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FANNY MORRIS SMITH
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IN TWENTY VOLUMES
VOLUME THREE
Copyright, 1900,
By The Ckntubt Co.
Volume III
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MUSIC
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
MOEITZ MOSZKOWSKI
have passed since that epoch which we of to-day look upon as the dawn
of musical art. What enormous development, what unforeseen perfection,
and what wide dissemination it has attained during this period ! How
much has been created, admired, and afterward buried ! And there has
been no lack of errors of diagnosis in regard to musical works. Many
have been adjudged dead that contained the life-impulse, while others
have been accredited with a vitality that they did not possess. Factious
critics have sometimes proved too ambitious to become grave-diggers, and
at other times have worshiped musical corpses, as the Portuguese court
parasites did homage to the exhumed remains of Ines de Castro, which
Pedro had seated upon the throne.
Among the energetic partizans of the so-called new German school,
the men whom I have denominated grave-diggers were numerous, and it
strikes me that the arrangements which they made for the wholesale
burial not only of Meyerbeer's operas, but of all related works, were a
trifle premature. It is not to be denied that they succeeded in somewhat
discrediting the value of Meyerbeer's music, and after the absolute denial
of merit in his works had become an article of faith for Wagnerism there
was no hesitation in its acceptance by those who desired to be modern
a tout prix.
The public at large, which has little judgment in things musical, soon
became an active participant in the war for the reformation of dramatic
music ; for Wagner not only illustrated his art principles through his
operas, but also announced them in papers on art, which most skilfully
accentuated the German national element in its esthetic ambitions. He
furthermore took into consideration so much that was foreign to music,
attempting to establish parallels between his reformatory ideas in his own
department of art and matters which concerned apparently remote
domains of thought and action, that many who had originally been totally
indifferent came through this indirect path of reasoning into the Wagner
fold.
The anti-Semitic propaganda found a capable champion in Wagner.
Had there been no other available reasons for condemning Meyerbeer's
music than the Jewish origin of its author, that, with Wagner's help,
would have sufficed. The interesting discovery was made that the scores
of " Robert le Diable " and " Les Huguenots " were in reality nothing but
Jewish brogue, though they afforded valuable documentary proof at the
same time of the existence of the famous French-Jewish alliance.1 I will
not accuse Wagner of having greeted this popularized interpretation of
his ideas with satisfaction, although in his warfare against Meyerbeer and
his adherents he sometimes failed to confine himself to purely artistic
arguments.
It should be mentioned, however, that before Wagner's appearance
1 A supposed alliance to combat German composers. Editors.
MEYERBEER'S HOME IN PARIS, 1851.
Rue do Richelieu, corner rue St. Marc. Meyerbeer's Lome was at No. 91, the house
on the left. Opposite, at No. 90, Berlioz lived in 1830. At No. 89, the
second door from the corner on the left, lived Ferdinand Palt, the
operatic conductor, from 1830 until his death in 1839.
upon the field the fight against Meyerbeer had been conducted with great
personal enmity. Spontini, who was at first overestimated, and later saw
his fame fade, had done all that was possible in this reprehensible style
of warfare. As soon as he became convinced that no machinations could
prevail against the success of his hated rival, he overreached himself in
the harebrained assertion that Meyerbeer did not compose his own operas,
but that they were the products of a certain Gouin, who preferred selling
his fame to endangering his position as postal clerk by the acquisition of
musical renommee.
In justice it must be admitted that Meyerbeer's ardent admirers car
ried the glorification of their master to the borders of the ridiculous.
When Dr. Schucht, for instance, in his work on Meyerbeer, says that the
" Struensee " overture " takes first rank among classical overtures," and
when he, in discussing that early work, " Gott und die Natur," claims that
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A DRINKING SONG.
I'ROM A PAINTING BY SIROl'Y.
PRESENT OPERA HOUSE IN BERLIN.
Where Meyerbeer's " Ein Feldlager in Schlesien " was first given.
gift for melodic invention. I have always regarded the beginning of the
latter, with its audacious upward progression to the chord of the seventh,
Prophet ; and the final blending of the " Domine, salvum fac regem nos
trum " with the triumphant cries of the peopleall this is handled with
such mastery, and the manifold details are so ingeniously devised, that,
excepting the sword consecration in " Les Huguenots," the whole mass of
opera literature furnishes no counterpart to it. The entire act is, besides,
very rich in harmonic and instrumental effects, showing that Meyerbeer
was, even in these spheres, a successful innovator.
