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Show iMDSIC AT HOME AND ABROAD j IS Some very lino music has greeted the -ears of Salt Lake's music-lovlns public during tho week Just past. First there ' was the recital by Mr. Shepherd at the Theater on Tuesday evening, when the ; 'gifted young musician added new hon-; hon-; ors to those already won for himself as a pianist and compoBer. Ho was ably assisted by Mr. "Welhe, than whom .there is no more talented violinist in f all the West, nor one who holds a B ! warmer place in the hearts of the peo- pie. On Thursday the Tabernacle organ ! recitals were resumed for tho season, J, . much to the delight of hundreds of Salt ! Lakers who have come to appreciate ''i-dese recitals at their true worth and i who are numbered among the regular ! attendants. This year the recitals are to be Riven three times a week, Tues-1'fdays, Tues-1'fdays, Thursday and Saturdays, at 5:10 ; o'clock. All tho time will bo taken up ; iwith organ selections, and as Mr. Mo- I Clellan brought home a goodly supply of new music, patrons of the recitals 2 may look for a number of rare treats ! ; during tho season. Thursday evening i the pupils of M. and Mme. DeLoery (gave a recital at Unity hall which was ,1 largely attended and highly apprecl-t apprecl-t fated. The evening of ballads at the 41UK church on Friday" evening, given t Iby Mrs. A. D. Melvin. was a fitting finale for the week. Always pleasing, ; 1 Mrs, Melvin is especially good in the Irendltion of ballads, and her singing 1 iFrlday evening was a source of genuine -"delight to all who heard. The concert 'as given at the urgent request of iwminy who attended the previous con- wcart at the First Presbyterian church, iland, with the assistance of Mrs. Kelsey "Was reader and Miss "Wishard as accom- iUjanlst, was a complete success. ijfw Orpheus Club Concert. D interest to all music-lovers and Fgricnds of the Orpheus club Is tho anil an-il Rfiouncemenl that on May 12th the club 5 will present a fine concert at the Salt B Lake Theater. The public of Salt Lake i)S know? the efforts of this organization S in the -past to further high class music g here and that they have always pre- S sented the very best o'f artists obtaln- 2 able. During the present season the t : club has been steadily at work on hew S music and Is now in better shape musl- cally than ever before since its organl-S organl-S zatlon. The' membership numbers forty t voice?, and in quality and training is 3 also very marked. The card for the 5 Ma concert will be Mrs. Gencvra Wat-j Wat-j ers-Baker, violin; Mrs. George Spald-j Spald-j ing, 'cello and mezzo-sqprano; Miss j Dolce GrosPmayei piano, comprising I the Chaminade trio of Denver. These ! artists ar? of remarkable talent and, I having a repertoire of unusual size and e Interest, a most attractive programme j .will be presented, and is shortly to be announced. j' Music at the St. Louis Fair. (ill A very glowing account of the music i Ithat is being planned for the World's fair by George W. Stewart, the Boston manager, Is outlined In the following account by Burton Kline in the Boston Transcript: 1 Visitors to the St. Louis fair wlll.ob-l! wlll.ob-l! serve a difference In the music they will J Jhear then and that heard at the exposl- tlon of 1S93. There was given then an tiabundancp, nlmost a surfeit, of music of jttunlformly very high grade character. nln adopting a course almost exactly the ij opposite to that at that time pursued, I the present director of music believes he is justified by all manner of good jj reasons, ch'ef of them wisdom and ex-; ex-; pedlency. In 1S93 the idea was to deal III put uncompromisingly nothing but tho !Tvery best of music, and in unstinted ijftjeasure. Tn the remembrance of many visitor to that very. great show, the. inhuman car could hardly turn any cor-j&Jier cor-j&Jier without being assailed by a sym-jfi'phony sym-jfi'phony concert In 1904 it Is assumed 'ilhat a world's fair Is sought In rather