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Show THE SALT LAKE; TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY; 8 ART WiTH.SIKGERSlNB IRSTRUMEFfTALISTS Noted Violinist, Teacher, to Make New York Home sT JAZZ ARTIST PLAYS Walter Gieseking, Germati pi an onr, proves versatility it instrument. of hit art. f - Walter Oleseklng. the German pianist who has thrilled both Europe and America by his brilliant performance, 1 to do in public what he heretofore had done only In private play Jazz music This master Interpreter of Beethoven, Bsch, Debu&sy and Schubert, hailed' by critics J nents as "the Second Rubinstein," announces that when he appears on a radio program over eighteen station Sunday, February 17, he not only will include in his program two Jazs pieces of the Charleston-Varsit- y Drag variety, but they will be selections of his own composing. His announcement probably will shock the musical world, who had seen only the serious side of Oleseklng. whose devotion to his art 1 traditional But this versatile young German often has sat down in a friend's house and played an American Jazz piece with the expertnes of a Harlem negro. Here is a study In contradictions the great virtuoso, fresh from triumphs with the New York, Boston and Cincinnati Symphony orchestras, interpreting the wor'is of the old masters in so brilliant a manner a to attract capacity houses at every appearance, now goes to the other extreme in depicting the In music It will be interesting to compare his Jazz composition and his playing with those of masters of syncopation. . -- ultra-mod-e- m ed ORQIBTiUMLNUS DIRECTOR MAKES Giovanni MartlnelU, the popular tenor of the Metropolitan Opera company, ha finally consented to appear this spring at the Royal Opera In Rome, after receiving the following cablegram signed by the governor of the city. Prince Boncom-pag- ni Ludovisl: "Impresario Scotto has asked you to take part in the opera season at the Royal theater here this soring. I Join the management In their request, urging and begging you to come to that the government and the city of Rome may not be deprived of the enjoyment of your great art." Although consenting meant a great financial sacrifice and the cancellation of his tour with the Metropolitan In Atlanta, Washington, Baltimore, Cleveland and Rochester, as well as concert dates, Mr. MartlnelU agreed to appear. He will be heard in Rome hi Respighi's "Sunken Bell." a role he created this season at the I.:etropoUUn. as well as in "Forza del Destino"' and "Andrea Chenier," singing at least eight performances. After his Italian season, he will take a vacation abroad, returning to this f suntry as usual for the Ravina opera, where he is one of the mainstays of the company. Xellist 110 Data Here and in Europe . lias . Between November 10, 19928. and September 1. 129. Hans Ktndler. v.ho appeared In Salt Lake late last -- plays 118 concerts.--- - From- - No- vember 5 to February 7 he was booked concerts In the United for thirty-si- x SUtes. Between February 17 and March 17. he appears twenty-fou- r times in Holland. From March 20 vntil June 10 his engagements include at least twenty recitals in Belgium, France, Italy and England. Between July 4 and August 15 he plays thirty concerts' in Java. The Dutch 'cellist's next American tour is from January IS to April 20, 1930. Associated Male Chorus Preparing for Concerts The Associated Male Choruses of Utah are In the midst of preparation for the third yearly series of con certs to be participated in by clubs of Salt Lake, Ogden, Logan and provo. In Its concerts last spring, this orwas received most enthusiastically by audiences in these four cities, and capacity houses were the rule at all appearances. Each of the member clubs Is porting marked increase in membership and exceptional enthusiasm for the coming series of concerts, the first of which will be given some time next month, i John C. Do nelson 1 in charge of the Salt Lake recital, which will be given at the tabernacle. ganization "Rugged Peaks," a canvas in which Leland Curtis has expressed the chat' acter of the California country. (B& ? -- ROLAND HAYES GIVES HIS IDEAS L ARTISTS Vividly Depicted Condensed Tales Offer Contrasting Materials