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Show i - i - i Nearly Two Thousand to Sing in Chorus One of th bis n us ca o ant of a tht la orcm iu fu 1 of n up wl 1 be 1 &rea concur hat n ark the reope i ins of "e taberna e t dneM nljht Prominence has alread . $1 en to the fact ths soo ol es upartl Ipate in the pr k an n e n1e Fihle d recti n of Frofe. F an e he " the eteran conductor of e tab? choir The niter In 1 e p ck f r fifty four cho r of he o t an I se ect on-hestra of th r hree p e s 1 1th Arthur Freber a" on ertme s wl 1 be heard Tl e sc o e s nil be I lard Andel n ba", anl Mrs re a Paynes HU s soprano Fo oinar W he programme and the peraonne of the or. cheetra a St arntee t a the mo c fe thai wtU be one hat one can affo to rclss March and chorus Freedon Be lin Se ect orchestra and full choir Base solo, rtss Te Subterranea "Winds Purve W lllard And 9 In Male chorus . (a) Dxle (UtaM Arr bj Stepl ens . (b) 1 Loe Thee X,tah Dear I (new) E Stephens E Gentlemen of united choirs (100 vol es Poprano s lo "Ernanl Haste, to Me ( Ernant ) erd L Mrs. Del a Dajrnes Hil s k Dedication anthem Hoannah f Stephens I Full chorus and orchestra. R lntennlss on (ten minutes during h which choirs wl 1 exchange p aces j Indies chorus. The Lady Pioneers b Stephens f .Ladle of united choirs (100 I voices) and orche tra Sas oloe f(a) "he Alone Charmeth My 'Sad ness Gounod (b) TVohirar Schubert (c) The Wanderer Schubert WHlard Andelln 2iorus House. O 1 e Morta e Bellini Lotted choirs and orchestra. Solos (a) In the Deep o the Daisies Ho selv (b) Tis Spring" w are (c) VLi Darte "Vlsst d Amore Puccini Mr Ve la Davne H 3 Patriotic chorus, God of the Ia tlons - erj Anrll "Chorus ( II Trovatore ) United cho ra and orchestra B. Stephens conductor J J McCellan accompanist. Mollns Arthur Freber Rudolph Won! muth Georgre Groneman Elmer Toungr B O Ensrbers; Wil lam Morris Bert Shepherd, aughan Clayton, R. E, Runs ulck A Swenson Violas A. H. Klrchner Alfred Ror dame Celos Otto TTlng Inring Snow C D Schettler Bass Al a Baer Fred Beesley D Baumberger Flutes S Bruckner Frank Aeper C arinet C J Hawkins Roy M dg ey Oboe A. J Kellersberger John Smith Ba soon Charles Shepherd Charles Berry Trumpet L. P Chrietensen C Schau fe berger Trombones Milt ingTey H. E. Wr ght. Horns Richard Roberts Carl Flnde sen. Tympani Dow Young Organ Tracy T Cannon. Piaao John J Mcdellan. Conductor Evan ephens. Aerophor Will Save Lungs in the Orchestra The time seems near at hand when or chestra players at wind instruments both J brass and wood will not use their lungs at all, but wi 1 pump air through their j Hps by mechanical means The aerophor so called, is bringing about this revolu tJon. It is a tragi a fact that modern music makes such demands upon players of wind instruments that their career of ; usefulness under present conditions is ; irtwrt. In a comparative v few years thej i lose the r embouchure. This new method , of "art If ctal breathing' Is going' to be a 1 vast help to them. The device is a sim j p e one, consisting of a bellows worked 1 by th foot, or under the arm which j forces air through a vessel of water heated by an electric lamp to the tern perature of breath and thence through : a rubber tube into the mouth through j one and sometimes two mouthpieces. I AH the player of the Instrument need do 1 whether he is playing th tuba or the ! flute or the oboe is to maintain this cur I rent of air and to use the proper em j bouchure I For several years Mr Mat terse g the I contrabass tuba of the Boston Symphony ; orchestra, baa been us ng this ingenious ; contrivance