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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume III
TEXT
Giacomo Meyerbeer . . . .
Moritz Moszkowski . (51
Meyerbeer's Brandus Correspondence
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The Methods op the Masters of Piano-Teaching in

Europe: Symposium on the Training of the
Thumbs and Fourth and Fifth Fingers
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MUSIC
Fantaisie and Fugue.
G Minor
Bach-Liszt .... 161
Papillons
Schumann
.... 179
Ballade.
G Minor.
Op. 23
Chopin
195
Mazurka.
B Minor.
Op. 33, No. 4
Chopin
210
Liszt
217
Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 12
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
MOEITZ MOSZKOWSKI
THE 2d of May, 1894, was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of

Meyerbeer, and according to the provision of his will, on that day
his heirs entered into possession of his musical estate. Among other
conditions to inheritance, Meyerbeer stipulated that his unpublished
manuscripts be given to that one of his grandsons who should have
developed most musical ability. These posthumous works, however, will
not be published.
In commemoration of this anniversary of Meyerbeer's death " L'Africaine " was given at the Berlin royal opera-house, several papers made
cursory reference to the import of the day, and there were occasional
expressions of curiosity, in musical circles, as to the nature of the master's
musical legacy. It was believed that there existed a completed opera of
which the young Goethe was the hero, but the facts only partly sustain
that assumption, for the work proved to be simply a drama by Blaze de
Bury, entitled " La Jeunesse de Goethe," in which music is accorded an
important role.
All of these discussions and conjectures attracted little attention from
the outer world, and aroused less interest among musicians of the inner
circles than could have been expected, considering the honored and popu
lar name with which they were associated. This circumstance suggests
an investigation of Meyerbeer's present position in public esteem, of what
it once was, and as to what rank the verdict of future generations is likely
to assign his creations.
Music is an art which rapidly alters its forms. We speak of " immor
tal masterpieces " of music, forgetting that barely four hundred years
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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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it evinces a command of counterpoint equal to that displayed by Handel

and other masters of polyphony, every honest and intelligent person
who honors Meyerbeer must regard these assertions as regrettable exag
gerations.
Heine wrote of Meyerbeer in veins varying from extreme rapture to
bitter mockery. In those operas composed during Meyerbeer's Italian
period he found " Rossiniisms intensified by means of the most delicious
exaggerations, the gold gilded, and the flowers endowed with stronger
perfumes." He could not reach a similar height of absurdity in regard to
" Robert le Diable " and " Les Huguenots," for their qualities precluded
such a result, even though most recklessly loaded with superlative praise.
With the advent of " Le Prophete " a complete change manifested itself in
Heine's musical taste. He had fallen out with the composer, and there
after saw in him only a " mattre de plaisir of the aristocracy, and a musiccorrupter, who composed morbid music," etc.
I remember that, even while a child, I was aware of the contradictions
contained in the various opinions that I heard expressed in regard to
Meyerbeer's music. How I longed to hear a stage-performance of one of
his works ! When I was about ten years old my wish was fulfilled. The
third theatrical performance that I was permitted to attend made me
acquainted with " Les Huguenots." I had previously heard most of the
opera played upon the piano, and had not been pleased with it thus pre
sented ; but through the medium of voices and orchestra it made an
immense impression on me, the details of which are still clear in my
memory. It was not until some years later that I heard " Robert le
Diable" and "Le Prophete." It seems strange to me that my present
estimate of the comparative artistic value of these three operas should so
perfectly tally with my youthful impressions. " Le Prophete " seems to
me to approach "Les Huguenots" in musical value, while "Robert "is
far inferior; but this order of rank does not accord w7ith the scale of
public esteem. Recent years have developed a slight disposition to glorify
" Le Prophete " at the expense of " Robert " ; the latter work is neverthe
less thought to possess greater melodic spontaneity, and the value of this
quality is certainly beyond dispute.
Notwithstanding the fact that music is largely a matter of taste, it
possesses elements that may be assayed. If we compare the scores of
" Robert " and " Le Prophete " in all their details, taking into considera
tion the attributes of each as a musical dramatic work, we find in " Le
Prophete," first of all, a far more characteristic formation of the con
certed numbers. The sermon of the Anabaptists and the chorus of peas
antry associated with it form together a masterpiece of choral develop
ment, evincing a power of climax possessed by no earlier dramatic com
poser. The rhythmic structure and modulations show a true aii percep
tion, just as the two principal motifs (in C minor and C major) show a
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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,
as one of Meyerbeer's happiest inspirations. AVhen this melody is re

peated by the whole chorus in unison, it seems like a veritable cridupeuple,
and the accompanying sturdy tributes of the celli, contrabassi, fagotti,
and tuba sound like the dull tread of the working-classes marching to
revolution. The chorus " Auf ! tanzet um Leichen," in the third act, is
endowed with characteristic color ; but Meyerbeer's sovereign command of
choral and instrumental forces is most brilliantly exemplified in the great
ensemble of the church scene. The movement in D major, " Seht den
Konig, den Propheten," is Handelian in its grandeur, and affords the most
effective contrast possible to the " allegretto agitato " that succeeds it. The
excitement which takes possession of the deluded people, who cannot be
sure who is their betrayer, after the recognition scene between Fides and
John ; the ecstatic rejoicing called forth by the seeming miracle of the
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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."
assigned to the orchestra cornets, and loses materially in poetic effect.

Alice, Robert and Bertram have another fine trio in the third act, although
Trio in the third act of the same opera.
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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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period of Wagner's development between "Rienzi" and "The Flying

Dutchman."
Musical historians with fine perceptions, in this, as in so many sim
ilar cases, have given the world the benefit of their backward- glancing
prophecies. They discover the "claws of the lion in ' Crociato.' " If
one has the whole lion before him, the genuineness of the claws can no
longer be questioned. Had the score of " Crociato " been submitted to me
as the work of a thirty-three-year-old composer, and had I been asked for
an estimate of his gifts as based thereon, I should have made a fool of
myself. The whole opera impresses me as a shallow imitation of Ros
sini's mannerisms, and the only feature of it which I find worthy of
praise is the skilful treatment of the voices. Harmony, structui-al forms,
and impersonations are unendurably commonplace : nothing forecasts
greatness.
Meyerbeer's increasing musical ability, as traceable through his suc
cessive operas, " Crociato," " Robert," and " Les Huguenots," is quite analo
gous to the gradual development shown in Beethoven's symphonies. Ber
lioz says, quite properly, of the First Symphony, " This is not yet Bee
thoven." No one would question that the Second Symphony bears the
unmistakable impress of its creator, but not until the Third Symphony
does the master exhibit the full glory of his genius. The careers of Bee
thoven and Meyerbeer are analogous, in that each in his own province
showed not only the ripest individuality but also the most perfect mas
tery of art forms ; for just as Beethoven is the mightiest composer that
has arisen in the symphonic field, so is Meyerbeer still the foremost repre
sentative of grand opera. The gap between the highest and most ideal
forms of instrumental music, and grand opera, distorted here and there
through concessions to stage-machinists and ballet-dancers, is too wide to
push the comparison further.
Whatever one's opinion of Meyerbeer's music in general, it cannot be
denied that " Les Huguenots " is a work that exhibits entirely original
invention, a rare wealth of characterization, and a wonderful mastery of
technical resources. Even Richard Wagner, the most spiteful of Meyer
beer's opponents, was aroused by the fourth act to the expression of the
warmest praise.
Schumann alone saw retrogression from " Robert " in " Les Hugue
nots"; he indeed preferred " Crociato " to " Robert." * This assignment of
rank is incontrovertible evidence of the one-sidedness and untenableness
of Schumann's opinions. The individualities of the two musicians were
so unlike that they necessarily repelled each other. Schumann could
accord Meyerbeer justice as long as he showed noteworthy capacity on
1 Schumann's "Music and Musicians" (Fragments
from Leipzig, No. IV) : "I agree perfectly with Florestan, who clenched his criticism of the opera with the
words : ' In "Crociato" Meyerbeer was a musician, in
"Robert" lie wavers, and from "Les Huguenots" on

