THE DA1LF EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, i670;i
HIE "FIDELIO'' OF llEETIIOVEff.
tu rn An httn't Jiumul
I.
Tbe year lf04 was drawing to a close.
EeetbcvtD, in the f nil vigor of yontta, had
already prodnced hia oratorio of "Christ on
be Mount of Olivea,"' when the Baron of
Btht-.d, the tew director of the Imperial
Tbtatre at Vienna, proposed to him to write
fn opera, convinced, as he said, that the great
qnalitiea of which he had exhibi ted a proof in
instrumental music, would not fail to reveal
themselves in the dramatic style. Aside from
en.bonorable compensation, a lodging at the
theatre was offered to the composer. All
that he had to do was merely to make choice
of n subject. A decision was soon made in
favor of Cunjvgol Love, a tragic lucubration
of M. Monilly, set to inur.ic by Gaveanx, and
alto by Taer, who had brought out the work
in Italy under the name of Leonora.
It Las always been a question of thought
with me bow Beethoven, with his genius,
eccentric and impatient, wandering in his
flight, like the eagle, could ever have been
inspired by such a poor outline, by an anec
dote merely suited to suggest a subject for a
true melodrama of the olden time. It is evi
dent on this occasion that the musician yielded
to the pathos of the idea, and saw at one
glance, in that prosy fable, all the poetry of
emotion there concentrated.
Terhcps one ought to suppose that he took
it simply for what it was, without a moment's
reflection, the chef d'auvre of the poet, who
gave it to him.
Ab a general thing the great masters, the
men of genius, rarely exercise much care in
the choice of their subjects. They take what
is given, and make the best out of it.
However, Beethoven threw himself into
the work with ardor and con amort, so that,
toward the close of
finishing the Bcore.
180.1, ho succeeded in
11.
Then began the true embarrassments, the
real difficulties. When it became necessary
to produce the work, singers were not to be
fov.nd. La Milder only, charged with the
role of Leonora, showed herself worthy of
her part; add to this, the war then impend
ing between Austria and France, and you
have an idea of the unfavorable circum
Etnnccs under which Fidelio was brought out.
The opera of Beethoven appeared upon the
(t age on the L'Oth of November, but without
the least hope of success. The public was
averse to that music which, notwithstanding
the obstacles we have mentioned, had the
great mibfortune to pretend to be in advance
of itd time.
After three successive representations the
great work was suddenly suspended, and
was not brought out again until the 2!tn of
March, 1800. Although the order of the
piece was materially changed, and the action
was reduced from three to two acts, still the
public failed to appreciate it; and, after a final
attempt, on the 10th of April, the chef-duvre
was finally deposited in the library of the
theatre, there to sleep the sleep of the
Pharaohs.
Eight years passed by, but no one seemed
to trouble himself about Fidelio, until an
' unforeseen occasion rescued the score of
Beethoven from its secular oblivion for
such it seemed to be.
I ts reproduction, as was generally supposed,
called out notable changes, to which the great
master applied himself with greater energy.
The work was altered from its very founda
tion, the dialogue was rewritten, and the
whole drama improved as muoh as possible.
The second act, which used to transpire
wholly within a dungeon, now terminated on
a great day under the sun's light a dramatic
circumstance which, although not very im
portant in itself, gave place to the magni
ficent entrance of the finale, which did not
exist in the first sketch. The air of Leonora,
in the first act, was likewise a new feature, as
well as the sublime exordium, which every
one admires so much at the present day, and,
of the ancient portion, only the last sentence
itrceics:
' O da, fur den i h alles trug!"
(O thou, lor whom I all deceive !)
But let ns allow the coadjutor of Beotho
ven to speak of the great composer.
Figaro once remarked that, "in a loved
cbject, ell is dear." We all like to listen even
to the most minute circumstances which
attach themselves to the infancy of a chef
tTuuvre; and the details, whose merit of ex
actitude one would not wish to question,
since it is the poet himself of Beethoven who
repeats them, will naturally find place here:
m.