It is obvious that these enormous demands upon musical and dramatic
resources could have left little for the fifth act. Librettist and composer
were both entirely exhausted, and could hope for a satisfactory finale only
at the hands of the stage-machinists, to whom they could, to be sure, cry
as does King Philip in " Don Carlos," " Cardinal, I have done my duty ;
do yours." Taking it all in all, we may say that Meyerbeer reached the
zenith of his technical skill in " Le Prophete," and that his creative power
had at that period hardly diminished. It is not to be denied tbat this
work exhibits numerous weak movements. The whole of the last act does
not contain one important musical number ; indeed, there is much in it
that is repulsive. Fid&s's grand aria (A flat major) is a model of disagree
able and misplaced vocal bravura, and the andante in E major, in the duet
between John and his mother, direct torture. What the composer in
tended to express through the almost endless repetition of B in the trum
pets, and later in the hautboys and violins, is to me incomprehensible.
Perhaps others may see his intention more clearly.
Of the ballet music in " Le Prophete " the skating dance alone has
obtained great popularity. The other numbers are entirely ineffective.
Meyerbeer evidently devoted little care to their production, because they
had not the slightest import in the scheme of the opera. In comparing
the ballets of " Robert " and " Le Prophete," I prefer the former. As
both are incidental accessories, the superiority weighs less. It is of much
more moment that the last act of " Robert " so far surpasses that of " Le
Prophete " in healthy and soulful melody. The final trio of Alice, Robert
Final trio of Alice, Bertram, and Robert.
Andante eantabiU.
and Bertram is one of the most beautiful parts of the opera, and the pa
thetic melody played by the orchestra while Robert reads his mother's will
reconciles us to the bantering of the preceding period, out of which it
grows. Unfortunately, the composer's intention is never entirely realized
by our opera orchestras in the performance of this melody. Meyerbeer
designed that it should be played underneath the stage, and by keyed
bugles. In order to avoid the considerable difficulty of securing a perfect
ensemble, and the trifling extra expense thus involved, the melody is
SCENE FROM " ROBERT LE DIABLE.
From "Album de rOpera."
it is effective only from the standpoint of the old Italian operatic style,
on which the composer of " Robert " had turned his hack. Shreds of that
school adhered to him, however, for a long time. When we consider that
Meyerbeer had previously written seven operas purely in Rossini's vein, it
ceases to seem strange that many traces of Italianism are to be found in
" Robert."
If we compare " Crociato in Egitto," the last of Meyerbeer's operas in
the Italian school, with " Robert," which he began five years later, we
find an astounding change of style even greater than that shown in the
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irreconcilable tastes. Such was the case between Meyerbeer the positiv-
ist and Schumann the symbolist. The former was a cosmopolitan, and
the latter a national artist. The one was attracted by the brilliancy of the
footlights ; the other reveled in clair-obscure. Meyerbeer was objective,
i. e., worked from the outside in. Schumann was subjective, i. e., worked
from the inside out.
All music that does not belong to the class that might be called ab
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major. The bass clarinet, which Meyerbeer introduced into the opera
orchestra, and which he used as solo instrument in " Les Huguenots" and
Use of the "bass clarinet.' (Les Huguenots.)
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the flutes, hautboys, and clarinets so horribly portray the flaming- bjood-
thirstiness of the Catholic conspirators ? Meyerbeer's employment of the
trumpets to depict furious fanaticism, as in the fourth and fifth acts, was
(Les Huguenots, Act TV.) The " fanatic trumpets."
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MARGARET DE VALOIS,
QUEEN OF NAVARRE AND OF FRANCE.
FROM A PAINTING BY AN UNKNOWN ARTIST (SIXTEENTH CENTURY).
Berlioz, who remarked to M. Geminy Bran- and he applied to his librettist, Eugene
dus as they sat together at the first perform Scribe, for the words of a dialogue between
ance of Gounod's " Faust," " I trust that you Valentine and Marcel. Scribe refused on the
are not going to publish cette cochonuerie la." ground that no woman of such high rank as
He would not have permitted the publication la Comtesse de Nevers would be alone with a
because it would have interfered with " Par Huguenot soldier in one of the public squares
don " ; but he was quite ready to have Gou of Paris on the night of her marriage. Meyer
nod's works played under his own direction. beer said no more, but went to the poet Emile
Meyerbeer's was not a mean nature. Deschamps, and offered him one per cent of
Mr. Edward Brandus adds the following all the royalties paid on the work if he would
particulars regarding the personality of his write the words of the duet for him. It is safe
father's friend : to estimate that in the sixty-odd years which
have elapsed since then, Deschamps and his
" How well I remember our parlor in Paris, heirs have received at least sixty thousand
how I peeped through the door to see Meyer dollars from this source.
