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Show c o. Musical Arts to Bring Fritz Kreisler Whlk the Musical Arts K"h:ty of T-t;ih in..:ii:!u:i-.s kc-nly dis.ipi-init-il because t.t l.xl luat the- t'Hint.us Italian lan-loii lan-loii Aiuuttj, ''ninpf-IU.'il to L-iitH-el lil cn.Lt-iiicni Hi thr tuhtTiift'l'; t u morrow ni'-jil, ili.r ..rlist h;. vln 1 takoti seriously seri-ously ill in N'-'A' York, tin; hoard of di-i.v(i.r:i di-i.v(i.r:i is (N-u-rmln.-iJ thai the merntifrrs Kl.iill Idhu nothing l.y r.-:lMiri of this un-';;x-fu and unavoidable cl n-umsiH nee. A n-ii n:,';;iif run tiro now nniit-r wny to hi in (In- fit v. at a cMiVfnie:it da to llii.s m-'.ihou, PTltz Knl'T, one of lite mo:-.; fjnii.:iit viohni.s; ui' ihu world, who in to appear under Hie patronage- of tin; MuMeal Arts HucU'ty. T!u: other noted i: 1 1 1 ml ioiim thai have been a rive-r t ined will if cording to present understanding, he here ay Hrhcdided. Great Artist Prefers to Sing in English ' 1 The way to wing to the Knglish-8io;tkiiiK' Knglish-8io;tkiiiK' if'o.lo in in the language they uti'lorstainl, ' ' writes lvnu W ilson, one of the hfst known newspaper men in the slntt! of I 'onnoctuMit, in a recent j cilitoviiil tribute to John McConnack, 1 the celebrated tenor, who will be heard, here in November under the auspices of the tabcrnuele choir uml the manago-merit manago-merit of Prcd C. Graham. The writer i adds: Culture in its earlier stapes eemn always to have been in the possession of an exclusive class, and this exclusive class seems always al-ways to have been ashamed of the native proa tin. ianre is i am una because ho wrote his wonderful works in the Italian language, which is to say in the daily language of the living men and women about him. Spencer gained fame in the same way by writing in the English Eng-lish language instead of some dead or stilted foreign language affected by the "best people' of his time. America today, with respect to its music, is in much the same state as Italy and England were in the time of Spencer and Dante with ro-speet ro-speet to literature. Having developed devel-oped little music of our own, we, through the limited number of persons per-sons of musical training, affect an undue admiration for music that is foreign, and especially for song in other languages than our own. The result is that the really great singers who come to this country or who belong to this country, have not contributed their share to the musical musi-cal education of. the people. Most of the great singers who have come here have done precisely what the writers before- Dante did, what those before Spencer did. They have chosen to sing most of their songs in foreign tongues, and the audience has expressed an enthusiasm enthu-siasm which it was far from feeling, while scanty attendance has indicated indi-cated the real lack of popular interest. in-terest. How di ff erent it is frith Johu MeC'orniack, the first really great singer who has deigned to sintr in the English tongue. There are no cold audiences when MeCormack. appears. There are no empty houses when his voice is heard. His audiences audi-ences are not composed of a few exclusive persons devoted to an art that is not nnd never can be national. na-tional. There come into the MeCormack Me-Cormack audiences nlT the really cultured men and women of the community, who listen spellbound while a great artist sings great songs which they can understand. Schuster's Pupils in Two Programmes Some of the pupils of the Gustav Schuster School of Music will be heard tonight In two programmes. A few of the violin and piano students, assisted by Miss Viola Kidd. pianist; Miss Nellie iiashroui k and Miss Eva Peterson, vocalists, vo-calists, will give the following programme In the Miller waVd chapel tonight at 7:30 o'clock: "Mazurka de Concert" Musln Clvde Jones. "To a Wild Rose" Rudolph Mueller. "Cavatina" Raff Gladys Worth. A'ocal selection Miss Eva Peterson. Pizzicato Concert Polka Heft tester Bauman. "Mocking Bird" Herman Venice Ryan. 1 "Saeterjentens Ponda:;" j Alfred Caddie. I Piano solo, "Gratitude" Miss Viola Kidd. Melody In G Heft Wayne Turner. "Fragment of a Sonata" Gladys Worth. "Scene de Ballet" Clyde Jones. A'ocal selection Miss Nellie Hasbrouck. Selection from "II Trovatore" Percy Walker. "Moonlight Serenade" Cora Lldsay. Spanish Dances Edelweiss Schuster. r i.Mts Dunei Ivy Canning. "Mocking Bird K'mlasia" Clvde Jones. "Wion. bleibt Wien" Ensemble class. The programme Is in charge of Clyde .tones, instructor in the violin department. depart-ment. Some of the students of the Schuster si -:ioni, assisted by Miss Charlotte Perkes, pianist; Miss Amelia Margetts. vocalist, nnd Mis. loafy Montgomery, reader, will pive the foilowjne programme tonlgnt in the Emerson ward chapel, opening at 6:30 oYlfck: Cur S'-hool Mnr-'h Schuster Violin choir. "Lie'.'csfreud" Kreisler Alberta Jnnes. Kl"wer Song Lange T'rucilla Seel'.'