Show 4 WW x W WW WJ U MM ra raLi t n J Li o 0 QI An t n Address Recently t Delivered Before i the Daughters of or the Pioneers 1 P lOneer i M sic an d M By Horace G C Whitney Musical Editor of the Deseret News HE monument In ht honor of Brigham Young surd ami the Pioneers which winch stands stand THE T at the head of streel is almost at atthe atthe the entrance of ot oUr and an passing It several times tines a day n as I do I am ani Ire fie struck by hy the Iho spectacle Of f the th tourists r who stand stand In groups mound around the monument with their notebooks in ht hued hand reading the names of ot the thi t n l which w h Lire inscribed on the tho pedestal estol fan Jor them tn take taku mi an eager caer Interest in picking out tha tI o mimes Io to seo hoc whether their thel own on arc nrc to toliu t toba liu ba found fg l there there and nn the si great cut work worl ach by bytha bythe the thc pioneers 11 now no so generally recognized that these tourist it II it n a matter oC of 0 it II l the thc they can ciui find ld their theli own family name cd in till the list lIsl i Of or couro co courso c the old prejudices are sill ram rain rampant pant though thu gh I believe loss lees le H MI HI n than they the used u jod to toLe 10 Le ni and it IC ono ona stopped to mingle with these gar gaz garing gazing ing illS tourists o rl ts ho would hour hear many strange o and amid glut things uttered In repaid regard to the great character whose figure surmounts tho the pedestal pe Young By m man ninny my he is still deemed the thc personification e on gt Q tho the tyrant the tho autocrat and the tho oC women and man many still believe old ol stories which wl picture him as ns an avenging angel an QI the Jea leader leader er of ot llie the and the enemy of ot his 1113 country How lIo inch people would stare If they the could COlli only 11 lave ilae known Brigham rl Young us Is Its lia WIlU they would woul bo be o dumbfounded If they were cro asked half a dozen cloven simple questions and I f frequently enjoy tho the thought of what their hell I an nn answers answers would be if It they the could be pinned down own and made ma to i 1 to some borne imaginary questions like 1111 the time following follow In l Did you jon know that Brigham Young from rein tho the banks of the th Mississippi to time the tho shores hor s of tha IO great rr at Salt Like Lake a distance of oC 1500 milo miles 20 years before ro the Pacific railroads ran rant Into t to the west fou foul ou such vital of hu humane human human man mane culture and civilization as the th Press Pres the Music and the tho Drama Second Se Did you ou know that the first that tha t were pulled by b ox team across the plain plains Iele oade with a 0 printing press press and an a print In Ino outfit and that Brigham Young issued d a L news newspaper nev paper In fn SnIt Salt Iao In ln 1850 1550 before Dem or Omaha 01 or Kansas City was wasU thought ought of ot Third Ald Did you jou ou know that the alto th schools ch of Nau au and where hero Hebrew Greek Greel und and Latin Latin I taught were CIC early revived r in Utah Utah That ono one school has opened in the old Fort Tort in October three m after afler the Hist nl ill st t company of plo neeri Ii anI arrived 1 l Did ayou ou Know Iwo that the lIl drama In a i L way w Y flourished in ht Nauvoo atlo and nd that hat it It hn began an to In Utah at US soon as aa lI ll Young got ot his hearings bearings hare hure did you ou Know that but the thu divine art Music Iu built both vocal ocal and instrumental I was that It a wI very high J condition tho tito tImes limes d in ill Nauvoo Na o and md that It Im inn l to ba be c cultivated tl again ab as as soon aa as a ast t the 1 were there settled in III Utah Doubtless Q your jour e tourist to riS mould opera open hh his I Ie e es s JI anew W at such statements t so conflicting s hIS and would they thoy be b with his so 0 at variance pro pr oncel d of ot what lim Young Youns was wa Yet Yot OcI ull of those statements is a CI matter nutter ter of to uv U They ought to t be Im Impressed In pressed on oui our people p n oro than they are arc for forth they th hb cast east a nt now t c ss light li ti on the life character chan der of lr 1 o Young and even many of the the Saints c who have lases 40 i long regarded and amid venerated aa its It their hc r leader elI as a i trail blazer a founder f of or tonS toms a financial li S and a general S n in III all that th t tiu term l many of oC us perhaps pcr l Js have hau not ac accorded a accorded corded him h h the time place ho he deserves deceives an ill the tho great force in extending culture and c education through throughout gh F out II tit the e west w sf A he Ise was 38 a pioneer lilo eer in a ai of of tho term i is i my any n topic deals lIea 9 only with Music and an Mus us usI II 11 shall pas L tho other cis merely mt t rely I i s m would well repay tho time Daughters D of o t Cl l lon e j to have Brigham Youngs part i In hi le press in time the th heart of oC the le Hocky H I 1 1 s when he e did in n founding coul schools l sch h here rc when I u he ho hl did and tu amid ft encouraging l g l G the drama rama ulea as ha hadid It did dwelt dwelt wol upon exhaustively ex hall s tIel and ald extensively 2 gt the would be sui ui m IudS un tp pens l iVIe