beer at the piano, teaching Marie Battu who " The note inspecting Rossini shows a very
created Inez in ' L'Africaine ' her aria 'Adieu, pleasing courtesy between these rival com
mon beau rivage'; or the tenor Naudin, with posers ; but Rossini was not without bitter
his frightful accent, singing ' Ze vou, Nobles ness toward Meyerbeer. One day Carafa,
Signors' instead of 'J'ai vu Nobles Sei who was accustomed to borrow of Rossini,
gneurs'; or Marie Sasse, who created Silika. asked for a new loan. ' Look here,' said Ros
None of the divas suited Meyerbeer ; he was sini, 'I have no money in my pocket, but
urged to accept La Stolz, Cruvelli, Alboni, but take this composition to Brandus and he will
none came up to his ideal for the role. Marie buy it, and you may have the money.' So
Sasse created the part after his death. She saying, he took up a manuscript lying on the
relates how one evening Meyerbeer was in piano and wrote on the cover, ' Douees R6
the front orchestra row ' when I sang the miniscences sur " L'Africaine " de Meyerbeer,
" Huguenots," and after that whenever I went par Rossini.' The man brought the music to
to Brandus, Meyerbeer would seat himself at my father, who, glancing at the cover, bought
the piano and call out to me, " Come, Marie, it for 1000 francs, and sent it to the engravers
and listen to this," and then he would play without opening it, secure in the sale which
and sing the morceau in an undertone and ' Selections from Meyerbeer's " L'Africaine,"
beg me to sing it to his accompaniment. That written for the piano by Rossini,' would have.
was his way of trying my voice. He be But when it came back printed ready for the
queathed the role of Kelusko to Faure and market, and its contents were really looked
that of SMika to me.' into, the trick came to light. There were no
'. Meyerbeer was never weary of retouching melodies by Meyerbeer nothing but a fool
his operas. When, after his death, the task ish scrawl of hideous dissonances, as un
of putting ' L'Africaine ' on the stage was worthy of Rossini as the trick it represented.
really undertaken, it was found that he had " It is said that Meyerbeer went to Italy to
written at least two different settings of every become Italianized. Perhaps he did, but the
scene, and the selection which finally consti fact remains that when he started on that
tuted the opera as it now stands left a sec journey he brought a trunk of compositions
ond complete and different version of which to our house and asked permission to leave
twenty- two pieces are published. The present them in our keeping. While he was gone,
correspondence, too, shows how reasonable Donizetti produced his 'Lucia di Lammer-
he was, and how ready to make the best of moor,' which created a great furor. When
the voices of the artists that undertook his Meyerbeer came back to Paris he opened the
roles. He was very set, however, when the trunk in the presence of my father, and,
matter involved what he regarded as a con sitting down at the piano, began playing over
sideration of vital interest. For instance, some of the half-completed scores which it
when, in composing the 'Huguenots,' he contained, and there, almost note for note, was
arrived at the third act, the idea of the great the famous septuor in ' Lucia ! ' Thus once
duet between soprano and bass came to him, more deep minds ran in the same channel.
0, W^**rjltiu,uy />/Vl*$iH4*
GIACOMO MEYERBEER 77
"Meyerbeer's real name was Beer. The von Korff, a colonel in the German army, and
Meyer he added in recognition of his affec the other the wife of Richter, the celebrated
tion for his old music-master Meyer, who be German painter."
queathed him his name. Michael Beer, his
brother, the author of ' Struensee,' and his The earlier of the present group of letters
nephew Jules, alluded to in the present cor indicates the composer's Parisian habits. He
respondence, retained their original patro excuses himself for missing a call on the
nymic. ground that the beautiful weather tempted
"The composer was of medium height, him to walk in the Champs-Elysees. He buys
with a very prominent forehead bordered with two dozen " gants Jouvain," which his wife
thick curls. His maimer was marked by ex
treme courtesy and consideration for others.
"When rehearsing his operas, unlike most
maestri, he was never known to lose his tem
per. 'My dear Maitre,' he would say to some
humble member of the orchestra, with the
utmost gentleness, ' will you forgive me, but
I think you were a little in error in the
phrasing of the last page.' In fact, he was
much too gentle to make the best conductor
of his own operas, although he was never
weary of rehearsing them.
" Meyerbeer died in 1864, at a hotel in the
Champs-Elysees, which, after his death, took
the name of Hotel Meyerbeer, which it still
bears. He died at five o'clock in the morn
ing in the arms of my uncle Louis. My
father, Doctor Nelaton, and his nephew, Jules
Beer, were present. The funeral cortege,
passing through rue Lafayette on its way to ROGER IN "LE PROPHETE.'
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charmed with the reader's voice, one M. out from him (not in my name, but as though
Calabert, and they haggle over the terms. you wanted to know).
The price is finally made and the hour set, "Is it true that the editor of the feuilletons
.which the singer ignores, whereupon the in in ' L'Assemblee Nationale,' who signs him
jured composer speaks his mind: self Ch. de Ville, is Henri Blaze?
"I am curious to see whether Herr Alphonse
" If the bass [Calabert] will bind himself Royer is going to let Madame Borghi-Mamo
to the engagement of coming to me every sing again in ' Le Prophete ' as he told you.
day at eight o'clock as he promised me yes I wish very much that this work could be
terday (but which promise he failed to keep produced again with this great artist for the
to-day), and if he will agree to remain until chief character. If this is ideally the case,
six P.M., and will discontinue the monstrous please let me know what impression she made
practice of losing an hour and a half over his upon the audience as Fidh.v
d6jeuner, I will (to avoid further complica
tions) consider him still engaged to me for The three following letters show the usual
fifteen francs a day, dear though it is. But order of events in Meyerbeer's diplomacy.
he must give you his word to keep the condi The suggestion that Madame Lauters sing
tions faithfully. I beg you to preach him an
emphatic sermon."
