Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1918 — Musical Conductors. [ARTICLE]

Musical Conductors.

Really great musical conductors are few, and of these Hans Richter stood in the forefront. It is difficult, says the Christian Science Monitor, to define just what; differentiates a good conductor from a mere time beater,-nut a story that is told of Richter may help indirectly. In the p'relude to “Tristan und Isolde” occurs a beautiful passage for the oboe, which rises, swells and dies away to a pianissimo most effectively. To indicate the quality of the playing which he wanted from this instrument, Richter, beating the time with his right hand, placed his left hand over hfe heart, and the oboe player at once responded to a direction all-inclusive in its simplicity and intelligibility.