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Show Director Stephens Announces Repertory of Music for Tab-ernacle Tab-ernacle Singers. H FOUR HUNDRED APPLICANTS H EAGER TO MAKE JOURNEY George D. Pypcr Selected as HI Manager of Tour; Arranging fl Transportation Details. The Salt Lako tabernacle choir or- Hj ganlzallon has entered with determination upon (he task of preparing for Its.trans-continental Its.trans-continental concert tour to Now York City, whore it. has been engaged to sing "The Ode to Irrigation." a musical work l J)v Professor J. .1. McClellan, tabernacle organist, during the American Land and Irrigation exposition of lfll at Madison Square Garden. Novcuwcr o to 1-', In-elusive. In-elusive. Professor I3v.ni Stephens, niu-slcal niu-slcal director of the choir, made official 1 announcement yesterday of the complete repertory agreed upon and the choir members have been diligently rehearsing their respective parts therein, while the management Is now engaged in complel-lug complel-lug favorable ' business negotiations. Since the authorities of the Mormon church have given their sanction to the proposed venture and tin: competition bo-tween bo-tween the Ogdcn choir and the local or- j ganlzation lias ended. It remains only for (hose in charge of the, business end to complete satisfactory arrangements to In-sure In-sure the success of a project that holds promise of adding new laurels to those alrcndv gained by the noted chorus. The executive committee of the choir, composed of Professor Stephens. Asslst-ml Asslst-ml Director Horace S. Ensign, Professor I. .1. McClellan. Benjamin Goddard and K. H. Peirce. have now completed iJie repertory. Announcement thereof was made yeslcrdav- by Professor Stephens and the itinerary Is of a nature that will make each programme rich In brll-liancy. brll-liancy. a lack of which so often oharao-tcrizes oharao-tcrizes the programmes of other choral organizations. Miscellaneous Programmes. "Our programme will be strictly mls-ccllaueous, mls-ccllaueous, no cdmpletc works to be al-tempted." al-tempted." said Professor Stephens. "This is in harmony with the expressed desire of the exposition management, which dc-sires dc-sires briljiant and popular work In pref-crence pref-crence to long oratorios. "Wc will rather aim to give good sam-pies sam-pies of concert programmes as we often dvc them in the big tabernacle at home, combining-grand opera selections, oratorio choruses, part songs and home charac-terlsilc charac-terlsilc pieces, both religious and pa- "Each programme will be limited to twelve numbers from the repertory we have agreed upon. An encore selection iffcrlng decided contrasts will he ready .'or each number and will be given when Icmianded without., waste of lime. The 5ouea style of programme will be more ihc pattern of the scheme rather, than Die heavier or more formal modes. "The choir members arc working like Trojans and have never done better work than that accomplished at Social hall Mondaly, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday of last- week, when both male and fc-male fc-male members were put through rigid rc- Hj hear sals of the Irrigation ode. "There are more than 400 applicants for selection. Those have been grouped into two choruses, numbering more than -00 eacli. Each singer Is being tested out In solo work, (luurlctte Kinging and choral work in choruses ranging from thirty to fifty or more members. In work-,ng work-,ng along thos lines, by every possible omparlscn and combination, wc are gradually selecting the -00 voices that will represent the organization on its j onecrt tour and during the exposition. Instrumentalists Also Go. "It should be borne in mind thai this aumber will include ten instrumentalists, l'wo Instrumental solos, two vocal solos ind possibly one string quartette or pipe j organ solo will be interspersed between the choral numbers of each programme. We will try to make the feature of the zholr',s work the rendition of all num-oers num-oers from memory, without manuscript. During the recent lour of the Sheffield chorus each member was burdened with lboul twenty-two pounds of text. "During the engagement at the expo- j