of Human Pageant. By DEEMS TAYLOR. spectator at an automobile race should see one of the cars leave the starting line and go careering down the track, shifting gear and rounding corners of its own accord. with no sign of anyone In the driver seat, their emotion would be something like those experienced by the audience that gathered in Carnegie hall, New York, to hear the first con cert of the American Symphonic Ensemble. For here was an orchestra of eighty-odits players seated, not In the traditional arc of the symphony orchestra, but grouped in a hollow circle, its conductor not only Invisible, but nonexistent. At a slight signal from the principal first violin. it began the Beethoven Erolca symphony and played It through. The volume of tone swelled and dimin ished: the pace quickened and slack ened; the various choirs and solo passages entered and dropped out; the drums beat, the fiddles scraped and the trumpets blew, and all with no sign of a presiding genius with a baton in his hand to guide tnem on If the d. their way, l'h occasion was the first trial In America of an experiment that began in Europe six years ago. In the winter of 1922. sixty members of the orchestra of the State Opera house In Moscow gave an thoveh concert comprising the Eroica symconcerto and the phony, the violin Egmont overture with no conductor. . The Carnegie hall concert was undoubtedly a success. The program. Identical with the original Moscow program of 1922, went off in fine style, the orchestra playing with excellent tempo, dynamics and tone quality. In the concerto-- , played by Max Rosen, the players accomplished the doubly difficult task of performing a fairly complicated, work and accompanying a soloist without a leader. The audience, a friendly one, was widely enthusiastic, and Its enthusiasm was by no means unjustified. A great conductor's interpretation of great music, however, is likely to be subtle and more penetrating than that of a committee of orchestral musicians. If it should prepare two or three programs and play them on tour it will be worth hearing and supporting. all-B- SPECIAL Ml SICAL PROGRAM. The Eleventh ward choir will present a special musical propram in the University ward chapel Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock under the direction of William M Cox. Evan Timothy and LaMar Peterson will be the accompanists. Following is the program "Let the Mountains Shout for Joy." choir and consresation: ' anthem "Awake and Arise.'' choir: anfrom "Twelfth "Gloria," them, Mass." choir; anthem. "'Softly Now the Light of Day,"' Mrs. William Denos and Choir: contralto solo. "Ruth,"-DonnCox Gund?rson: antrum, "Gospel Restoration." Mrs. A. J. Kirk and choir. : ... - :'. - " ... i i - by. "Coin' Dvorak, tenor, Home," Ramm Arveseth, Charles E. Clap-habaritone, Willis H. Gale and male chorus. "Polonaise In E Major," Liszt, Jessie Seamons Taylor. "Vest! la Giubba" (On With the Plaj from "I Pagliaccl,' 'and "Songs My Mother Taught Me." Dvorak, Mr. Frazee. "Arabesque," Debussy, and "Romance," Rubenstein, Lydia White Boothby. "In a Little Town Nea By," tenor, O. Tussenbrook; baritone, Norven L. 8torrs. and "Invlctus," male chorus. Officers of the new organization are R. E. Winn, president; H. C. Moore, secretary and treasurer; Wll-foD. Gygl, business manager; Clifton E. Taylor, art director, and Oeorge P. Ryser, librarian. Singer making up the chorus include: Ptrst tenor Ramm Arveseth, Dr: o, W. De Lance Bishop, Charles A. F. Doral Cutler, T. Theadore Engh, Joseph Max Jacobsen, Leo J. Miller, William D. Oliphant, R. W. Peck, O. Ensign Smith. Clifton E. Taylor and Frank Tingey. Second tenor J. Elmer Anderson, Wendell R. Anderson. Ralph P. Ball, Leo van Beekum. K. H. Bennlon, Charles E. Clapham. William C. Green, D. C. Llovd. 8. M. Miller, Howard C. Moore. Harold J. Pyper. Howard R. RusselL Oeorge P. Rvser, G. Tussenbrook, and Conrad Welti. First bass Lynn 8. Carlisle, Allen 8. Crow, Henry Engh. Willis H. Gale, Wllford D. Gygl. Newell J. Layton. Eldon L. Taylor. Maurice J. Taylor and Norven L. Joseph 8. Tingey Storrs. Second bass George A. Bowles. Matthew Cowley, A. W. Curtis, Elmer E. Ferguson, Roy E. Fuller, Clarence L. Garner, Raymond C. Jones, Oerrit A. Jongejan.. Joseph A. W. Keddinnton. Ernest D. Kimball. Ru.vll B. Lavton. 