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Download Searchable !lMfM,fH^Jliir^IMlMM I I THE LIBRARIES 1 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 1 I i la MUSIC LIBRAR-^Y Si Given by Mrs* Hoa^ard ¥on Sinderen f */ > 0-^ FREDERIC CHOPIN HIS LIFE, LETTERS, AND WORKS. MORITZ KARASOWSKI. Witlj f oxirait. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY EMILY HILL. • Chopin is and remains the boldest and proudest poetic spirit of the age."— ROBERT SCHUMANN, IN TWO VOLUMES.—^VOL. IL LONDON; '^0 WILLIAM REEVES, 185, FLEET STREET, b Piihlishev of Musical Works, ^> 1879. CHAPTER XI. FURTHER SOJOURN IN VIENNA. THE JOURNEY TO MUNICH. FREDERIC CHOPIN TO ELSNER, Vienna, January i6th, 1831. DEAR MONSIEUR ELSNER, I much regret that your kindness, of which I have had so many proofs during my journey, has once more made me feel ashamed of myself, and that you have anticipated me with a letter. I should have felt it my duty to write to you immediately on my arrival, but I put off doing so from day to day, feeling almost certain that my parents would not delay sending you all the news about me, as I am vain enough to think this would interest you. I wanted also to wait till I could tellyoa some­ thing definite about myself; but since the day on which I heard of the terrible events in the father­ land, I have had but one thought—anxiety and yearning about my country and my dear ones. Herr Malfatti has been vainly endeavouring to persuade me that an artist is, or ought to be, a N 194 LIFE OF CHOPIN, cosmopolitan. Supposing this to be so, although I was an artist in the cradle, I am, as a man, a Pole, and liable to serve as a soldier, so I hope that you will not blame me for not having thought seriously as yet about arranging for a concert. Obstacles surround me on all sides; not only has a succession of the most miserable concerts quite ruined good music, and rendered the public distrustful, but the recent affairs in Poland have a prejudicial effect on my position. I think, however—and Wlirfel fully approves my intention—of giving my first concert during the Carnival. The worthy Wtirfel is a constant sufferer, I often see him, and find that he has a pleasant recollection of you. I should feel little satisfied with my stay here but for the interesting acquaintances I have made among the first talent in the place, such names as Slawick, Merk, Bocklet, &c. The opera is good, and the Viennese are enchanted with Wildt and Fraulein Heinefetter ; but it is a pity that Duport brings out so few new operas, and is more careful of his pocket than of art. Abbe Stadler * is loud in his complaints, and says '^ Maximilian Stadler, born at Molk, in Lower Austria, August 4th, 1748, was an excellent pianist and organist. His ecclesiastical compositions were extremely popular in Vienna. In the last years of his life he was much occupied in writing on art, history, and science. He died universally esteemed and beloved in Vienna, November 8th, 1833. DEGENERATION OF PUBLIC TASTE. I95 that Vienna is not what it used to be. He is pub­ lishing his Psalms at Mechetti's ; I saw the work in manuscript and admired it. As to your quartet, Joseph Czerny promised faith­ fully that it should be ready on St. Joseph's day. He assured me that up till now it had. been im­ possible for him to put it in hand, as he is just bringing out Schubert's works, many of which are still in the press. So I am afraid that yours will be delayed. As I observed, Czerny is not one of the wealthiest publishers in this city, and cannot so easily take the risk of printing 'a work that is not performed either at *^ Sperl's " or ^t the ** Romische Kaiser." Waltzes are here called '^ works," and Lanner and Strauss, who play first violin at the performances of these dances, *^ capellmeister " (band-masters.) I do not mean to say that this is the universal way of speaking, for there are many who ridicule it; however, scarcely anything but Waltzes are printed. It seems to me that Mechetti is of an enterprising turn of mind, and that he will be more likely to take your Masses, for he intends to publish the scores of the famous church composers. I spoke about those glorious Masses of yours to Mechetti's book-keeper— an impressible and enlightened Saxon—he seemed to think something of them, and, according to what I hear, he does quite as he likes in the business. I am invited out to dinner to-day to meet Mechetti. 