tKiuch of a holiday humor, by people MtNvho. no matter what their intelligence, Jfltwould rather listen to a sj'mphony pro-jfgramme pro-jfgramme at another time and place. The ffMipllftlng of the world's musical taste Bis accordingly placed last in order of aKlmportance, and In first place stands ilathe principle ofl giving pleasure pleas-JJJure pleas-JJJure first, last and always, and yet ij pleasure that shall be as far removed j as possible from the cheap and gross, , $ To that end the director has provided, jjl ;first of all, a bewildering array of that xPosItor of muslo which perhaps jlj Teaches most of the public the mili-! mili-! ttary band. There will be as a fixture 'j ithe military exposition band, recruited ri mostly from tho ranks of musicians in ;St. Louis. The function of this, and Kl jPeredventurc- of some others, will be to 'nz 5alce stlve stato occasions on tho UA grounds the escorting of distinguished L :.ylsitor6, the opening of the innumerable g congresses, and the like. But in addl- S" -.tlon there will be those whose presence ff and whose efforts will have to be taken .. puch more seriously. Chief of these, .j n the eyes of most Americans surely., -(twill be tho seventy musicians selected Hfrom the best in Boston. They will be tiheard In an elaborate concert dally for ,;1iten. weeks, and not the lenst notent of -rt1he(r bids for notice will be their con- 5fcctorsn,p by Eml1 lollenhauer. Rf&s a matter of course all other Amer-GQtPrn Amer-GQtPrn bands of note will be present at v'l some time during the fair for one or the iq ther period. - Nor has the director il7, popped at inviting only these. Prizes to he extent of $30,000 are offered to bands i f any size or place, other than those -? imployed at the exposition or employed j mywhere in regular service, Tho aim p to attract from everywhere in the fV! United States bodies of semi-amateur j players; to give them the advantage of lief? rearing- for pleasure's and edification's A Bake professional musicians of their AQ wn stripe and of the highest profit's profi-t's slency; but, above all, to set them to j flaying their own very best under the i stimulation of contest among one an- ( ther. I ; Stiii another and a dominant interest ' ? n n broad belt across the public. in lbe the bands of note from abroad 2nd ae servlces Mr. Stewart has for the Jyf' &?8t Part arranged for. It might be V (to say before naming them that ilSJa teildance for this fair is some-'2i some-'2i lew tov any wood's fair, and 'StEfc ' he bU3lnt-i3s enterprise of the di-Wti di-Wti ' nd tllL Quality of hia diplomacy. 'J W gently Mr. Stewart received ofU-lottr-lr.1 e lhat the king's permission ( away th0 last slider barrier C OOw' i"'ay of tne Grenadier's band of ilr T,,es famed players will be 2flu r for a season under the com-IW com-IW 1 ' a nobleman whoso army rank m matters is promised to be not M'. ? lnat oC Captain. Germany 't-Ek: 'h 1 P.ursuaded to send her very S-S(fS.Vl" VC ha- 1,1 Russia Mr. Stew-b20 Stew-b20 U,i J honored audience of one at ' tELifi ' cncerL of the Chevalier band mTni 'Ulil8 bela": nnd the posltivo 01 tie Presence of the band at WP i?ta r,edeemed but for the :iWL if.t S difutUri?Pnce 0 war. An-tf An-tf lKK n,ot th? hindmost of the for- pc :u France. Mr. Stewart has all , t i but ofilcial assurance that this organization organi-zation will be permitted to come. Choral music has been arranged for on almost an equal scale. Choruses from the neighborhood of the fair will bo heard of a certainty, but the director Is anxious to have choral societies venture ven-ture on from any distance. For that purpose a set oC prizes Is announced amounting to $25,000 and to be awarded like those on the competition for semi-cmateur semi-cmateur bands. The Germans havo been the quickest to respond to this inducement, in-ducement, and in fact In honor of their readiness frequent saengerfests have been set down as fixtures In the scheme. Perhaps largest of these visiting choruses chor-uses