. Melody in G Heft Arthur Peck. ora vlecTion from "I.a Foheme".. M Amelia M.nrgetts. Air Yarie No 1 Jerome F-.itu'es M Hiiro. Stfirlirht Valse M.iLter I.ouis Hagiey. Pi 'no f --!.- Miss Charlotte Perkes. Aiv V.me Farmer Letter Nielson. Kanrrtsvi. "Old Kentucky Home" fnx vinhiw) Heft Acnes Grfff.Th. DnfiHa Se-!, T,.-h"er Rontieberc. Kirby Turton. Harry lx",v;s and K'ank Ual-invv. Ual-invv. ' "The Ou-niva' of Vcui-e" Pan.la Hrry I wis. Reading (selected Mrs. Le.ifv Montgomery. Air Varle, op. 1 1 Panela Jessie Powers. Concerto I He Eerlot James West. Singer and Violinist Goes to New York JOHN KANE. ij ! f ' h j jjlj I John Kane, a gttted young tenor of Salt Lake, who has also received much praise for his violin work, loft last week for New York, where ho will Kn-tinue Kn-tinue advanced vocal studies under the tutelage of Oscar Saenger, a master operatic, coach. Mr. Kane is a pupil of John T. Hand, and it is upon Mr. Hand's recommendation that he takes up his advanced work with Saenger. Ilis studv of the violin has been under George . Skelton. one of the ablest teachers of the middle west. Pupils of Clayton in Cannon Ward The violin pupils of Vaughn W. Clayton Clay-ton will furnish the music for Sunday evening sendees October 1 In the Cannon Can-non ward. The following attractive programme pro-gramme will be presented: Melody in F Rubinstein The Ensemble class. "Then You'll Remember Me" :Balfe Richard Silver. Minuet In G Beethoven Douglas Tanner. "Llebeslied" Kreisler Allen Ramsey. Violin trio, "Traumerei" Schumann Lilly Allen, Eugene Naylor, Mr. Clayton. Song (selected) Leland Acomb "Adoration" Borowskl Mildred Locke. Mazurka in G Mylarnskl Lilly Allen. "Angels' Serenade" Braga Beth Ivie. Duet, P-extette from "Lucia di Lam- mermoor" Donizetti Gladys Wagstaff, Mr. Clayton. 1 Waltz from "Faust" Gounod Enone Dalley. Cavatina Raff-Eugene Raff-Eugene Naylor. March for three violins and piano Clayton Lilly Allen, Beth Ivie, Mr. Clayton. Clay-ton. Miss Hazel Franks will be the accompanist. accom-panist. Music for Services at First Methodist For the services this morning- and tonight to-night at the First Methodist Episcopal church the following music will be given: MORNING. Organ prelude. Impromptu Pastorale Dudley Buck Processional Hymn 652. Anthem, "Stand Up for Jesus" .. .Kriens Mrs. Charles Pailey and choir. Offertoire. "Nocturne" Dethler Solo, "The Earth Is the Lord's" ... Lynes Mrs. Bessie Barlow Best. Postlude, Triumphal March Holllns EVENING. Organ prelude, Adagio Cantablle Haydn-Whiting Processional Hymn 653. Anthem, "Te Deum Laudamus" Custance Miss Mae O'Neill and choir. Offertoire, "Eventide" Gaul Duet, "My Faith Looks Up to Thee" Lachner de Var're Misses Mae O'Neill and Alice Farrell. Postlude. March Pontificate Becker Chorister. Mrs. Ella Cummin? WetzeLL Organist, Mrs. J. Louis Strohauer. Special Services at St Mark's Cathedral Special music will be one of he features fea-tures of the services at St. Mark's Episcopal Epis-copal cathedral this morning. The augmented aug-mented choir will sing the anthem, "Fear Ye Not. O Israel" (Dudley Buck), and Walter Wallace will sing the bass solo- The Very Rev. S. R. Colladay, dean, who I leaves to accept a position in the east, will preach his farewell sermon. Today also marks the twentieth anniversary of A. H. Peabody as organist of the church. Famous Pianist Is to Play Here Oct 11 IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI. " 1 Craze in West for Hawaiian Instruments C. D. Schettler, who has Just returned from the Pacific coast, completing a course of study of the ukulele and Hawaiian Ha-waiian guitar, found society intensely enthusiastic en-thusiastic in learning the instrument and giving unstinted applause during public performances. One of t he music houses brought the greatest. Hawaiian manufacturer manufac-turer of the ukulele, together with two i