" I take this opportunity of thanking you in the "Huguenots" is made to Meyerbeer
most warmly for sending me news of my through M. Brandus, and also to M. Rover
dear friend Gouin's health ; you would greatly through the same channel.
oblige me by sending me word now and then
how he is. I see that Herr Crosnier has " HeiT Formes is shortly to sing the part
given up his appointment, and that Hen1 Al- of the Prophete for the first time, which I
phonse Rover has been chosen in his place ; consider is most beneficent to the opera, as
I read it in to-day's ' Revue et Gazette de until now it has always been sung by an
Th6atres' and should like to know if it is inferior tenor. Now Herr Formes is most
true." anxious to sing the ' Priere' in the third act,
which, however, is only in the piano score
" I read in a German paper that the poet and not in the grand score. It is No. 19 in
Heine's widow had given Herr Duisberg the the Italian piano score, and the first few
order to correct and publish his memoirs. It words are ' Eternel Dieu Sauveur,' etc. Herr
would interest me greatly to know if this is Formes heard Mario sing this prayer in Lon
really the case. I want to ask you to find it don. I do not know if you have my original
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manuscript still in your possession. If so, he intends taking one, then I would ask you
please get the opera copyist Lenorne to copy to advise his taking Raoul in the ' Huguenots.'
it at once ; if not, the copyist of the Italian " Third, I will not allow my prayer from
Opera in Covent Garden must do it. In any ' Le Prophete ' to be orchestrated by Costa, so
case, it is most urgent and immediate. This please don't have it copied.
' Priere ' is very short, only from page 217 to "Lastly, thank you very much for your
page 220 in the Italian piano score. If you kind promise to send me full particulars of
should be obliged to have it sent from Lon ' Tannhauser's ' third performance ; it will in
don, but only in this event, please have the terest me greatly to hear all about it."
coda copied too, which Costa added for
Mario in the third act of the ' Couplets Bach- In another letter he writes :
iques.' I have not yet been able to make the
corrections of the French words of the choral " With regard to what Herr Royer told
song 'Das Vaterland'; neither have I yet you about Scribe's having mentioned my in
been able to correct the cavatine from the tention to the Minister of State, Walewsky,
' Crociato.' But I will do this to-morrow. to produce ' L'Africaine ' for a certainty next
"I have quite lately composed another winter : please tell Herr Royer that as I have
German chorus for men's voices, which I will not seen Scribe for the last year or more, he
send you soon, but I must first have another cannot possibly know my intention for ' L'Af-
verse written to it, as the original has only ricaine,' and consequently I look upon this as
one. I have found a third chorus among my only the result of his fertile imagination."
manuscripts, so it would be best for them all
to appear together, under the title of ' Drei " Berlin, October 26, 1860.
Chorlieder fiir Miiimerstimmen ohne Be- " You would do me a great favor by seeing
gleitung.' Herr Carre as soon as possible and asking him
" Kindly send a piano score as well as the not to send me merely the second and third
grand score of the ' Schiller Cantate ' to Herr acts of his libretto, but to wait and send it
Guidi in Florence. I would also ask you to all at the same time, when it is quite finished,
be so kind as to send one more piano score to as I can only judge it properly by reading
me here in Berlin, as well as the libretto of the whole thing through. I am sending you
the ' Ballo in Maschera.' by to-morrow's post the Romance of the
" You write that Madame Lauters is to fourth act of the 'Huguenots' for Madame
sing the part of Valentine in the Grand Lauters. The latter writes to tell me that
Opera. I think it would be well if you could everybody at the Opera is talking of my
remind Herr Royer of the fact (he does not bringing out 'L'Africaine' for certain next
seem willing to pay any attention to what I season, with Herr Niemann as the principal
say). Is it true that Madame Tedesco was tenor. Now. this must hurt Guymard most
nearly suffocated by opening the door of a deeply as he has sung all my operas for so
stove too soon after it had been lighted t I many years with such faithful love and with
should be most grateful to you if you would such great success. I do not wish to send
send me the most detailed particulars regard Madame Lauters a written answer to this,
ing the success of Auber's < Circassienne.' but I should be exceedingly obliged if you
" In reply to your letter of July 21, 1 beg would take her the Romance yourself, and tell
to say that you misunderstood me in think her, at the same time, that I cannot possibly be
ing that I did not wish Madame Lauters to responsible for all the canards which appear
sing the part of Valentine ; on the contrary, in the papers about me. Tell her, please,
I most earnestly desire her to do so. I only that I have as yet settled nothing with re
meant that if she refused to take this part gard to the different characters, and also that
in the event of Niemann's singing the part of I have not the faintest notion when my
Raoul later on, in which case I should pro ' L'Africaine ' is to be produced ; but at any
pose Sachs. rate it will not be for a long time to come.
