Show mtuSi flbants A young soprano hose voice Is attracting at-tracting attention Is Miss Mabel Harper Har-per who recently moved to this city from Chicago She Is a pupil of Charles Kent and the result of her studies In this city Is filroadjapparent She seems to have excellent control of her voice which Is naturally swc t and llutcllke and she will be an agreeable addition In I Salt Lake music circles Her style Is dramatic and she Is cultivating a range accuracy and temperament that will put her In the front rank of the vocal favorite fa-vorite Miss Harper IB also studying pianoforte with Prof McOMlan To her miiRlcal accomplishments Is added a personal per-sonal charm which will increase the Interest of her appearances o In public I I The music of the prize ode for the Irrigation Ir-rigation congress written by Prof J J McClellan Is very descriptive and according to the adjudicators Is a t 1 strong work full of expression and beauty Mrs McClurgn ode Is a free I and ruggedly wrItten poem and the I music Is said to do It full justice The I score IB for a chorus and mixed quartette quar-tette with solo parts for soprano alto I and tenor and piano accompaniment It Is forty pages long and contains four recitatlves and two solos two quartettes ono duet short and several stirring choruses It will require about twelve I minutes in Its performance i The prelude Is about three minutcn long and tho work has a thrilling climax which la followed by the chorale which i Is to be sung to the tune of America The Ogden Tabernacle choir under Conductor Con-ductor Ballantyne will sing the work on the morning of September 15lh and Ills believed Miss Fcrrln will do the soprano work which Is very difficult Undoubtedly Undoubt-edly If Mr McClellan had fTfly or sixty years in which to prepare the t music ho might be able to discover some improve mcnta In his own work It Is I unfortunate that the author of the words In the final ode for the Irrigation Irri-gation Congress insisted that It be sung to the music of America Tho sentiment senti-ment Is good but the poem deserve an original selling in keeping with the grandeur of the xords Then too while the author Is 1 no doubt a woman of uncommon un-common poptical ability It might be questioned If her Judgment Is I equally good In musical mattcro It certainly Is yxldont to any musician that the time for the tun of America Is not Bulled to give force to the words of the lyric It makes It necessary to emphasize unimportant unim-portant words while the words which I ought to be brought out lOBe their effect So far as metrical effect Is concerned the tune and the words can be soldered together I to-gether but there Is a lack of artistic I harmony One thousand copies are being be-ing printed and each member of the Irrigation Ir-rigation congress as well as every member mem-ber of the Tabrrnnclo choir will be presented I pre-sented with a copy Mr McClellan has received the congratulations of numerous numer-ous friends the past few days and his work has been admired by the best I musicians of the State Gcorgo Pyper manager of the Salt l Lake theater la malting arrangements to change the Patti concert from the theater to the Tabernacle If he succeeds suc-ceeds in doing this it will cut the price Of admission In half It will Impress many that the Tabernacle would be the better place for an entertainment of this kind The concert Is booked for January 1th Charles Kent the tenor goes to Heber today to fill an engagement ElloryK Italian band will be one of the first musical attractions of the reason and is booked for September lllh and 12th It will probably be heard nl the Salt Lake theater One of the strongest operatic productions produc-tions of the early season will be the Prince of Pllsen one of Henry TV Savages productions This will bo the booking for September 17th It Is ox pct ll that Savages King Do Do and some of his other musical successes will also be booked l by Manager Pyper During a vacation spent in Borne of the mountain towns of Utah and Idaho Theodore Best had occasion to hear of the splendid work of several family guitar gui-tar and mandolin clubs which had been performing at various functions He waN naturally pleased to learn that they were his own pupils who were either located lo-cated or on a vacation In those places Congratulations are due Prof J J McClellan for winning the first prize In the musical contest for the prize ode to bo used at the Irrigation congress con-gress The fact that Mr McClollan had no compctltora ia Immaterial It prob ably would not have chanced the result re-sult The silence of those who could have made a showing but did not enter the contest must