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Show THE BEE (, the famous teacher Revel R. France, with whom she was a favorite pupil. Salt Lake will have the first opportunity to hear Mrs. Knappen at tne concert on Monday evening, and her friends predict that she will fulfill the hit'll expectation which her reputation lias raised. She has opened a studio at her residence on State street, just inside the Eagle gate, where she will be pleased to meet intending students and musical friends. The Cadenza, is respectfully Is it true? Doesnt submitted. the writer overstate the matter? The position is taken without eir of hiving exiggerated that in the Oiere arc more profession of music than in all other professions combined. The quack electors, lawyers, etc., would make but a small nrmv when compared with the host of quack teachers and composers. in j a dozen classes, more or playing is .in art of itself, ami HALF m-lrml.- re-- 1 T of a hundred childrens quires much practice aud study to Just exactly voices each, are training for attain proficiency. the Kisteddfod. Primary choruses how an accompaniment should be hitherto have been confined main- played depends upon the characrendition, but this ter of the music, upon the vaiiety ly to two-payear the conditions call for three and number of the instruments alto and base so used in the performance, and other parts-treb- le, MKs. KITIK !i:.N KNAPPEN. that a little more difficulty of prep- considerations, hut the art of ac- aration is b:in experienced. The companying may be defined asj'TMIK accompanying cut shows 1 the face of Mrs. h.ffie Dean meetings and drills are being held consisting of the ability to lead; 0 rt Assembly Hall, Kvan Stephens and understand the accompani-- j Knappen. the singer and and to execute the structor of vocal music, of whom f erfectlv, ' same as may be required, while 'considerable has been said in the ' Latter-dalistening to and being conscious Salt Lake press. Saints college is under the cli.nge of the proires of the melody, so! Mrs. Knappen has lately re of Prof. Frank Whiteman, Utahn, as to follow every change of moved to this city from Los Au- and a graduate of tbit year from Ann Arbor. That of the State University is under Kvan Stephens, the Tabernacle choir conductor, and tha of the B. V. Academy under the efficient management of Prof. J. J. McClellan, who spens two days a week rt the acabemy. The B. V. Academy at Logan is also fortunate, having for music supervisors Mr. and Mrs. George W. Thatcher. in-me- in y NOTKS. a Prof. J. . McClellans new is at No. 12 S. First West. Here he has an elegant place fully and beautifully equipped fof the busimss in hand. A good music library, two excellent pianos, a stu-di- nt I ! i j j ft ft It was a matter of regret to musicians in Salt Lake as w ell as to theii wide circle of friends that Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher were called away from here. To begin with, it was nothing less than desecration that the necessity of a change should have befallen their studio. The historic adobe Kilim, as the Brigham Young school house, where, children of the Bee Hive in Bee Hive days, they studied the Queens English, had been transformed by ingenious and artietic skill into a music room and study, such as could be arranged in no other building and probably by few other persons anywhere. Every aspect was coziness itself. Every article, drapery and decoration seemed in place and serving some need aside from its decoratiae purpose the highest ideal attainable in art. in-spiii- ng ! I in public. Miss Froiscth returns with hon- ors, being highly endorsed by Ann Arbors lamous instructor, Alberto Jonas. Miss Lulu Gates of Provo, two years the pupil of Prof. McClel- lan, is one of whom he is especMiss Gates left for ially proud. Berlin, Germany, a month ago to to study with Henrich Barth, the worldj'enouned piano teacher. Jno. J, McClellan, B, M,, D, Photographed by Johnson, MKS. EI-FI- DEAN tempo, degree of power and light and shade of expression given the melody by the soloist, blending perfectly with the leading part in such manner as both to seem pracft tically one. He who accomplishes Few soloists, compartively, this reside will have attained the C. L. Partce in Cadenza. are good accompanyists, because ideal. ft ft their time is devoted 'to solo work ft and they give little practice to acThe following opinion, culled companiments. Accompaniment from an article by II. C. Trussed . quiet yet central location, and it might be added a thorough, instructor to make the most of the advantages. In tracing back the study course of members of our prom- -' incut and most promising young musical recruits one often comes-across the name of McClellan. For instance Miss Froiscth, who has just returned to the city after her finishing course at Ann Arbor, studied with Prof. McClellan, and I occasionally was his nccompanyist KNAPPEN. B,( (Pupil of Alberto Jonas, the eminent Pianist.) geles where she had distinguished PIANO, THEORY and ORGAN. success as a voice builder, and where she was recognized as one studio, HOURS, io to 12 A.M. of the leading singers of that 2 S. First West St 2 to 6 P. M. musical city. Mrs. Knappens voice is a full, deep and rich con- tralto, and her very artistic method of singing shows that she has had had the most perfect instruction. She attributes most of her success to her course of studv under nton PIANO, fedeen, VIOLIN, HARMONY . . . studio: colors lust 45-4- 7 W. FIRST SOUTH ST. |