deeply despite the
fact that he spoke much and animal
eddy. Now he seemed 70 take 1t
much to heart that he had not mar
ried. Already at our first visit he
had ioked about it with Hummel
whose wife ne mad known as young
and beautiful maiden. "You are
lucky man." he said to him now smil-
ingly; you have a wife who takes
care of you, who is in love with you;
hut poor me-" And he sighed heav-
ily. He also begged of Hummel to
bring his wife to see him, she not
having been able to persuade herself
10 see i'm his present state the man
whom she had known at the zenith or
his powers. A short time before he
had received a present of picture
of the house in which Haydn was
born. He kept it close at hand and
showed it to us. at gave me child
ism pleasure" he said, "the cradle OF
so great a mani" Then he appealed
TO Hunmel in behalf of SCHNEIDER, of
whom so much was spoken after
ward "He is good man. he said,
"who has taken a great dea, Of trou-
Bile on my account. He is to give a
concert soon, at which ! promised my
cooperation. But now nothing is
likely 70 come of that. Now | would
like 20 have you do me the favor Of
PLAYING. We must always help poor
artists" As matter of course, Hum
mel consented. The concert took place
ten days after Beethoven's death
in the Josephstadt Theatre. Hummel