| Show r W t Ct Music anc arid nd 0 tJ M v 07 r C J r NEWS tenders Its THE rUI congratulations to Mr Ir Arthur Arhur o u of this city elt on Oil having tile the l lM of or awarded U heen 1 en Jy pianist for forthe forth by ho the th famous composition submit submitted orchestral the th best o distinguished committee of ted to 10 a 11 New York Yori Judges It Is no small natI thing thIt tome come out number one oie In a com competition to 10 have participated In II by musicians petition from nil alt the tho great grent eastern cities and eminence of tho the who paused pa the In the merits of ot the tho various on n mut t make Mr Ir Shepherd tI victory victor victorI doubt Moris OIlS ubi to tl 0 him His HI U Is i I y has hru ba of ot which the entire stale Son uRon to feel teel proud and tho thu music reputation of ot our city cannot tilt foil to to II be further enhanced by hy his victory it Jl Is only n few reI months since another of M f Mr r Shepherds works was wU accepted hous anti eastern publishing hyan bY a fl h praised by U 1 yi Maga zinc S S The musical editor of the tb News Mows during durinA the week received letter from flom the Henry W V C Op M ia company asking for tor a suggestion on the tho Salt 1 aKe repertoire The rho choice va Faust Faut 1 and an either or Lohengrin Tile Ti production of ot Alda unfortunately will sili III not bo be brought broucht west or that opera v would have been given firM preference Tho The Salt alt Lake dates are arc Feb 1 to 3 S The Tribunes liberal otter offer to our ports and anti musicians with a II view to se securing e c curing u Il standard state anthem for tor Hah itah Is ii a commendable action It Is it itt tn t bo ho regretted that tho the plans for se seI e ei I 1 ting from the Hat lI t the one olle poem and arid andi i imposition of highest merit have liae been MI o I poorly arranged that the tire object of ot the tho th competition bids fair to bo be defeated The rho offer of ot cash fur for the best poem ari ii 1 similar amount for tor the best bet setting selling of that poem was sas suf to attract tho the most talented of our cur writers and musicians Hut the first blunder was male made when the mu iou muni ni Ian were matte made the judges jUd CR M bf the poetry J Instead of oC having the best one ono oneo of ot o nil all the poems selected by hy n a literary adjudicating kat log committee nut tee and that t Ii a t ono one oil e funded over or to the tire musicians to be treated ns liS their Ingenuity might sug SUI Kiat t Hut hit still more serious was ras the mistake made In deciding to hive the public pass parol on in the tho merits of o the musi il 31 compositions This Is i essentially a II IIla task la k calling railing for lor expert Judgment and unit nil 11 the music ought to have been boen sent away to judges In Denver Deliver or elsewhere ns II was done none at lit the th time of ot the Pioneer Jubilee ode competition It wan wa simply farcical to expect tire till public not one uno In III 60 O of whom wham Is In a II position to t o either cither play IIII the music inrush to hear It played ell or to judge of ot its merits If IC lie he did dill hear It to la pass p lU a II correct judgment Judgments As s the competition now stands stand It Is in ImplY a race nice between the poets and tile compo r to see Iee iC who hO hi eon can buy roost most papers clip dip the greatest number of or votes otes and get Set the biggest list of ot rela rein relatives lives fives friends s anti and Acquaintances to tl vote nto Voter In r beir favor The Tue average church fair Its hustle for tor the tiit most popular lul Is not a o circumstance ci pee to Lo the he t los ruling and buttonholing that thai Is la apt opt to 10 be Invited by the he method tion proposed to settle the anthem It I Is in understood o l that some Homo lome oC of those tho e who have rao entered havo 1110 already ahead writ ten the tle Tribune protesting st the tile method hot of adjudication all oil lent in ii adopted and ant risking asking that thuit nil 11 the com coin compositions lOI positions be he b sent elt to outside lodges for forn forti ur urn n ti decision Dy fly nil all 11 menus means this method ough t to be II adopted ted Last Monday night II ht at the Theater a n chorus directed by h y Prof Pen Iea Ica body Iod rendered the tho en t I ye 26 anthems to 10 t I aid the ire I public In iii II choosing ng Tire The he singers did well but hit that tho the public nubile It Is any nearer making u it choice Is In doubt dOllt fill tul iii One of if f tho tile composers os 1 who wl iio o lit lis listened ls to tl the renditions sadly Hadly sn remarked that It was like 11 dishing up tip 28 2 plum puddings asking n a 1 roan