Show MAN ok F bursinos BUr SINES S fill COMPOSER OF SALOME DE MANDS HIGH ROYALTIES something ething of the 8 5 do dc of richard strauss Is a hird hard worker and pond fond of domestic life how he won over kaiser new otiliann richard Klc hird strauss com compesi i ot of lit hi ol opera olra ra ba balaine bailone loine the most talked of musician of the day Is noted for foi his sense ile he la IS now ieng to lo introduce bete as lie ho has haa in tile tho of paying a for every one of his songs that Is IH hung in Iu bujic llo lie receives a royalty of course for all hla his symphonic works and be wants to anirae matters in such a way that hat lie he will hill lie be able to colket aiom every manager of 01 singer tile the sum bum of tle ho collais or mole for the privilege vilge of one of hla his lie ile has dono tills this in ferniany Gerni any and lie he demanded a royalty aiom the boston symphony when he was engaged foi 70 74 to conduct the annual conceit foi th the benfit of the orchestras orchestra a pension fund ile he got his 0 own n and a loyalty for some of the songs bong filing bung by bv lilu ilia wito alto ithe and for I 1 his Is other coar coit ions naturally lie he will be able to antio duce the royalty rule with ids hla new songs bongs only since thou those alicade pub dished are diep to anybody aiho vho can buy a copy one of ah he itoch tort a told about tile the composer com 8 this character llo ito had nen ben to dresden to attend a of salome and on ills hla i etui n to beilin was met inet by hla his son 1 iho he little lioy hoy ran up to gibet hla his father at the station papa lie he iad if d did lou juu get your foi conducting the he now my boy lie said stooping to kiss hla his blow now I 1 know ou olt are a true son 0 of mine strauss eatn earnings ings from froin lila ills compo have already been eno tinous lie receives mote moie than any other com composer corrip ever did for hla his puccini Is ia one of the most popular of contemporary contempt ary composers but he receives re cives foi la doberne Bo berne tosca and madame Ma daroe lintt eilly at the alt only for evely ance llie me operas that last an entire evening when the lie pio production of salome wil MIH hist filst to tile the of the royal opia in beilin he would have none of it rears noth had a aured the ho indignation of the ein and had not won success with mith tho public to compie sate eato for her displeasure the comp composer oscr that tile the opera aliouse tako taka ills bis alj octia a so he composed two military marches through hla his influence oa as conductor of tile the royal opeia oceia house ho he managed to have hemsell invited to c court the emperor wanted to to hear the tha new military compositions strauss stepped to the piano to play them would bour our majesty permit that I 1 remove nn mi coat I 1 the pianist asked ills his majesty gave t erml selon and the comp compoi oscr ir set to to play the music as well as he could lie he put HO 80 much effort into it that the was waa delighted it was riot not long after that musical session that salome was pi pio 0 fit for production at the royal Piu sHian theater rile rhe composer lives in charlotten burg and ills his life la is as quiet as the Donie stica indicated lie ile RICHARD STRAUSS STRAUS ao german musician composer of the famous salome tit la a man mail of deiv abstemious habits and drinks only a glass or two of 0 heer beer every day wine lie ha takes 0 only ill at ihrke or f foai out give him all the tobacco lie ho needs ills aie spent in mar in the Hava Bava ilan tyrol lie he does docs much of ills hia there at al though he deboles every even ing when lie he dom riot not conduct at the oceia opeia to composition at home beginning usually at seven beven and aing until midnight lie ile cart lea a itule score always with him and compo aea with 9 pencil it la Is neer necessary tot foi him to revise the which Is when he puts his ideas on oil paix r lie he bits surrounded hy by ills his family und and fi lends especially in the summer and composes while they are about him ills ilia la Is which lie he plas lit in ills his hours of 0 diversion lie ile has often confessed confes fed that ho he la Is writing fol foi money and hopes as as ao possible to write an opera which will mill pliable enable him to travel and compose without being dist albed by his routine duties as conductor |