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Yhey Were Not Generally Amiable Critics of Hach Other—Comments That Were Usually Canetic and Frequently Brutal. Rossini’s Witticisms,
Never surely was composer more witty
than the master who gave us ap tmmor- tal setting of ‘‘William Tell.”’ Rossini’s Whinsicality extended even to his birth- day nein been born in leap year, on Feb , he had, of course, a birthday only one | four years, and when he was 72 he facetiously invited his friends to celebrate his «¢ chteenth birthday. Some of the best gpe ens of his wit were shown in con- nection with brother composers. ‘‘You Know,’ he said one day, speaking to a frier (—*tyou know what pretty dance tunes \uber has always written’’—Auber beinc as Hkely to write dunce tunes as Ros was to write a sermon. The mae- stro «(dom went to the opera or to any Place «f amusement, but he could not re-
sist the temptation o€ hearing one of Wag-
ner’s works. It was‘**Tannhauser.”’’ After- war hen asked to give his opinion of the ra, he said: ‘It is too important and ‘: » elaborate a work to be judged aft- er a gle hearing, but so far as lam con- cer: i shall not give it a second.’’
I i amateurs he was especially severe. -™ f. days after Meyerbeer’s death a yo dmirer of his called upon the com- poser of “William Tell’? with an elegy w! he had written in honor of his idol. “y said Rossini, after hearing the cor sition played over, ‘‘if you really ‘Wan v honest opinion, I think it would hay n better if you had died and Mey- erbecr had written an elegy.’’ Sometimes the an. uteurs would endeavor to bribe him int « compliment by sending him a little pr The ruse, however, was but sel- dom «‘fectual. A budding composer once
ac panied his new composition with a Stilton, hoping, of course, to have a letter praising the work. The letter came, but all it -:id was: ‘‘Thanks. I like the cheese Very 1:uch,”’
Rossini's witticisms indeed bubbled forth at all times and under all circum- stance On one occasion a gentleman calicd upon him to enlist his aid in procur-
ing for him an engagement at the opera. He wos @ drummer, and had taken the precattion to bring his instrument. Ros- sini s:id he would hear him ‘“play,’’ and it was decided that he should show off in the overture to ‘‘Semiramide.’”’ The very first br of the overture contains a tremolo for th: drum, and when this had been per- formed, the player remarked, ‘‘Now I have arest cf 78 bars; these, of course, I will skip.’’ This was too good a chance to be lost. ‘‘Oh, no,’’ said the composer; ‘‘by
all means count the 78 bars. I particular- Jy wish to hear those.”’ Some of these anecdotes of Rossini re-
mind us that composers, as a rule, have not Lured amiably as critics of each other. Handel swore that Gluck knew bo
mere about counterpoint than his cook; Weber pronounced Beethoven a madman, and 1! favdn said of a brother musician that “the pliyed the fiddle likea hog.”’ Liszt was nartjcularly severe upon fellow art-
ists. i 2me o8€ Was once playing to him Ago, sition he evidently did not care for. ‘ What is thatt’ he asked. ‘It is Benn ‘t's ‘Maid of Orleans’ sonata,’’ was
the reply. ‘‘Ah,’’ said the virtuoso, ‘‘what a pity that the original manuscript did not meet with the same fate as Joan!’’ In this councction a good story is told of the late Victer Masse. He was informed one day that rival composer took every opportu- nity ot declaring that his (Masse’s) music was exccrable. ‘‘He maintains I have no ‘talen*<,’’ said Masse; ‘‘I always declare he
‘Wan y’ €%. We both know we lie.’ But Perl... Better than this was fhe opinion of Wa; wer expressed by OffenLach. Wag- ner hxd just published his ‘‘Rienzi,’’ and off went a copy to Offenbach, with a re- quest :.at he wou!d say whet he thought 6f it. Nosy Offenbach had previously réad
sorre «« Wagner’s poetis and hag made ‘Tim of them, vw SCL" *aince well known to Wagner. After 60ihe three weeks the scores ci ‘‘Rienzi’’ was returned to its com- poser with asblip cn which was written, ‘‘Dear Wagner, your music is trash; stick
to poctry.’’ This of course enraged Wagner greatly, and some months later he wascut with«: cof his celebrated brochures de-
nouxci:.g the Jews. It was a fine opportu-
nity fur revenge— Offenbach being an Is- raelit:-—and the brochure was in the hands of Oficrbachin netime. Two days elapsed,
and ee had the pamphiet back.