i l in aa as lair far tl bac as 1831 1339 it is recorded rei d that t t t tI t drama dr was I sas S a fixed faxed l institution lon Jit in Il Nauvoo that PlOt Brigham Young himself took a part ill in Id a a that hat t tho the of Nii yoo 1 H b r s C were forerunners rs of or our own oln University today Which by bv the way ny was chartered chattered In 1850 and given a It year car aid al from the legislature t l noto note as us ono one detail etall of those times that the bonds bon u o of tho the regents were placed at each and tin t the till bonds of or the were ero tired fixed at from which we wo may ma see soo the Importance which whits that Institution the tho mother mothel of oC our educational of or today toda occupied in the estimation of the time pIoneers But as s to Music and ins in those memorable able ablo days It is I a 0 wonderful thing to contemplate that those sons sets and uno daughters who were gifted In III ti ringing and playing IIla should In Is a 11 few short years jears ears have achieved so 10 o much In III Nauvoo 1 l a should I have laid down own their tasks there thre and amid picked them then up again 1500 miles milea away aay in the heart wart of ot the then unknown surrounded etl by saco nse brush In Indians IndIans mad and wild animals and and pursued their avocations with as much earnestness heart henrt and enjoyment aa as they had done in the thc old ol eastern ens tern home Bane they had abandoned How highly music was regarded re nr ed by the tho Prophet Joseph and the leaders is well evinced by h the th fact that there them were two chops If not more moio In Nauvoo Nauvoo ono one a body of ot considerable e size Ize which sang nang for the general assemblages assemblage of ot the saints In tho tile Masonic Masone hall halt tho the Nauvoo Mansion 01 or in tho the groves gros tho latter during summer worship warship The Tle smaller choir sang in the time temple Then there was the famous Nauvoo Brass Band headed hea e by b Captain William VI III am Pitt and the work of or this organisation which hold held together during the weary wean march from f Nauvoo to Winter Quarters traversing the entire state ot or Iowa cheering e leer ng the tho on their march can never nevor be bo sufficiently ap appreciated appreciate appreciated It deserves a story all by Itself As soon as the people were wore settled settle In Salt Lake Lal valley the old d music lc forces of or Nauvoo began be an to 10 set got In l motion moton Most fost prominent was the Nauvoo Bra Brass s Band still headed by b William 1 III am Pitt leader the other officers being James Standing secretary and nn George Georg Hales clerk clell This band had ha been organized in Nauvoo in January 1842 by William Pitt and was first called Josephs Jose City Band the name later being changed to the Nauvoo Brass Band BandAS Bandt BandAs t AS far fal as ns I know the only survivors of or this band in salt Lake Lale though there may be others at distant points are Joshua Midgley gley and Phil Margetts The following is a list of some soma of or the tho theother theother other members of the organization organisation Henry Mar Margetts getts Barnett and Seth RigbY Bigby William Dunn DunnIll Mr SA Ill and Elder El er Baker Bak r Jacob lI t son ion Robert Hobert Pix tOil Henry Pugh and two sons Brother Brewer the flutist whose murder in the da days dayt s is well remembered by hy old timers tamers James Standing i lg and Howard Ht ward Egan RIsen hen William Pitt left lert on am a u mission to England Eng England land in hl 15 James Tamos Smithies was appointed tap ca lain to act oct until his return Equally early cary was the movement to organize the th singers and oven before tha Pic old ol adobe taber 0 r rr J y yI d I tl rye v h MY r r t I n C Cr r k y r 5 J Who Founded time the Nauvoo Brass Baud Band in in Nauvoo Ill III in January 1842 and Reorganized Reorganized it in it Salt Lake City in 1852 nacle mcle was constructed there was a choir singing in tho Bow try and elsewhere that the tho people met stet The names of o the earliest choir leaders lea ers In Inthe Inthe the valley are Stephen Goddard Go ar and James Smithies both of or whom led the choirs in NOU Nau 00 The oldest surviving members of ot the taber laber tabernacle tabernacle nacle choir of or 1852 are Mr and Mrs Joshua Midgley They The sang before the choir chair had any an or organ gan Aan as an accompaniment and Mr states stales that there were 17 or IS 18 Instrumentalists In who furnished the only accompaniment nl to the til singers He lie John SI Lim Jones and Frederick Weight who had hu played pla e with the choir In St Louts Joined as instrumentalists here Among their associates were the famous clarinetist clarl Ballo and rand Brother Horrocks who played an instrument In trumont very rare and an still rare among amOnI homo home h players rs the bassoon bUS The Tho he leaders were John Puny Parry Pall fathel of Bishop H JJ H 11 Parry Pairy of ot the Sixteenth ward war Robert Hobort Sands Pi Prof of C T Thomas and mId Prof I ro George Carelee From ron Plot Prof Careless the Hie tIlt choir choir went to Prof Pret B F and from him to the present leader lender 11 Evan van Stephens St phell When tho the Social hall was vas opened In III 1553 there was a 11 great entertainment at which hitch a band banI