he is distinctly a "Franconian." '" (" Franconian "
refers to a character in Schumann's writings who re
presents the Philistine ways of thinking.)
AN EARLY PORTRAIT OF MEYERBEER.
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accepted lines ; but as Meyerbeer became more and more Meyerbeer, as

his artistic physiognomy became more and more marked and significant,
he lost Schumann's sympathy.
Rivalry, unhappily, often enough leads to enmity ; but a no less de
plorable, because unjust, antagonism often arises between artists having
SPONTINI.
Lithographed in 1823, from h painting by Jean Guerin.
irreconcilable tastes. Such was the case between Meyerbeer the positivist 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.
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stractly contrapuntal grows obsolete. This style alone is based on the

everlasting laws of unassailable logic, for its structure rests upon combi
nations of actualities which are inspired by the spirit of mathematics. It
is therefore not subject to the changing tastes of passing time. Quite
other is the fate of musical works in the conception of which imagination
plays the principal role, which arouse a thousand varying moods in their
hearers, and in which the whole range of resources of musical expression
is exhaustively applied ; for here we have to do with an art of individual
feeling and temporary taste. Such music is not deathless, but its life may
be shorter or longer a long life certainly indicating inherent strength.
If this be granted, we cannot refuse " Les Huguenots " a place among the
masterpieces of musical dramatic literature. What composer would not
rejoice to see his creations the subject of strife for fifty-eight years'?
While thus calling attention to the enduring vitality of " Les Hugue
nots," I should go too far did I claim that this work still presents the full
vigor of youth.
There are two factors either of which may induce decadence in the
effectiveness of a musical work. The one is the natural dullness of sen
sibilities toward any pleasure or stimulus with which we are too familiar ;
the other is the apparent change in our tastes. There is of course a wide
difference between that loss of charm in a composition occasioned by too
frequent hearing, and that caused by our having revised our estimate of
its value. In the case of " Les Huguenots " we shall be obliged to con
cede the presence of both factors, but this may also be said of all works
that belong to the same genre.
Did Rossini, Halevy, and Auber, in their operas, make less damaging
concessions to the public, and to the vanity of singers ? Did not their
works also contain examples of those forced and artificially produced
effects that Wagner quite aptly called " effects without motives " % Even
if we grant that Meyerbeer is the greatest representative of the French
Grand Opera, that is no justification for loading all of the shortcomings
of his school upon his shoulders.
The score of "Les Huguenots" is so full of veritable musical beau
ties, it contains such a wealth of noble melody and ingenious dramatic set
tings, that one can well afford to overlook the many features of it that have
become obsolete, and the few that are positively disagreeable. Its instru
mentation is replete with characteristic qualities. A certain virtuoso-like
treatment of certain instruments, entirely different from that found in Mo
zart's and Weber's writings, was one of Meyerbeer's characteristics. RaouVs
romanza in the first act suggested to the ingenious composer the employ
ment of the long-disused viola d'amore, the ethereal tones of which blend
most exquisitely with the mezzo voce of the tenor singer. This is the last
occurrence of this instrument in all musical literatureprobably because
the charm of its tone-color is fully developed in but few keys, best in D
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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
(Les Huguenots.)
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" Le Prophete," has, however, been largely adopted by later composers.

Altogether Meyerbeer's treatment of the wood-wind was entirely original
and suitable. Every good treatise on instrumentation contains illustra
tive excerpts from his works, because they show such an extraordinary
sense for tone-color, and such complete familiarity with the technic of
each and all instruments.
Meyerbeer's inventive faculty especially distinguished itself in produc
ing melancholy, weird, and wild combinations. This was strikingly mani
fested in " Robert." The famous triplet passage for the bassoons in the
cemetery scene has always ranked as one of the greatest strokes of this
master's genius. He understood how to draw new and characteristic
effects from this instrument. " Les Huguenots " furnishes especially
numerous examples in this genre. Who does not remember the awful,
hollow timbre with which the piccolo, bassoon, contrabass, and grand
drum endow MarceVs war-song, or the hissing chromatic scales in which
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the flutes, hautboys, and clarinets so horribly portray the flaming- bjoodthirstiness of the Catholic conspirators ? Meyerbeer's employment of the
trumpets to depict furious fanaticism, as in the fourth and fifth acts, was
Allegro furioto.
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markedly successful. In other places his treatment of the trumpets is

not congenial to German taste. French and Italian operatic scores have
always materially differed from German in this particular. Each of these
three nations has its own physiognomic character in instrumentation.
Berlioz once said of Meyerbeer that " he not only has the luck to have
talent, but he has the talent to have luck." This was equally witty and
true. If it was a rare good fortune for our master to have been aided in
his difficult career as operatic composer by the possession of a million
thalers, there was a second good fortune, not less valuable, for which he
had every reason to be profoundly thankful. This second good fortune
was called Scribe. The composer had in Scribe a librettist who not only
possessed astonishing dramatic inventive faculty and knowledge of stagebusiness, but who also had the talent of adaptability. Scribe could suit
his work to the peculiar and often capricious demands of his collaborators.
He complained often enough because of the changes that Meyerbeer
required in his texts, but he always yielded until a difference of opinion
arose with regard to " L'Africaine " which no amount of discussion could
adjust. Meyerbeer in consequence laid aside this score, which was already
far advanced toward completion, took up the " Prophete " libretto, and
after that had been finished, wrote a comic opera, " Dinorah," for which
Carre and Barbier furnished the text. In my opinion Meyerbeer's reason
for the acceptance of this latter unsympathetic and also technically weak
book is obvious. He wished to prove by the composition of this dubious
idyl that the nature of his talent did not confine him to the heroic style ;
and it cannot be said that he failed to accomplish his purpose. "Dinorah"
is not poor in characteristic graceful and brilliant vocal and instrumental
effects. Still, it shows unmistakable evidence of decadence in inventive
power, apparent in debilitating repetitions, rhythms, and in melismas
from his earlier works. For this reason " Dinorah " has never secured a
firm foothold in German opera repertoires, although even to-day it is
highly regarded in France. The festival opera, "A Camp in Silesia,"
composed for the dedication of the new Berlin opera-house, has had a
similar experience. The French adaptation called " L'Etoile du Nord " is
seldom seen in Germany, although it has obtained considerable popularity
in Paris.
" Le Prophete," " L'Etoile du Nord," " Dinorah," and several composi
tions intended for the concert -room and dating from the same period,
had long since been performed when Meyerbeer returned to the neglected
" L'Africaine." Negotiations with Scribe for the alterations of the last two
acts were fruitless, and the death of the librettist, in 1861, blighted the
composer's hopes of ever seeing the libretto revised to accord with his
desires. He was therefore obliged to finish the opera on the original
lines. What displeased Meyerbeer in the text was the circumstance that,
according to Scribe, the supposed African heroine turns out to be a young
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East Indian queen a somewhat violent transformation, but one that