be taken as an acknowledgment ac-knowledgment that they were dubious as to the result Mewing the matter from such a standpoint Mr McClellan Is I entitled to an much credit as though his selection were one of many It has beer claimed 03 an exousie that the time was too short to bring out the best efforts of the composers Il cannot be denied however that nil the musicians were given the same opportunity oppor-tunity All were slvon the name tlmo In which to prepare the composition and If they < could not get within the limit they were out of the race and therefore defeated The time was one of the conditions under which the music was to be prepared The soloist at the organ recital In tho Tabernacle Friday afternoon was Mrs Kate BrldevellAndcrion She made such an excellent Irntn3 lon that the audience wanted an encore Mrs Anderson An-derson has excellent range and her upper notes are clear and distinct and reached with apparent case In the lower registers her notes are not so strong but they were easily heard Her selection contained two numbers Bolero by Gounod a particularly effective ef-fective number and Springtide by Greene Bolero Is a tricky piece and Is as rough a test as a singer can be put to but the work of Mrs Anderson was admirable and It IH a source of regret that the rules governing the recitals re-citals would not permit a repetition of tho work Prof McCIellans best number num-ber wus the second which had three movements one of them being Le < xnares Meditation It carried a flute I effect which Invariably captures the audience The second movement Bar chetta by Nevin also gave Mr Mc Clellan opportunity for organ effects which brought out a storm of applause His closing number was a Wagnerian composition which left a pleasing effect ef-fect upon the mind and it xvna several moments before the audience seemed ready to move r Profs Pedersen and Ballantyne were the adjudicators in the ode contest iProf McClellan was chosen but declined de-clined to act as he was a competitor for the 50 prize offered 0 J T Fleming who Is Installing the great organ at the Worlds fair at St Louis was a visitor at the special recital re-cital given Representative Golden of New York on Wednesday and he admired ad-mired the singing of Miss Emma Ramsey Ram-sey as well as the music of the organ He Is very anxious to have Mr Mc Clellan appear as solo organist at the fair Few performers > > are as successful success-ful In producing effects as Mr McClel lan and the fact that he Is the organist of one of the most famous organs in the world would lend more than ordinary ordi-nary interest to his work Mr McClel lan has not yet declined the offer Mrx Miller who has recently established estab-lished a pretty studio In the Constitution Constitu-tion building Is I meeting with success an a teacher of the young The Burgomcls which Is to be the attraction at the Salt Lake Theater for September llth Is a musical cent that will probably faro exceedingly well 1 Alfred Rest who has been studying In New York alnr June 1st will return re-turn about September 3rd to resume his position as vocal Instructor of the University Uni-versity of Utah It is I reported that hc has made remarkable + ogress during his visit East Theodore Best has been employed as guitar and mandolin Instructor at the L D S university and has opened a studio In the Lion House 011 vAl v-Al a farewell concert tendered to Pv L McGhle of the State University last Friday evening a guitar and mandolin quartette composed of the Dunford fls ters and little nub Thompson gave two charming selections Mr McQhle > will leave noon to attend an Eastern college i The instructors employed In the ecv oral musical departments of the L D > > S university this year arc an follows i Evan Stephens Arthur Shepard fharloa HInt Cecelia Sharp W C Cline and H E Giles I iI W At tho informal evening given In I honor of Mr and Mrs Duncan and Mis Duncan by Mrs Anna Street aaul daughters an exceptionally pleasing I programme was rendered by Miss Jennie Jen-nie Sands Miss Duncan Jack Berk doel l and Mr SUclton Among the numbers glxen by Miss Duncan wen j Lltlo Boy Blue and Memory both well suited for her pure sweet soprano I voice I L I j From far away Italy comes news of m I the success of another Salt Lake singer Mrs Lulu S Mayne who has been I studying In Florence for the past two years A July number of the Cor l I rlorc dl Flrenzo published at Flor I ence contains this complimentary notice no-tice of a recital given by Mrs Mayne The morning recital 1 given at the Continued on Page 13 f MUSIC CHANTS Continued from Page 9 Hotel Conatantln July 15th by Mrs Lulu S Mayne was well attended The est numbers