Show BMMANEYADA J I A Herald WriterMeets Her in r Boston < i < < i INTERESTING MUSIct GHAT t t 4 I A Utah Studentia DiseG rgea > Tof < rathe < Divine Art and Boston Culture c 1jEC NSERATORytBosToN f l > i November J 4th 1885 Corr sIR > ndcnee of Tan HEaALD The election is just over and its result re-sult wthi h you have ere thisp been made aware r to vnile its mg1Ip thepoli tical world scarcely causes a ripple of excitement he little musical world surrounding me Whalnsyinphonj is to be played next is a more impor Jaht question fiereTiSfra 4fWhich > candi A cHue has beelectdovernor 1 Very unpatriotic perhaps bat quite natural for Where a mans treasure IsTlhere his heart is also and quite a large proportion pro-portion of our treasure giyen over to the treasurer of the symphony concerts and other musical things hence our hearts are there also The consequence is that the drunken shout of the successful suc-cessful partisan in politics is drowned in the sound of scale exercises vocal and instrumental of the followers of Apollo The symphony concerts are a series of twentyfour musical entertainment entertain-ment chiefly made up of instrumental selections ofa high class of compositions i once in a while a vocal soloist taking part They are given in the Boston Music Hall noted for oncehaving contained con-tained the largest organ in America This organ has now bee removed and is tbe property of the New York Conservatory Con-servatory but it has not yet been put up in itsnew quarters H re we have the oldest and it is said the finet orchestra in America not excepting the noted Thomas orchestra which we heard at home ot course under the disadvantages dis-advantages of not being full a travel l ng etc Such an interest is taken in thESe concerts here that two weeks before the first is given every seat worth having is sold for th whole season yet I cannot help believing that much of this is due to the affectation of the Bostonians i laying the claim to tHe highest American culture they affect to enjoy much classic music which they fail to understand anything about and they try to look wise while their actions otherw se often let out the secret that only a few really know and appreciate the truly beautiful beauti-ful the rest parrotlike imitating these in their applause or silence Such a state of affairs however gives the genuine musical class a chance of hearing hear-ing and enjoying the very best music ever written Nearly all musical students I stu-dents attoxxti tliootr concerts I often attend both rehearsal and concert and I I would not exchange the benefits derived I de-rived from them for any one course ot studies I nm taking at the conservatory The hall has a seating capacity of about 2500 including two galleries or balconies bal-conies as they termedhere it is neatly arranged the decorations being not at all elaborate yetsubstantiaL A lieauti fat statue of Apollo stands in a niche on the upper balcony opposite the stage and another of Beethoven onthe stage above and behind the orchestn This one to me looks dreadfullyglo as he stands there wrapped upln his cloak looking down at the interpreters of his grand works A unmoved I whether he is dealt justly with or not it was not So during life I think be is evidently displeased at being left I alone in this position by the removal of the great organ hence his sullenness I The next eventful occasion to me was I the concerts of our own western star Nevada To say that I enjoyed them I immensely would be putting it very wilrHv fnr Rrtflftrl in tYii fnof flint if i q 1 the most artistic concert company on the whole which I have yet heard with any star the thought that she had been almost a next door neighbor tome to-me that she was once a western girl roused my enthusiasm to ah in e cri bable pitch as I saw and heard her conquer the cntical Bostonians almost against their will I thought the more she sang the more enthusiastic became the audience although he Was very well indeed received at first Her voice is the most pure especially in the head register have ever heard the sotto roes being sweetness itself and the perfect control she has over it is wonderful The most rapid runs cease to appear difficult when she sings them and the crescendos and decrescendos are so mastered that she can on the highest notes bring a fortissimo down to a perfect echo added to this is her winning stage presence perfectly at home the dramatic feeling and spirit flashes apparently unconsciously uncon-sciously from her eyes Thursby has been my ideal of a concert singer and Nevada is I think her equal superior where dramatIc feeling is wanted The tenor Edward Vergnet is the next best He IS a very good tenor the best I have heard in concert and was a great favorite favor-ite here The baritone we would call very fine they called him moderate here The flutistviolinist and pianist are very good though Weihe has spoiled my admiration for other violinist than himself this yard stick is invariablv too long to measure the abilities of others to their advantage The pianist caused some mirth here by his peculiar movements of head and body while playing But all this description is unnecessary i for I am informed by thelady herself that she and her company will give Salt Lakers the pleasure of hearing them And I only hope that the management will so manage things that every lover ot mujjic in Salt Lake will hear Americas Ameri-cas latest and perhaps best songstress I hope they wilf also induce the company com-pany to put as many Enslish numbers Ssfpossible on the programme It gives me great pleasure to see that B B Young and lady are giving such excellent music at their concerts as I finl 1 qn their programme For although I think the greater general need at home is elementary instruction in mlliic realize the necessity of the refining re-fining influence of the oratorio music on the musician who can feel and enjov suUx music and that by a constant heuf ii > s others will attain to this ability I also wish the comic operas well though one good oratorio cliorus is worth both themjglo the general goof both p6ptcrhler3 and listeners iven properly h wever f amnotsin1the majorivfon this subject at home We shall have the Messiah given in a new form here this winter the accompaniment being arraigned by Franz Gounods latest oratorio Life and Death will also given here for the first time in these parts while Beeth ovens ninth symphony is the culminating culminat-ing point in the instrumental line There is onlv one thing perhaps that Jf enjoy morethan these musical treats it is tl e thought or hope of being able to return to my old ends before another year ends carrying with me a little of the information I came here to seek and having hadmy appetite sharpened for seeking more thougTT probably7 t1i twill t-will be done at home Something of the Conservatory next time MDSICUS S S |