performers, to Los Angeles and San I Francisco to moct the demand for the genuine Hawaiian style of performing, arid to give the public the genuine instruments, instru-ments, whirh are" made from the native "Koa" wood. The craze seems to be sweeping over the country and there 1 little doubt but that the instruments -will remain permanently as home instruments to be used as an accompaniment for folk songs and easier solo work. The quality of tone Is both musical and pleasing and not difficult to master. The Hawaiian guitar is tuned to the chord of "A" major generally, but some-I some-I times to the chord of "E" major, which simplifies the art of playing, making it possible to play acceptably in a few j months. The ukulele is effective in rapid movements move-ments of the character of the Hula dance, which is often used by natives In vaudeville, vaude-ville, and seldom falls to be enthusiastically enthusiasti-cally received. The peculiar, mournful character of the native style of slow music is enhanced by the slurred effects on the guitar accomplished by the gliding of the steel from one position to another, and, when connected with a good vibration, vibra-tion, is pleasing. Paderewski Thrills With Patriotism ignace jan .raaerewsKi, me eminiii pianist, who will appear at the tabernacle October 11 under the management of George D. Pvper, is a Pole, and, like all Poles, he is Intensely patriotic. The suffering suf-fering of his country and his countrymen country-men during the past year, since Poland has been fought over time and again by the Russian and Teutonic armies, has borne heavily on him. His first realization realiza-tion of the war was the necessity of taking tak-ing care of a large number of compatriots who had been caught In Switzerland at the outbreak and were unable to get home. Then, with Henryk Slenklewicz, he organized an international committee to take charge of Polish relief. Leaving Switzerland in January, he went to Paris, where he organized a committee, and thence to London, and then he came to this country, where he worked all through the late spring and early summer. All this leads to the conclusion that Paderewski Is a delightful man socially. His manners are charmingly cordial, he has a vast ajnount of social tact and he Is never at loss how to do the right thing at the proper moment. While he speaks 1 English with enough accent to make it apparent that he is not native born, his i command of tiie language is absolute and ! no play of words Is too subtle for htm to appreciate. Dr. Goshen Returns to His Old Pulpit The Rev. Dr. Elmer I. Goshen, pastor of the First Congregational church, will occupy the pulpit this morning for the first time in more than three months, having returned Friday afternoon from San Francisco, where he has been recovering re-covering from a long illness. The music programme for the sendee follows: Organ voluntary Andante from "Sonata Pathetique" Beethoven Largo Handel Anthem, "Thou Crownest the Year" . . . Bartlett Organ offertory, Andantlno (to my wife) Lemare Anthem, "The Larger Prayer" ..Burdett Organ postlude, March to the Holy Grail (from "Parsifal") Wagner Ruth Ingman-Andrews, soprano; Evangeline Evan-geline Thomas, contralto; Horace E. Ensign, baritone; J. J. McClellan, organist; or-ganist; Fred C. Graham, tenor and director. di-rector. Music Today v at Catholic Cathedral For the 11 o'clock mass this morning at St. Mary's Catholic cathedral the following fol-lowing music has been announced: Improvlsata, organ Edg. Tinel Introit Male chorus Offertory, "O Deus Ego Amote" Mixed chorus Elevation, Ave Maria, organ A. Gullmant Agnus Dei, organ.. F. Liszt Grand Choeur, organ M, E. Bossl j A fternoon Recitals j Awakening Protests Writing in our "Open Forum" last week, Edith Morgan Rohr complains of the persistence of artists in giving recitals re-citals in the afternoon instead of evenings, even-ings, says Musical America. Last year this arrangement prevented her hearing Percy Grainger and a number of other shining lights, as she was occupied elsewhere else-where at tbe time. They did not happen hap-pen to reappear evenings or to give a Saturday matinee, and so Bhe was deprived de-prived altogether of joys she considered rightfully duo her. Undoubtedly many other persons have at one time or another felt as Mrs. Rohr does. Musical America has itself recognized the objection to matinees performances