It enables hlra to play a ; phrase as flowing and as continuous as can be played on the doub e bass vloL Mr Jaenlcke one of the first horns of j the orchestra has experimented with the I device with much success, and Mr Longy the celebrated oboe is t has spent much I time experimenting with it. There a e certain passages In Wagner s operas In R chard Strauss s work. In fact, in nearly a 1 modern works that are absolutely un playable If the mus c an must use his lungs Long phrases meant to be con tlnuous must be broken into several parts, but with the aerophor the music is played as the composer intended Taking a striking examp e the open ng phrase for tuba of "Wagners A Faust Overture was never played as wr tten until the aerophor was Invented fifty years after the overture was written Whether Wag Tier dreamed when he wrote the overture that some time such a device would be invented or whether he hoped that once in a whi e the e would be a tuba plaer with abnormal lungs is hard to say but ' it is certain that he never heard that ! open ng phrase p ayed as if s now i by Mr Ma terste g of the Boston Sym . phony orchestra Points Out Tragedy of Opera Evolution Commenting upon the recent entry nto vo untary bankruptcy of the Chicago G and Opera company -ith debts exceed hig $ 64 000 the d stingu shed ed tor John C Freund notes that it c oses another chapter in the aborlou traged of operatic evolution in merica and adds There Is no affair of mus c of wh ch so much Is said and wr tten in Amer lea as grand opera and none w c has so 1 ttle to do with the natlona 1 fe. Grand ope a may be a nat ona institut on at som future t me but j e occas onal ma ntenance n the I me ght of a few metropo tan cen ters of wealth and culture 1 oweve hri bant a c rcumstance does not make t such at present The only way in wh ch grand opera can be Bald to be tro a nat onal n t tution Is through he phonograph From every American ham et from the fastoesses of the Rocky Moun U ns from the adobe 1 ouses of the southwestern desert from every coun trys da, you may hear the oca e I roles or the throbb ng and ach vmose pla nts of the g eat ones of the Me opo tan Opera House stage But after all t s proper y the de vot on to o e alone a d no to g ope a that is thus made a na ona j cua om The ar as of he grea op , eras could be cuppl ed n canned fo m ' b great s ngers w o the xp i al e necess ty of produ ng n on e j MISS DINL HUOWNILE gifted as violinist cellist ind pianist who will appear next Wednesday evening m a public iccitnl it St Mar t Acddem beginning at 8 o clock i one place he en Ire opera "Wagner by the In ent on of his trpe of music P ay exal ed he drama o er the oice but it fals out at last that the voice is restored to its tyrannical occupancy of the operatic throne by the inven i tlon of Mr Bidison The Chicago failure relates itself only ery remote y to the broad ques tlon of musical ad ance In merlca which depends less on grand opera thaji on most other things Except for our Iephl8to s argument last week, that it shows the inclination of the American pub 1c to let George ( n the person of the sport! e m U on a re) do It If ha Is so lncl ned the Chicago failure pro es nothing ex cept that grand opera has not been presented In Chicago In & manner to insure financial success. Norwegian Music at Literary Club A splendid programme of ISorwegian and Finnish mus c wi 1 feature the meet ing of the music section of the Lad es Literary club at the clubhouse next Tues day afternoon. M ss LI Han Phelps i read a paper on Norwegian and Finnish Composers. The club meets at 1 