"Beethoven etrenaously wished to have an
air in the beginning of the second act for his
character of 'Florestan.' But I obstinately
opposed this caprice of the musician. To
icake a poor captive, debilitated by long fast
ing end privations, an unfortunate man dying
of hunger, sing a earatina di bravura,
teemed a very great difficulty to my mind,
sot to say insurmountable. We disputed the
ei.bject a long time. Finally, seeing that he
wee unwilling to yield, I contrived the means
cf freeing myself from the affair as wisely as
possible, and choose for a text to my words
that kind of prophetic madness which people
who ere about to die exhibit that supreme
light which life throws out at the moment of
iliBEo'ntio:
" 'What wild end quivering air finds en
trance here ? What divine ray illumines my
tomb? An angel hovers near me in the
vapors of the rose, a consoling angel, with the
features ' of Leonora; it hastens me on to
liberty, and to the Heavenly Kingdom !'
"What happened on this occasion will
never leave my mind. Beethoven came to
my bouse in the evening, about 7 o'clock.
Alter we had conversed for some time on one
subject and another, he inquired for his
tosg. I gave him my manusonpt; he read
it, ad j pureed into a chamber, grumbling in a
hollow voice, as was his custom when about
to sing, and then sat down by the piano.
Very often bad my wife begged of him to
play for her, but in vain.
"This time he placed the text in the stand,
- axd began, with his usual movement,
iome wonderful fantasias, in the midst of
which he appeared to recall his air. The
boors passed by; Beethoven continued to im
gtrovise. "We wished him to sup with ns, but it wat
impossible to interrupt him. At last he arose,
embraced me with affection, and returned
fcome without having eaten with us. The
following day his air was written.
"In the latter part of May, so soon as my
Work was accomplished, I sent the manu
script to Beethoven, and two days thereafter
I received from him these lines, which I trea
sure as a precious token or the little service
which I was able to render him:
" '1 have read with deep interest the admi
rable modifications which yon have intro
duced into my opera. It remains for me
mly to dignify these rains by a fallen cha
tttu. Your friend, . Bxethovem.'
"However, Beethoven advanced but slowly
Iritk Lis work, and when I wrote to entreat
luu to yield to the wishes of the beneficiaries,
wfco lad ajtady begun (ofeftr eet they should
not be able to profit in season, here are the
words in which he replied to me:
" 'This opera causes me every anxiety in
the world. To tell the truth, I am dissatis
fied. There is not one portion which I would
not wish to revise, in order to patch up my
dissatisfaction of to-day by same shadow of
satisfaction. It is a very different thing from
having to do with reflection or inspiration.'
"About the middle of April the repetitions
began; the representation was promised for
the 2:id of May. On the very day of the gene
ral repetition the new overture (which re
mains to-day) was still in the head of the
great master, in limbo patrum. On the morn
ing of the day of the representation, the
orchestra was assembled; Beethoven had not
Jret arrived. After waiting fully an hour, and
osing patience, I went to his house, deter
mined to bring him in, either voluntarily or
1V force, dead or alite. I found Beethoven
sound asleep under a covering of musical
leaves, which were scattered about, both on
his bed and on the floor of his chamber.
"Uron a table near by was a glass of
wine in which a biscuit was soaking, l re
marked the candle entirely consumed. Beet
hoven had spent the night in labor. From
that moment it was necessary to give up the
new symphony, which, notwithstanding the
diligence of the master, was found to be too
late for execution, and to be satisfied at that
time with his overture of 'Prometheus.'
"Every one knows what took place that
evening. The crowd was immense; the opera
was pronounced a marvel. Beethoven, in
front of his desk, conducted the orchestra
and the singers with that earnest conviction,
that genial tire, which he brought to every
thing of his art. More than once his entbu
siasm led him astray, so that there was great
risk in following him, from seeing him throw
himself without the measure. Happily the
Kapellmeister Umlauff restrained him by look
and deed, and thus checked the disastrous in
fluence which the eccentric inspiration of the
great man might have exercised upon the
choruses and the orchestra. An immense
success this time greeted the chef-d'teucre,
and a seventh representation was given for
the benefit of Beethoven, on the 18th of
July. Beethoven wrote on this oocasion
Becond air for Leonora, and some verses for
the jailer."
IV.