Scribe regarded as essential. He maintained that India, with her gor
geous costumes and her pompous religious ceremonials, lent herself easily
to musical illustration, whereas Africa was not operatically suggestive.
He was not entirely wrong, for the first performance of M L'Africaine"
after the death of both authors developed the fact that the most effec
tive parts of the opera were those the scenes of which were laid in India.
The composer was afforded exceedingly appropriate musical colors for the
pomp of the Buddhist religious service, with its exotic magnificence of
processions and dances; whereas other parts of the opera are uninterest
ingly dry, as might be expected from the long political and geographical
discussions which they contain.
During his years of exhausting labor in the operatic field, Meyerbeer
found time to compose a not inconsiderable number of small choral and
orchestral works,many of them pieces <Toccasion ,the majority of which
are to-day entirely forgotten. Such of his cantatas and church music as have
become known to me are hardly worthy of earnest consideration, but I
must not fail to call attention to one of Meyerbeer's works which, al
though small in its proportions, equals the best creations of the master
in artistic significance. It is his music to Michael Beer's tragedy " Struensee." The score embraces only fourteen numbers, but it belongs to the
masterworks of its genre, and may be classed with Beethoven's "Egniont,"
Mendelssohn's " Midsummer Night's Dream," Weber's " Preciosa," Schu
mann's " Manfred," and Bizet's " L'Arlesienne." Meyerbeer, with the over
ture to " Struensee," nullified, once for all, the reproach that he could not
write orchestral pieces in symphonic form.
Few, in advance, would have accredited the great master Verdi with
the ability to produce such a "Requiem" as he has given to the world;
and when the painter Lenbach incidentally showed that he could paint
hands as well as heads, he also did so without the permission of his critics.
It is doubtless vexatious that artists sometimes venture to exhibit new
features of their talent, regardless of the category to which critics have
consigned them; but it is certainly most disagreeable of all when any
onelike Meyerbeer, for instancepersists in living in his works, although
long since declared artistically dead and buried. Yes, he lives, to the sat
isfaction of all unprejudiced musicians, who know no one-sidedness in
art, and who will not allow doctrinaire pedants and their sterile principles
to embitter their love of the beautiful.
MADAME KRAUSS.
MADAME VIARDOT.
Best latter-day "FidAs."
Original "Fid&s" in "Le Prophete.'
PHOTOGRAPH BY BARY, PAR1B.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BARY, PARIB.
MEYERBEER'S BRANDUS CORRESPONDENCE

THE following letters, which illustrate the
artistic life of Meyerbeer during the
years 1859-63, are given to the public with
the permission of Mr. Edward Brandus, the
only son of M. Gemmy Brandus of the old
music-publishing house of Brandus et Cie.,
Paris. The house of Brandus belongs to
a group of great firms to whose exertions
the literature and music of Europe owe an
enormous debt. In the days of its great
est activity, character and individuality en
tered into the transaction of business to an
extent which modern commercialism is mak
ing more and more impossible. Great works
which could by no possibility bring more than
a modest return for the outlay were under
taken to add to the honor of the name. A
closer relation existed between the great com
posers and their publishers than we find to
day. Thus it was quite in accord with its
habits that the house of Brandus should not
only publish the works of Chopin, Rossini,
Meyerbeer, Auber, Adam, Flotow, Halevy,
Mendelssohn, Offenbach, Lecocq, and others,
but also should be the close friend of the men
themselves. Meyerbeer especially found in
Louis and Gemmy Brandus his intimate
confidants. He depended on them for every

care that insured his personal comfort or the
fulfilment of his artistic ambitions, and in
his frequent separations from his family,
when he was busy rehearsing his works in
Paris, he went in and out of the home of M.
Gemmy Brandus, in the Faubourg Montmartre, as if it were his own.
How close the intimacy was, and to what
extent the continuous interest which Meyer
beer felt in the fate of his compositions was
shared by his publishers, these letters show
plainly. The correspondence also gives a clue
to that practical side of a successful compos
er's life without which the works of genius
hardly survive the struggle for existence,
however great their merit,but of which the
world at large seldom takes account.
The wide-awake interest which Meyerbeer
felt in the world of art and letters is clear
from these pages. Much has been warmly
said of his disinterested kindnesses to Wagner
and other musicians and vigorously denied.
The fact is that Meyerbeer was interested in
all musicians, and helpfully disposed toward
them ; but he did not trouble himself about
their possible rivalry. He did not say with
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76
Berlioz, who remarked to M. Geminy Brandus as they sat together at the first perform
ance of Gounod's " Faust," " I trust that you
are not going to publish cette cochonuerie la."
He would not have permitted the publication
because it would have interfered with " Par
don " ; but he was quite ready to have Gou
nod's works played under his own direction.
Meyerbeer's was not a mean nature.
Mr. Edward Brandus adds the following
particulars regarding the personality of his
father's friend :
" How well I remember our parlor in Paris,
how I peeped through the door to see Meyer
beer at the piano, teaching Marie Battu who
created Inez in ' L'Africaine ' her aria 'Adieu,
mon beau rivage'; or the tenor Naudin, with
his frightful accent, singing ' Ze vou, Nobles
Signors' instead of 'J'ai vu Nobles Sei
gneurs'; or Marie Sasse, who created Silika.
None of the divas suited Meyerbeer ; he was
urged to accept La Stolz, Cruvelli, Alboni, but
none came up to his ideal for the role. Marie
Sasse created the part after his death. She
relates how one evening Meyerbeer was in
the front orchestra row ' when I sang the
" Huguenots," and after that whenever I went
to Brandus, Meyerbeer would seat himself at
the piano and call out to me, " Come, Marie,
and listen to this," and then he would play
and sing the morceau in an undertone and
beg me to sing it to his accompaniment. That
was his way of trying my voice. He be
queathed the role of Kelusko to Faure and
that of SMika to me.'
'. Meyerbeer was never weary of retouching
his operas. When, after his death, the task
of putting ' L'Africaine ' on the stage was
really undertaken, it was found that he had
written at least two different settings of every
scene, and the selection which finally consti
tuted the opera as it now stands left a sec
ond complete and different version of which
twenty- two pieces are published. The present
correspondence, too, shows how reasonable
he was, and how ready to make the best of
the voices of the artists that undertook his
roles. He was very set, however, when the
matter involved what he regarded as a con
sideration of vital interest. For instance,
when, in composing the 'Huguenots,' he
arrived at the third act, the idea of the great
duet between soprano and bass came to him,
and he applied to his librettist, Eugene

