Show AU JJ I Interview With Edward Grieg L I By Bell L I I who lAli composed posed I E eight musical selections to 10 HC c I the dramatic action of r Poet Peer in iii which Louis James Jun c Is now noli appearing lived at lit his birthplace in Bergen Berlou Norway In tho the spring of 1006 he hc ac acce ac accepted ce the invitation of musical snob socie societies ties to conduct three performances of ills his hi own works in London Paris Pails and PEER u h t c r i I JI I J r d C IT F tL tLc t c 11 io 1 ii Jd I I tf Iri S PA PASTORAL TORAl Q i I 11 t ra raJ J sER HA DE Q J J ic IS JiW I I tL I J JJ I Ho lie considered tubs this jour journey journey 1 ney nev his hi last pilgrimage Into the world I met mel hOC I hUn him Ii I lii ut tit ii t Copenhagen Co poll as ho lie was uis homeward hound He lie was going over overland land in lid as he declared The TheMI Thea Tb e eIdaL MI IdaL a would Id kill 1 hu lb I me IIII That nut t is tho only reason u J o l I 1 have never been to 10 America At t me hill time in I T sully saw aw u t news nell IMper article to lii the tile effect thai sonic some somei i uha hip I or Oh other hall had ha ii conceived e a scheme 0 for fol constructing a II tunnel l across acro Beh I sat up U hind took 1001 no nj tics I 1 was interested in iii that scheme 01 of If my nw dreams since boy boyhood hood 1 hal had been to tu t visit Isit the tho great gloat reat United States Hut But iliaC alas tile tunnel has bias not no iio been built milt I 1 1 w r so old and feeble ceble now no that I shall shaB b nut not l away ati a from home muir tunnel or hit 1111 I AK A ho ill iS chatted the tue diminutive com eom I h sat at at tim the table taule of a L street et cap ca caIn In tho the He lIe was yas wa folded tightly in lIt a It heavy shawl al oh although though the rays IONS of th the larm summer 11 tub sun Ull blattIng beating full tub upon him He Ile was thin and anti bloodless with an early death when Ihen a youth by bythe b bYthe the complete exhaustion c of one of or his Ills lungs he lie has bias gradually lr dually sunk beneath the th burden of or constant Illness and is ic isnow now JOW tio awaiting the final summons He Iki was is 8 raw rit red herring hi and amI between bites blIcS and a constant cO drawing of the him ho lie I chat chatted hiat ted thus thU in hi to tt lilY my questions I f shall any morn more music I mil and oh 1 I had KO so much more work fo In fodo do dub Opera Ope iJ VT J can c that I r might not ha have art if J 1 t had bait been as nS strong s as b seem scout to 10 rue me My lI first pretentious ef cf effort fort at ut composition was wail to have been r an all opera wrote the libretto und and lUll the work worl progressed nicely I believe that portions of this tills work are utie sung sun In America in lii concert form Then Ill en enI I met ulet tho tue composer OutdO Gad It was right hero here in lii this very velT Copenhagen gen I took to him him my m early work lork and after aftel he lie had hutti l looked it over he tie said suld Young man nian go gi homo home and write rt It symphony Then on day clay da Ib Ibsen Ibsen sen sell wrote and nm asked me to write tile the Incidental music mu lo for fOl the tho performance of Peer G nt at I ex cx executed tills this commission which was wa a Il labor of love hove Jt lt met with Instant fa favor a avol vor vol 01 and t e world knows the tile rest cst I r haY have been heen devoting my lily m life to a IL tone trans or Of the thie scones scenes of oC Nor 01 wu and an elaboration of her hel folk foil songs sun Your own oln composer l Edward Edwar 1 MacDowell has been beel doing tIle tiro same work vork with the tho folk songs of the Amer ican Indians In Great composer el was I T wonder If the Iho Airier Amer ican icon people will never awaken wilken a to a full lull realization and appreciation of ot Ills hubs work vork The ad irid news of con and the th death of Ibsen has bias reached 1 me mc since I left home bionic Both cause cau o me hilt great pain Of the former Conner I i think what h he might have accomplished had tiLd health been spared 1 and although Ibson lived to accomplish practically nil all that even een the tho intellect un giant Ilant that he tie was could hope to do 10 In ii l lifetime his death leaves a II avoid avoid void In the tIle world 1011 1 One of ot the tile really rall great men of ot all has laid down hits his hl pen 1011 Mil iii a measure you Americans may ma feel fecI that you ou appreciate what Ibsen Ibson meant to his h but you merely merel catch eatch his Ills I believe bellove that Europe B Is IR far fa I ahead of o America In realizing Influence I for Cor good goo 1 T I believe bellOe that he Im Is still tiit misunderstood n outside of Norway and northern Eu En Tope j t the thin in or 01 f I 0 I I I i l y 1 t 1 j I i ij ii j ij 1 i h j I I j I i 3 i 1 l 1 k A 1 rr I Im y r y 1 1 1 i 0 A A I A X XI A XA 1 m 1 I Ia Im A h A AX X 0 a MR m ALFRED KEARSLEY HOUGHTON Bri Baritone tone Who ho Will Vi I I be he l Tendered a 11 1 i I iii t iii in I at lit a I tin I Methodist ci I ii ii id I II I Nes Friday l 1 chestra In the cafe carl struck up lip the tile 1 strains of Dance from tIle the first ilist Peer n nt suite The TilO he old composer smiled led and listened lI tl with vi 1 ii ap iLl apparent parent Ida it hi t pleasure il to the lie t incompetent I rendition of his hits work At A t its close e he lie arose amuse and bowed to 10 the Iho leader lemI of If the orchestra who seemed to ti bo hI J experiencing cx I onci ilg the thi happiest eat moment of o C his Ii is life I i fe Had he lie not been heen recognized rc by the tIle great DI Dr Grieg Tho Llio people at the theother other othel tables applauded vigorously and 1 Grieg bowed again to all fill of them Then he lIe suit nt down pulled the shawl about t his shoulders and 1101 continued Dear good people 1 Dear Deal Dearold old Itt city cit elt Copenhagen I have ha haul had so many nuLl ly I es CS here so II many at rug arid so HO o many mall successes Now I L Ishall Ishall I shall leave leu 10 Copenhagen forever It lb has bias always s hen liu IlU nO noh When I Ilalee take lalee tile the train tomorrow It will iii bo bf goodby forever Grieg Is I almost through hIll thu thic end must III iii hi liis natIve land You will to tte train ii tomorrow to see m nl go If so soI soI o oI I shall I be ho c glad to hI i SOC you If I f riot ilot and amI andI amII fl I noVel never ii vei sw S C you yI again a gut I a toll tel I all uti I my 1113 m friends In III America A how holl I 1 would have lIlt ha IL loved to t 1 visit isI t them there I I i ehe America Aili e has been kind anti and alIt generous to old Dill Grieg I t should have bae loved loel to t see your But now It Is too haul lale too late Jale Edward Grieg tiled died Sept I 1807 be beloved le leI I loved I by h i all |