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Show jHews of .Music and Musicians at Home and Abroad 111 i.1 'Us?' 'Tcltles the size of Salt Lake could 1 ' a week present so many attractive lt coJ! '.ji entertainments entirely by tfiS is , tolcnt as those heard here during Vlltk lust closed. There were three 1! ;ijv recitals, at cacli o. which the r 17 displavcd was remarknble and ' IhTS?' and" puplls-.allke have much 'oaCifcS . for -elf-congratulation. The first ii 5. recitals was on Tuesday evening "I? w First Congregational church, 1 ii 'liTfrlcnds of the pupils of Mrs. A. Melvln and Mr. Skelton crowded 'iriiurch nnd bnjoyed a truly artle-14 artle-14 W' j. rr'offramroe. Wednesday evening Mi0 t.n the three floors of the Salt Lake 'vedt5 fciler crowded to their capacity, the ' P Son being the recital by the pupils I1 vi ilcClellan. The last half of the TfiwJ Jnmme. given by the more ad- laSJ 'td pupMs. WRS V(M' sp'endid, par-"Ofl par-"Ofl fcP Sslirl)' the concertos In which the pu- "pT-' 5r0f jr ilcClellan were assisted by to b? 5r akelton and Chrlstensen's string i"ce. StlU another evening of de-totT de-totT !irtl In n music way was the recital Oh?' v'the pupfs of Miss Flanders on ' cSS! &y evening at the First Congrc-' Congrc-' crS rtdmal church when another was JH 'WtA to the already long list of mu- '1 treats furnished the Salt Lake ' kWc by the pupils of Miss Flanders. For, Vj !s enjoyable was the concert at cnOT , first Presbyterian church on Frl-' Frl-' ar evening, when a large audience 11s-Dari?,, 11s-Dari?,, Srf to the delightful programme fur-ul? fur-ul? -Std by Mrs. A. D. Melvin, Mr. Skel--JJand the Chrlslenscn string quar- 'tonMttRt. ' V li -to 'hich Music at Columbia. : tUtitSfin the May number of the Etude, the '? UA'Vlr discusses the selection of a suc-1 suc-1 thJ$W t0 Mr McDowell, who was head :.SriHv music department at Columbia I $iyer$It, In this way: I jB'jw n.jWt is a matter for rpgret, in which 1 cojiSj- rrtons "ho have the Interest of fo,j!iitrlcan music at heart will share. Kidlfait the authorities of Columbia unl-ir unl-ir fcjJ.jiiy, in selpcting a head for the mu-str'lJ mu-str'lJ department in succession to Mr tajjWjjjfiDowcJL, have gone to Germany. Wo bilvcr Nymph" Hclns Rena Scrvls. "L Hlrondello" ISurgmuller Dottle Savage. Duct. "Quiet Wlalics" Helns The Misses Oswald. "Flirtation Dance" Brown La Von. Browning. "Consolation" IClrchncr Grace Bird. ' Duct. "Aufbruch" Hclns Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Burrows. "Waltz Petit" Brown Catherine Rhodes. "Pixies" Brown Leah Farr. Duet, "La Grace" Bohm Mrs. NIoleon and Miss Burrows. Vocal solo. "Meditation" Chcncry Mrs. Bessie Browning. , "Melody In F," simplified by Bosco- vitz Rubinstein ( Jennie Ryan. "Flower Fairies Waltz" ...... Fearis Harold and Marguerlto Burrows, "Sweet Remembrance" Concone Christina Ncilson. Duct, "Rippling Waters" Koelbng Olive Nellson and Miss Burrows. "Gipsy Dance" Bohm Lena Brown. , "Floating Echoes' Phelps Myrtle Savage. "Two Larks Impromptu"".. . .Leschltlzky Si I .-V (:: 'mI SIES Helen Hartley scored one of t J'!L' recital given by Mrs. Melvin an jjjpocal church Tuesday evening. She p jjlfcttn-.arkable swectneBs and has ngood Xkve received word from the secretary limM the university that Dr. Cornelius VjtBbncr, at present directpr of si con-JwM'Irvatory con-JwM'Irvatory at Karlsruhe. Germany, has stSMfen ofTered the position. If he has aiaKt accepted, we trust that he will not. :Ca cannot but think that President lpiwtler and his associates have made a ill.tske In selecting a musician who iIIJVescnt3 the tendencies and educa-iMipMl educa-iMipMl characteristic of the German -llteatervAtnrv nf rm1SC, Such a man !! ithy with the Ideas rong hold of Xm6rl-jrs, Xm6rl-jrs, and not only of tits also. While we et and to Germany re not now depend-muslc depend-muslc teachers for lnclples adapted to iib and applied In lng out and develop American character, hat Dr. Rubncr will mbia what could be an, fiuallfled by na-r na-r and we have such n pupils. . also, that