sllion "The Ode to Irrigation," for which music was written by Professor J, J. McClellan and to which Mrs. Gilbert Mc- 1 Clurg. wife of the exposition manager, 1 put words, will be rendered cither com- pluto or in part at every session. Parts of it may be given during the tour, but j it is too lengthy to render ordinarily on a mixed programtne." As announced yesterday 'by Professor Stephens, the programme for each cven-ing cven-ing during the concert tour will be made j Up from tho following repertory: Programmes of Wide Eange. Grand Opera Selections Finale of sec-ond sec-ond act of Verdi's "ICrnani;" Easter choriiK from Mascagni's "Cavallcrla Rusticana:" sextette and chorus from Donizetti's. "Lucin;" Wagner's "Lohon-grin" "Lohon-grin" wedding march; chorus and march from Wagner's "Tannhauser:" Soldiers' 1 chorus from "Faust:" polonaise and chorus. "Life to the Czar," by Glinka. j and "Gypsy Sweetheart" from Herbert's "Fortune Teller." Oratorio Choruses from "Tho Mes-slab," Mes-slab," by Ilandef. Gounod's "ledemptia;" Rosini's ' Slabat Maler;" Mendelssohn's j "St. Paul" and "Elijah;" epilogue from j Sullivan's "Golden legend." anl the finale to Tajlor's "Death of MInnehalia." Part Songs for Ladies and Male Chnuises: "Night Song." bv Steiihens;. "Twilight," by Prolhcroe; "Moonlight." by Fanning: "Daughter of Error." bv iB "Bishop: "Monks' War Song" (male), by Parry: "Invocation to Harmony." by Ste-p'nens: Ste-p'nens: "A Christmas Song" (ludles). by Stephens, and ladies' trio from Mcndcls-sohn's Mcndcls-sohn's "Elijah." Home Characteristic Pieces and Patrl-otic Patrl-otic Songs "I'tah. Wc Love Thee,'1 "V,t,!ps of Dcserot," "My Valley Home." "Dixie" (for male Voices), Ste-phens; Ste-phens; "Temple Dedication" anthem. "Ode to Irrigation," by McCellan, arid H others Sextette by Fifty Soloists. B According to Assistant Dlrccfnr Hoiace S. Ensign, the rule recently adopted will H obtain, namely, to bar all members from the competition for selection under IT or over 55 yenrs of age among the men. and under 17 or oer t5 years of age among the women. Mr. Ensign drew particular H attention to one feature of the repcr- H tolre. the rendition of the popular scx- H ttto from "Lucia," by llftv aoioistf, as- slBtcd by the choir Iux a body, a' feat j nctvr before attempted by so large un H aggregation of singers. H An advisory committee Ik being sclect- H cd. it. was said, upon which would dc- Hl volvc the duties of preparing a list of 1 business men who arc to stand as gtiar- 1 antors against any probable dr(iclt at the 1 close of the tour, and also the work of Hl carrying on a publicity campaign in tho H intovts of Utah, her natural resources H and advantages, in connection with tho H Another development has been made Hl known " through the announcement that B Oeorgc D. Pypcr of the Salt Lake hca- H ter ha." been selected by the choir man- j agcmcrit and the. presiding bishopric of H the church to manage the choir's cast- H cm Arrange Railroad Bates.- H According to Mr. Pypcr and Mr. Gnd- H dard. chairman of the choir committee. H the point of capital concern, so far as 1 the business end Is now concerned. Is to i accuru proper transportation facilities at H rates not prohibitive. Both men sai.5 H thai, immediate new developments would H depend largely upon the outcqmc of Wcw negollatldns'. and that during the pulling of wires it was desired to avoid a great amount of publicity. It is understood that tho passonger associations- between this city and Chicago Chi-cago are willing to offer minimum rales, wlillo those controlling facilities and accommodations ac-commodations to cities a short distance out cf th; principal routo have been reticent reti-cent in their .proposals. It was announced yesterday that twenty-seven concerts would he given during tne lour at different cities. Mr. Pyper is planning to leave soon on a tour of the east In tne interest of the choir's concert trip. Twenty-flve or more of the larger centers will be visited to enter upon preliminary arrnncetmtntK for concerts con-certs and to foster the success of the contemplated lour. II. Is understood that nnal nhuiK und cnlr.Lcls will be ter-- ter-- m I natal upon IiIb return |