30 and the mns cal programme wi 1 begin at 2 30 The publlo Is cordially Invited to attend Following is jthe programme PapeV Norwegian and Finnish Com posers M ss li llan Phe ps Contralto solos (a) There Cried a Bird Slnd ng (b) The First Primro e Grieg (c) In the Boat Grieg (d) "Hidden Love Grieg Miss FJma Toung Piano solos (a) Papi Ions Grieg (b) Erotique Grieg Miss I -ine Shields Tenor eolos (a) "Vog ein Wohln o schne 1 Lassen (b) Fruhlingsgruss Lasen C C Tullar lezzo solos (a) Autumn Gale Grieg (b) Lu laby Gr eg Mrs Scott A Jones "Violin solo Sonate op 13 Grieg Rudo ph Won muth Piano so os (a) The L ttle Bird (b) The So tary "Wanderer (c) In My Nat ve Country From Grieg Ljrlcs Op 43 M ss Adelaide Anderson Accompan sts M ss Rees M ss Dorit Evans and Charles Shepa d Pupils Eecltal Wednesday A programme of Interest wi l be given by the U ah Conservatory of Mus c n the Conso dated Mus c hall on Wednes da even ng Ma ch 2 Pupl s f om the d fferent depa tments of the schoo w I appear on the programme T e rec ta wil be free o the pub c Wolmuth to Play j at Literary Club J RUDOLPH WOLMUTH Talented Young Woman to Give Programme "While the week la fl led with events of note In Salt Lake music circles It is assured that one of the genuine reals vll be the programme to be presented next Wednesday evening at U Marys academy hall by Adlne Brownlee. While but 19 ears of age M ss Brownlee has given evidence of unusual musical talent paying with eki 1 the vto n piano and ce lo She is a graduate of the c ass of 1915 and whl e she bears her deserved honors modest j the scope of the pro gramme for the rec tal is cone us ve evl dence that sh is working ong advanced lines The public is cordially Invited to at tend the recital. Two of the attractive features of the programme are to be noted in the readings to be given "by M ss Mar e Ml ler and Miss Marian Bruneau of the department of expression The complete programme follov.8 lo In so o. Meditation Sur Le ler Prelude Bach Harp accompaniment. lo in solo Ave Marie WI helmj Schubert P ano accompan ment. Reading M ss Marian Bruneau lo in solo Mazurka Mlynarski Piano accompaniment Cello solo Traumerei Schumann t Harp accompaniment. V io In so o Cavatlna Gustav Hoi aender Miss Frances Doug ass Piano accompaniment. P ano solo a se Caprice Hans Cesek Trio Humoresque Dvorak Ce o M ss Adlne Brownlee "Vio n Aliss Frances Doug ass Ha p Mrs Edward McGurrin (a) Where the West Begins Reading (a) Where the "Vi est Be gins (b) The Future (c) The Opening of the Piano Miss Marie Mi er iolin solo Le Cygne Saint Saens Harp accompaniment io in so o Souvenir' Drd a Piano accompaniment Read ng A Mother s Song1 v M ss Marian Bruneau Violin solo Romance Svendsen Piano accompaniment Intermezzo nfon co Mascagnl St. Mary s s r ng quartette First -io n M ss Frances Doug ass Second lo n M ss Ma y O Donne V o a M as Do othy Wlhte Ce o M ss Ad ne Brown ee Harp Mrs Edward McGur n. Ass sted by Mrs Edward McGurrin Here's Proof That Real Art Is Neutral I T at art is e en n these r n0 t mes 1 most neut a fcnd hat a t sts are for i the most part endeavor ng to ema n vithout the pale of pa t san wrang ng over he "wa has ecen y been demon strated n New "Vorc and Be n At a ecent mus ca neut a d nner g ven b Rudo ph bch rmer Busoni the Ita an Krese Aus r an Godowky Po e Gab ov. tc Russ an and man othe p om nent m s clans gathe ed to gether for he pu po e of d scuss ng art he wa was not ment oned Anothe s gn f cant ep sode s n en i oned n e ers f om B n to Professo : Thomas G es desc b ng the recent e I iva of FaDaoo Tie wo k v,a.s ecent y p oduced