St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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THE PATRICIAN Zllranz Jlnarph Hagan The Lertha River xx hrch flovrs along the lower frontier of Austria and Hungary on its vsay o the Danube frequently rnundates the market place of the Rohrau a picturesque little market town wrthrn the confines of Austria and Hungary A humble lrttle thatched cottage situated near the market place was he birthplace rn 1732 of one of the most rllustrrous composers of all trme the precursor of Beethoven the father of the sym phony Franz Joseph Haydn Although rt was a poor home rn vrhrch Haydn was born rt was a place vr here prety thrift and orderlrness were practiced These early years spent with hrs father and mother hrs brothers and srsters before he left his home at the age of srx vsere decidedly the happiest years of hrs lrfe He never returned again except for fleeting vrsrts Hrs home was an abode of harmony Hrs father Matthias Haydn vras an honest Cod fearrnff hard vrorkrng man with a spark of genius slumberrng rn hrs soul He had a great love for music and every evening he vrould gather hrs family abou hrm for their musical hour The voices of hrs vrrfe and children were mingled with the beautiful accompaniment of hrs harp These informal rehearsals were young Haydn s delight He would stand beside hrs father and pretend to play a vrolrn by drawing one strck across another Hrs father was very much pleased at the bov s seeming talent and love for rnusrc Hrs mother was a woman of moral and relrgrous excellence She was fond of music and was a sv eet srnver When Hay dn vras an old man he knew by heart all the ancient airs that she used to lrlt and sing about their home Haydns regard for hrs mother was deep and srncere It rs sad to relate that she drd not lrve to vrrtness more of hrs fame for she dred rn 1754 when she was only forty srx years old A chance vrsrt of a relative practically decided Har dn s future John Nlatthras Frankh vsho was pedagogue and chorr regent at Hamburg came surprised to see the little srx year old bor keeping perfect trme to the famrlx music on hrs make believe frddle Frankh verx enthusrastrc over Haydns musical abrlrtr generously ofler ed o take hrm to Hamburg to teach hrm the essentials of music Hrs father was greatly pleased but hrs mother obrected at first to hrs leaving home at sucn an early age but finally she gave her reluctant approval It rs pitiful to thrnk of the lrttle boy srx sears of age taken away from a mo hers lovrng care deprrved of the assocratron of hrs brothers and srsters and placed rn a strange home rn a stran T9 crty We cannot rmagrne that he vias very happv there No doubt hrs cousrn Frankh s rntentrons vsere good but he vras not a surtable instructor nor ex en a surtable com panron for youth He vras a stern drscrplrnarran Hay dn said tha he owed hrm more cuffs than ginger bread Frankh s wife also farled to do her part rn making the lrttlc stranger happy Sne drd not keep hrs clothes clean and rn sprte of the fact that he was verr young he was ashamed of them When he had been with Frankh for txxo rears George Reu ter who had recently been made Capellmerster at St Qtephens Cathedral Vienna vrsrted Hamburg looking for chorrsters A locfrl pastor told hrm of Haydn s Weak but pleasing vorce He tried the boy out and lost no trme rn gettrng hrs par en s consent to take hrm to Vrenrra The father was wrllrng but hrs mother agarn objected She had hopes of seerng hrm made a pr rest and feared that hrs lrfe rn the chorr school rn ould drsrrrclrne hrm fron- the priesthood 32 1 7, ' r 1 ' t , - vr ' ' ' , 1 Y - . . 1. . . , . 1 . 4 ' ' -. ' .' , L 1 7 Q ' 1 , . 7 - 7 7 7 1 ' V Y u v . Q I . '1 v 1 1 I' N 1 n , I 1 -K Q K. . Y . ' I 'y u G 7 U y I ' ' A or ' V . . I . -. . . ,, - ' - v ' v . ' ' L . 1 Y , . ' ' . . 1 1 7 ' l Y ' o ' Q l S 1- .v 1 Y a ' I , I fn . I 1 ' ' 7 . . . . V . . v , I L I , 1 ' - ' A ' one day to Rohrau to visit his relatives. To be sure, he was very much r , ' ,' - , .- -V, ' C' . 1 . V . . I - . I A n I Y . i . h , 1. t . . Y N 7 e ' A . 7 lf . I - . ' I ' . . I , . 7 v t , . 4 . . . . ' 1 1' s . . E i Y ' 3 Y . . i V. I . - - ' . i L, ' I . v- u ' 1 yi w . 1 1 1 . C I -ev 7 7 ' v' 1 ,- - v - 4 - . n 9' a - - ' 1 7 . ' ' K 1 5 lv. l l 1 I nl - I l , , . c . Q V Y. . ,, . 1 . . ' 7 1 ' L . . s . Q ' ' Y 1 . . 1 '