in the ease of the "Ring'' rvcles at the Metropolitan, from which I hundreds of enthusiasts are debarred i because their leisure does not serve I them in the afternoon. The incessant ' clamor over the seeming indifference of j men to recitals becomes rather unrea- j sonable viewed in the light, of these ! conditions. Few of them find it pos- , sible to leave their places of business for two or three hours in the afternoon after-noon in order to hear Mme. Culp or Mr. Grainger. How many, for that matter.: manage to attend theater matinees? Yet the afternoon recital is a sort of deep-rooted deep-rooted convention. To the minds of many artists there is something incon- ? Tii ou s in the idea of a recital at night, t is a silly notion, of course, but it undoubtedly exists. On the other hand, it may be ques- tioned whether the transference to evening even-ing hours of functions that now take place in broad daylight would sensibly eliminate such conflicts as our correspondent corre-spondent deplores. The majority of symphony concerts, chamber music events and choral performances occur at niyht and their interests would suffer suf-fer by further competition, while by the same token the recitalist could not exactly ex-actly esvpect to profit. Furthermore, the "theaters claim their share of attention at-tention at this time and that factor must not be disreirarded, since most music lovers are theatergoers. M rs. Rohr errs in claiming that re-eitalists re-eitalists do not take advantage nf Stnt-urdnv Stnt-urdnv afternoons. Many of the most notable artit appear then. a the records rec-ords clearly show. What with sundry orchestral concerts and the opera Saturday Sat-urday is about the busiest musical aft ernoon of the week in New York. There is one sure way to remedy the situation of which the lady complains eliminate the superfluous and mediocre medi-ocre musical affairs with which Kew York is plagued annually. Whoever performs this task efficiently will earn a place on the calendar of saiots. Music Tonight in Seventeenth Ward For the services tonight In the Seventeenth Seven-teenth ward chapel, the following music will be given, the programme opening at 6: SO o'clock: Singing, "New Hope" A. C. Smyth Choir. Anthem, "I Will Fear No Evil" J. J. Daynes Mrs. Lily Read, Hyrum J. Chrls-tlanson Chrls-tlanson and choir. Soprano solo, "Who Knows?" Ernest Bail Miss Lillian Robertshaw. Soprano solo, "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs" Clara Bell Miss Daisy Cook. Address Miss Katherin Matheson Trio, "To Thee, O Father" Verdi (An, by Parkes.) Mesdames H. Neilson, Hyrum J. Chrlstianson, Joost De Haan. Address Elbert D. Thomas Singing, "Aloha-oe". .Arr. by J. J. Daynes Mrs. James H. Neilson and choir. Miss Erma Snow, organist; James H. Neilson, chorlstor. Music at the First Presbyterian Today The following music will be given this morning and tonight for the services at the First Presbyterian church: MORNING. Organ Prelude In G William Faulkes Anthem, "Rend Your Hearts". .Morrison Offertory, "Sous La Feulliee" Francis Thome Communion solo, "Come Unto Me"... i Lindsay W. H. Alexander. I EVENING. Organ prelude, "Nocturnette" (by request) re-quest) D'Evry Anthem, "Search Me, O God" Holdcn Offertory solo, "Within the Gates".. Channon Mrs. N. G. Atkinson. Cleveland Puts Forth New Operatic Plan Itinerant opera companies have a strange way of succeeding in many of the smaller American cities which spurn resident organizations, says the editor of Musical America. To this the Aborn troupes, the old and new San Carlo companies, com-panies, the Boston-National organization organiza-tion and the less pretentious ones that operate on the Pacific coast bear significant signifi-cant witness. The passing of years strengthens their bold on the public, which draws from their dispensations a highly potential musical nourishment. Their stay is not protracted enough to surfeit the unspoiled palate, nor is the public mulcted for more tiian it wants or needs. Therefore the formation of the new "Cleveland Grand Opera company" lays claim to abundant interest. The- organization organ-ization owes Its existence to Cora Stetson Butler of "Cleveland, Ohio, and exemplifies among other things the resourcefulness and skill of American women in the matter mat-ter of musical enterprise on a hold scale. A sort of operatic stock company, the organization or-ganization