In this opera Beethoven recalled the phe
nomena of the heart, its mysterious sorrows,
its throbbings, its inhnite discouragements
Pathos predominates in Fidelia a pathos
gloomy and sad in the very midst of dark
ness and a dungeon; from beginning to
end the music stifles you by force of its
being true. No fancy can lessen between
whiles the vigorous austerity; no breath from
heaven, no warming ray of light, there pene
t rates; you find naught but tears and sighs
But at the last the day appears, the heart
gives vent to joy and hap.
piness, a joy of Beethoven, sudden,
spontaneous, aeaiening; you pass
without transition from the cry of anguish to
the song of deliverance, from imprisoned
sobs to tbe outburst of an intoxication which
cannot restrain itself. Your ear, accustomed
to the shades of meaning so nicely arranged
by the school of Mozart, almost stiffens
against the abrupt event which, either by
force or voulntarily, leads you on, not with
out making you experience at times some
thing of that dazzling which a man feels who
from the obscurity of a dungeon finds himself
suddenly under the full sun.
One cannot call that portiou which termi
nates the score of Beethoven a final. The
final, such as the great masters of the stage
interpret and understand, and Mozart in par
ticular, in the Nights of Figaro and Dim
Juan, keeps up the action by invisible
means, and forms with the piece an integral
and necessary part; but in this work what da
you see? A sublime peroration, a magnifi
cent hymn of graceful action, which incites
the audience to unbounded enthusiasm, but
has not an absolute connection with the
whole piece, and would in a concert-room, if
detached from the score, appear no less a work
one and complete.
I would compare the final of Fiddio to
the epilogue in the heavens, which Goethe
has placed at the end of his poem of 'Faust,"
to that glory which unfolds itself and sheds
its light after the consummation of things.
We notice in the hymn of Beethoven, just as
in the phantasmagoria of Goethe, a grand
way of conclusion, a splendid offset to the
main work. But really it is not a final any
more than the sublime dialogue between
"Leonora" and the jailer occupied in digging
the grave of the prisoner is a duet. The in
strumental forms rule in a manner as despotio
in Fiddio as in all the chefn-d'auvre which
Beethoven has ever composed. The opera is a
symphony, but what a noble and dramatic
symphony !
There is in the personage of "Fidelio,"
aside fron vocal difficulties almost insur
mountable, some species of feeling of panto
mime, of physiognomy, which always reader
it impossible for the stage to attain to the
ideal of the creation of Beethoven, and such
is the character of the score that of ttimes
it is found more practicable to play rather
than sing it. One cannot imagine what in
credible efforts, what excessive pain, a tir.
tuoso is oblige! to undergo in rendering the
passages written for the violin or the hautboy,
passages where the musician did not for a
single instant condescend to take into con
sideration the resources of the human voice,
and which it is necessary to bing despite the
fury of the overwhelming gust of instru
ments. I wonder how many voices are injured and
ruined forever before one voice succeeds in
surmounting such difficulties, and ends by
killing itself by perilous practices?
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First Mortgage Bonds.
Coupon or Registered, and free of U. 8. Tax,
FR1NCIPALJAND 1NTERE8T PAYABLE IN UOLD,
ISSUED BT THE
Ilurllnffion, Jedar Itapid, and
II Ii .. sota It. It. Co.
The small remaining balance of the Loan for said
At 00 and Accrued Interest in
Currency.
Interest payable May and November.
J. EDGAR THOMSON,
CHARLES L. FROST, ATU8leeB
The bonds are Issued at 120,000 per mile against
tbe portion only of the line fullv completed and
equipped.
Tbe greater part of the road Is already in opera
tlon, and tbe present earnings are iargeiy in exoes
of the operating expenses and Interest on the bonds.
The balance of the work necessary to establish,
through connections, thereby shortening the dis
tance between St. Paul and Chicago 45 miles, and 90
miles to St. Louis, is rapidly progressing, in time for
the movement of the coming grain crops, which, It
Is estimated, will double the present Income of the
road.
The established character of this road, running aa
It docs through the heart of the most thickly-settled
and richest portion of the great State of Iowa, to
gether with Its present advanced condlticn and large
earnings, warrant us In unhesitatingly recommend
ing these bonds to Investors as, In every respect, an
undoubted security. A small quantity of the Issue
only remains unsold, and when the enterprise la
completed, which will be this fall, an Immediate ad
vance over subscription price may be looked for.