Scribe, for the words of a dialogue between
Valentine and Marcel. Scribe refused on the
ground that no woman of such high rank as
la Comtesse de Nevers would be alone with a
Huguenot soldier in one of the public squares
of Paris on the night of her marriage. Meyer
beer said no more, but went to the poet Emile
Deschamps, and offered him one per cent of
all the royalties paid on the work if he would
write the words of the duet for him. It is safe
to estimate that in the sixty-odd years which
have elapsed since then, Deschamps and his
heirs have received at least sixty thousand
dollars from this source.
" The note inspecting Rossini shows a very
pleasing courtesy between these rival com
posers ; but Rossini was not without bitter
ness toward Meyerbeer. One day Carafa,
who was accustomed to borrow of Rossini,
asked for a new loan. ' Look here,' said Ros
sini, 'I have no money in my pocket, but
take this composition to Brandus and he will
buy it, and you may have the money.' So
saying, he took up a manuscript lying on the
piano and wrote on the cover, ' Douees R6
miniscences sur " L'Africaine " de Meyerbeer,
par Rossini.' The man brought the music to
my father, who, glancing at the cover, bought
it for 1000 francs, and sent it to the engravers
without opening it, secure in the sale which
' Selections from Meyerbeer's " L'Africaine,"
written for the piano by Rossini,' would have.
But when it came back printed ready for the
market, and its contents were really looked
into, the trick came to light. There were no
melodies by Meyerbeer nothing but a fool
ish scrawl of hideous dissonances, as un
worthy of Rossini as the trick it represented.
" It is said that Meyerbeer went to Italy to
become Italianized. Perhaps he did, but the
fact remains that when he started on that
journey he brought a trunk of compositions
to our house and asked permission to leave
them in our keeping. While he was gone,
Donizetti produced his 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' which created a great furor. When
Meyerbeer came back to Paris he opened the
trunk in the presence of my father, and,
sitting down at the piano, began playing over
some of the half-completed scores which it
contained, and there, almost note for note, was
the famous septuor in ' Lucia ! ' Thus once
more deep minds ran in the same channel.
0, W^**rjltiu,uy />/Vl*$iH4*
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
"Meyerbeer's real name was Beer. The
Meyer he added in recognition of his affec
tion for his old music-master Meyer, who be
queathed him his name. Michael Beer, his
brother, the author of ' Struensee,' and his
nephew Jules, alluded to in the present cor
respondence, retained their original patro
nymic.
"The composer was of medium height,
with a very prominent forehead bordered with
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
the Gare du Nord, was escorted by the music
of the Garde Imperiale, which played the
composer's own ' Marche aux Flambeaux ' and
the ' Marche du Sacre,' while military honors
were rendered, he being a Commander of the
Legion of Honor. My uncle, who was the
executor of the will, took the body in a special
funeral train to Berlin, where Meyerbeer held
the position of Director-General of Music to
his Majesty the King of Prussia.
" It was iii virtue of this latter position
that Meyerbeer came into relations with Wieprecht, mentioned in these letters. Wieprecht,
by his individual exertions, had carried out
the reform of Prussian military music, in
cluding the improvement of the instruments
used. These great reforms, which Meyer
beer interested himself to forward, exactly as
Berlioz befriended the similar career of Sax
in France, led to the composition of the mili
tary music which remains an ornament to
his name.
" Meyerbeer left a widow and two daugh
ters, one of the latter being the wife of Baron
von Korff, a colonel in the German army, and

the other the wife of Richter, the celebrated
German painter."
The earlier of the present group of letters
indicates the composer's Parisian habits. He
excuses himself for missing a call on the
ground that the beautiful weather tempted
him to walk in the Champs-Elysees. He buys
two dozen " gants Jouvain," which his wife
ROGER IN "LE PROPHETE.'
in Baden-Baden wishes to present to a friend,

and forwards them to her. He applies to
his friends to purchase wood and similar
housekeeping necessities for his bachelor life.
He invites them to dine with him at his
favorite haunts (at six o'clock) at the " Caf6
Voisin, rue Luxembourg, corner of rue St.
Gouve"; or to share his box (No. 22 torcheuse
de face), which he declares to be his favorite.
" Perhaps M. Gemmy Brandus has recovered
from his illness," he writes, "and may like
to hear for himself whether the rehearsals in
his home have produced satisfactory results.
If I feel well enough I may come, too ; if not
I shall stay at home."
He is also composing and re-composing,
and requests M. Brandus to obtain a reader
to go over his music so that he can get the
effect of his changes from practical audition.
His method of securing him is characteristic.
He is in the habit of taking his siesta after
dinner at M. Brandus's house. He makes an
appointment on this neutral ground. He is
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
charmed with the reader's voice, one M.
Calabert, and they haggle over the terms.
The price is finally made and the hour set,
.which the singer ignores, whereupon the in
jured composer speaks his mind:
" If the bass [Calabert] will bind himself
to the engagement of coming to me every
day at eight o'clock as he promised me yes
terday (but which promise he failed to keep
to-day), and if he will agree to remain until
six P.M., and will discontinue the monstrous
practice of losing an hour and a half over his
d6jeuner, I will (to avoid further complica
tions) consider him still engaged to me for
fifteen francs a day, dear though it is. But
he must give you his word to keep the condi
tions faithfully. I beg you to preach him an
emphatic sermon."
Meyerbeer is full of interest in everything
pertaining to art. He goes to hear Ristori,
and buys the words of her tragedy, " Giuditta," next day, to go over them privately.
He calls on Patti, who is to sing in one of his
operas, and presses forward his rehearsals and
composing. All the world is at his feet, and
his favorite opera, the " Pardon de Ploermel "
is to be brought out. Then the scene changes.
He is away in Berlin, or at the baths, and
the care of the great roles of his operas,
which is never forgotten for a moment, finds
expression in letters. He has the capacity of
every singer in Europe inventoried in his
memory, and from behind the scenes arranges
for the adequate presentation of his composi
tions all over the world.
" I take this opportunity of thanking you
most warmly for sending me news of my
dear friend Gouin's health ; you would greatly
oblige me by sending me word now and then
how he is. I see that Herr Crosnier has
given up his appointment, and that Hen1 Alphonse Rover has been chosen in his place ;
I read it in to-day's ' Revue et Gazette de
Th6atres' and should like to know if it is
true."
" I read in a German paper that the poet
Heine's widow had given Herr Duisberg the
order to correct and publish his memoirs. It
would interest me greatly to know if this is
really the case. I want to ask you to find it
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out from him (not in my name, but as though