1 shall talk the matter over seriously with him, and 196 LIFE OF CHOPIN. will write to you about it soon. Haslinger is now publishing Hummel's last Mass, for he lives only for and by Hummel; but it is said that these latest compositions do not sell well; and Haslinger, who gave him a large honorarium for them, puts aside all manuscripts now, and only prints Strauss's com­ positions. Yesterday I was with Nidecki, at Steinkeller's, who has written a libretto for Nidecki. He hopes for great things from this opera, in which the famous comedian, Schuster, is to appear. In this case, Nidecki may make a name for himself. I hope that this news will please you. You ask, dear Mons. Eisner, why Nidecki studied my second concerto ? He did so solely by his own wish. Knowing that he would have to play in public before his departure from Vienna, and having nothing suitable of his own, except the beautiful variations, he asked for my manuscripts. Meanwhile things have greatly changed; he no longer appears as a pianoforte virtuoso, but as an orchestral composer. He will be sure to tell you of it himself. I shall take care that his overture is performed at my concert. You will be proud of us yet; at any rate you shall not be ashamed of us. The pianist, Aloys Schmitt, has been cut up by the critics, although he is past forty, and has been composing for eighteen years. Kindest remembrances to all the collegians, and to your own circle. For yourself, I beg you to MALFATTI. I97 receive the assurance of the unbounded respect with which I always remain, Your grateful and faithful pupil, FREDERIC CHOPIN. Vienna, May i^th, 1831. MY BELOVED PARENTS AND SISTERS, I have to go on short commons this week, as regards letters, but I console myself with the thought that I shall hear from you again next week, and wait patiently, trusting that you are as well in the country as you were in town. As to myself, I am in excellent spirits, and feel that good health is the best comforter in misfortune. Perhaps it is Malfatti's soups which have given me such strength that I really feel better than ever. If so it is a two-fold regret to me that Malfatti and his family are gone into the country. You cannot imagine what a beautiful villa he lives in; I was there a-week ago with Hummel. Having taken us over his house, he showed us his garden, and when we were at the tdp of the hill we had such a splendid view that we did not want to come down again, Malfatti has the honour of a visit from the court every year, and I should not wonder if the Duchess of Anhalt-Cothen, who is a neighbour of his, envies him his garden. On one side you see Vienna lying at your feet, and looking as if Schonbrunn were joined to it; on the ig8 LIFE OF CHOPIN. other, high hills picturesquely dotted with convents and villages. This romantic panorama makes you quite oblivious .of the nearness of the noisy, bustling Kaiserstadt. Yesterday I was at the Imperial library with Handler.* Do you know this is my first inspection of what is, perhaps, the richest collection of musical manuscripts in the world ? I can scarcely imagine that the library in Bologna can be larger and more systematically arranged than this one. Now, my dearest ones, picture to yourselves my astonishment at beholding among the new manu­ scripts a book entitled ^' Chopin." It was a pretty large volume, elegantly bound; I thought to myself, I have never heard of any other musician named Chopin, but there was a certain Champin, and perhaps there has been a mistake in the spelling. I took out the manuscript and saw my own handwriting. Haslinger had sent the original of my variations to the library. This is an absurdity worth remembering. Last Sunday there was to haye been a grand dis­ play of fireworks, but the rain spoilt ito It is a remarkable fact that it almost always rains here when they are going to have fireworks. This reminds me of the following story: *'A gentleman had a handsome bronze-coloured coat, but whenever ''' An author and musical connoisseur, born in 1792, died of cholera September, 1831. FIREWORKS AND RAIN. I99 he wore it, it rained; so he went to his tailor to ask him the reason. The tailor was very much astonished, shook his head, and asked the gentleman to leave the coat with him for a day or two, as, possibly, the hat, waistcoat or boots might be the cause of the misfortune. However, it was not so, for v/hen the tailor went out for a walk in the coat the rain suddenly poured down, and the poor man was obliged to take a cab, for he had forgotten his unbrella.
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