The bonds have fifty years to run, are convertible
at the option of the holder into the stock of the Com
pany at par, and the payment of the principal Is pro
vided for by a sinking fund. The convertibility
privilege attached to these bonds cannot fail to cause
them, at an early day, to command a market price
considerably above par. U. S. Five-twenties at pre
sent prices return only 4x per cent, currency Inte
rest, while these bonds pay 9jrf per cent., and we
regard them to be as safe and fully equal as a security
to any Railroad Bond Issued; and until they are
placed upon the New York Stock Exchange, the
rules of which require the road to bo completed, we
obligate ourselves to rebuy at any time any of these
bonds sold by ns after this date at the same price as
realized by us on their sale.
All marketable securities taken In payment free of
commission and express charges.
ii e:i6y clews & co..
If o. aa WALL Street, 31. Y.
FOR 8ALB B7
TOWNSKND WHELEN & CO.,
BARKER BROS, CO.,
KURTZ A HOWARD,
BOWEN tt FOX,
DE HA YEN fc BROTHER,
THOS. A. BIDDLE A CO.,
WM. PAINTER fc CO.,
GLENDENNING, DAVIS & CO.,
O. DINVILLIERS,
EMORY, BENSON & CO.,
Philadelphia,
Of whom pamphlets and information may be ob
tained. 12 l 04t
W. W. KUKTZ. JOHN 0. HOWAIID
KURTZ & HOWARD,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
No. 32 S. THIRD STREET, Philadelphia,
Buy and sell Stocks. Bonds, etc.. on Cnmminatnn.
Dealers in Gold and Silver. Railroad Securltiea
Negotied. Particular! attentlonl given to the Nego
tiation of Commercial l'aper and Time Loans on
Collateral Security.
interest allowed on Deposits. 11 23 wslm
LUMUbR.
1870
SPRUCE JOIST.
SPRUCE JOIST.
HEM LOOK.
HEMLOCK.
1870
1870
SEASONED CLEAR PINE. - nA
SEASONED CLEAR PINE. lo7(l
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
inuivn r Jl 1 Jill 11
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLO ill DA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VlhGlNlA FLOOKING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
1870
1 G7fl WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 Qiy
1 0 I V WALN UT BOARDS AND PLANK. 10 I 1
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
1870
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, -t Qrrfi
UNDEKTA KEHS' LUMBER. 1 0 I U
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
1870
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASON ED CHERRY.
1870
ASH.
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
1870
CIGAR BOX MAKERS'
CIGAR BOX MAKERS'
1870
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS,
run DALta jAiw,
1870
CAROLINA SCANTLING.
CAROLINA H. T. SILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1870
1870
118
CKDAR SHINGLES.
CYPRESS SHINGLES.
1870
MAULS. BROTHER fc CO.,
rto.
8600 SOUTH Street
I) AN EL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS.
l and a side fence boards.
WHITE PINE FLOORING BOARBS.
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, IV and
tii SPRUCE JOIST.ALL SIZES.
HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL 8IZE&
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY,
Together with a general assortment of Bnlldinf
Longer for sale low for cash. T. W. SMALTZ,
11806m NolTlB RIDGE Avenne, north of Poplar St.'
STOVES. RANGES, ET O.
THE AMERICAN STOVE AND HOLLOWWAR1
COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA,
IRON FOUNDERS,
(Successors to Njrth, Chase A North, Sharpe A
Thomson, and Edgar L. Thomson,)
Manufacturers of STOVES, HEATERS, THOM.
SON'S LONDON KITCHENER, TINNED, EN A'
MELTED, AND TON HOLLOW WARE.
FOUNDRY, Second and Mlttlin Streets.
OFFICE, 209 North Second Street
FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Superintendent.
EDMUND B. SMITH, Treasurer.
JNO. EDGAR THOMSON,
President JAMES IIOEY,
2Tmwf6m General '
WHISKY, WINE, ETCU
QAR8TAIRS A McCALL.
Ko. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Cti
IMPOBTKBA OV
Brandies, Wines, Gin, Olivi Oil, TUS,
Vf BOLXSALS DIALERS IN
PURE RYE WHISKIkW
IS EOSD ARD TAX PAID, M Is