you wanted to know).
"Is it true that the editor of the feuilletons
in ' L'Assemblee Nationale,' who signs him
self Ch. de Ville, is Henri Blaze?
"I am curious to see whether Herr Alphonse
Royer is going to let Madame Borghi-Mamo
sing again in ' Le Prophete ' as he told you.
I wish very much that this work could be
produced again with this great artist for the
chief character. If this is ideally the case,
please let me know what impression she made
upon the audience as Fidh.v
The three following letters show the usual
order of events in Meyerbeer's diplomacy.
The suggestion that Madame Lauters sing
CAROLINE DUPREZ IN "L'ETOILE DU NORD. "
in the "Huguenots" is made to Meyerbeer

through M. Brandus, and also to M. Rover
through the same channel.
" HeiT Formes is shortly to sing the part
of the Prophete for the first time, which I
consider is most beneficent to the opera, as
until now it has always been sung by an
inferior tenor. Now Herr Formes is most
anxious to sing the ' Priere' in the third act,
which, however, is only in the piano score
and not in the grand score. It is No. 19 in
the Italian piano score, and the first few
words are ' Eternel Dieu Sauveur,' etc. Herr
Formes heard Mario sing this prayer in Lon
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.'
" Third, I will not allow my prayer from
it at once ; if not, the copyist of the Italian
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.
"Lastly, thank you very much for your
' Priere ' is very short, only from page 217 to
page 220 in the Italian piano score. If you kind promise to send me full particulars of
' Tannhauser's ' third performance ; it will in
should be obliged to have it sent from Lon
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 BachIn another letter he writes :
iques.' I have not yet been able to make the
" With regard to what Herr Royer told
corrections of the French words of the choral
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,
to produce ' L'Africaine ' for a certainty next
' Crociato.' But I will do this to-morrow.
"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'Afverse 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
" Berlin, October 26, 1860.
to appear together, under the title of ' Drei
Chorlieder fiir Miiimerstimmen ohne Be" You would do me a great favor by seeing
Herr Carre as soon as possible and asking him
gleitung.'
" 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,
but I should be exceedingly obliged if you
ing the success of Auber's < Circassienne.'
" 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
' L'Africaine ' is to be produced ; but at any
Raoul later on, in which case I should pro
rate
it will not be for a long time to come.
pose Sachs.
" 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
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
unsuitable to her voice, I shall have great
pleasure in altering whatever places she
likes. Please ask her when she thinks of
singing Valentine. Will you also tell Herr
Weyll for me that I have found out the title
of the book for him ? It is ' The Opera of
the Future,' and can be had at the FrancoGerman bookstore of either Avenarius or
Franke. Let me have the article from the
paper regarding which the inclosed notice
reads :
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of ' Le Pardon de Ploermel,' so that the game

may not be played on me of performing this
during my absence ; for the same reason I
beg you not to tell anybody of my illness, as
this Roqueplan would be quite capable of
performing my opera secretly, thinking that
because I am away from home and ill I
should not find it out.
" ' The " Journal Amusant " gives Halevy as

the composer of the " Huguenots." I wonder
whether Meyerbeer agrees to this or not."'
In the meantime the " Pardon de Ploermel " was produced (1859), and, having beeii
fairly well received, was almost immediately
sought as a novelty for the United States.
The story is laid in Brittany, where pil
grimages (pardons) are still made to favorite
shrines. The story is developed in a haunted
valley; Hoel, Dinorah, the Chevriere (goat
herd), and the Faucheur (mower) make up the
principal cast.
" Spa, August 12, 1859.
" I authorize you to give the grand score
of 'Pardon' to Herr Strakovitz1 [Strakosch]
as he requested for NewYork, solely on condi
tion that he pledges to you his word to give
the part of Hoel to the veiy best barytone in
his company, and also promises not to give
the four smaller parts to so-called stop-gap
singers, but to first-class artists, as was the
case in London."
" September 11, 1859.
" I should be greatly obliged if, as soon as
Herr Parent has corrected the mistakes in
the third act, you would send a copy to Lard
with the request that it may be bound in red
morocco at once, with gilt-edged leaves, and,
if possible, the "Wurtemberg coat of arms
embossed in gold on the cover. And I would
be glad if he would let me know directly this
score is bound.
" I am here and, unhappily, ill in bed. I do
not know how long it will be necessary for
me to stay here to recover. But please let
me know every detail concerning the reprise
'The Editors have thought best to leave unaltered
Meyerbeer's version of the proper names in his letters.
12
HERMAN LEON IN "L'ETOILE DU NORD."
" How does Musard play the overture to

'Pardon,' and does it seem to please the
public ? "
A year later the adverse criticism of Meyer
beer's enemies still vexed him.
" Berlin, March 19, 1860.
" In my previous letter I requested you to
speak to Herr Le Roy. After earnest con
sideration I have come to the conclusion that
it is better for you not to do so. By the in
closed article you will see with what mali
cious animosity R. is filled. One must not do
him the honor of speaking to him. Unfor
tunately it is too late for us to withdraw the
work, so we must simply leave it to its fate.
"Please be kind enough to ascertain in
what month the Marchisio sisters intend
making their debut in the French Opera, and
also if they would be willing, as I have once
heard, to sing in London first in Italian."
The accompanying extract is from "Le
Figaro":
LE CHATEAU DE CHENONCEAU.
Decoration of second act of "Lea Huguenots." From "Album de 1'Opera."
" A propos de th6atre on prete mi joli mot

de plus a M. Nestor Roqueplan. M. Meyer
beer, dit-on, se plaignait de ce que le spirituel
Directeur semblait se refroidir beaucoup a
son 6gard. 'Le Pardon de Ploe'rmel' etait
n6glig6, on ne le jouait plus assez souvent.
Soyez tranquille ; je la jouerai toujours, votre
piece, je la jouerai continuellement, impitoyablement jusqu'a ce qu'il n'y ait plus dans la
salle qu'un unique spectateur."
The following letter, dated May 20, 1860,
shows the solicitude which Meyerbeer showed
for the success of all his musical offspring.
One of his biographers quotes Heine as say
ing that he could not rest while one soul re
mained unconverted to his music, and the
amount of importance which he attached to
minutiee usually disregarded by successful
composers is unparalleled.
"As I see by the papers that the festival
in the Grand Opera has been postponed for
a week, I should be very grateful to you if