8. F. U. Melvin Nicholls, Pratt, William 8heldon. Richard G. Welch. Albert C. Welti, R. E. Winn and Louis J. " Bowers. - I ' Extreme- - Slotlernisin Off. ...set ly Milder Manner Among Contribufors. ' i. i"niiiiwii . " I .a 'Three artists of distinctly varied personality, whose works, shown in the Rocky Mountain Exhibit of Modern Art, now in progress at Logan. make an excellent study in contrast of manner, are Rinaldo Cuneo. whose canvases have been much esteemed among San Franciscans: Haldane Douglas of Los Angeles, who has been attracting attention In California exhibits, both north and south, and Birger Sandzen. the Kansas artist, one of whose decorative pictures won the purchase prize of the Sprlngville annual exhibition last year. Rinaldo Cuneo, who Is represented In 8an Francisco galleries permanent exhibits, achieves, a . looseness and freedom in the treatment of his subjects that denote an assured touch. He knows what he is after and goes directly about it. In his mountain studies, of which the "Piercing the Clouds" attracts- immensely, there is weight and bulk to his structures. The brown foothills and higher snowcapped peaks are built up In curving create that agreeable planes feelrhythms. One gets little of the howing of sunlight in these pictures, ever. The four vivid, glowing canvases which Sandzen offers reveal his at times almost startling use of pure color. This artist is a daring individualist, who follows his own way, of conventions.'"iThere is an exuberant emotion expressed in his canvases which Is stimulating. Particularly interesting are his "Aspens and "Red Rocks," which express - Moab, Utah, scenes. . ' -- ; , .... ssswy. .. ' Itv V .f " I M'TV ' 'i "" tea-tast- .... i ' i 1 i" '" ; if. i?: - w j .m - - . i ......lv - . i- Roland Hayes, negro tenor, who appears In 8alt Lake the evening of . February 35 as the next attraction on the Musical Arts society course, haa given out the following interCHAMBER MUSIC TWO M0SERS HUNG view concerning spirituals and hi sinning of this class of music: IN TEXAS EXHIBIT SOCIETY OFFERS "People always consider me a singer of spirituals; that is not quite right what move me in the spirSECOND PROGRIM Two large oils by Henri Moser, ituals also moves me in Schubert. who went to Texas several months Not the fact that they were composed Plans for the second appearance at ago lh order to enter by negroes, but that inspiration been hung in the national exhi which fired the negroe to create the Hotel Utah on the afternoon of have being conducted by the San them Just as Schubert was insoired. March 3 of the Salt Lake Chamber bitlon the Wltte muNot the stove, but the fire inside of Music society have been completed. Antonio Art league at "The seum, San Antonio. competl it. I only consider a furnace good if Prior to this concert, however, the tion was Inaugurated not only for It turns into fire when it is burning. ensemble will play at Ogden at the appreciation in "The negroes that became Chris Hotel Bigelow on Sunday afternoon, the promotion ofas-art the state, but - an incentive to tians and heard and understood God's February 24. to artists the native life and interpret word first did not dare to speak to The society, which Is comnosed of oi Texas, and 131,500 in prizes Him in their art. They did not dare Albert Shepherd and Reginald. liora were from all parts to venture to call to Him directly. erenz eteiner. oi tneoffered. eeaies, violins; were invited to join Yet they felt the need thereof they cello; Thorvald Jorgensen, viola, and Lin .the country competition, but were con were slaves and suffered as deeply Vera Frey Beason. piano, will presubjects to the poras any human beings possibly can, sent at these recitals "C Major Trio" fined Inof tnelr Texas rural life and wild and all they craved was deliverance for violin, cello and piano, by Mozart; trayal flowers. and peace. Beethoven's "A Major Sonata" for Mr. Moser has been spending the "Thus the spirituals came into exLos Anrelea Fainter cello and piano, and "The Kaiser winter An San Antonio, painting its cre istence, the leader sang them, by Haydn. Quirtet." Leaves Fnzsled. I' life and cotton fields. In