" Second, I do not wish you by any means to Besides this, will you kindly tell Madame
try and persuade Niemann to sing one of my Lauters that if she finds, during the rehear
parts ; only if you should hear casually that sals of the ' Huguenots,' that anything seems
ADOLPHE NoURRIl
HK CRHATtU THE PARTS OF "ROBJiRT" AND " RAOUL.1
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unsuitable to her voice, I shall have great of ' Le Pardon de Ploermel,' so that the game
pleasure in altering whatever places she may not be played on me of performing this
likes. Please ask her when she thinks of during my absence ; for the same reason I
singing Valentine. Will you also tell Herr beg you not to tell anybody of my illness, as
Weyll for me that I have found out the title this Roqueplan would be quite capable of
of the book for him ? It is ' The Opera of performing my opera secretly, thinking that
the Future,' and can be had at the Franco- because I am away from home and ill I
German bookstore of either Avenarius or should not find it out.
Franke. Let me have the article from the
paper regarding which the inclosed notice
reads :
" A propos de th6atre on prete mi joli mot a week, I should be very grateful to you if
de plus a M. Nestor Roqueplan. M. Meyer you would kindly ask Royer not to put the
beer, dit-on, se plaignait de ce que le spirituel 'Schiller Marsch' quite as near the end of
Directeur semblait se refroidir beaucoup a the program as he has done, as by that time
son 6gard. 'Le Pardon de Ploe'rmel' etait the audience is quite exhausted from having
n6glig6, on ne le jouait plus assez souvent. heard so much music. I should prefer most
Soyez tranquille ; je la jouerai toujours, votre of all for it to come immediately after the
piece, je la jouerai continuellement, impitoy- aria < Pieta Signor,' by Stradella, which Mi-
ablement jusqu'a ce qu'il n'y ait plus dans la chant is to sing, but on no account after an
salle qu'un unique spectateur." important ensemble piece.
" From your brother's letter I learn that
The following letter, dated May 20, 1860, the Opera Comique has a new Director in the
shows the solicitude which Meyerbeer showed person of Heir de Beaumont. I trust that he
for the success of all his musical offspring. will prove more sensible than Roqueplan.
One of his biographers quotes Heine as say " Be kind enough to attract Herr de Beau
ing that he could not rest while one soul re mont's attention to the great success which
mained unconverted to his music, and the Mademoiselle Boulard is having in Brussels
amount of importance which he attached to with ' Pardon.' Please ask him to engage
minutiee usually disregarded by successful her for the month of June, when the Brussels
composers is unparalleled. theater is closed, to sing 'Pardon' at the
Op6ra Comique.
"As I see by the papers that the festival " You did quite right to allow Musard to
in the Grand Opera has been postponed for play my ' Schiller Marsch,' but you certainly
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ought to have seen that he did not put it in selle Montrose is angry with me, and she
such a disadvantageous part of the program. must by no means be allowed to think that
He played it at each concert as the first piece Herr de Beaumont feels any particular sym
on the program, when, as you know, there is pathy for me. The matter is by no means
never an audience. And now I find that easy to arrange, but Fiorentino has such a
after playing it just a few times, he has mighty and influential position that when he
crossed it out of his repertoire altogether, really wants to do a thing, however difficult,
thereby doing the work more harm than he can usually carry it out. As we have to
good. You told me that you had allowed act in great haste, 1 think it is best that you
him to compose a fantaisie from themes in tell hun candidly that you come to him in my
' Pardon ' ; then how is it that he has not once name with this request, and that I beg him
played it ? to take the matter in hand and do what he
" You can understand how doubly trying can to get my wishes fulfilled. You can add,
this eye trouble is to me in cutting me off as though from yourself, that you are certain
from all activity in music, and this happens that I shall be very grateful to him for his
just when 1 am in the midst of a new com trouble.
position to which 1 so earnestly wished to " I trust you will soon let me hear all about
devote my whole love and energy. Demoiselle Duprez's debut in ' Les Hugue
"Has nothing yet been done to engage nots.' "
Madame Miolan for the next season in St.