will bo the -100 from Ann Arbor. Mich. There are to be twelve choral concerts in festival hall, of a rank of excellence equal to tho best of band concerts. From the lips of these singers, sing-ers, one must not neglect to note, will issue on nil occasions the hymn written fpr the exposition, the words by Edmund Ed-mund Clarence Stedman, and the music by John Knowlcs Paine of Harvard. For the support of these choruses, as also for regular concerts of Its own, the exposition will maintain its own orchestra orches-tra of eighty-five men these, too, gathered gath-ered from the ranks of St. Louis musicians. musi-cians. The music director has aimed at giving pleasure before putting the public pub-lic through any courso of educational sprouts. But he has not forgotten to "furnish also a great deal of music of the highest intellectual order. At least once a week there will be a choral and a sj'mphony orchestra concert. And necessarily to raise, first of all, these latter to a parity with the concerts of perhaps a more popular order, he has decided to invite the representative conductors con-ductors of America to give them. State Eand Concert. The Utah State band, under the leadership lead-ership of Prof. Anton Pedersen, will give a concert in the Tabernacle April 21st. The band will be assisted by the Taber-nncle Taber-nncle choir, led by Prof. Evan Stephens, and by Prof. J. J. McClellan, who will be at the organ. Tho programme arranged for the con- j cert Is as follows: Overture, "Obcron" "Weber (a) Caprice Gavotte, "Beaumorlo".... Carncs (b) Reverie, for-Reed Section. '.Schumann Chorus, "Hallelujah' from'tho Mount of Olives ....Beethoven Tabernacle Choir and Organ.' "Fackeltanz" ,., Meyerbeer Allegro Moderato, ' "Unfinished Symphony" Sym-phony" ..Schubert Arranged by Prof. Pcdorsciu Quartette, "Dearest Maiden". Vogcl Imperial Male Quartette. First tonor Thomas S. Ashworth Second tenor.... William D. Phillips '' First bass.... Victor Chrlstophcrscn Second bass J. WUJard Squires Caprice Ileroique, "Lo Revcll du Lion" .. 1 .... Konskl March, "Tannhauscr" band and organ. , Wagner Prof. J. J. McClellan, organist (a) "Love's Eternity'-' ..v. Rotoll (b) "When Cclla Sings" i... -' '...Molr Miss Slerld ,1'edcrscn. Grand selection, "Faust".. ....Gounod Chorus, "Damascus'' Costa Tabcrnacln choir, band and organ. March, "American Republic" Thlelo I An 'Amusing- Cx-iticism. Philip Halo has unearthed .the amusing amus-ing opinion of that excellent critic, John Dwlght, In regard to tho prelude of "Wagner's "Die Meistersinger," after it had been played In Boston by Theodore Thomas's orchestra in 1S71: "Save us from more acquaintance with the introduction to the 'Meistersinger!' It is hard, harsh, forced and noisy, even on the verge of discord (having the- un-genl.il un-genl.il effect of discord, however literally within tho rules of counterpoint). It la a kind of music which docs not treat you fairly, but bullies you, ua it were, by Its superior noise or bulk, as physically big men arc prone to do who can so easily displace you on the sidewalk. We doubt not there Is belter music in the 'Mels-tersiuger,' 'Mels-tersiuger,' for this could never have won the prize before any guild, whether of old fogy Philistines or fresh, young hearts. Gives Pupils' Recital. Mrs. Lulu S. Mayne gave an enjoyable pupils' recital at her studio Wednesday afternoon. A programme of English, German and Italian songs was given by the Misses Kate Farrell. Louise Bates, Wllma Atwood. Marguerite Harley, Tuckett. Gray, Rose Smithen, Elizabeth Mclntyre, Mrs, J. C. Hooper, Mrs. Lee Gilson and Mrs. B. Snodgrass. ' Utah Musicians Entertained. Friday evening. April 8th, the Linger Longer club of San Francisco gave a supper at their beautiful club rooms on Eddy street, the guests of honor being Misses Emma Ramsey, Jennie Sands and Marie Holliday of Salt Lake City. A most enjoyable evening was spent by the club and their guests. Some delightful de-lightful musical numbers were given by tho Misses Ramsey and Sands and the Apollo quartette, also Mr. Lewis of San Francisco, after which all sat down to a sumptuous repast. Those present be-, sides the guests of honor were Messrs. Cheeter Bishop, Louis Miller, E. N. Elmer, El-mer, Harry Dixon, C. A. Browning, W. S. Lewis of- Frisco and Sheldon Land, Jack Farrell and Boman Johnson, who. by the way, Is fast becoming himself again after his serious illness. Mr.'