you would kindly ask Royer not to put the
'Schiller Marsch' quite as near the end of
the program as he has done, as by that time
the audience is quite exhausted from having
heard so much music. I should prefer most
of all for it to come immediately after the
aria < Pieta Signor,' by Stradella, which Michant is to sing, but on no account after an
important ensemble piece.
" From your brother's letter I learn that
the Opera Comique has a new Director in the
person of Heir de Beaumont. I trust that he
will prove more sensible than Roqueplan.
" Be kind enough to attract Herr de Beau
mont's attention to the great success which
Mademoiselle Boulard is having in Brussels
with ' Pardon.' Please ask him to engage
her for the month of June, when the Brussels
theater is closed, to sing 'Pardon' at the
Op6ra Comique.
" You did quite right to allow Musard to
play my ' Schiller Marsch,' but you certainly
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
ought to have seen that he did not put it in
such a disadvantageous part of the program.
He played it at each concert as the first piece
on the program, when, as you know, there is
never an audience. And now I find that
after playing it just a few times, he has
crossed it out of his repertoire altogether,
thereby doing the work more harm than
good. You told me that you had allowed
him to compose a fantaisie from themes in
' Pardon ' ; then how is it that he has not once
played it ?
" You can understand how doubly trying
this eye trouble is to me in cutting me off
from all activity in music, and this happens
just when 1 am in the midst of a new com
position to which 1 so earnestly wished to
devote my whole love and energy.
"Has nothing yet been done to engage
Madame Miolan for the next season in St.
Petersburg ? "
" Schwalbach, August 2"), 1860.
"Ilerr Wollheim writes me from Wies
baden that Mademoiselle Panatrat has stud
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
is the case, you must please go to Fiorentino
and beg him to help us in this matter. Tell
him, I beg you, how everything stands, and
get him to use even' means in his power to
prevent Demoiselle Panatrat from taking
this part. Then beg him to get De Beau
mont to give the part to Demoiselle Montrose
and to persuade her to begin it immediately.
Fiorentino must hear from you why Demoi
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selle Montrose is angry with me, and she

must by no means be allowed to think that
Herr de Beaumont feels any particular sym
pathy for me. The matter is by no means
easy to arrange, but Fiorentino has such a
mighty and influential position that when he
really wants to do a thing, however difficult,
he can usually carry it out. As we have to
act in great haste, 1 think it is best that you
tell hun candidly that you come to him in my
name with this request, and that I beg him
to take the matter in hand and do what he
can to get my wishes fulfilled. You can add,
as though from yourself, that you are certain
that I shall be very grateful to him for his
trouble.
" I trust you will soon let me hear all about
Demoiselle Duprez's debut in ' Les Hugue
nots.' "
The plan for producing " Pardon " is more
fully developed, and the next three letters re
late to the filling of the other parts, all of
which is managed from a distance with the
aid of Meyerbeer's friends, and, as the last
BATAILLE IN "L'ETOIIE DU NORD. "
letter suggests, a slight tax on his private

influence if not his purse. He finally suc
ceeds in fitting out the following cast, but
not without sleepless nights :
Hoel .... Mademoiselle Wertheimer.
Dinorah . . . Mademoiselle Montrose.
The Chevriere . Mademoiselle Darcier.
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" Honored Sib :
" I forgot to tell you in my letter yesterday
that I give Chariot carte blanche to make any
modifications he considers necessary to Made
moiselle Wertheimer's voice with regard to
compass in the part of Hoe'l. The difficulties
concerning Madame Ugalde in the part of
the Chevri&re might possibly be overcome in
the manner suggested yesterday.
" Berlin, September 17, 18W

"I have just received your letter of the
fourteenth, and beg you tell Herr Beaumont
that of course I will gladly give up my rights
of a\ithorship for a performance connected
with a charitable purpose. You know that I
always do this for every charitable benefit.
You might tell him at the same time that as
he is taking so very much trouble with re-
AUTOGRAPH OF MEYERBEER.
Closing paragraph of a letter to Auber.
" Be kind enough to submit the idea to F.'s

judgmeut as soon as possible. He has over
come so many great difficulties already for
the Theater Directors and Composers which
were caused by the vanity of the singers that
perhaps he will now be able to conquer these
difficulties in the way I suggested, which will
be greatly to our advantage in executing this
work."
It would appear from the following note
that Meyerbeer did intend to compose an
opera on " La Jeunesse de Goethe."
gard to choosing good singers it would be

most advisable to let Varot take the part of
the Faucheur, which he sang so admirably,
again. It would be well to let him know, as
if quite casually, that I am working at
' Mignon.' I am very glad indeed that Herr
Beaumont has agreed to the idea of getting
Madame Ugalde for the Chevriere. Do try
and strengthen him in this idea. If the canzonetta which I wrote for Mademoiselle
Nantier Didier should be either too high or
too low for Madame Ugalde, she can have
it transposed as she likes."
85
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
" Berlin, September 26, 1860.
" I told yon in one of my former letters
that if Madame Ugalde could not sing the
' Arie des Chevrieres ' nobody must sing it, as
the Opera Comique would then probably give
the part to some inferior singer, and thus
make its success an impossibility. But now
I read in the ' Entr'acte ' of the 25th of this
month that Demoiselle Darcier is to sing the
Chevrihre, and of course I gave my consent
to it most willingly, as Demoiselle Darcier
was a first-class artist whose place has not
yet been filled.
" Only I cannot understand how it is that
such a celebrated artist is willing to make
her reappearance in such an insignificant
part in the theater in which she won such a
brilliant success. Or is this, perhaps, an
other singer with the same name ? I believe
that Carvalho once told me that the chansonette 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."
hearsals, knows my wishes and ideas so

thoroughly."
" I hope you received my last letter, and
to-day I want to ask you the following ques
tions :
" 1. In the last number of the ' Revue Musicale ' I read that a certain person had paid
anonymously to the Director of the Theatre
Lyrique 50,000 francs as security for the mise
en scene of the new opera by Berlioz. Can
you find out for me who this person is, or at
least who he is supposed to be, as it is a mat
ter of the keenest interest to me.
" 2. In the last number of the ' Presse Th6atrale' I read that an article had been pub
lished in the 'Figaro' about Richard Wag
ner signed Guy d'Estree, but believed to be