adated them in his church, and the The Salt Lake Symphonic chorus, ranch dition to the paintings which were Haldane Douglas represents the also whole community sang them with Proand dircted organized by modfor the exhibit, he has sent ultramodern school. Since the him. It wasn't art that hit straight fessor Steiner, gives its initial re- accepted to Mrs. Alice Merrill Home two small ernist's concern, we are told, is to cital Monday at Its mark It was a quiet trailing evening at the Ladies' oils depicting Texas themes, and a to his emotional reactions the convey melody with endless little delicate club. Assisting artists will set of nine scene he studies, one can only believe Literary etchings, which are to be turns. Your musicians know this the include Naomi Hoffman, soprano; shown in a general exhibition to be California the that lovely so landscape subtle is voice of the flexibility White O. R. Lydia Boothby. harpist: that it can be measured in puts Mr. Douglas into a quite topsy- Burkhardt, basso, and Stuart Rae, held shortly. turvy state. Judging from what he During his stay, Mr. Moser writes, tones. The and has set down. His "Paysage," paint- flutist. Mrs. Beason is accompanist. he has enjoyed renewing his acnegro that sang then did not dare comed a less whimsical is at quaintance with Gutzon Borglum, Paris, to look up and ask; he sang in deep DIRECTS BANCROFTS NEXT. position and far more pleasing to Josef von Sternberg will direct the famous sculptor of Idaho, whom devotion, unbounded humbleness and the beholder unable to enter his George Bancroft's next Paramount he met in Paris while he was studyworship and created that quiet, flexat the Academy. He has had the mood. There is much to be said f or ible line. It was as if he tried to production, "Thunderbolt," ing the freedom and verve with which starring to be filmed in full dialogue end in pleasure of assisting the sculptor in surround God with his helpless love, Mr. an art works. Douglas project of historical character his guileless hope lie .did not apsilent form. Von Sternberg directwhich lAr. Borglum is at work for In the group of Room 109. where ed Bancroft in "Underworld" proach God he did not endeavor to and on state. to are the be found the trio also hangs, call to Him in his song and prayer; "The Drag Net." six of the charming canvases by Edhe Just surrounded God, face avertwin studies in done France Evans, art. his with ed, WRIGHT DISCUSSED and later Utah subjects, of which and Ramond Hendry Williams, "When this came up alt other mention has been made in these col- - ( among Fletcher's being a striking music was forbidden. The work-sonIN UTAH JOURNAL umns. There is splendid representaMr. Williams of pioneer canvas.-anand all profane music were prevent tion of the work of Calvin Fletcher fering examples of his desert studies. ed and considered a blasphemy. In H. Reuben Reynolds' "Still Life" does the community where I was born "Evening on the Weber." a landall that one could ask of a still life. nothing' but spirituals were per An outstanding feature of the show scape portraying a peaceful summer formed. In my youth there was no scene, by A. B. Wright, art head of Is the Leland Curtis paintings in anquestion of blues and Jan. Those j other room, Mr. Curtis' composi- the L. D. 8. university, appears as were looked upon as oaths. They cover design for the February issue . s tions are on large scale, and show a of .... have no great value. They can in.. the Utah Educational Review. A careful craftsmanship. He places terest us highly las Stravinsky can), brief sketch of the For a third Appearance in New but tt does not give us the radiance Puccinis "Turandot" is being emphasis, on design, especially in artist isbiographical given also; and the biogra"Autumnal"; but his renditions have that lives forever in the old art, the York at the Metropolitan opera heard in Moscow this winter. depth and strength. For us. his large pher offers as an Illustrative text house, Sunday afternoon. March 3. old spirituals." picture Joyce Kilmer's lines: Iowa is the Prague teachers' chorus. Metod a highway for canvas, "Rugged Peaks." has an Im- for the "I think that I shall never .?e Dolezll. conductor, will give the first