Show r Squire Coops Berlin herin Letter etter i I c 5 hru Special BerlIn Germany July 2 1901 Is no rio more musk music stilling In III Berlin Germany at than there thor thorIs Is In r Utah think of It II This musical IB is stretched out outon outon outOn on lt 15 back bacI Its rs extend Into the lie shades of tho the hertz Hart moon nine to Switzerland the lie Valley Veils Valle of to II mid and up UI Into bite time the north country where her there Is a U sea I Ca coast const About lit tiling tin u ft tourist would now discover l cOI In this would be he Ito 1111 sign closed hung over the thu end entrance mice of cor eol every music temple In III Ii this city ell The Hool Oj Opera era U Is silent Tho Philharmonic Is away doing menial duty dub In tn Holland Sing AcademIc the he and ana hulls hails am ane closed ami tha locks hocks turned turnell Tho conservatories are hushed i the this piano lids turned down dorn and the lie fiddles shoved und r the lie bod Everybody In Berlin but about two wo I million mill ho fl nut t In in tho I lie ranks ru abcs have given gi the lie muse one farewell pressure ana unu with an fin aut and a sigh dec for the lie woods or the lie waters th re to ii get ge back their nerves The Tho TheOnIS OnIS on thing thin of a musical nature remain big ing In at present ont are the four tour of He five hun died military bud bad antI and Indifferent which play plo In the thc parks I A AA A 4 I theft here Miss It s Lucy Gates hates of Provo it rang the this Aria from Crom roam Faust Fault Making a t rough guess I should say liar that three 01 OJ four hundred representing neatly every evory nationality anent l In their heir nice 11 I rl clothes clothe and showed us tie how ho they had been betm taught to lilly 11 tJ to o sing Ring antI and to compos coal pose TI programs nearly every everything tU thing In lii the playing repertoire Jre for Imd for Jolln while for tor Or the this voice the lie holce hoice was WM lias Ilu The Ilie her lor maim me ale 11 partial t to o the songs lIons of oC Helm bert beit Schumann and In com coin posItion there lucre were ivero er attempts ut at piano pieces pic Cull Violin Molln strIng quartets and nun choral horal fugues The TIme was ns na brilliant Indeed the Hinging the he for forthe forthe forlie the lie most mORt part funny Tho The way a Borne sume of thee young boj boys hOh and anal girls put their heir lingers fingers Into tho the concertos isas na u IL revelation whIch disclosed more inUre thing than IhAn one OM 01 or two to principal of which Is la the lie fact an Ill 11 I nine before stated stol that hat tho ho Instrumental mental conditions here are gigantic thelo Is ha no tie disputing this fact It Is It a aCl common Cl thing to o had here lucre n II fourteen earold youngster with a n standard piano 01 0 two t 0 beside besides any number of Each Bach and pieces els tucked up one sleeve and then lien hups the thc same for the or io 10 I tucked up the lie other othor The Tho conservatories s of are full AA A A AAA i I n a Sunday but as ns those these play pill pia a 1 good deal theal of Sousa we le will 11 let them toot their little toot and not complain COMMENCEMENTS I may mn go 10 back n a 1 month and mention a little about the He Berlin conservatories con which occupied simie of my m attention during their final recitals and com coir In June Usually school ments bore Imre me inc These The e human hUIan positions or faIre fair where the time prize Is 15 II offered to the lie one ont who has hns the most to this the uric one who says the pret prettiest lest piece or iho tue If prettiest t HOUR hot ho weather wather In III which they usually oc oe occur occur cur are something fierce and funny funn or looks hooks the with the theas theas as Hilly Bill Baxter might have hae put It but there thero are Rood genii COOl reasons I suppose for doing doln such things M so 0 I guess I wont have hac them horn discontinued Musical are even con funnier than the time regular school chool com corn b cau If it there hero Is a 1 real nIn class claB of humanity that Is III ably vain It Is the musical mu and anil th strangest thing thin of it all I is III that at Al the their vanity Is at nt the highest later In tn Hf hIt when they have hae hael learned l th hit lesson tint that the commonest thin timing In the he world Is U humanity antI next nut to that the possession s lon of n a mod moil moderate crate erate amount of aptitude for this or that they the are to shrink up anti and assume consistent pro proportions proPortions portions Now ow If tt they would do this lila earlier In life liCe while hll tile the lie bones honell were yet jet et wield It might ht not nut hurt so badly I speak from frem experience In there are nrc eight const o tories which bestow signed papers paper diplomas certificates certificated etc whatever such nuch things ma mn loe be worth The schools flied the month of June full to the handle with th the Ir lr closing I recitals itA I II Ve t I hall had the opportunity of witnessing the time results of this lila famed teach tench In Ins Inc right fresh tram fram the source as a 5 It were One con atory The Sterns had no less iee than ten public U It Rives me to report tt ort that at one of ot I If Y T of line fine teachers who may mo lila b bl be hall had for or moderate pric prices B of tul lon men Inell menas as all Conrad Anton Allton Poetter