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Show ORIGIN OF A FAMOUS 80NG. .HH How World-Famous Tunc Came to Ba HH Written. HH Illzct, the composer of tho world- HH famous opera "Carmen," and Halovy, HJ his librettist, once occuplod apart- HH mentfl whoso outer doors opened on Hi tho samo landing. As soon as ho had HJ finished an air Dlzct would hasten HJ to submit It to his neighbor, who sub- HJ Jcctcd It to tho most severe criticism. H From morning to night tho piano ro- HJ sounded ut tho composer's apart- HJ mouts. Ono night iilzet finished n HJ dramatic bit lu which ho flattered HI himself ho had successfully sketched HJ tho prldo of a triumphant toreador HJ nfter u successful bull fight. Uut Hal- HJ ovy listened in silence, and showed HJ hut a modcrato enthusiasm. Dlzct, HJ somewhat plmicd, asked tho catmo of HJ this culdncBB. HJ "It's good, I admit," Raid Halovy. HJ "In fact. It's too good. It lacks move- H nicnt It lacks snap In short, it's not HJ popular enough." HJ "Nut popular!" shouted tho piqued H composer. "Do you want mo to HJ wrlto for tho slums?" Ha went out In a hulT, hut soon relented, and In an tHJ hour returned with another air. "Lis- JHJ ten to this," said ho; "hero Is my HJ toreador Idea written down to your HJ popular level." It was, indeed, tho '- song of tho toreador, and tho only jHJ ono which on tho tlrst night rccolved fHJ an encoro and seemed to movo tho HH first-night nudlcnco from Its torpor. H |
