The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-29

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operate managers who were
driven 20 despair because Mozart
would hnger too long at the BIZ
lard table or Ia the vine roofn
when they were in sad necd ~ an
overture which he had promised
but had put off the writing until
tomorrow But even though the
delay worried them. the piece Of
music would turn up At the last
minute. Mozart had no patience
with their fassing. for vas not the
particular piece all completed In
his head, for many days or even
weeksg
Schubert fingered long at the
tavern. too. but perhaps II was
more cheerful than his own home.
No elatter OF plates and glasses
nor chatter OF busy tongues could
stay the flow OF his beautiful
melodies The circumstances I'M
der which many Of his songs were
written illustrates the spon,aneity
OF the Schubert genius.
One afternoon az he was sit
ting with some friends In the gar
den OF a tavern near Vienna he /
saw a copy OF Shakespeare on the
table. lie picked II up, turned /
the leaves until he came TO "Hark.
Hark, the Lark" in "cymbcline."
"A lovely melody has come into
my mind. said he, bring we some
music paperl"
There was no music paper avail
able but one of his companions
drew a few slaves on the back OF
bill OF fare, and Schubert. I'M
disturbed by the noises. 1otted /
down his delightful song.
Haydn would shut himself up in
his garrett on the sixth floor and
penned the symphonies which
paved the way for Mozart and
Beethoven. SO absorbed in his
work would Haydn become that
the absence OF food or fuel was
not noticed. The JOY of compost
ton was enough to produce OBJ
livion to such discomforts.
Rossini was another Jolly good
fellow" who could compose divinely
at the tavern. He also Is noted as |
being one of the LATEST Of mu-
sicians. On one occasion a friend |
found him writing In bed. A piece
Of music had fallen to the floor
and rather than get out Of bed TO
recover il. Rossini wrote another
TO take its place.
Mendelssohn was a well bal |
anced man of few idiosyncracies
or unpleasant peculiarities. Schol-
arly and refined, he was in every /
way a gentleman. He, like Mozart |
and others, composed mentally
doing all the drudgery in his head !
even to details Of orchestration. |
He left nothing TO experiment on
paper OF at the piano.
A friend relates that when once |
calling on him, Mendelssohn asked |
him to sit down and talk. While |
a lively conversation went on,
Mendelssohn continued to write
music as fast as his pen could fly. |
Wagner was a genius and In |
some ways a queer one. He de-
sired absolute quiet when he com
posed, and there were times when
even his wife dared not interrupt
him. His queerest fancy was that
he could compose better If he were
dressed in the costume Of the age
represented by the opera he was
writing or that of some particular
character. He wished his sur
roundings to be in harmony with
his mental attitude. Who can say
that this popularity did not aid
him in the historic accuracy for
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