_ When 1.9 opened it, this is wh at he found writtcu on the front page, ‘‘ Dear W a gner, your | ~cchure is rot; stick to music.’
Haya was a great admirer of the fair
sex, and some of his prettiest things were said cLout women. One specimen must suffice. Tho celebrated Mrs. Billington
was a creat friend of his, and Sir Joshua
Reyncids had painted her portrait. Haydn went tosee the picture when it was/fin- ished. ‘*Yes,’’ he said to the artist, ‘‘it is very gcod. But you have made one mis- take. You have painted Mrs. Billington listening to tue angels, whereas the angels
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iould be listening to her. Berlioz, the eminent French composer, hada caustic wit. Hecould not endure
} . ae ew ee ee 3 Bach, and he used to call Handel ‘‘a big
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hog,’’ « ‘‘musician of the stoimach.’’ For this ko was paid out by Nendelssochn, who declarcad that after vhing a score of Rerlioz soapand hot water were neces- sary. Lerlioz, however, had his musical ] ), and thet hero was Leecthoven. Touch Bech: n irreverentiy and his ire was } il dhere is a certain passage lor the dcuble basses in >of the ister’s Bcores 1 ep Was at ¢ 1e time believed to be almost rE poee ible - execution. Now Hal - conéucted a performance of this vork in Paris, and gave the passage in question to the celics. LDerlioz, who was uresent, met Habeneck soon after, and asked hizn whep he meant to give the pas-
as Beethoven intended it to be given. said Habeneck. replicd Lerlicz.
sage ‘‘Never as long us I live,’’ “Well, woll wait,’’ “‘Don’t let it be long.’’
Speaking of oa that master’s humor was rather of the grim kind, re- sembling mere the satire of Carlyle than anything else. The composer’s brother had a little property of his own, and was
very proud of it. One day he called on Beethoven and ‘eft a card inscribed, ‘‘Jo-
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hann Van Beethoven, land proprietor. Next day he had it returned to ae, writ- ten on the back, ‘‘L. Van Beethoven, brain proprietor.’’—Chambers’ an aan
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“Talk abou* your saark hunters in the south Pacifie islands,’® remarked traveler, ‘‘but I remember see- ng an encounter with one of those long toothed gentry that for cool nerve beat anything I ever read about.
‘*I was leafing around Calcutta one vay, late in the autumn, waiting for the
ening train up to the city of Hudgli, when I heard a tremendous shouting coming from the direction of the river Hugh, which is practically one of the mouths of the Ganges. Trotting over to the shore fast as a white man ever traveled in India, I raw a huge commo- tion. Natives were hurrying away from the benk as if in terror and then run- ning back as if their curiosity had over- come their greatest fears. The river was full of boats. The occupants of the larger ones were screaming with ex- citement, while those in the small ong were shrieking and jabbering with a considerable amount of fear
**T soon discovered that the fuss had been created by a large shark which had come up with the tide and had ventured a little farther than it was customary for sharks to do. His dorsal fin was cut- ting the water here and there, and when occasionally he turned on his back and sent his nose and grinning teeth above the water groans and screams of horror went up in all ‘tions. His shark- ship was evidently ovt for supper and
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st of ailthe hubbubatall, lank Hind: pped out upon the roof of a kind of houseboat 2nd in a short speech announced that he would catch the shark.
‘Instantly a dead hush feil upcn the multitude. The Hindoo stocd erect. He was perfectly naked save for a little garment at the loins, which our Texas cowboys call a string.’ He was armed only with a long rope like a lari- at, which he held behind his back with his left hand.
‘*Presently Mr. Shark came to the surface about eicht rards from the boat
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‘*A chorus of groans and exclamations went up, in the midst of which the Hin- deo reappeared, swimming with his tight hand. Man and shark faced each other, and I fancied that I saw a pleased expression in the monster’s eye, as much
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“In an instant it was ashore, and a score of Eindcos were drawing at it. It tceok them half an hour to get Mr. Shark ashore, for he pulled iike a loco- motive, but they finally managed it.
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