Ausgabedatum von Notgeld der Gemeinde Ansfelden mit einem Bruckner-Portrait [IKO 135] (*).

 

The Washington Times Nr. 11523 bringt auf S. 11 einen Artikel über die beklagte Übermacht der deutschen Musik, der auf einen bereits z. B. am 3.1.1915 veröffentlichten Text zurückgreift:

"     "GERMAN" MUSICAL IDOLS REALLY OF OTHER RACES

    In an article published by the Musician, commenting on facts contained in an Italian's essay, "The Pretended Supremacy of German Music," are contained some interesting facts in regard to which country has furnished the greatest number of eminent musicians, composers as well as executants. With the exception of Bach and Handel, who were German born, many musicians who are frequently classed as Germans are Austrians, Bohemians, Hungarians, and Hollanders.

     It is true that Beethoven was born at Bonn, [...] But they had emigrated from Antwerp, [... er und Brahms ...] should be called Viennese.

     Of course, Schubert was purely Viennese, Mozart and Haydn were also Austrians; Gluck was a Bohemian; Bruckner from Upper Austria; Carl Goldmark, a Hungarian; Dvorak, Smetana, Fibich and Bendel belonged to the Czech school; that is, Slavs and not Germans. Wagner and Schumann were Saxons, but we must not forget that Saxony was, for a long time, more Austrian than German.

     [... Hans Richter, Nikisch, Mahler, Anton Seidl, Franz Schalk, Mottl, Weingartner u. a. Dirigenten ... Instrumentalsolisten]." (**).