Chapter 37

FOOTNOTES:[17]'Studies in Modern Music,' by W. H. Hadow, Second Series.[18]The Musical Courier, New York, May 4, 1904.[19]'History of Music.'[20]Mrs. Edmond Wodehouse; article, 'Song,' in Grove's Dictionary of Music.[21]'Famous Composers and Their Works,' New Series, Vol. I, p. 178.[22]Actually, it was not E, but the chord of the sixth of A-flat, in high position, that constantly rang in Smetana's ear.[23]His operas are:Der König und der Köhler(1874),Die Dickschädel(1882),Wanda(1876),Der Bauer ein Schelm(1877),Dimitrije(1882),Jacobin(1889),Der Teufel und die wilde Käthe(1899),Roussalka(1901),Armida(1904).[24]Oscar Nedbal (born 1874), pupil of Dvořák, conductor, and viola of the well-known Bohemian Quartet.[25]It consisted of the following movements: 'The Council,' 'The Siege,' 'The Last Farewell,' 'The Prayer' and 'The Attack.'[26]Arranged for string quartet by Kún László, published by Rózsavölgyi in Budapest.[27]It is touching to read in his brilliantly written autobiography (3 volumes, 1910), where, as if he had foreseen the terrible present war, he remarks: 'If God will help me, I will write a book for men with one arm, and the book will be published in five languages!'[28]InBiographie universelle des musiciens, p. 687.[29]Jenö Hubay, born in 1858 in Budapest, son of Carl Huber, professor of violin at the National Academy of Music and conductor of the National Theatre in Budapest.[30]Composer and head of the theory department of the Royal Hungarian Academy.

FOOTNOTES:[17]'Studies in Modern Music,' by W. H. Hadow, Second Series.[18]The Musical Courier, New York, May 4, 1904.[19]'History of Music.'[20]Mrs. Edmond Wodehouse; article, 'Song,' in Grove's Dictionary of Music.[21]'Famous Composers and Their Works,' New Series, Vol. I, p. 178.[22]Actually, it was not E, but the chord of the sixth of A-flat, in high position, that constantly rang in Smetana's ear.[23]His operas are:Der König und der Köhler(1874),Die Dickschädel(1882),Wanda(1876),Der Bauer ein Schelm(1877),Dimitrije(1882),Jacobin(1889),Der Teufel und die wilde Käthe(1899),Roussalka(1901),Armida(1904).[24]Oscar Nedbal (born 1874), pupil of Dvořák, conductor, and viola of the well-known Bohemian Quartet.[25]It consisted of the following movements: 'The Council,' 'The Siege,' 'The Last Farewell,' 'The Prayer' and 'The Attack.'[26]Arranged for string quartet by Kún László, published by Rózsavölgyi in Budapest.[27]It is touching to read in his brilliantly written autobiography (3 volumes, 1910), where, as if he had foreseen the terrible present war, he remarks: 'If God will help me, I will write a book for men with one arm, and the book will be published in five languages!'[28]InBiographie universelle des musiciens, p. 687.[29]Jenö Hubay, born in 1858 in Budapest, son of Carl Huber, professor of violin at the National Academy of Music and conductor of the National Theatre in Budapest.[30]Composer and head of the theory department of the Royal Hungarian Academy.

FOOTNOTES:

[17]'Studies in Modern Music,' by W. H. Hadow, Second Series.

[17]'Studies in Modern Music,' by W. H. Hadow, Second Series.

[18]The Musical Courier, New York, May 4, 1904.

[18]The Musical Courier, New York, May 4, 1904.

[19]'History of Music.'

[19]'History of Music.'

[20]Mrs. Edmond Wodehouse; article, 'Song,' in Grove's Dictionary of Music.

[20]Mrs. Edmond Wodehouse; article, 'Song,' in Grove's Dictionary of Music.

[21]'Famous Composers and Their Works,' New Series, Vol. I, p. 178.

[21]'Famous Composers and Their Works,' New Series, Vol. I, p. 178.

[22]Actually, it was not E, but the chord of the sixth of A-flat, in high position, that constantly rang in Smetana's ear.

[22]Actually, it was not E, but the chord of the sixth of A-flat, in high position, that constantly rang in Smetana's ear.

[23]His operas are:Der König und der Köhler(1874),Die Dickschädel(1882),Wanda(1876),Der Bauer ein Schelm(1877),Dimitrije(1882),Jacobin(1889),Der Teufel und die wilde Käthe(1899),Roussalka(1901),Armida(1904).

[23]His operas are:Der König und der Köhler(1874),Die Dickschädel(1882),Wanda(1876),Der Bauer ein Schelm(1877),Dimitrije(1882),Jacobin(1889),Der Teufel und die wilde Käthe(1899),Roussalka(1901),Armida(1904).

[24]Oscar Nedbal (born 1874), pupil of Dvořák, conductor, and viola of the well-known Bohemian Quartet.

[24]Oscar Nedbal (born 1874), pupil of Dvořák, conductor, and viola of the well-known Bohemian Quartet.

[25]It consisted of the following movements: 'The Council,' 'The Siege,' 'The Last Farewell,' 'The Prayer' and 'The Attack.'

[25]It consisted of the following movements: 'The Council,' 'The Siege,' 'The Last Farewell,' 'The Prayer' and 'The Attack.'

[26]Arranged for string quartet by Kún László, published by Rózsavölgyi in Budapest.

[26]Arranged for string quartet by Kún László, published by Rózsavölgyi in Budapest.

[27]It is touching to read in his brilliantly written autobiography (3 volumes, 1910), where, as if he had foreseen the terrible present war, he remarks: 'If God will help me, I will write a book for men with one arm, and the book will be published in five languages!'

[27]It is touching to read in his brilliantly written autobiography (3 volumes, 1910), where, as if he had foreseen the terrible present war, he remarks: 'If God will help me, I will write a book for men with one arm, and the book will be published in five languages!'

[28]InBiographie universelle des musiciens, p. 687.

[28]InBiographie universelle des musiciens, p. 687.

[29]Jenö Hubay, born in 1858 in Budapest, son of Carl Huber, professor of violin at the National Academy of Music and conductor of the National Theatre in Budapest.

[29]Jenö Hubay, born in 1858 in Budapest, son of Carl Huber, professor of violin at the National Academy of Music and conductor of the National Theatre in Budapest.

[30]Composer and head of the theory department of the Royal Hungarian Academy.

[30]Composer and head of the theory department of the Royal Hungarian Academy.


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