man mAi to taste each one and when he lie had finished wIth the thelast last to record reCord his hl Judgment as IS to which one of ot the lot had hit tasted best esl S S S SIt It I Is altogether likely I 1 e I that Ben Bel Tavles Tavle the tl celebrated Welsh elsh tenor will wi sing sil ut itt the Tabernacle III In March with the tho Tabernacle choir Mr Ir Dle Is IR being brought to II Stilt Salt Hilt Lake Lak by l y the local Cambrian society S S Mrs lrA Martha Hoyle Ting King and Ind riot several of ot her pupils ito hits will wi viI i give lo a n lecture U re recital rectal I on lull Monday evening at nt the tho Commercial dub duh ti oh building lid in g The Tho T he subject Is Modern l American Como II The rho Tie subject will wi be divided as a follows Sketch of If if Ji 11 sio L I Mis 1 1 Them Sketch of Mrs teach Beach Miss US I Ed Edmonds EdmondA monds mondA Sketch of Mrs 1011 Miss Martin Mortin Fallowing the sketch r t selections will viii wi be rendered rend from ruin the tire of ot the tho three S S composers L ii I S 8 ono one Ol of Holds Hilll tuba players Iran has haul bad hlll the III misfortune to Iris his leg arid and Is laid up for Cor re repairs I reS pairs S S S SA A prominent member of tho the musical union Is I dead of typhoid fever feve r In II Hen fimi Henly I ly Iy I the well wel known cornet comet player and member of Hehl band hanl The rue rU deceased ed came caine to this city originally from fromin Chicago ChIeno and Ind was a I erell and unpretentious hut but con man He lie 10 will whit wi be he bulled bunIel to tomorrow tomorrow morrow under the of the tine union He I to leaves leave S no rio 10 funnily family S Wil MIl 11 conductor of the tine Or Orpheum orchestra returns this thin evening from Chicago where he h went welt to ar or arrange orrange range for music mURle for to or tine the season S o S S Monday Musical club held h Its Is mooting la III t Wednesday night flight In Miss Sharps studio tho tine meeting having broil been lJ en from froni Monday evening because of the thc other othur inimical attractions In the tin th city elty at tile the Theater Monday evening and In the First church Tuesday evening Selections from frol tho the compositions of McDowell worn given and plaint piano num numbers lum hers bers were rendered by hy Miss Clayton tun who ho played n a Concert and a composition called New cw England Idyls Mrs Putnam played two num numbers nUI lucre bers ninth Prof Anderson ller uI gave ne u a 1 con concert concert concert cert study sUll stud by b There wire were re IB 11 1 or 20 members S of ut the tho S club Present PresentS Prof In Stephens ls hints has written a 1 letter let I to ProC Prof A supervisor of mu Ju outride lo In pull tic lie Ic schools chool relative to lila his hl work worl with tho the children In II which ho says Per Permit PIr Permit mit mi mo roe here hero to commend you yati HI and your our aides aide for tor tho time good cultivation of ot tho tire voices of ot tho thin children l In your charge chant The use u o of tho the soft ROtt head tones tOIS seems almost universal al with wih tile the children who conic como from the tine schools to tl my m classes and I rejoice In It I Sue Suc Success UC cess cenis to you ou S S S The Tho Orpheus club Inns has his now 40 U mem mcm members bers ers and tine the meetings K are arc more mort In Interesting tf limn 1111 tile ever er were cro before S S S Tho The New ew York YO I Musical Courier of Nov lov 29 t last maltes complimentary reference to tho ho Work ork being m with wih tho public school chil J dren n In iti nhit till city cl by liy I Prof etehl In Inn Ina Inu a 0 u paragraph of some sone 1111 length lengthS S i S S Tho lh musical feature of tomorrow IB In II tin thu Flint First church cli U will wi v I I I 10 bo the th 1 ii conti Ct I I t I it I solo Sob Oh to 10 music by hy Dr Or U It Lewis Drown who 11 I be hi in inhered hered In Inn 11 this city cl by hy iris hil organ re recital cital In Inn II the Tabernacle In tin II tills thur city cly two aGo Tho ho number lumber will wi I ho bo sung suing by uy Daisy A Wolfgang lt who Vin has hILS made such u it nl nI II wih hor liar rich Ich to to voice vinice which sin heir iLos to in bring bri ii g her ire r Into tho tine foremost tore most rank of ot local vo so vocalists 0 enlists CI I sit S S S Edward A Is completely tol broken J tl WI by overwork and 1111 worry WOI unit and uTI his hl creative work as a n it 1 composer Is it I Ph say that ho lie may recover lecover porno part of or iris his hl vig vigor 11 lg or hut but that ho Inc will wi never mover compose O again This news will wil bo he received with wih profound rl by I till alt ni friends of American music anusic 1 uI |