Foerster Kr Er I r nest iest J or m be lie hall hail twice n a week at lit the lie w n versa tor tory for fur from 12 to HS u n month but hilt butof butof of course ou must not forget that a n conservator Is ha l A 0 business which tries tn to keep k p Its 1111 curt m r on Its books as ns long hang as os possible and therefore th lie mill grinds slowly 1 do not by hy any an means recommend the th l can e It U U ut I cheap hal The aura mira have hae need to In lit proud of the fruits of heir labors however hoer for the general average of the pla playing of their r pupils was WaR wonderful On the he other hand I saw PAW nothing wonderful In the ocal exhibitions exhibition we sing Just as well at nt home If not a n little bit hit better that hut thatIs hutis Is II those thoe who do sing ring there Is II It a stiff tiff a sluggish h character to the hue th German singing that thaI ekes all the th sing n out of It to my m ears I do not riot think their vocal Munis ideals are arc ar high I have often ohen heard hIAN singing ringing applauded d at ot th tilt he oi ors eni that you jou would at itt home consider positively IlO bad The TIle sang to about as OR man many empty seats as filled ones one while hl the lie th Inferior compan at al wn was always greet gr ed oil 1 with 1 house hou Is It a ease rue of oC placing this the German Gern p 1 ra 1 before fot the th thoIN vile oIti The Thur musk of It Is II certain grand enough to transfer C th lh the entire at attention from roth th UH he stage to 0 th men In the th tt pit 1111 After AUer hearing Wagner Vagn r enough to appreciate his hi orchestration o Italian opera seems ns as threadbare as I a n l l lor of or cotton but hUt this his Is another subject To ru continue about abot singing OUR OUI OWN OW CHOIR The Salt Sal Lake Tabernacle choir III I u Il IJ U 1 t H vary try tr resi respectable body b In iii II It Would Imle Ind l 1 be b a I to again be hue be to tilt sit and hear henr hor them shin 1111 off o the I Lord IAN Imle or the th chorus especially so I If ii I they could have haxe the ol at atthe the Orchestra Mabe May be the they wi will some lome day dar there then Is I no hI telling what the great groat guiding hand han has In stove By lly thin this comparison I do III dl not riot mean lean to t Infer that lint BerlIn Is la totally void sold of ot things I 1 am not miot disrespect disrespectful ful UI or forgetful of tIm the exceptions that hat exist I 1 admit that there here are good vocal ocal sachems tt In iii and also ull good singers hut but ut a real good oo voice will wi sing well wel without any teaching nn a l talent slant will wl shine brightly bright In Iii a I hovel just a RI Ru pome good could conic como out of or Nas Nasareth In 11 In respect to tu the compositions which these thele pupils recitals brought forward I was Inspired to note flute tho lie follow Ing on Oi tho tIme margin of my lY iii program Even Everything thing of ot aught lies Has been lIcen And 11 writ about So Po thai lint naught il May ra be lie sought oUGht Or writ but rot With Wih to t 6 Mr Ir r Toil Tod Te Goodwin I It I dees really seem seeni as os though all ni the tho he Intervals of melody meloy have been lIeen used up and also alo nearly nil all ni the combinations In harmony harm on and that nothing nosy new 11 can eun I come conic just as ns long iong tongue lapped up u all the hue the broth and left but i the tue empty empt dish to his lila followers All Alin In all al the lie conservatory commence commencements ments proved Interesting and Instructive tive tle and served to strengthen toy 1 opinion ion that for tor piano plana orchestral Instruments I ments and anI for a 1 generalizing of music i one could coull not It BO go 10 wrong Smug In coming to n while for voice culture pure pur I and simple he might WAO Im FESTIVAL The principal topic of musical Inter Interest est eat Just at lt present Is III centered UI the he Wagner Festival at I r might soy say M the only a 1 its I smith said before he fori Orpheus has haR rung down th the he curtaIn on In I tIme the til musical play Ills opium Wagner nr hints has however managed fi to keep keel away awa from the tl summer retreats retreat A notable ensemble of at conductors torl singers lingers anti ana orchestral for the lie presentation of at The lung H n rind ami Al hauls Ilha and nna The riving Flying Dutch Duth mI at nt the lie theater built hull by I liar her hus husband hi hit band and thit king kin of Bavaria in Ha Itay mouth The performances performance are a said Mid Ild to 10 tol l 1 Ii e In every ee detail according to Wag Wagners Wap nora ners liking and as mis 11 near miser an at at mi such lIuch eh things s may 10 become With Ith the he rest t of or thu th great stub and An curious furlo your our humble huble correspondent Intends to go to flay iy Ith to hear the lust lAst word WON said Mid In the lie music lu lc drama urania arid and h lie n jin ln In r lr to do his hil best t to tn look ok win wn and all act wise wife I t M so f as U not to bt u the lii tart fact ae that he lie h has hs hs hula ht alphabet with ft With lh tit til 1 hope hoJ that tbt what hat hatI I tried to say MY shout about the th In Is my mJ last letter lisa has lall tint not ot fallen entirely on unheeding er MrS Hf I wi will 11 once one more mess be b good and desist God bit bl ill all in tl folks folk folkA I lit at A home COOP Cl |