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Show mam is no; co::i:;g to its own, SMSUtrCLEMfl Salt LaKer Is Interviewed by the Denver Times. "Tba pipe organ Un't universally popular Instrument of music, because very few organists play anything really worth while. They stick either to Bach or to church muete and Ignore tha great poaal-bllltres poaal-bllltres of the Instrument. Tha organ la the greateat tingle Instrument -In the world for production of grand, maeslre orchestral piuslc." This la the view of John Jasper Mc-Clellan Mc-Clellan of Belt Lake City, whoee motber was one of tha earliest members of the Mormon colony, aaid the llenvec Tlmee of Han k i. Ma la a philosopher of music mu-sic as well aa a player. yesterday at the Mlililey hotel he i hose to oe pM:.-eophlcal. pM:.-eophlcal. Mr. MrTlellan la tha onanist of tha Mormon tabernacle In Halt teka City. Thet organ Is one of the largest in tha world and la admitted to have ilia mnet beautiful tone. Mr. hlrCle'lan has held his position there for twelve yeare. Me will give a recital tonight at Trinity church. "Hut the organ la coming t.i Ita own." Mr. Mct vilan acnt on. "and f aid doing my best to bring It tliere. I Iteileve tu plavlng I lie thlnas that peipl.i like, even nn the orgsn. This Includes grand opera. The most wonderful effecte In the world can be produced with the organ. It Is tlie most psrfect Imitation of orchestra and It la In many ways betfr than the orcheetra because tie harmony ta mors pei-feutly blttndr-d. "In .Halt Lake City we have organ re rltals at tlie taternnrle every day at noon for one hour. The music U highly varied, but all of It la of the htgheet atandard. I always play at least one number of Hach and 1 always play one arrangement of aome old familiar melody, tike 'My UM Kentucky Home,' 'Annie leaurle,' or 'Way lown on the Swanee lllvcr. All theae are done with the effect of voice with orchestral acrompanlinent. The air la played wlik the Vx Humana' top. "Tha people flock la these recitals. Why? Hvcauaa live program la varied enough to give everyone what he likea. Moat people will tell you that organ recitals re-citals are dry a its I re. and that la generally gener-ally true, because the org an late don't bring out tha real beauty of their Ins i rumen ru-men t a. Halt T,ake City's pipe organ ta ant only a great factor In Ita music, hut It la a great advertisement for the city. The businesa men aland hack of our mu Jo. We have organised a Hym phony orchestra that a Ives four concerta a year. "The aame effort to make the organ popular ta going on In other iMeree. In ine (uurcn r ine Aacen.iun. i -w lorn, Mark Andrews ia giving aplendld re-cltala re-cltala every tfunday afiermfn: William c. Carl, at the Klret Preahviarlan church. New York; JHarrtaon Wild, organist at (irace church, Chicngo; Clarence Reynolds st Ocean drove, N. J., and Mies Mary Miller at the Mormon Inn at Hlvei-aldc. Cat., are doing the aame thing, and In Hvdney, Australia, where In the town hall they have the largest organ In the world, popular reel tela are frequently given. "The organ at Halt Lake waa deigned and built bv Joaeph Rldaea In U-. Tl-e terminus of the rallroada waa then at Omaha. ICvsry bit of wood or metal used In the Salt Lake organ was hauled In wsgona from Omaha. The total cost of It waa tln.noo. Including improvements and remodeling mads twelve yeara ago for l.i.oixi. 1'attt wapt when she llstemd to It. klelha called Its munlu the Ht beautiful thing In the world, and -thia opinion haa been given by the other greut arOsits who have listened tn It. The combination com-bination of the tone of the organ with the perfect acouatlcg of tha building ptnkea It unequid." lilr. MoClelian la a graduate of tha Tnlveralty of Michigan achool of music at Ann Arboa, Ha atudled there under Alberto Jonas, who la also the teacher of feptto Arriola, the Hpanlah boy pianist. He also studied In Berlin, and began his Din ileal career ag a pianist. Mr. M'-Clellan la accompanied by Albert Al-bert I.U Horns, a leading bualneaa man of Halt Lake. Both men ara suns of early natives of the colony. "We brousht our wlvea with ua,M Mr. McCVellan aaid With a am lie and then added quickly. "I mean Horse brought his wife and t brought mine." |