Petersburg ? " The plan for producing " Pardon " is more
fully developed, and the next three letters re
" Schwalbach, August 2"), 1860. late to the filling of the other parts, all of
"Ilerr Wollheim writes me from Wies which is managed from a distance with the
baden that Mademoiselle Panatrat has stud aid of Meyerbeer's friends, and, as the last
ied and intends singing the part of Dinorah
in the Opera Comique. And from your let
ter it appears that Mods, de Beaumont told
Mons. Monnais that he intended taking up
'Dinorah' again. We know that Demoiselle
Montrose is angry with me because I would
not allow her to sing Dinorah at her first
debut. But now it would be an actual ca
lamity for ' Dinorah ' (after the long rest that
this opera has had) to be revived again
with an absolutely unknown singer like the
Demoiselle Panatrat; indeed it would be
breaking the neck of this opera forever. It
would be far better for ' Dinorah ' not to be
given at all this season than for it to be given
with Demoiselle Panatrat. So please find
out immediately whether what Herr Woll
heim says is really true. (Your brother who
knows Victor so intimately could ascertain
it better than anybody else.) And if it really BATAILLE IN "L'ETOIIE DU NORD. "
is the case, you must please go to Fiorentino
and beg him to help us in this matter. Tell letter suggests, a slight tax on his private
him, I beg you, how everything stands, and influence if not his purse. He finally suc
get him to use even' means in his power to ceeds in fitting out the following cast, but
prevent Demoiselle Panatrat from taking not without sleepless nights :
this part. Then beg him to get De Beau
mont to give the part to Demoiselle Montrose Hoel .... Mademoiselle Wertheimer.
and to persuade her to begin it immediately. Dinorah . . . Mademoiselle Montrose.
Fiorentino must hear from you why Demoi The Chevriere . Mademoiselle Darcier.
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AUTOGRAPH OF MEYERBEER.
Closing paragraph of a letter to Auber.
" Be kind enough to submit the idea to F.'s gard to choosing good singers it would be
judgmeut as soon as possible. He has over most advisable to let Varot take the part of
come so many great difficulties already for the Faucheur, which he sang so admirably,
the Theater Directors and Composers which again. It would be well to let him know, as
were caused by the vanity of the singers that if quite casually, that I am working at
perhaps he will now be able to conquer these ' Mignon.' I am very glad indeed that Herr
difficulties in the way I suggested, which will Beaumont has agreed to the idea of getting
be greatly to our advantage in executing this Madame Ugalde for the Chevriere. Do try
work." and strengthen him in this idea. If the can-
zonetta which I wrote for Mademoiselle
It would appear from the following note Nantier Didier should be either too high or
that Meyerbeer did intend to compose an too low for Madame Ugalde, she can have
opera on " La Jeunesse de Goethe." it transposed as she likes."
GIACOMO MEYERBEER 85
" Berlin, September 26, 1860. hearsals, knows my wishes and ideas so
thoroughly."
" I told yon in one of my former letters
that if Madame Ugalde could not sing the " Berlin, October 31, 1860.
' Arie des Chevrieres ' nobody must sing it, as " I hope you received my last letter, and
the Opera Comique would then probably give to-day I want to ask you the following ques
the part to some inferior singer, and thus tions :
make its success an impossibility. But now " 1. In the last number of the ' Revue Musi-
I read in the ' Entr'acte ' of the 25th of this cale ' I read that a certain person had paid
month that Demoiselle Darcier is to sing the anonymously to the Director of the Theatre
Chevrihre, and of course I gave my consent Lyrique 50,000 francs as security for the mise
to it most willingly, as Demoiselle Darcier en scene of the new opera by Berlioz. Can
was a first-class artist whose place has not you find out for me who this person is, or at
yet been filled. least who he is supposed to be, as it is a mat
" Only I cannot understand how it is that ter of the keenest interest to me.
such a celebrated artist is willing to make " 2. In the last number of the ' Presse Th6a-
her reappearance in such an insignificant trale' I read that an article had been pub
part in the theater in which she won such a lished in the 'Figaro' about Richard Wag
brilliant success. Or is this, perhaps, an ner signed Guy d'Estree, but believed to be
other singer with the same name ? I believe
that Carvalho once told me that the chan-
sonette singer Darcier (male) had a daughter
who was going on the stage ; perhaps this is
she. Please be kind enough to find out from
Chariot (who no doubt knows it) whether
she is the celebrated Darcier-Mamignard, or
the daughter of the singer Darcier. And if
this latter is the case, whether she has voice
and talent enough to do the Arie justice, in
which case she may sing it. If, however,
Chariot should not consider her good enough,
it would then be better to leave out the whole
of the scene and (as previously) only have
the scene with two peasants."
performed ? ' Dinorah ' has been brought out as yet knows nothing about this idea of mine
lately in both Bremen and Linz, and (from until he has Faure's answer)."
what the papers say) has had great success.