Dvorak, who lived in that state for a posing quality; and he paints the A. C. DISPLAYING A poem lovely as a tree sea so that one feels its surge end performance outside of Czecho-Slo- during his American visit restlessness. Because of the two memorial days Mr. Curtis is a medalvakia of "Zborpv," an unaccompanied thirty-od- d years ago. The Dvorak which fall during the month, a leadMUSIC ACTIVITY vocal symphony in six movements, highway passes through Spillville. ist of the Painters and Sculptors club ing article of the number Is "One by the young Czech composer. Otto where the Bohemian wrote Dart of oi Los Angsles. Meaning of Two Birthdays," and a his Taos "New World" director Jeremias. of Kar the by Moonlight symphony. l facsimile of a letter written in 1864, to The Trlbiin. Hn'ili Mv.ll. r'l.inn conservatory, with text by Rusigned "A. Lincoln." a most tenLOGAN. The Ltah Agricultural dolf Medek. erstwhile colonel in the and few i "Moonlight Vigil." by Bert G. PhilWhistles, howls, very, very der letter offering consolation to a college band, under the direction of Czech army which fought at Zborov icneers greeted the first Berlin per lips of Taos, a in which the mother picture bereaved by war, is reproClarence J. Hawkins, Is giving a spe- and who wrote the poem the day formance of Arnold moonof artist's soft, Schoenberg's duced. pale This letter from the rendering stucial concert Monday before the battle. The work, which new orchestral "Variations," played light creates a mysterious enchantafter the hangs on the walls of Brase-nodent body assembly. The band plans In minutes Wllhelm by a lends performance requires touch of a ment, fifty different Furtwaengler and the College, Oxford University, as a later In the week to go to .Salt Lake, and rendered from memory, Philharmonic. entirely Taos This where atmosphere. pueblo, model of pure English. where it will, be featured in several will be sung in the original tongue, no life stirs but the white-robe- d Dr. LeRoy E. Cowles. Joy Elmer numbers, both in concert and radio occupying the latter half 6f the proItalo Montemezzl, Italian com- horsemen, suggests faraway places. Morgan.. John K. Norton. Mrs. Lu- programs. The band now is composed gram and following the miscellaneposer, is said to have written an or- In other canvases, Mr. Phillips has cile Y. Reld are of sixty-on- e among the contribu pieces. to chestral ous selections. the third act of prelude ' given us his Impression of the Indian tors to tne number., The A. C. orchestra also Is getting his "L'Amore del TTe Be." dance buffalo dance. and eagle ready for a concert to be given the - New York's legion of recitalists sevattract Other that are HOLDS CONFERENCES. things last week of the school term. Several these days includes Sigrid Onestn, Claire Dux emerged from private eral of Henri Moser's fine landscapes. Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley. presibig numbers are being rehearsed. The contralto: Harold Samuel. English life to sing in Mahler's fourth sym- - the ladies of dent Francis of the National Federation of wood wind trio and quartet also will pianls-tHungarian phony with the Chicago Symphony Rager's decorative designs, and some Music Clubs, has been holding conb? featured in special numbers. The violinist: Yelly TJ'Aranyi, Hess. English pianist: orchestra this season. Myra surprisingly good work that has been ferences In New York on her way to orchrstra is undpr the direction of Andres Segovia, guitarist: Alexander contributed by Logan students of art, Wirhington to inaugurate a music Professor B. Cecil Gates. Gretchaninof f, Russian comrjoser-plants- t; Three governments, those of the among which Howell Rosenbaum's council of the National Women's parTh" siee club, under Professor WalJascha Helfetz. violinist; rittr nf Purlin t H atafa rf TrLiceta winter studies are exceptionally ty, a new ter Welti. Is putting the finishing Walter Giesekini departure for political pianist, and Mts- -j ftnd the Gerfflan fieich. combine now promising - A young painter, whose groups. touches on its numbers preparatory cha Levitzkl, pianist. into several subsidize Berlin the Philharmonic compositions rnyinmicai to the annual state-wid- e tour. dicate a talent that will bear watchEUROPEAN TOUR RUMORED. orchestra. A composition prize of $1000 is anThe rumored European tour of the ing, is Alpheus Harvey, a Kaysville MUSIC IX GENEVA. nounced by the MacDowen club Of - "mhess is given as the cause of the instructor. 