Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-02-16
MAKERS OF N MUSIC.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
When musicians today speak OF
Strauss. they usually mean Richard
Strauss. the sensational! success OF
who's o poems III operas has made
MIN the most conspicuous composer OF
u generation. Thfee-quarters OF aeer-
tury ago the trauss best Known lie
musical and in social circles was 10
ham, the first waltz king. who intoXi-
Gated not only Vienna, but an The other
European capitals, with his entraA.ing
rhythms and melodies. AS the charm of
his music depended largely on its per
tornlance with the true Viennese swing
and elasticity OF ace, he naugufated
the CUSTOM of taking his oWn crchestra.
along Oh his tours. HIS fame and por-
uierity ma be aaused by the fact that,
after his farewell concert In London IL
the year of his death (1S49l, he was es-
corted down the Thames BY n squadron
of boats. in one OF which Il band played.
luncs IN his honor. He WIS extremely
prolific. the number of waItzes and
dances composed by him being 249: as
arranged for piano, they have been
printed in seven yolumes by Breitkopf
& Hartel.
The name of this former favorite is
recalled by the death. a few days ago..
OF the last OF his three so~ns-IEduard,
who had passed his SDth birthday, sur
viving Johann by 1a years, and Joseph
by Is. iIduar1 was the ieas: talented
o. the brothers. Though he was a
thorough musician, and as facile with
his pen as his father. his melodies lack
the %piquancy and originality which
gave those of his father I'M his broth
ers wings for Il world flight. Had not
Joseph's life been cut short. he might
have riyalea his brother Johann. for
some of the MOST inspired Strauss
waitzes'' were written by him. His
1oath loft Tcf,nnc ftn ,xfvs7jcrNto1 u0Jfy
king of his time. and the most eXhil-
a~rating conductor Of dance music.
When johann passed away. it was in
cumbent on Eduard 70 uphold the am
lily traditions, which he did with suc-
cess, at least as 4 conductor at court
we'll us at indoor winter and open air
summer concerts. He also Travelled ex-
tensiyely with an orchestra, coming
even as far as America. This our was
not a brilliant success. the public seel-
ing instinctively that he was not the
Strauss, nor his oanG The Strauss or
cheStra.
1t is not at all improbable that the
pendulum may swing back again.
Twenty years hence. WHEN musicians
speak OF Strauss" WHO Knows but that
they may again have in mind Johann
Strauss To those who rank music ac-
cord!ng to its architectural dimensions
n it's display OF academic craftsman
ship. this may seem u foolish notion:
but it is not so. While Johann Strauss
wrote no mammoth, "Zarathpstra'' or
"~He.denleben' scores. he had the di-
vine gift OF creating melodies much
myfe highly developed than it is in
Richard Strauss; n original. individ-
ual melodies are the elixir which makes
musical compositions Immortal. Some
years ago a German court OF justice
decided i'll all seriousness that a certain
composer (Norenl could not be sen
fenced for nelodic plagiarism because
themes, motives and themetets
did not come under the head of real
melodies. johann Strailss' themes are
or his creative fancy is evidenced by
the fact that each Of his 400 waitzes
contains several leading melodies, ow-
Ing to the unwise structure OF the waltz
form, on the needless mclodie wasteful-
ness OF which he eminent Austrian
critic, Eduard HansIiek. used TO COM
,nent.
Besides his waltzes and other canoes
for the concert half. Johann Strauss
composed more than q dozen operettas.
which are also streaRed with golden
veins OF fascinating melody-the same
widely apart in taste as Brahms and
Wagner join in the general admiration
tor the waltz king. Wagner, in his
v~o!unlinous library works. repeatedly
sings the praises of Strauss; and
Brahms once wrote ON Nine. Strauss
tan the opening bars of the Blue
Danube waltz, with the words: Not
by Brahms, L regret ia say Ieidcr
NIGHT Won Brahnls'l.
AS a matter or course, the charming
dance melodies in the operettas of
Strauss were promptly transferred to
the bathrooms. They are also played
IN concert halls. but not so often as they
should be, from a foolish notion that it
Is not dignified to include a waltz in
a classical program. Hans Won Bulow.
VINO surely was a dignified conductor
III ever there was one, urged the regular
playing OF Strauss WaltZeS at sym
phony concerts for the sake Of variety
n contrast. Violinists and pianists. as
well as orcliestras, play the oldfash-
Toned dances OF Bach and other Eigh-
tenth century pos why ex-
Guide the equally charming waltxes.
simply because they are modern? One
OF The things Wagner and his chief on
Donent. DIR. Hanslick. agreed upon was
admiration OF the orchestral color
lions. This is particularly enhancing,
also: III the Straus 0pepettas, master
works for a revival Ut which the time
is ripe. ~ Is worth noting That Rich
arc strauss. IN his "R0senkavalier..
tried to write Strauss waltaes, but with
less success than Jol,an Strauss at
tanned i'll investing his valtzes and on
t.rettas with Richard Straussfsn spfen.
doris OF nrchestration.