" P. S. I see in the last number of your '. Pardon,'' thanks to the anxious care of its
' Revue Musicale ' that the Editor Legouix has composer and publisher, becomes a success
just published Schubert's ' Roi des Aunes ' for the public, if not for the critics. Meyer
(Erlking), orchestrated by Berlioz. You would beer is presently able to write to Louis
do me the greatest favor by buying this for Brandus :
me (but without the separate parts) and send
ing it to me by ' bandes croisees.' " ' Pardon ' is being rapidly produced in all
" I saw from your letter that Faure was not the large cities in Germany, and always with
engaged by Mirelli. The latter has been in success. During the past week alone it has
Berlin since then, and, after hearing from me been given in the following towns for the first
that I considered it advisable to engage Faure time: Darmstadt, Lubeck, Munich, Leipsic,
for the Italian representation of ' Dinorah ' and Breslau. Altogether it has been per
in Vienna, he consented to engage him (of formed in twenty-one German theaters. I
course on condition that they can come to think this will interest you for the ' Revue.' "
terms from a financial point of view, and
also on condition that Faure can be ready He has no sooner settled the question of
to arrive in Vienna at the latest on the 18th Paris and " Pardon" than he is busy with
of February, and remain until the 20th or those of Fides and '. L'Etoile." Until the day
25th of April). Mirelli says he knows that of his death he resolutely worked up the
Faure is engaged by Gay and that such en adequate presentation of his roles in Lon
gagements begin as a rule in the early part don, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Italy, and Paris,
of April, but as Gay, ivho had also engaged and the success crowned his efforts that com
Demoiselle Patti for the 1st of April, easily mon sense and business tact command. The
arranged to have her free until the 25th of present correspondence has, in fact, exposed
April, although Patti was to have sung an the basis of the charge of wire-pulling to
important part in each performance, Mirelli which Meyerbeer's enemies loved to impute
hopes that Faure may also be relieved until his success. It is all reduced to the reason
the 25th of April. Will you have the great able activity of good business methods.
kindness to ask Faure from Mirelli (but
by no means in my name) whether he would "Nice, September 11.
be willing to accept an engagement for the " Henzel has written ine in Carvalho's name
above-mentioned time, and, if so, what his asking me if he had no chance of getting my
conditions would be. You can tell him this : new comic opera for his theater. He wished
that Mirelli is most anxious that he should to come at once to Nice to hear my conditions.
take the part of Hoiil with Patti in Vienna. I cannot answer your brother's letter to-day,
And please write your answer in a way that as I am busy finishing a little cantata which
I can read it to Mirelli. is to be privately performed by amateurs at
" Your brother wrote to me about Musard's the birthday celebration of a lady here. I
coming to Berlin in connection with my shall probably publish it by and by."
' London Exhibition Overture.'
" Should Faure absolutely decline coming The following group of letters gives an in
to Vienna, I would ask you to be kind enough sight into Meyerbeer's relations toward his
(through a third personfor instance through brother musicians. They are a sample of his
Duncan Davidson) to ask the barytone habitual attitude :
Santley in London whether he would be free,
or could make himself free, from the 15th " Allow me through these lines to present
of February until the 25th of April in order to you Mr. Guglielmi, who has a beautiful
to take an engagement in a large German barytone voice. This gentleman has trans
city. He must neither guess that this ques posed my song < Guide an bord ma nacelle '
tion comes from me, nor that it is for Mirelli, for barytone, and sings it with great success.
as I do not wish to speak of it to Mirelli (who If you can give him any help in his musical
GIACOMO MEYERBEER 87
career in Paris I shall be grateful to you, for I must begin to prepare another piece to take
he is a good, amiable man, and at the same its place on the program.
time a fellow countryman (for notwithstand " I am anxious to hear from yon how
ing his Italian name he is a German)." Madame Ugalde's voice sounded at her re-
CARL FORMES.
Lithographed from a daguerreotype.
" Berlin, September 25, 1861. appearance in 'L'Etoile' after her confine
"Highly Honored Sir: ment, and what was your general impression
" I had hoped to hear from you yesterday of the performance.
whether Gounod could or could not let you " Receive, dear M. Brandus, the assurance
have the orchestral parts of his ' Ave Maria ' of my most complete esteem.
in order to perform the same in the Konigs- " Your very devoted,
" Meyerbeer." '
berg Court concert. We are much pressed for
time in this matter, as it must all be copied " February 2, 1861.
and the parts well studied, and the concert is " Rossini has written me a kind and friendly
to take place on the 15th of October. letter about the performance in his house of
"If, on the other hand, we cannot have it, 'This is Meyerbeer's habitual formula.
w ENGRAYED BY W. B. CLOSSON FROM A PHOTOGRAPH MADE AT CANNES, FRAME, IN 10e.
JENNY LIND-GOLDSCHM1DT.
SHE CREATED THE PART OF ' V1ELKA" IN "E1N EELDLAGER IN SCHLE3IEN.'
GIACOMO MEYERBEER 89
the operetta by my nephew Julius. As I brated pianist and composer Kullak (whose
wish my answer to reach him as soon as pos works you have yourself brought out). This
sible, but unfortunately forget the number of young man is worthily treading in the foot
his house, I am taking the liberty of sending prints of his celebrated father, and is already
you my letter to him, and beg you to have an excellent pianist. But he wishes to per
the great kindness to take it to him yourself fect himself in music in all its branches, and
the same day that you receive it. Please tell has therefore come to Paris to study and to
him yourself 'what intense pleasure his letter hear all that can be heard in the way of
has given me, and how enraptured I am with music. You would oblige me greatly by help
his kind attention.' ing and advising him in this matter.