will appear regularly in a circuit cir-cuit comprising Cleveland, Pittsburg, Cincinnati Cin-cinnati and Detroit. Thus its energies will not be dissipated in too wide a field of action.' Bills will change weekly and each will comprise two works of sufficiently suffi-ciently contrasted character. The company com-pany contains artists of proved abilities and the repertoire is diversified and ambitious. Orchestral and aeenlc departments depart-ments are well provided for and the season sea-son to begin the end of November will last six weeks. That seems short, but It is preferable In projects of this kind to underfeed than to stuff a community. The financial safety of the first season sea-son has been settled by means of guarantees guar-antees secured in the various cities of the circuit by Mrs. Butler, who, as a saga-clous saga-clous and clear-sighted business woman, lias no illusions about monetary profits to be gained through the medium of opera. To all appearances the new company com-pany should befome a vital factor in the operatic growth of an Important section of the country. William Lym, Talented 4 Oboe Player, Leaves William Lym, a talented young musician musi-cian of Salt Lake, who played first oboe1 with the Salt Lake Philharmonic orches- . tra of Salt Lake last season and who lias this season appeared professionally with "The Birth of the Nation" orchestra, will leave today for New York to continue hie studies of oboe and English horn, under eminent teachers. He will also study theory in the New England Conservatory of Music. Mr. Lym Is one of the advanced students stu-dents of C. J. Hawkins in oboe and clarinet playing, and his teacher predicts for him a brilliant and successful future. Paderewski Is Man of Broad Culture Paderewski, the world-famed Polish pianist, who will play in the Salt Lake tabernacle Wednesday, October 11, is a man who never accepts a bare statement of fact. He must always have the reason rea-son or the explanation. His general fund of knowledge is extraordinarily large- and accurate. Tt is the rarest of occurrences to catch him in a mistake in the matter of facts. His curiosity is always alive and he ib ever in the search of something some-thing new. It is a question whether any man born and bred in this country knows It -so well as this Polish pianist. To be sure, he has had exceptional opportunities, opportuni-ties, for in his nine visits to America he has given more than 800 concerts in at least 250 different cities and towns from coast to coast and from Canada to the gulf, but he has always traveled with nis eyes open and his faculties wideawake. wide-awake. Few men understand the gTeat political Issues of the day better than he or take keener interest in them, and few men have a more .lust appreciation of the leading lead-ing men of this country. His admiration is very real, very genuine, but he is not blinded to our Imperfections nor does he hesitate to criticise them. His view is often all the more just because he looks at men and affairs from the position of the true cosmopolite. First Rehearsal of Philharmonic Success Largely attended, and a success in every sense of the word, was the first rehearsal of the Salt Lake Philharmonic orchestra, held last Tuesday morning in Consolidated Music hall, under "the direction di-rection of Conductor Arthur Freher. Thirty-five members of the orchestra were in attendance, and there-was much enthusiasm and lively interest in the work planned for the year. Otto King, first cello, who has been out of the city for more than six months, and who has returned to Salt Lake and again taken his place in the "old guard" of the leading players of the town, was present. pres-ent. Mr. King was warmly welcomed. He expressed himself as glad to be back and ready for the most difficult work. The ftext rehearsal will be held next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in Consolidated Con-solidated hall. Comes From Colorado to Study. Miss Dorothy Wesch. a. resident of Cortez, Colo., has arrived in the city to pursue her musical studies with Professor Profes-sor J. J. McClellan, head of the piano department de-partment of the Utah Conservatory ot Music. Miss Wesch is a recent pupil of Director Di-rector Paul C. Stauffer of the new Den- Iver Conservatory of Music, who refers in glowinc terms to the ability and accomplishment accom-plishment of the young woman. |