a he Oha ottenbu g opera house one of the two Be n opera houses running n gh y In sp te of the war The p odu on was assured un que na-smuch as the ope a was com posed b Franco s Auber a Frenchman T e conduc or who conduc ed he work I is a Russ an and he enor on the stage i was a Russ an wh le t e principa com i ed cha ac e rep esents an Eng s nob en an The ope -a was cord a y e e ed b the Be n press and pub c No ment on was made of the strange s uat on ca ed forth by the war as re gards ar Making Good Progress With "la Traviata" res age ehearsa s fo the T a ata p odu on of he Un e s of U ah Mu ca soc e v a e progress ng da Ij and e b g ope a w soon be put o the boa ds Professor Alaude Ma Babcock who vas e en y offe ed he d rec o sh p of a arge d ana c sc ool n New York a ent e ia ge of the princ pa s and ho us T e un ve s y band w furn s he ba d m b c for e Bac hana chorus n a 3 Kenneth C W gn con due o he band wi a e ha ge of e stage mus c T e o est a w numbe fo t mu s ans P ofesso Arthur Freber who as ong ee hh r of mho 1 homas QesnaeH n n er o ven ures e a as o rneiB er V f ee p of hb so chestra m a iana v nse s orchen a of ven v f o h a k ftoaoffovns n u c charm k me od a m o d g eat Ita an na r f e us The opera s s ff t o k d hree a p a of u by L and the aonsd enof h K ng oppor n v fo as fee b T fi h ofipt a ue of ha oom s e ee one e p o etta e o c n e en o her f end Flo a Fo he oun on orAfedadVoea n ao h ngw nsoepo d Te Hn ng fo he i du on h mod , dress for wo a n an du h hh s a and af e oo e a s fo ma nder of e i nj I Damrosch to Spend "Vacation" at Work Walter 1" n os h e dent e that a elm to of o u at on n acat o h 1 a na n o altb 8houH a ow himself To as so b hi pree a o s up soaso h o e the dea f ne an on n I bejrin (, be n I nta two Greek p a s wh h M i Mi garet Ang b it 11 p nj fe w ha pe a cm P o j e a n h Greek thoate of he 1 s ty of Ca fo n a at Hprke le next A g si Th pays fo nhi h Mr Dam oscu vntl pomi ose the n dental m 8 are ' The Ttfelea of Euri pides and The rieotra of Sophocles Miss 4ngl n w 11 a so p of the rh gen a jn A for wl ch Mr Damrosch will arrange tie m s from 01 ck s opera pf the sa nan e The n usic to te con posed bj M Damrosch w 11 inclu le the preludes and nte des and mus e which vi 1 a ompanj the re itat on of the Gree hor s h ch w 1 howevor not be s nj, h it ro ted Mr Damrosch will go to Cal lorn a July and w 11 personally d rect t e mu e cal part o the three perforn a es Irish Melodies Will Feature Programme The programme for t e concer hl h I be given In t e Ita t Lake t eater Thursday night v.1 1 consist ent re y of Ir sh music that Is tho numbers he mus clans assisting the h dren w be Irish and al he favorites of the R Re B shop Scanlan Mrs Emma Gene Frantz h- soprano wi sing Kath een Mavourneen ac compan ed bj Mrs Ldward M Uurr n harp st the quartet e cons st ng of D J. Sm th James Brad ey E Mc Cartney and B O Meek enberg w 1 s ng Kl larney and Bel e e Me If AU Those Endearing" Young Charms M ss Malone wl play St Patrick s Da bj J leuxtemps James Brad ey a group of Irish songs and Bqu re Coon I df ect a Fantas a of Irish Me odj by Field Eecltal at TaylorsvUle Pupils at Taylormll e of the Utah Con eervatory of MusV. under the tul on of M ss Medora Hen v wl appear In re cltal on Monday e enlng March 2 As s st ng on the programme vii 1 be M ss I uci e Hart, lo n et Mrs Josie H Bentley vocal st The fo owing pupl s will take part Preston Frame Ca her Ine Mackay M nnle Frame E sle Hark er v al ace Anderson Mi dred Gerrard Leona L ndsay He ma Gerrard Fern Tanner and Ruby B nnlon Miss Bentley to Be