4 Boston,. Symphony ... orchestra this , In addition to the Geneva Festival New York. as of Taken Pablo cancellation Casals' is the whole, exhibit projectspring is reported as In pril, Switzerland is to be the one that recommends itself, and by The Telegraph. ed tour in the United States this "It is now comscene of another musical gathering A drive has been started in New should convince the public of the mon knowledge in well informed cirnext' August, when a week's confer- York to organize patronage of the desirability of lending its support to cles." it is said, "that the tour, un ence by musicians and- music Commonwealth Opera association to Russia takes pride in a famous so laudable an enterprise as its spon- der the direction of Koussevitzky, will take place at Lausanne. woman basso. give popular-price- d performances. sors have undertrken wiu oegin in April and will embrace . Cor-tell- one-four- th one-eigh- th - Jon-geja- n. - t.- PROCESSION. By Fannie Hurst. Publishers, Harper and Brothers, New York. Miss Hurst's reputation as the pur- - 4 veyor of short stories of a compressed style peculiarly her own, is amply sustained in this volume. Here are five rather long short stories, almost novelettes; and each of them contains sufficient material whereon to build a novel, had Miss Hurst so desired. It is almost as it she had set up the framework for a, novel, and then, her attention to other things, had left then uncompleted. With unerring Judgment. Miss Hurst has selected from out the passing "procession" of life those incidents and figures which have a stronger interest because not too r often repeated. But her people are Imperfectly portrayed. There are too many gaps In their short histories, vividly realistic as they are, for her characters to fix themselves in our" minds. With the exception of Kate, the defeated mother of "The Hossie- - . Frossle." one will not long remember them. ' Nevertheless; these stories aro not negligible, but. rather, superior to the average short story of the magazines. Tney present diversified phases of life, each poignantly interesting. Death, Wife's Aid And Author's. In "The Left Hand of God." the; first of the- five, khe deals with a young pair, who meet and love in a romantic fashion, which, though tenderly charming, is too idealistic to be quite credible. Howard Is an expert whose firm sends him to India in the first year of his mar- several for months, so that his riage child is born during his ' absence. A whom The poet arid beauty-lover- ,' sight of ugliness in nature sickens, he pictures for himself the baby girl s beauty. The mother, agonizing over the child's misshapen body can not bear to write Him the truth, not even w when he is returning. The problem thus presented, Miss Hurst has shirked, however, bringing death tq her aid in its dissolving. Death again is the god in the machine upon whom she relies in another instance the story of black Tish's "Young Prince," for that there could have been any happy conclu- slon to the struggle of the supersensitive Bernard to overcome un natural tendencies, seems improbable. 'The Third Husband" tells of a man's long serving for a girl In whom-i- s merged the nun and ,lhf harlot whose possession, one is sure, will give him no Joy. Stopes' incred- ible patience and generosity make ot him a pitiable figure. Cabaret Life Seta Romance. The gaudy Rodeo West of "Givg This Little Girl a Hand." queen of s night club cabaret, after the pattern of a notorious Broadway character, is the center of a tawdrily realistid picture, but the character of her romance partakes of the sensational. In the story of Kate Hossefrossi and her daughter, Paula, succumbing to the weight of German traditions of respectability of Hossef rosses who had lived in St. Louis generation af V ter generation, the quality of tragedj is inherent. Kate's own girlhood aspirations after a wider life had been promptly smothered, but that hei lovely Paula should have nothing