?. Lindsey of San Francisco chaperoned the party. Music at First Methodist. The special music at th First Methodist Metho-dist church today-will Include a solo this morning by Dr. Adolph Brodbeek, who will sing "A Dream of Paradise," by Hamilton Gray. The solo at the evening even-ing service is to be sung by Miss Wllma Atwood, a pupil of Mrs. Lulu S. Mayne. Mr, Emanuel Anderson, who played tho organ so efficiently last Sunday, will preside at that Instrument again today. Held's Concert Tonight. Held's band will givo tho following request programmo at tho Grand theater tomorrow night: March "El Capltan" Sousa a "La Paloma" Aurajo b "Pilgrim's Song of Hope" Batiste Cornet Solo "Queen of tho Earth" ! Plnsutl Mr. William Leslie. Grand Selection "Tho Singing Girl",. Herbert 'Saxaphono Solo "Lovo's Old, Sweet Song" .' St. Clair Mr. Earl Muckoy. Caprices a "Sleigh Bell Serenade" Brooks b "Comlquo Patrol" Ulndlcy Soprano Solo a "The Spring Has Como" While b "Ma Brown-Eyed Bako" Parker Miss Agatha Bcrkliocl. Grand Overture "Orphous" Offenbach Grand March "Phunny" Gilder Music Notes. This morning at St. Paul's church Mrs. Ella Cummlng-Wetzell will sing "With Verduro Clad," from Haydn's '.'Creation." The musicale which w.ui to have becn given tomorrow evening by Mrs. Martha Royle-KIng at her new studio in the Commercial club building has been postponed post-poned for one week. Mrs. Agnes Osborne will give a pupils' recital in the near future. V Aiv important meeting of the Philharmonic. Philhar-monic. Guaranteeing association will be held Tuesday evening, April 19th, at 8 o'clock in the parlors of the Clayton music store, on South Main street. o Manuel Garcia, the famous teacher of singing, celebrated his one hundredth birthday a week ago Thursday In his home nt Oricklewood, England. Garcia was the brother of Mallbran and his younger sister Is Mme. Pauline Viurdot. Garcia left the operatic stage In 1S29 because be-cause his "physique was not equal to the strain"! Franz von Vezey, the young Hungarian Hunga-rian violinist, who has been so warmly praised by Dr. Joachim, and Is said to have created a great stir on the continent, conti-nent, makes his lh-st appearance in London Lon-don on May 2nd, when he will be accompanied accom-panied by Mr. Schmidt-Budekow. The latest "prodigy," who is a native of Pesth, celebrated his eleventh birthday Ibis month. Salt Lake friends will be much Interested Inter-ested In learning that F. Dewey Richards, Rich-ards, so well and popularly known here, has just Issued two new musical compositions, compo-sitions, a ballad, '.'A Song of True Love," and a valse de ballet, "La Parislenne." Mr. Richards .is now busily engaged in writing tho score for an opera, which will also shortly bo published. 4 Male pupils in tho stringed Instiument department of the Paris Conservatoire aro complaining of a female Invasion of their classes. There now are almost more women than men ill the violin and 'cello divisions, and the women have of late been capturing all the highest I prizes. The Minister of Fine Arts has finally consented to limit the female pupils pu-pils to four in each class of ten. Ysaye recently played In SI. Petersburg Peters-burg and Moscow with tremendous success. suc-cess. He appeared twice In each city and was guaranteed by the management 2000 rubles ($1000) for each concert. Sonzogno, the Milan editor, has acquired ac-quired the right to use Sardou's successful success-ful "The Sorcorers" for a libretto. It Is not yet known whether Cllea or Giordano Gior-dano will write the music. |