Soloist. Josle H nek ey Bentlej soprano pupil of Jonn T Hand wl 1 be the solo st at a concert in TajlorsvlUo Monday night, March 12. She w I s ng Lo T the Hour" (Logan) and Car esima (Pennl Miss Madora Henry w be accompanist MAGGir TFYTT grand opera prima donna who will be heard in Salt Lake under the management of the Graham Music Hureau Follow ng th n agn fi ent oncert g veu at the Ass mD hall by Fel ce Lyne comes another grand opera Prima donna in the person of Maggie Tevte the fasc nat ng soprano of the Phila delph a a d Chicago Grand Opera corn1 pany nder the management of Ired C Craham The date w 11 be Monday evening March 29 at the Assembly hall Th s is a spec al attraction and not a regular attraction of the Graham series The arrangements allow ng patrons to secure seats br ma 1 and telephone will also be n eflect for Maggie Tete 8 concert Mail order sale is now open and resenat ons can also be made by telephone through Manager Graham s office 311 Mclntyre b lid ng a 1 or ders must be accompan ed by check and self addressed envelope The box office sale w 11 open at the Consolidated Mu s c company on Thursday morning at 10 o clock The Mus cal Arts society s to at tend the concert in a body Maggie Teytef who s making an ex ten led tour of the Tjn ted States and Canada is known as the ideal inter preter of the songs of M Debussy even Kenata Frecer Walsli. Rena a Frebe Vas better known n ca t Lake as Renn e Pedersen w appear in a re al a he F rst Congre gat onal ur h Frda e e ng Ap I a&s sted b O o K ng ce s Ar hur Frebe ons an J MCea accompm s A ttals s a ooratu a sop ano of unu& a e f s an er work has rece ved uc e ogn t o Mrs s s ng n ba Lake or a br ef s av p o o go ng o a o a to fl 1 seve a en0agemen s -le man fr ends ear ng o he wonde fu su cess in New o and Bos o a e p e a ed pon e o g e a re a w e he e A nu n e of Sa ake nus ans w o ha e ea d M s Wa s s n e s e ame to Salt Lake are enthus ast c about her I s ng ng t e unusua mount of d amat c : ab v and as fl sh she has ac , qu red Ir Wash as chosen a p eas n pro gram e He u nbe s w 1 be as fo lows &s d A e Tos a Puccini (a Tee obi Oato rthu Fre ber Massenet , b B rt of a Morn Franco Leonl ( Asdeatenu e Dvorak ve Ma e Bac Gounod (Aon and ce o obi ga os b Ar u F ebe and O to K ng a Deares S dne Homer (b y o he p Cha es G be pross ( he e B ossom Grow Ge de Sans bouc Ca o one ( R o etto ) A erd the omposer himself fnv ng M ss Tevte unquabfied approval To s ng Debussy s songs effect elv requires an int mate knowledge of the whims and humors of th s French composer In order that she m ght absorb much of the Debussy atmosphere Miss Teyte spent a great deal of t me at the Debussy home Many of the incidents of the fastid ousness of the composer are related by Miss Tevte Says M ss Tejte M bebussy is a h ebly sens tive and part cular man He can do ab solutely noth us unless everything s mat as it should be To show hQw ery subiect he is to every annoyance no matter how si ght, I recall one nc dent show ng his great love for order M. Jean Per er and mvself were at the De bussy home to rehearse our repec t ve parts "We were both stand ng beh nd M. Debussy who was at the p ano expect ng him to commence Howe er he d d not begin but seemed to be looking at someth ng very intently on the carpet M Per or and I also looked, rmt saw nothing After a few moments we saw M DebHssy lean over p ck up a small thread roll it nto a ball between his fingers and then take t over and put t n an ash receiver re-ceiver on the table Th a entire act on took up e ght m nutes and when it v,3.s over we started