Show PUCCINI IWA WAS WELL GULLED how till the famous composer came to bo be quoted as attacking his own opera of tosca SIK puccini the co composer avo ser of the girl of the golden west was responding in excellent french to a toast on nw music one of my iny strangest sti angest musical musleah reminiscences lie ho said relates to milan milan on u rainy winter day I 1 dined jn fit tile arcade tho the catho dri dral and then I 1 strolled ki cigar in mouth month la in tile tho direction of la ia scala lo 10 anti and behold my own opera a of tosca was as billed at la scala for or that evening fco bo of course I 1 t resist a stall la ia tosca was received warmly by a crowded house the applause app lauso was almost frantic in ili t fact abet a young oung lady seated coated on oil my aly leit left got so BO annoyed because I 1 clar clap aud and shout that she rebuked nie me a frown wrinkling her pretty brow why dont you applaud this mas inas tei aho said masterpiece said 1 I and I 1 laughed sarcastically ob d dear e a r dont you like this thin music sho she demanded in fit amazement 11 no said i its ita the ilia work of af all ah amat amateur ur you linow know nothing noth liiK of art she bhe cried or you talk lalk like that r oil dont I 1 ir said bald 1 I and ajl theu I 1 proceeded to lo to her according to the laws ut thorough bass anti and how pool it a work lu la tusca tosca wits was I 1 told lier her this aria suggested verdi that churns NY wis its a re cence of lit in a word woid I 1 knocked my ow own music into a cocked hat haf when I 1 finished the young lady said Is that your our real opinion your sincere conviction absolutely sald said 1 I very well udd she with an odd little laugh and at breakfast the next morning mo aning the farst thing I 1 saw in my newspaper was the cie headline puccini til on tosca anil and there I 1 read word for word woid my remarks of the night before the young lady a musical critic had recognized me when I 1 thought I 1 was gulling her she was gulling nie me 0 I 1 |