the au-ia au-ia could, pnss over clans and teachers head of a music de-ls de-ls a larger endow-lilar endow-lilar institution, a n international rep-acknowledged rep-acknowledged as a lucator of the first t affront to Amerl-3uggests Amerl-3uggests that Mr. n of the ofllqlal at-c at-c at Colurnbia. Is In v f" Instruction In music Ity curriculum Is a : money at the dls-nent, dls-nent, with the pres-nlverslty, pres-nlverslty, and with lllty and reputation . definite contribu-atlon contribu-atlon In the Inatltu-learnlng Inatltu-learnlng would be their preaent act we : authorities undcr-Avhich undcr-Avhich education In tjeneral culture And jent-day utilltarlan-late utilltarlan-late education. The a still deserve coh-I3lc coh-I3lc claims a high sic courses In uni-lot uni-lot to be "snap" general student can get credit for hours If it be solid and i only to those who In music. The ina-ents ina-ents seek conserva-eaohers. conserva-eaohers. The prob-i8 prob-i8 for solution." tcical Festival. Thursday. Friday' ast week the bien"-xl-was held at Cln-Thomas Cln-Thomas was th- conductor, as he has been since the first festival In 1S73. The solo singors were Schumann-Hclnk, Muriel Foster WatkInMUls, AVllllam Green and Agnes Ag-nes Nichols. Except Schumann-Helnl: all these arc singers from London that make a sort of specialty of choral festivals. fes-tivals. Mr. Green and Miss Nlcholls appeared for the first time In America. I The programmes included Bach's mass In B minor, Beethoven's mass and his Ninth Symphony. Elgar's "Gerontius." Berlioz's "Imperial Hymn." a symphony sym-phony by Bruckner, nnd a tone-poem by Strauss. There were five concertB In all. Hecital at Unity Hall. Mrs. Eleanor Burrows has issued Invitations In-vitations for a pupils' recital Tuesday evening. May 2-1, at Unity hall, when the following programme will be given: Lustplo! overture Kella Bella Ruby Grose and MIS3 Burrows. he successes of the evening at the pu-d pu-d Mr. Skelton at the First COngrega-lays COngrega-lays with great dash, has a big tone of technique. "Scarf Dance'' Chamlnado Eric Richardson. "Titanla" Wely Ruth Trewcek. "Cradle Song" Dlabclll Edith Grant and Miss Burrows. "The First Violet" Behr Dolll? Faunce. "Nearer. My God, to Thee"., Ryder "Fantaele de Concert" Ruby Grose. "Polka Rondo" Gumbert Mrs. BesBle Browning. Mrs. Burrows, accompanist. Antoniu Dvorak. Antoniu Dvorak, the Bohemian composer, com-poser, by many ranked among the most Important of modern music-makers, died at Prague on May 1. Dvorak, the son of an Innkeeper, was born at Mul-hausen, Mul-hausen, Bohemia, In 1811. Under the instruction of the village schoolmaster he learned something of violin playing and singing, afterwards supplementing these studies by a course in organ, piano and theory with the organist at Zlonlc. His father discouraged his musical mu-sical aspirations,, and tried to make a butcher of him; but young Dvorak persisted, per-sisted, and in 1857 his father consented to his attending the Prague Organ school. Five years later he was graduated grad-uated from the school, and took a position posi-tion as violinist In the National Theater Thea-ter orchestra, and by 1SG5 he had written writ-ten a Htrlng quintet and two symphonies. sym-phonies. In 1873 his setting of a patriotic patri-otic hymn by Halek, for male chorus nnd orchestra, was publicly performed, gaining him recognition as a composer of consequence, and securing him the position of organist In the church of St. Adalbert. Then followed several one-act operas, the F major Symphony, the "Stabet Mater," the Slavonic dances commissioned by the publisher Sim-rock, Sim-rock, the "Husltska" overture, the opera "Dlmltrlje," and two choral works "The Spectre's Bride" and1 "St. Ludmlla," composed for the Birmingham Birming-ham and Leeds festivals, together with vurlous Instrumental works. Dvorak came to America In 1802 as director of Mrs. Jeannette Thurber's National Conservatory of Music. His "Tc Dsum" and the E minor symphony sym-phony "Prom the New World" were