but the same incalculable dullness of living is unthinkable. Were it not better to know something of life, even its pain, rather than this? Kate, craving , beauty and romance for Paula, secretly abet her daughter's brief flare of rebellion; but in the end the rigid tenets of the family hold both mother and daughter. f .ft' On Thursday evening, February 21. which was formed in October, and which promises to be a delightful addition to local musical - organiza tions. Assisting artists at the first concert will be Lydia White Boothby, harpist; Jessie Seamons Taylor, pianist; Robert 8. Fisher, cellist, and Howard N, Frazer, tenor. Proceeds of the concert are to be devoted to charity. Following is to be the program: "A Song of Fellowship" and "Mother." chorus. "Walter's Prize Bong," (from Die and "Meditation," Meistersingers), Mr. Fisher. "Melody," Dubez. and "Gavotte," s, Lydia White Booth- Among Musical Folk .... ,,.ir...,- ..." Budc-Jovl- 8pr,-!i- ' Tenor , in Light Opera Now Concert Success William Clark, well known to Broadway as a leading tenor in light opera, who scored particularly in Gilbert and Sullivan and "The Student Prince," proved himself a concert artist as well on his New York debut last spring. Since then he has appeared with the Phllharmonic-Sym-Dhon- v orchpstrn f. thi Tntvihn So dium under Bernardino Molirani a::d in recitals throughout the country. The critics agree that he is one of the most promising young singers beforo the public today. concerts in Paris, London, the En glish provinces, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Budapest and Prague.'' SPECIAL MUSIC PLANNED. Sundav evening. Fnbmrv ti o 7:45 o'clock, at the First Methodist church, a full chorus and orchestra of thirty pieces, under the direction oi rTana w. Asper. win present the 'Thirteenth Psalm." bv Monrfeiccnv,,-The chorus also will stng Mozart s' "Gloria" and Haydn' "The Heavens Are Tellinff." Rwrl ruin baritone soloist, and the orchestra. also wui play three numbers. , "rail-splitte- r" se j - "well-founde- petfa-grgu- es Sterling Fogelberg PIANIST llthe-limb- - - ' ,Qf Passing Show full-leng- th , at the McKlnley chapel, 1740 South State street, the Maestro male chorus of Salt Lake will make its initial bow to the musical public. Francis F. Taylor is director of the chorus, COLCTff Varied Sections low) "Moonlight Vigil' a study of a Taos pueblo, by Bert G. Phillips, in which there is charm and mystery. THIS WEEK Gluck-Brahm- ON SPIRITUALS . IN S. HI UTJ ;: Arresting Canvases in "Modern" Exhibition MAKES INITLALBOW rd SIGNAL SUCCESS AGREES TO SING year,- lng awaited with Intense interest,, The Swanee Singers, a male chorus directed by Professor B. F. Pulham. has been making an excellent record for itself the last few months, presenting programs of rare musicianly taste. There are other local- - choruses which have been treating audiences to delightful musical evenings, and, to augment the already large total of organizations, there has been re-cently formed the Maestro male chorus of somtr" sixty voires under the leadership of Francis F. Taylor. This ensemble gives its first concert on February 21 and is offering a program that should be welcomed by musical ears: Recently member or the faculty of the McCune School of Music and Art presented a decidedly meritori ous program, and professor trans . FAMOUS TENOR AT ROME OPERA "".'ACTIVITIES rs : ( Like 8n LAKE Musie a- - ' Lrak Penlnjer Sole Work. However, tt must be remembered that Louis Persinger has had a career himself. His solo work he loves, and It Is with the hope of being able to resume some of this work that Mr. Persinger la coming to New York. There have been many outstanding events in his career, for he has been concertmaster of the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin and of the Ban Francisco Symphony orchestra. haa toured the Mr. Persinger 'United States from New York," Boston and Philadelphia to the west . coast, and from Winnipeg to Ban DFrancisco iem On arriving In he was singled out by-- Ellas Hecht tohead the quartet which bore tne name of "Persinger' until the time of it dlsbandment last year. The t Persinger quartet received praise wherever It appeared; In Boston, the ensemble created