Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . these I name Arthur Nikisch. Tohim the great is great, whether its name is Wagner or Mozart. His mas-terly interpretations of Wagners Ring of the Nibelungs, of Tristan,of the Meistersinger, will live in the memory of all who are so luckyas to reside in Leipsic during the period of his conductorship at the no less assuredly will they remember his performance of Don Juan, 1 Strike them with death who profane your altars ! * Tremble, wretched evil-doer! And strengthen ray soul to avenge your wrongs! 76 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART his devoted int
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . these I name Arthur Nikisch. Tohim the great is great, whether its name is Wagner or Mozart. His mas-terly interpretations of Wagners Ring of the Nibelungs, of Tristan,of the Meistersinger, will live in the memory of all who are so luckyas to reside in Leipsic during the period of his conductorship at the no less assuredly will they remember his performance of Don Juan, 1 Strike them with death who profane your altars ! * Tremble, wretched evil-doer! And strengthen ray soul to avenge your wrongs! 76 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART his devoted interpretation and careful attention to details, not least in theelaborated recitatives. On these occasions the house resounded with the same rejoicings that one hears after aWagner opera. May the time come soonwhen at least those masters who belongto history will be treated with equaljustice by their sole representatives, the— musical directors, in whose hands theirfate is placed! May these gentlemen beW brought to a realizing sense of their. «»iC0i^ fiUUfc MOZARTS GRAND PIANO, IN THE MOZART MUSEUM. ?*? great responsibility! If our generationacts as if it had outgrown Mozart, wefind here the main secret of that atti-tude. If a Wagner opera were done asnegligently, not only musically but scen-ically, as Mozarts often are, we shouldsee strange things; and such things weshall see when the inevitable reactionsets in. Then Wagner will get what is Wagners, and Mozart what is Mo-zarts. Let but a more subjective and reverential period displace that of theWagnerian agitators ! All art belongs to history and should be viewed his-torically. All acquisitions of our time,such as orchestration, harmony, etc.,have had their counterparts in Mozartstime. He, too, was once new—so newthat his boldness aroused a strong op-position among many contemporary mu-sicians ; and Wagner will some day beviewed at the same distance and judgedhistorically. Then it will be shown howmuch it means to stand f
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