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1 HE PATRIQIAN .Unhann mulfgang Ilnn Garth? vlneed that alt was no lllXL1lX of lQ1SlllL but l mlghty lIlflll6IlC6 Schlllel exclted Foethe to Vl01lx He tulned llllll fl0Ill the pulsult of sclence to poetlx He lllged lllnl o complete wh It xx lb llle ldy commenced and not to le lxe hls wolh all flax ments The IIIHUEIICQ ot these men on each othel w IS D9CLIlld1 It made Foethe specul ltlxe and theoletleal It made Sclllllel lelhstlc Goethe was led bx Schlllel lIlt0 endle s dlscusslons Thex phllo b0pllll6d on the llmlts of QDIC and dl lmll1C poetlx leld 1nd dlscussed Allstotle s Poetlcs dlSCllSS1OI'lS WlllCll lesulted lll Goethe s essays Hls vlslt to Italy m llked ln lmpc lt lnt epoch ln hls htel llx and mol ll development Itllx IS the land of hlstolx lltel Itlllh palntlnff 1nd muslc lts hlgh wflxs ale sacled wlth assoclatlons of the past l s by waxs ale centles of bloglaphlc and altlstlc lntelest Tet Goethe IH laptul es wlth the cllmate and the beautles of Nature IS almost sllent about Ll eratule had no sense of Muslc and no feellng f01 Hlstoly In thls land of the Past It IS the Plesent onlx whlch allules hlm All the wolk that follows IS dlffelent flom lll that ffoes befole In the noble dlama of Iphlvenle and ln he CD10 ldyll of Hermann and lJO1Otl'163. and ln many of hls blllads we find examples of alt modeln ln sentlment and classlcal ln method As lll Helm lnn and Dorothea Coethe unltes the Greek feellng wlth the Gelmln feehng so ln hls West Llsteln Dlvan he UHIICS the genlus of the Ol lent wlth thl of the Westeln wolld lnd sheds ovel both the spllltu tl lllllffllll ltlon ot wlsdom of hls latel xeals Phe eldel Goethe max be gllmpsed ln Conxelsltlons wlth Ickelmann IIIS 13611041 ot lomance lnd sentlment mlx be 'round IH The b0ll0WS of Welthel Hls wlsdom lb found ln Vtll lelm l.hlQ.1St61 s Applentlceshlp Coethe IS a lepresen atlve lnd plophet of the modeln Splllt I6COIlClllHf, the ldell lnd the leal ln the w olld wlsdom cf hls Faust The fllst palt of Ifaust was put to muslc by the tlmous FlLl1Cll composel Founod It w IS thlough tlllg Opela that people ll lve become flmlll II wlth Faust The SOldlQl s Cll0lllS VNlllCl'l lb p nt ot the opela w IS no olleln lllx Foethe s ldet but was tllxen from lllfltlltl of Counods wolks md ldded to the III lstelpleee ITIOHI 1788 tlll llls death he xxent hls w ly among men wltll pel lect sell 11088681011 He selected Napoleon as the txpe ot the nl ln ot UGIIIUS and he maln talned l.lIlS xlew lonv aftel the Iflmpelol s ox 91tll10XN Inxen though Napo leon captuled Goethe s own llttle countlx and extlacted trlbute flom lt he lemalned untll the end of hls hte the Stal to whlch Goethe looked When the wo men met at Elfult an lmmoltal lntervlew took place ln whlch the Splllt of FIHHCG and the Splllt of Gelmany convel sed hke Gods lNapoleon sald of Goethe what he had not Sdld of lllv otllel Volla un homme Thele IS a man Dullng hls decllnlnf xeals he contlnued to be ln closest touch Wlth the lntellectual movement of hls own countly and of o hels He seemed to Celmans the SUIVIVOI almost the l'lst ot ln helolc age C oethe wa left llmost the last of lllb f enelatlon On the 29nd of M llch 18 Z he lled to walk up and down hls loonl but xx as too feeble to con llllle He leseated hlmself ln hls ch ul I sllent anf lllbll the close now so sulelx apploachlng w as aw alted Hls speech xx as becomlng less and less dlstlnct The last xx olds audlble wele More l10ht The flnal Dalkness gl exx ID lce lnd he whose etelnal longlngs had been fol mole Llght gaxe a Ddltlllg CIN IS he p lssed undel the shadoxx of Death Lllllan Kumpon 01 rw I ' I v 1 r I r .1 I ' . 