"I received your letter of the 25th, and
beg to say in reply that if Chariot considers
Demoiselle Darcier good, and that if the air,
which was really written for a mezzo-soprano,
suits her voice, I am willing that she shoidd
sing it. Only I make the condition that it
must be carried out exactly as it was in Lon
don, viz.: Demoiselle Darcier must sing the
preceding recitative, as otherwise the canzonetta would sound short and poor.
"P.S. I am very glad that Mademoiselle
Wertheimer will study her part with Herr
Royer ; the latter is a clever, earnest, and tal
ented musician. At the same time please
advise her (though not in my name) to go
through her part with Chariot also, as he,
through having been present at so many re
MOCKER IN "L'ETOILE DU NORD.'
by Blaze de Bury. I should so much like to

read this article if you would kindly send it
to me.
" S. I should be very much interested to
hear from you whether you think that the
'Pardon de Ploermel' has gained or lost in
musical conception since its first performance
(especially on Montrose's part).
" 4. I hear that the Teutonia is organizing
a musical festival to honor the anniversary
of Schiller's birthday. Are they going to
have an orchestra, and are my 'Schiller
Marsch ' and ' Schiller Cantata ' going to be
SO
performed ? ' Dinorah ' has been brought out

lately in both Bremen and Linz, and (from
what the papers say) has had great success.
" P. S. I see in the last number of your
' Revue Musicale ' that the Editor Legouix has
just published Schubert's ' Roi des Aunes '
(Erlking), orchestrated by Berlioz. You would
do me the greatest favor by buying this for
me (but without the separate parts) and send
ing it to me by ' bandes croisees.'
" I saw from your letter that Faure was not
engaged by Mirelli. The latter has been in
Berlin since then, and, after hearing from me
that I considered it advisable to engage Faure
for the Italian representation of ' Dinorah '
in Vienna, he consented to engage him (of
course on condition that they can come to
terms from a financial point of view, and
also on condition that Faure can be ready
to arrive in Vienna at the latest on the 18th
of February, and remain until the 20th or
25th of April). Mirelli says he knows that
Faure is engaged by Gay and that such en
gagements begin as a rule in the early part
of April, but as Gay, ivho had also engaged
Demoiselle Patti for the 1st of April, easily
arranged to have her free until the 25th of
April, although Patti was to have sung an
important part in each performance, Mirelli
hopes that Faure may also be relieved until
the 25th of April. Will you have the great
kindness to ask Faure from Mirelli (but
by no means in my name) whether he would
be willing to accept an engagement for the
above-mentioned time, and, if so, what his
conditions would be. You can tell him this :
that Mirelli is most anxious that he should
take the part of Hoiil with Patti in Vienna.
And please write your answer in a way that
I can read it to Mirelli.
" Your brother wrote to me about Musard's
coming to Berlin in connection with my
' London Exhibition Overture.'
" Should Faure absolutely decline coming
to Vienna, I would ask you to be kind enough
(through a third personfor instance through
Duncan Davidson) to ask the barytone
Santley in London whether he would be free,
or could make himself free, from the 15th
of February until the 25th of April in order
to take an engagement in a large German
city. He must neither guess that this ques
tion comes from me, nor that it is for Mirelli,
as I do not wish to speak of it to Mirelli (who
as yet knows nothing about this idea of mine

until he has Faure's answer)."
'. Pardon,'' thanks to the anxious care of its
composer and publisher, becomes a success
for the public, if not for the critics. Meyer
beer is presently able to write to Louis
Brandus :
" ' Pardon ' is being rapidly produced in all
the large cities in Germany, and always with
success. During the past week alone it has
been given in the following towns for the first
time: Darmstadt, Lubeck, Munich, Leipsic,
and Breslau. Altogether it has been per
formed in twenty-one German theaters. I
think this will interest you for the ' Revue.' "
He has no sooner settled the question of
Paris and " Pardon" than he is busy with
those of Fides and '. L'Etoile." Until the day
of his death he resolutely worked up the
adequate presentation of his roles in Lon
don, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Italy, and Paris,
and the success crowned his efforts that com
mon sense and business tact command. The
present correspondence has, in fact, exposed
the basis of the charge of wire-pulling to
which Meyerbeer's enemies loved to impute
his success. It is all reduced to the reason
able activity of good business methods.
"Nice, September 11.
" Henzel has written ine in Carvalho's name
asking me if he had no chance of getting my
new comic opera for his theater. He wished
to come at once to Nice to hear my conditions.
I cannot answer your brother's letter to-day,
as I am busy finishing a little cantata which
is to be privately performed by amateurs at
the birthday celebration of a lady here. I
shall probably publish it by and by."
The following group of letters gives an in
sight into Meyerbeer's relations toward his
brother musicians. They are a sample of his
habitual attitude :
" Allow me through these lines to present
to you Mr. Guglielmi, who has a beautiful
barytone voice. This gentleman has trans
posed my song < Guide an bord ma nacelle '
for barytone, and sings it with great success.
If you can give him any help in his musical
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
career in Paris I shall be grateful to you, for
he is a good, amiable man, and at the same
time a fellow countryman (for notwithstand
ing his Italian name he is a German)."
87
I must begin to prepare another piece to take

its place on the program.
" I am anxious to hear from yon how
Madame Ugalde's voice sounded at her re-
CARL FORMES.
Lithographed from a daguerreotype.
" Berlin, September 25, 1861.

"Highly Honored Sir:
" I had hoped to hear from you yesterday
whether Gounod could or could not let you
have the orchestral parts of his ' Ave Maria '
in order to perform the same in the Konigsberg Court concert. We are much pressed for
time in this matter, as it must all be copied
and the parts well studied, and the concert is
to take place on the 15th of October.
"If, on the other hand, we cannot have it,
appearance in 'L'Etoile' after her confine

ment, and what was your general impression
of the performance.
" Receive, dear M. Brandus, the assurance
of my most complete esteem.
" Your very devoted,
" Meyerbeer." '
" February 2, 1861.
" Rossini has written me a kind and friendly
letter about the performance in his house of
'This is Meyerbeer's habitual formula.
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JENNY LIND-GOLDSCHM1DT.
SHE CREATED THE PART OF ' V1ELKA" IN "E1N EELDLAGER IN SCHLE3IEN.'
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
the operetta by my nephew Julius. As I
wish my answer to reach him as soon as pos
sible, but unfortunately forget the number of
his house, I am taking the liberty of sending
you my letter to him, and beg you to have
the great kindness to take it to him yourself
89
brated pianist and composer Kullak (whose

works you have yourself brought out). This
young man is worthily treading in the foot
prints of his celebrated father, and is already
an excellent pianist. But he wishes to per
fect himself in music in all its branches, and
GRAVES OF MEYERBEER FAMILY.

In the Schonhftus Allee Cemetery, Berlin.
To the right of the spectator is the composer's grave.
the same day that you receive it. Please tell

him yourself 'what intense pleasure his letter
has given me, and how enraptured I am with
his kind attention.'
" Please, dear M. Brandus, forgive me for
troubling you with this commission."
" Dear Sir :
"Allow me with these lines to introduce

to you Herr Franz Kullak, son of the cele13
has therefore come to Paris to study and to

hear all that can be heard in the way of
music. You would oblige me greatly by help
ing and advising him in this matter.
" I must also take advantage of your kind
ness and ask you to help him in regard to his
new home, and also get him introduced to
some German families, for he is very young,
and this is the first time he has left the home
of his parents."
90
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" Berlin, May 8, 1863.
" This letter is accompanied by the chorus