quite a sensation when It appeared there, and In al- most every city there Was some unusual demonstration made In recognition of Its fine work. Little Time for Personal Partial ts la Late Years. it can readily be understood how, with the duties of first violin of the Persinger quartet and concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony, the latter years have afforded Mr. Persinger little time for personal pursuits other than to give some of his pare momenta to talented pupils. And now the cherished solo work will be postponed no longer, for after little Yehudl finishes his tour of the United States, some time this spring, and goes abroad to resume work there, Mr. Persinger will have the opportunity to devote time to filling a number of personal engagements. The last New York concert of little Menuhin will be given on February 24, and It Is with decided pleasure that the many admirers of Mr. Persinger will learn of his decision to remain In New York after that event. QUALITY OF SALT LAKE MUSIC DECLARED TO WARRANT EVEN GREATER ENSEMBLE ACTIVITY Just now U offering full proof of its long and loudly musical proclivities and with the tenor of current voIs evidencing, more and cal and instrumental presentation more, that this city could and should support a symphony orchestra comparable in every detail to.similar organizations in many other cities. This is pretty much the consensus of opinion of numerous members of the Utah musical fraternity and latterly there have been many expressions of hope along this line. In discussing the groups questions there are mentioned recent programs of local musical which, in every particular, have matched up in excellent taste with recitals given by imported professionals, and, in some instances, have been completely overshadowing in interpretation. Th. nmanirattnn of new ensembles, both vocal and instru mental, also has resulted in stirring up 8alt Lake musiclandom to an opinion that in tljese successful accomplishments there is solid foundation :or provided e vea mater.,, representation in W. Asper, director of the McCune Symphony orchestra, if his last pro the field of musical art. gram can be taken as a criterion. Is Chamber Lake the Salt Recently this musical group to a high Music society made Its premier ap- bringing of attainment. pearance at the Hotel Utah, to the pitch There have been other local prounqualified delight of an enthusi- grams, offered by Individual artists, astic audience. Later this organizaand each of the ensemble presentation received similar acclaim from tions have had the assistance of solo of Made must' hearers. up Ogden and Instrumentalists ample clans of the first water, all who have Singers say 4ocal musicians that the heard these early concerts are cer- proof, of musicianship In Salt Lake tain in their predictions that many quality sufficient to form the nucleus is a brilliant program is in store for of lully a much larger and more professiomusic-loveof this section. Profesnally-toned organization sor f ereni Steiner, who brought this group together,, also has organized the Symphonic choir of Salt Lake, NEW MALE CHORUS which makes its initial bow Monday evening. This program, too, ts be- -, NEW YORK. Feb. 16 At laxt Louis Persinger had decided to turn his steps toward the great musical Mecca. New York, here to establish himself permanently In the pursuit The name of Louis Persinger U frequently heard nowadays as the teacher of the violin prodigy. Yehudl Menuhin. for the little lad has startled the world by his marvelous tal- ent Mr. Persinger haa had the youngster In fols charge ever since Menuhin was ( years old, and he claims that the child would be extraordinary at anything he tackled Inasmuch as he has an unusual mind. He is a wizard even at mathematics. Mr. Persinger state that r.e has other little pupils who also re wonderful; Rugglero Rlocl. Kayla Mllzl and Beverly Blake are talents to be proud of. and plans are In progress for the appearance of some of them In New York In the very hear future. j SALT Louis Persinger, Hio Instructs Yehudi Menuhin, Has Own Career. . LITERATURE 17, 1929. The Art of Piaho Playing Taught ' STUDIO 610 Templeton Building Appointments at Any Time Wasatch 2157 |