called the African Band took pert part but hut I have not heels been able ahie to secure any Information as to its ita makeup or the character of Its hg work worle Another notable band ot or days was that organized or by 11 Captain Ballo Balle whom I have havo often oUen heard my m father as tho the most accomplish accomplished ed clarinet pI player er he bo ever vor heard hallL Ballos band and Inti the tho Nauvoo N Brass B Dan Band md joined forces on FullY Fuby 14 H 1853 when len n ground roun for the temple vas teas as broken and again on April 6 1553 1853 at the services for tho the laying of u tho limo corner stone static of ot the Hallo Hall 0 immediately after aCter this composed 1 a maich entitled The Tho Cap Stone Starch March I hoping h that taut hl liU band might play pla it when the tho temple templo was a cum com completed but few cw of or tho players ever Iv r lived live to av aCe 1 the tho final stone of the structure placed In position 40 years ears later Inter A notable exception is I the veteran double lass bass player Joshua MIdgley sl 6 3 Ho not only Y played at al the two live ceremonies but when the tho cap capstone capstone stone was placed In fu 1893 he ho also took part pait Ballo and his band were tho the builders of nC the hall ball that once oneo biro boio hla hlo name mine on w t Fir l South street and anti many mall notable dances were cu given Cn n timers there in ht pioneer days ays to the music of o the hand band bandA handA A third band which took pill omit in tho the temple event oyent o nt Martial M band but who led lo it I 1 Nava not been ablo able to learn The hc early records of oC the tho Nauvoo brass band which I once had in my lilY hands for Cor a considerable period are 1 full of oC interest They The describe meet meetings ings at nt the residences n such men as William t Clayton Clavton Daniel Danl H Ii Wells Secretary of State A AWi AWi Wi Vr Babbitt and tn many others On one occasion they had had about cash on hand and on Consulting con consulting the tho governor of or tho time State Brigham Young In regard to it ho lie advised that it be bo divided among tho the 5 of or the musicians who were abroad on on missions and this was 13 done dono ano as aa tho the record says to the satisfaction of or all 01 Notations rare ore found where tho the band called at atthe atthe atthe the residence of or William Clayton to greet Iro t him on his return from a mission to 1 Europe Elder John Taylor was wa also serenaded e on his return Orson Oison Pratt Jr was 1 as all a 11 member May 3 1555 Joshua MIdgley the minutes say sa was presented with a new nev ne on Juno June 13 19 1865 On Juno 30 10 the band played in tho the funeral pro procession cession of oC Judge Schaefer The Tho first orchestra nf or which we timid find any re record record cord seems seelUs to have been bean at tho the house of or William Wllliam Clayton in the tho Seventeenth ward want with the following members William Pitt Jacob JacobH R H Hutchinson James Jaynes Smithies John Kay Ka Robert II K Whitney These ThoRa with mint several others made mado up UI tho orchestra pla d at the Salt fait Lake theater on the night it was WM opened in March 1562 whan Prof ProC C JThomas J JThomas Thomas was IOS In lu charge The first night at tha the dedication several musical numbers were given tend anil two nights later a 11 theatrical performance was nas tendered rendered len both the orchestra and the tho tabernacle 1 choir hall under un er Pint Thomas were special features Later Inter Prof Carless Cai less Prof Thomas homas aa as 13 leader ot of the Theater orchestra Prof Thomas Thoma work with the tiro won wall remembered Salt Halt Lake Laite Gleo JeB club belongs to a It inter period The Tho favorite soloist of or tho the early arl days da s was Mr John Kay whoso who o singing of oC the old song of The Th u Sea gave him bin a Il great reputation among tha the pioneers It was no doubt from hearing John Kay r render limo Tho Sea Soar that JoIn John Taylor raylor tilted fitted his hymn h of or The Time Seer Sear to the same lamo tuna tuno W Y v C Dunbar another soloist sang Sling at the opens open opening J lug ing of the theater in 1862 and had ha previously ac RC acquired fame faille through the tho Sing Zion Bro episode of Echo canyon war times I have not flat been beat able ablo to le learn arn tho the names names of tha individual pianists and organists of o the early arly days except those thoo of ot Orson Pratt Jr Tr and Fanny Tanny y Young Youn later Fanny lanny I anny Thatcher She Sho played in the tha th theold old oW adobe tabernacle in the tIo early sixties when that once famous organ blower Moore officiated ted but hut there were many pianos and rued or 01 gars Kins 1 brought t across s the plains lung long before th the i advent of oC the time railroads and the prominent teach teachers ers of ot thou tho o days day seem scent to have been Mrs Mis Cook Coole J and a 1111 Orson Oison Pratt Jr Think of o the love ot or mu l that would justify buying hu a square pinto 1 in lit St 51 Ioula they were ero all square ii in ilO those days lIll S th the upright vs 1118 1 is ns then unknown and nd having It hauled 1500 miles mlles across the plains plaits by b oxen axon or Dimmick Martial Band dear to every O r boy who celebrated d July |