" Please, dear M. Brandus, forgive me for " I must also take advantage of your kind
troubling you with this commission." ness and ask you to help him in regard to his
new home, and also get him introduced to
" Dear Sir : " Berlin, October 28, 1862.
some German families, for he is very young,
"Allow me with these lines to introduce and this is the first time he has left the home
to you Herr Franz Kullak, son of the cele- of his parents."
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" Berlin, May 8, 1863. " Wieprecht told me that he was to send
" This letter is accompanied by the chorus you in the next few days the score of ' The
from ' Struensee ' for men's voices, in four Torchlight Dances.' He has written the title
parts, which you expressed the wish to pub quite wrong. Consequently I must remind
lish. I composed this chorus for the Man- you to have it printed as follows :
ner-Gesangverein (men's choral club). Please " ' Premiere Marche aux Flambeaux com-
put on the title-page ' Chant guerrier (de posee pour Musique Militaire par G. Meyer
Struensee) chceur pour voix d'hommes.' beer et arrangee pour orchestre ordinaire par
Then you must have a pianoforte accompani W. Wieprecht.'.
ment written to this, which, however, must " Please let me know soon after the per
contain nothing but the exact notes of the formance of the 'Vepres Siciliennes' exactly
voices, and in exactly the same position on the how Villaret sang and acted, and whether he
piano as in the vocal parts. And add that can be intrusted with a very large and im
the accompaniment is solely to assist at re portant work.
hearsal. Please put also on the title-page " P. S. Have you heard how long Verdi is
to stay in Paris, and whether lie intends to
' Schott in Brussels.' go to London ? "
DPFROM
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BY
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PBAT
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THE METHODS OF THE MASTERS OF
PIANO -TEACHING IN EUROPE
Philipp: I should like to show you my Stepanoff: Rhythm should always be ob-
exercises for velocity [published by Huegel]. served, but accent very rarely, in preparatory
Boekelman : They are the only ones I know exercises. Accent is always produced with a
which provide for the pivotal (hinge-like) mo movement of the wrist or arm, and should
tion of the thumb ascending and descending. therefore be avoided in exercises intended to
strengthen the fingers.
Boekelman : That seems a cardinal point
with the Leschetitzky method. But accent
I make them rhythmic like this. It gives can be produced by raising the finger to a
a lightness to the motion. greater height, and increasing the velocity
F. M. S. : With a stationary fore-arm they of its descent.
are as undesirable as are all others. Pugno : In the first place, give weak fingers
Boekelman : What is the best way to more work than the others. I give them a
strengthen the fourth and fifth fingers f greater attack. It is useful to stop on the
Philipp : Practise them slowly and accent weak finger in the scale and also in figures
them strongly. where it is employed.
PIANO-TEACHING IN EUROPE 95
Ruthardt : Exercises with supporting fin Philipp : That is certainly one of the best
gers and skips with the fifth finger are help ways to gain strength and independence. I
ful. have a series of exercises of the kind [pub
Delaborde : I advocate trills, rather slow, lished by SchirmerJ on chords of the dimin
on all the keys with the same fingers. ished 7th, like this:
Stepanoff: Exercises in trills and mor
dents with the wrist lowered.
Marmontel : I depend on rhythmic ex
ercises in which the accent is placed suc
cessively on each finger, insisting on the
fourth and fifth finger particularly.
Schmitt : I use my exercises, Op, 4.
Jedlitzka : First, make the third and then Germer: Exercises with supported fingers
the fifth finger rest lightly on the keys and are indispensable because with them one ob
perform hammer exercises with the fourth tains an easy position of the hand in the
at the same time. shortest possible time, besides making each
Scholtz: Two-finger exercises through finger independent of its neighbor.
out all the scales are my prescription. I i I 1,11 I 1,1
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Scholtz : I am afraid to make my pupils
GERMeR: When training the fourth and hold down the keys in the beginning; a
fifth finger it is practical to raise the elbow cramped condition of the hand might easily
and at the same time turn the fore- arm result.
slightly outward; because thus the motion Jedlitzka : Decidedly let the fingers lie on
of these fingers in the knuckle joint becomes their keys at first.
freer. Boekelman : There is a difference between
P. M. S. : These a la Brahms are sovereign allowing the weight of the hand to be sup
for the fifth finger, run through all scales ported by one or more fingers the muscles of
and arpeggios legatissimo. which are not contracted, and using exercises
:i la linihina 8va in which the muscles of the fingers pressing
the keys are purposely contracted. All the
muscular conditions are reversed in the lat
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gers separately. But the fingers not in exer
cise should not cling to the keys as if
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Boekelman : Do you exercise one finger by They should be suspended free in the air. I
itself with the others extended on the neighbor have a particular apparatus for teaching
ing keys t this.
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