our rehearsal and M Debussv was un us ally grac ous that morn ng and we ha4 a splend d rehearsal Philharmonic Orchestra Triumphs n Provo It is gratfing indeed to be ab e to, note without qual f ca on that the con cert of the Phi ha mon c orchestra of a t Lake on Friday afternoon in tl e Columbia theater at Pro o was a p onounced sue cess art stlcal y and liken se gratifying f nanc al j Under he d rectlon of the ta ented Ar ; thur Freber the orches a p ayed a c ass c programme upon wh ch much vork had been done but It Is certain that there are no regre s on the part of any who i pa ticlpa ed The New "World Sjmphony (Dvorak) which opened the prog amme was han died wi h sp endid express on the testl mony of many mus c ans present be ng to the effect that the men had seldgm if e er p a ed better After hearty app ause flowers and a few minutes intermiss on, the ore estra p aed the Mende ssohn overture to A Midsummer N ght s Dream and main ta ned its Mg s anda d W orthy of e pecia mention s the won derfu p as ng of O o K ng ce est in h s nterpretat on of the Grieg s e from the mus c to Peer Gjnt. Mr K ng ece ved an o a on from the audience which com prised the crl teal n usic lo ers of the Garden C ty The orchest a forty f ve strong made the tr p by specia tan and the musi c ans we e back, a Sat Lake in amp e time to f 1 the r even ng engagements at tl e various theaters i Augmented Orchestra, Led by McClellan The augmented 4.mer can theater con cert orchestra of twenty e ght perform ers which toojt an in portant part in the ded cat on of the beautiful Alham bra theater n Ogden last "Wednesday e en ng, was composed of went two Salt Lake and sue Ogden men Mus cal D rector J J MeClellan conducted The personnel of the plajers was Samuel W 11 anis p ano L N Harmon Jr or gan Thor al Jorgensen concertme ster George Gronemann Oil e Sm th. Mar cellus mith first v ol ns E Young Adolph Brox D F anland second vio In s Alfred Eordame Alfred Press violas. Oge Jorgensen Aust n Sooy eel los, Chr a Jeoperson Alva Baer basses Alfred Slack flute A Kellersberger oboe Edward Zabnsk e Aln a D Mc Clellan ar nets Charles G Berry bassoon H L Greene C F ndeisaen horns C Mollerup 1 Agee cornets H Lammers trombone Ernest Jones tympan Bob Sell ck drums The orchastrat ons used by the Ogden tabernacle cho r (se en u n mber) were written for the occas on by Mr Mc Clellan Miss Hyde's Violin Proves "Peacemaker" When Pomanla Hjde e entua lv se , cured a itary pass w th wh ch to get out of Casse s e found he se f trav 1 e ng around n a trj ng condi o The o d ary tan ser ce fron Casse o Ber in sax hou s and t took he t en e gh ours ra e ing n os o t e av n bo a s w th sold e s ong to he f on fo her t a el ng on pan o s "When nigh came M ss Hjde found her a f n v nan on the train a t Rf oxn BtM ad changed cars in tl a i a of he a f noon To mak h rigs e e r wo of tlie uoldlerl ft d h Na ft Jo a k and immediate v gn z d b for Tly b t,an ng A g an e ne n ea g J fo g flo c ari sh was Russ a ops s e was rn h end s e vr d os hn a was a Tng sh nu Th a v erne was hr capo wh 8 hoo b ought out and s J h gh h company o sa sfy Hh en d I em hat f they re a p ne es no Id en Unhms n of i vo She padu ook h norn ng T wer so e g d w t the way en er a n d hp a w en t am" n hanr a f-y a wa d o s r e dggage n o Hp nxt o wh h was e g ateful e w n yo ern t pii a te a a ass rana ng re al re ng a led n 1 lly s aaheiad work ho a h o arn the art of th o n ave pn e wpen for the fiddle do c h best friend n sucb a try ng p pd amen M so Hyde w appear n con ert at the Salt ake ea r on Saturday e enlng Apr! 3 |