were the arias from Bar blere dl Slvlglla Sonnambula and the Lakmo Bellsonu by Dellbcs which I she sang in the original key taking the hIgh B natural with ease and purity of tone There were other numbers by Brahms Hahn Massenet and one of 1 those delicious Maxurkas of Chopin arranged ranged for the voice Mrs Maync has a beautiful voice coloratura soprano of extraordinary range The pianissimo tones are exceptional excep-tional This is one of the many Americans who are studying under Prof Sulll Flraux one of our most successful oaafi M notifr maestri ui canto We are sure Mrs Mayne will always have a triumph as a concert singer Mrs Mayne will return to Salt Lake in October and open a studio here S Mme de La Roche Babcock a teacher of voice culture who studied several years In Paris has recently come to Salt Lake to make her home nnd opened a studio in the Constitution Constitu-tion block room 324 o Miss Jennie Osgood Hanna the famous fa-mous soprano of the Thomas orchestra was a Salt Lake visitor during the week Miss Hanna was desirous oC I testing her voice In the Tabernacle where a special recital was given In honor of the members of her party but lack ot time prevented much to the disappointment of the Salt Lal ers who had been Invited to be present L The special recital given at the Tabernacle last Tuesday at noon for I the Pennsylvania veterans who were spending the day In the city will be a pleasant memory to them and to others I present for many a day A pro gramme Including a number of patriotic pa-triotic airs was given In splendid style by Mr McClellnn the rendition of the Star Spangled Banner bringing the veterans to their feet and causing them to make the building resound with tehlr cheers Miss Edna Duncan the gifted young soprano singer and a niece of two of the gallant member of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania cavalry Capt A F Duncan Dun-can and Sergt II F Duncan who gave up their lives at Winchester sang Oh Dry Those Tears At the conclusion con-clusion of the programme Miss Duncan was presented with a beautiful loving cup by the 600 Pennsylvanians present pres-ent In acknowledgment of their appreciation appre-ciation Miss Emma Ramsey has been spending spend-ing the past week as the guest of Miss Jennie Sands Bert Mnrgetts one of Salt Lakes popular tenors will sing Down Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way tomorrow evening at an entertainment to be given In the Twentysecond ward meeting house Miss FyvloDentvh was the soloist at the Tabernacle last Tuesday afternoon singing Sullivans magnificent Lost Chord Miss Denech possesses a wonderfully won-derfully rich and powerful contralto I which lllled every part of the great building and If properly trained would make a name for her In the world of Blngerfl It is an unusual voice for one of her physique and as one looks upon the almost frail young singer he can but wonder at the deep powerful notes S 4 Mrs Martha RoylcKIng director of music at the First Congregational church Is enjoying an outing at Cus tllla Springs 4 SOn S-On Tuesday at the Tabernacle Claude J Nelll ton will play a violin echo the first movement of De Berlots famous Concerto No7 With J S Duss and his symphony orchestra from the Metropolitan Opera House New York which will be heard here October IDth the music season will open with a brilliancy and prestige pres-tige never before equaled Mr Duss stands today In the forefront rank of the worlds great conductor lUll by his virile and authoritative musicianshIp musician-ship bus compelled serious recognition from tho most exacting crItIcs The orchestra stands second to none In this country by reason of the scope of Its repertoire and its personnel person-nel of fiftyfive Bolo players which by together many years of constant playing gether have reached a finish that ap proaches perfection With this remarkable re-markable combination are soloists of the very first rank and the concert promises to furnish an opportunity that no one can afford to miss A Mrs A D Melvin will sing the anthem an-them Face to Face Johnson at the First Congregational church this mornInG morn-InG I Mme ShotwcllPlper the young dramatic dra-matic soprano begins her professional career In America under the management manage-ment of Loudon G Charlton She was heard a few times last season at Important Im-portant musIcales and each time gave more convincing proof of her exceptionally excep-tionally beautiful voice her unusual I capabilities as an artist and her rare charm She Is already engaged by W 1 R Chapman for the New England festivals I fes-tivals this fall and she will be heard In ber a recital In New York In Novem I |