from ' Struensee ' for men's voices, in four
parts, which you expressed the wish to pub
lish. I composed this chorus for the Manner-Gesangverein (men's choral club). Please
put on the title-page ' Chant guerrier (de
Struensee) chceur pour voix d'hommes.'
Then you must have a pianoforte accompani
ment written to this, which, however, must
contain nothing but the exact notes of the
voices, and in exactly the same position on the
piano as in the vocal parts. And add that
the accompaniment is solely to assist at re
hearsal. Please put also on the title-page
' Schott in Brussels.'
" Wieprecht told me that he was to send

you in the next few days the score of ' The
Torchlight Dances.' He has written the title
quite wrong. Consequently I must remind
you to have it printed as follows :
" ' Premiere Marche aux Flambeaux composee pour Musique Militaire par G. Meyer
beer et arrangee pour orchestre ordinaire par
W. Wieprecht.'.
" Please let me know soon after the per
formance of the 'Vepres Siciliennes' exactly
how Villaret sang and acted, and whether he
can be intrusted with a very large and im
portant work.
" P. S. Have you heard how long Verdi is
to stay in Paris, and whether lie intends to
go to London ? "
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SYMPOSIUM ON THE TRAINING OP THE THUMBS AND
FOURTH AND FIFTH FINGERS
Present Messrs. Falcke, Schwartz, Ruthardt, Delaborde, Marmontel, Sehmitt, Scholtz,

Jedlitzka, Philipp, Pugno and Germer, and Fran Stepanoff.
Boekelman : Have you, gentlemen, a special
exercise for the thumb ?
Falcke : Many passages where the thumb
goes under the fingers combined with a lat
eral movement of the wrist. Exercises in
arpeggio and in the arpeggio form.
Schwartz : I use the skip of an octave.
Ruthardt : 1212, &c, makes a preparation
for the scale. Likewise 1231, &c.
Delaborde : In my opinion the scale of C
major comprises everything.
Marmontel: It is a good thing to work
the passage of the thumb with each finger.
Schmitt : Very stiff thumbs become softer
if one practises carefully for months in shut
ting them inside the hand, which doubles
over them in a fist (out of practice hours of
course). The stiffest thumb may be bent by
this method.
Scholtz : I teach in this way :
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Schmitt : These exercises in all the keys

are superior:
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Jedlitzka : I hold down the fir?hf second,

third and fourth fingers and carry the thumb
under through intervals increasingly great.
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Philipp: I should like to show you my

exercises for velocity [published by Huegel].
Stepanoff: Rhythm should always be observed, but accent very rarely, in preparatory
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Boekelman : They are the only ones I know

which provide for the pivotal (hinge-like) mo
tion of the thumb ascending and descending.
I make them rhythmic like this. It gives

a lightness to the motion.
F. M. S. : With a stationary fore-arm they
are as undesirable as are all others.
Boekelman : What is the best way to
strengthen the fourth and fifth fingers f
Philipp : Practise them slowly and accent
them strongly.
exercises. Accent is always produced with a

movement of the wrist or arm, and should
therefore be avoided in exercises intended to
strengthen the fingers.
Boekelman : That seems a cardinal point
with the Leschetitzky method. But accent
can be produced by raising the finger to a
greater height, and increasing the velocity
of its descent.
Pugno : In the first place, give weak fingers
more work than the others. I give them a
greater attack. It is useful to stop on the
weak finger in the scale and also in figures
where it is employed.
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PIANO-TEACHING IN EUROPE
Ruthardt : Exercises with supporting fin
gers and skips with the fifth finger are help
ful.
Delaborde : I advocate trills, rather slow,
on all the keys with the same fingers.
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
the fifth finger rest lightly on the keys and
perform hammer exercises with the fourth
at the same time.
Scholtz: Two-finger exercises through
out all the scales are my prescription.
Philipp : That is certainly one of the best

ways to gain strength and independence. I
have a series of exercises of the kind [pub
lished by SchirmerJ on chords of the dimin
ished 7th, like this:
Germer: Exercises with supported fingers

are indispensable because with them one ob
tains an easy position of the hand in the
shortest possible time, besides making each
finger independent of its neighbor.
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GERMeR: When training the fourth and

fifth finger it is practical to raise the elbow
and at the same time turn the fore- arm
slightly outward; because thus the motion
of these fingers in the knuckle joint becomes
freer.
P. M. S. : These a la Brahms are sovereign
for the fifth finger, run through all scales
and arpeggios legatissimo.
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itself with the others extended on the neighbor
ing keys t
Scholtz : I am afraid to make my pupils

hold down the keys in the beginning; a
cramped condition of the hand might easily
result.
Jedlitzka : Decidedly let the fingers lie on
their keys at first.
Boekelman : There is a difference between
allowing the weight of the hand to be sup
ported by one or more fingers the muscles of
which are not contracted, and using exercises
in which the muscles of the fingers pressing
the keys are purposely contracted. All the
muscular conditions are reversed in the lat
ter case.
Schmitt : I believe in practising the fin
gers separately. But the fingers not in exer
cise should not cling to the keys as if
cramped, as in exercises for fettered fingers.
They should be suspended free in the air. I
have a particular apparatus for teaching
this.
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FANNY MORRIS SMITH

The De Vinne Press.

Moritz Moszkowski . (51

Meyerbeer's Brandus Correspondence

The Methods op the Masters of Piano-Teaching in

Bach-Liszt .... 161

Op. 33, No. 4

Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 12

THE 2d of May, 1894, was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of

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MEYERBEER'S HOME IN PARIS, 1851.

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it evinces a command of counterpoint equal to that displayed by Handel

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PRESENT OPERA HOUSE IN BERLIN.

as one of Meyerbeer's happiest inspirations. AVhen this melody is re

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SCENE FROM " ROBERT LE DIABLE.

assigned to the orchestra cornets, and loses materially in poetic effect.

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period of Wagner's development between "Rienzi" and "The Flying

"Robert" lie wavers, and from "Les Huguenots" on

AN EARLY PORTRAIT OF MEYERBEER.

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accepted lines ; but as Meyerbeer became more and more Meyerbeer, as

stractly contrapuntal grows obsolete. This style alone is based on the

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Use of the "bass clarinet.'

" Le Prophete," has, however, been largely adopted by later composers.

Strings & bassoons.

(Les Huguenots, Act TV.)

The " fanatic trumpets."

(Les Huguenots, Act \.\

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markedly successful. In other places his treatment of the trumpets is

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East Indian queen a somewhat violent transformation, but one that

Best latter-day "FidAs."

Original "Fid&s" in "Le Prophete.'

PHOTOGRAPH BY BARY, PAR1B.

PHOTOGRAPH BY BARY, PARIB.

MEYERBEER'S BRANDUS CORRESPONDENCE

confidants. He depended on them for every

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and he applied to his librettist, Eugene

von Korff, a colonel in the German army, and

ROGER IN "LE PROPHETE.'

in Baden-Baden wishes to present to a friend,

out from him (not in my name, but as though

CAROLINE DUPREZ IN "L'ETOILE DU NORD. "

in the "Huguenots" is made to Meyerbeer

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of ' Le Pardon de Ploermel,' so that the game

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