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THE PATRICIAN il-'ran .Unmrph Zllaghn St Stephen s C rtlredral xxas at thrs rme the most magnrflcent church rn Vrenna When xoung Hax dn left Hamburg to fro there Hamburg knew hrnr no more Hrs lrfe rn Vrennr xx as no happrer than before The members of the clrorr school consrsted of a Capellmerster '1 sub cantor txxo ushers and srx scholars Fhex lrxed together and had meals rn common They had ordr narrlx been alloxx ed suffrcrent funds for board lodgrng and clothrng of the scholars but due o the rncreased cost rn lrvrnfr the boys xxere nearly starved to death and xx ere scantrly clad Therr dutres xx ere very contmuous and too severe for such xounff boxs Each day tnere xxere tvxo full choral ser vrces at the Cathedral Besrdes thrs the boys vxere oblrged to take part rn solemn processrons of the relrgrous brother hoods of he crty as well as servrces for roxal brrthdays and srmrlar occasrons Reutter drd not teach Hax dn as he had promrsed At first he gave hrm a fexx lessons rn musrcal theorx but after a trme neglected hrm entrrelx Haydn afterwards de clared that he had only tvxo lessons rn composrtron from hrs rns ructor Furthermore Reutter apparerrtlx trred to drscourage the boy rn every way and laughed at hrs first uncertarn attempts But Haydn even then real rzed tha he had talent and xxas determrned to succeed It rs rather prtrful to thrnk of the box so rndustrrously scratchrng dovxn brts of musrc and recervrng onlx sneers and sarcastrc remarks for commendatron Hrs rnstructor the one per son who could have helped hrm more than anx one else drsreffarded hrm W hen Hax dn xx as seventeen xears of age hrs brother Nlrchael arrrved at Vrenna Reutter xxlro xxas to rdxrng to Empress Marra found that she drd not lrke Haydn on account of chrldrsh pranks that he used to play at the Palace of Schonbrurrn vxhere she resrded vxrth her court so he decrded o ged rrd of Haydn as soon as fr chance presented rtself The boy hrmself provrded the opportunrty for hr drsnrrssal He rad just come rnto posses sron of a nexx parr of scrssors and ne stronglx desrred to trx therr qualrty Novx there was a certrrn chorr box xx ho had once stolen a book of Haydn s the prgtarl of thrs boy xxas too strong a tempt rtron for the nexx shears to resrst Snrp' The harr lax at hrs feet Reutter xx as furrous He declared that lre culprrt should be caned on the hand Thrs xxas too much for Joseph xx ho xxas then seventeen He sard that he xx ould rather leave the Cathedral ser vrce To vxhrch Reutter promplx retorted Of course you wrll leave but you must be caned first Thus he vxas rgnomrnrously cast out after ten xears of farthful servrce A seventeen year old boy pennrless almost fr rendless and helpless because hrs vorce xxas broken It vxas an evenrng late rn November that Haydn xxas turned adrrft He roamed all nrght about the streets of Vrenna I the mornrng he met Splanger an acquarntance who vxas also musrcal and poor Splanger took hrm home to hrs gar ret and gave lrrm lodgrng for the xxrnter It rs alvx ays the poor xx ho grve xxhat thex haxe to others and rn thrs vxax many a humble Uenrus rs grven hrs start rn lrfe Hax dn h rd defrnrtelx decrded that composrnff musrc xx ould be hrs lrfe s xxork but xxhen he xxas lrvrng xxr lr Splanger he realrzed that for the present at least he must xxrrte tor bread rnd not for fame He would do anx thrnx to earn money rf rt xxas concerned xxrth musrc He sang rn chorrs plax ed at balls and xx eddrngs lre even took part rn street serenades playrng the vrolrn Thrs last posrtron rs not as undrgnrfled s one mrght thrnk It xxas bx thrs method hat great composers nrst rnterested the people rn therr xxork Sometrmes a band of musrcrans xxould serenade a frrend or patron of the composer But xx lrrle these erxperrences may have helped Haydn later rrr lrfe at thrs trme lre earned barelx enough for a OJ - - 7 - ' '. . . . '. L' . ' . 1, X 2 ' 4, Y ' n 1. Q b 7 2 ' ' c ' . r C ' 9 , . . . - Y Y Y . . Y . Y . ' . , . Y . I . Y Y Y , . c U, v 1 v 1 ' A 1 ' v 1 1 I . . . V . , 1 . , . , - . as . ' o Q, ' Q -V . . V V . . x o .- Y YY . . . Y . . L . U . 0 1 v 1. I Y . ' 1 . ' V V ' T I, . . A Y , L . . Y Y . . . Y . Y. . Y . . Y . . Y Y Y . Y .Y , ' I v ' 1 u . . 1 as - Y r vu 1 1 v 1 4 -v 1 1 ' . ny 1 , 7 ' X . 1 1 v v f v' 1 1 u' . ' c - I D I I I 1 ' . V -A, V . ' V' . , V ' r , , L . A. C I x 1 Y . Y . Y .Y . I . . b . i V. ' ' V ' ' V . l 1 V '. -V ' - ' v - V f . . ' 'V ,V V 1 , 7 ! f . v . . . . Y Y Y Y .Y Y C . Y Y C YV Y . V . Y , . r . . ' V ' . , . . H . ' c 1 , n Y . . . Y I .t . 1 e ' ' ' a 1 V 1 ' ' - 1 Y . Y . Y . ca 9 Y Y . . Y . . ' v 4: V' ' V 1 V ' V V 7 V Y. 6 ,, Y , Y. . . Y Y Y . Y . I Y. . Y . . , . C . ' as ' V a 7 1 l v 1 vu. h 1 I 1 1 , - c . v . ,V 1 ' ' wg 1 1 V. ' I . a 1 - v . V ' r 1 ' 1 v 1 . v 1 . L . D u v nv ' ' D V 1 Y . . . . Y Y Y v . 09