fire. p?rformed In this country. Dvorak was a master of coloring and rhythmic invention, a composer of keen poetic sensibility and Imagination. Hla bent wan romantic, after the oldor manner man-ner of romanticism, although In such a 1 work as the'Ncw World" Symphony his most beautiful production the romanticism ro-manticism Is admirably fresh and vital. He was not a composer of the first order, or-der, for he lacked in significance. In depth, ahd In seriousness of subject-matter. subject-matter. But he was, within his range, a musician of Individuality and sincere sin-cere feeling, Harper's Weekly. Musical Prodigies. A French Journal has Interviewed several artists In an attempt to learn when their talents were first revealed, iays a coast paper. Salnt-Saens declares de-clares that he bagan music when he was two years and a half old, and composed com-posed waltzes and romances technically free from error when he was five. His dearest occupation was to sit by the fire and head the kettle sing. When he , was 10 he gave a concert In which he played without notes Beethoven and Mozart with orchestral accompaniment. Reynaldo Halm outdoes Salnt-Saens easily. Hahn tells the world that he had a pronounced love for music when he was 1 year old and could pick out correctly various tunc3 on the keys of the piano. When he was 3 years old he fled, with his hair standlngon end, if anyone played false. Vincent d'Indy Is more modest. He, ljke all the world, he says, strummed on the piano when he was a -child without receiving any pleasure from It. It wok not until he reached 17 years that he had any light on the matter, and he was 20 before he understood Becthoveit. Great Violinist Honored. The diamond jublleo of Joseph Joachim, Joach-im, the noted violinist, was celebrated in London on the evening of May 16, by a reception at Queen's hall. Premier Balfour presided, and the guest of honor hon-or was the recipient of a portrait by Sargent, accompanied by an address. The subscribers of the portrait In cluded Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the palnt- er; Sir Edward John Poyntcr, president of the Royal academy; John Morley, Premier Bolfo'ur, H. H. Asqulth, Lord Rcvelstoke, Lord Kelvin and a host of persons prominent In the world of music mu-sic and art, most of whom were present. pres-ent. A concert followed the reception. After Af-ter Joachim had played a Beethoven concerto, a pretty incident occurred. Frank Vccsey, the youthful violinist, who Is now creating a piture In London, mounted the platform and presented to him a crown of flowers. By command of the Queen, Joachim had visited Buckingham palace In the afternoon. Dr. Joachim played for the first time In London at a concert at Drury L.anc, given for "Poet Bunn" in March, 184-t; and two months later he played Beethoven's Bee-thoven's violin concerto under Mendelssohn Mendels-sohn rit a philharmonic concert, 2Iusic Notes. In the recital to be given by the pupils of Amanda Swenfon early In June, music lovers of Salt Lake are promised a genuine treat. This morning at St. Paul's Episcopal church the choir will sing Redhead's communion and the anthem, "I Will Not Leave You Comfortless" tMaunder), The soloists of the moinlng will be Mrs. Fls-her Harris and Mies Pearl Savage. Mrs William A. Wetzell will spend a l : h part of the,sufnmcr visiting at her old I , "I hom6 In Portland. Or. ' W1 ' 1 Miss Agatha Berkhoel goes to Logan ! ?. 1 VM on June 10 to sing at tho commencement i ' exercises of the Agricultural college. - iH' ,i i IH ' .;.! .iH This being the feast of the Pentccopt, j T;'1 j '1 a special musical service will be 111'' ' i 'H rendered at St. Mary's cathedral this ' T 1 i morning at 11 o'clock. M. Dunbar will j i'-r, ! Elng tho "Vfnl Creator." lr?J! I IH - !J ; I ,, Next Sunday evening at 7;S0 o'clock , V ., IH the Coronatiou service will be held at j V -J n St. Mary's cathedral. j" Tnaye, H?fmann, Pachmann and i I : f i ' D'AIbert are all promiod for next sea- ) , , IH eon, and It Is only the beginning of May. I i. If |