| Show Season N&cars i' I By Grace By Dr Lowifl M '1Y7HAT Is “modern” music? YY Is all contemporary music “modem”? Does the mere fact that music is written in one of the forms of serious composition justify its existence? Is there such a things as bad “good” music and good “bad” music? This may sound like a lot of double-tal- k but the overall ques- tion is one that has been giving me cause for considerable thought especially since hearing composer-philosophErnegt It I er Bloch’s The other “greats” is just as refreshing and “modem” today as it was when it was formed in the finds of those masters In fact Bach is more "modem” than any contemporary figure regardless of what angle one draws comparisons from For example take Bach and 4 New Arrivals in 1C A Soon Salt Lake will be enjoying symphony concerts Monday morning Maurice Abravanel will conduct his first official rehearsal of orchestra - the country's similar organizations In a way that 'jto me Back of them isappeals romance and history Sixty-nin- e of them are local Salt Lakers 1 AM TRYING to make the Utah Symphony orchestra not only a notable community orchestra but one that will be recognized across the land for its worth And any Utah musician with requisite ability will be welcomed in the organisation” I: IS NATURAL that this romantic musical background should appeal to Maurice Abra-vatjHis own personal background is romantic with a large R — bom in Salonika Greece of Spanish-Portugueparents one of his ancestors Don Isaac was chancellor to Queen Isabella of Spain— his hand unlocked the chests of gold the queen gave to finance the journey of Columbus Maurice abandoned medical studies and turned to music with no family opposition Later he cpnducted large orchestras throughout Europe and in Australia and then came to the Met opera in New York A Mexican : dis- covered this summer which he set about remedying "I found many important works had never been played in Salt Lake” he said “Such as Brahms’ Symphony No 3 In F the great C Major of Schubert’s Schumann's major symphony No 4 in B minor and Mozart’s great Jupiter symphony Also I found that the orchestra has To date the season sale for the 10 concerts is ahead of last year’s while a heavy anticipated student sale of 1500 is expected But on the basis of last year’s performance thissold-o-year’s symhouse phony deserves a With this in mind the board of the Utah Symphony has set an ut low subscription exceedingly price below that of any other major orchestra in the U S 1 HE SYMPHONY win push Beethoven this year with an entire program at the season’s close Strauss and modern Americans wUl be represented “This affiliation with the University of Utah” Mr Abravanel continued “means a fur- Artist I Remember A Girl Hint Surprise Symphony - - - Tox Ronoko This funny Thing Coded love Rainbow's End Freddy Martin t STAMP COLLECTORS ATTENTION! ! Slue Skies Girl of My Dream Ferry Come G'lye Now There I Vaughn Monroe Go A Red of Roses Fool That I Am Sammy among the brilliant soloists slated eight violas eight cell! six basses and 12 woodwinds Newfirst chairmen are Herbert Blayman first clarinet Herbert Eisenberg New York first trumpet KInJABES 4 SCARCE AIRMAIL TRIANGLE in 131 bv Netherland issued Also Peace and Victory issue Hitler Coronation Roosevelt Miut Will Juler Jubilees Kins more Interesting manv and Rogers are Included in this offer Stamps events airmails of speciala valuable Zeppelin stamp including THE ENTIRE COLLECTION — — SPECIAL— INSTEAD OP our Se to introduce Don’t ONLY you Approval Service to Write today delay Supply limited MARCO STAMP CO Saa Fraaclsee I CaSf P O Bex S8S '$4 f - - ' ’ 1 $4 I j —Street Floor s v So MANY young contemporary composers strive so to write “different” music — new sounds and harmonic and color combinations — rather than concentrating on producing “good” music Mr Bloch’s anecdote of the young “genius” who Was going to revolutionize music by producing a symphonic work in which no 'theme rhythmic pattern or chord would be repeated anywhere in th£ course of it creation was malrvelius The young "genius” would’ present the world with something entirely "new” and "different” True enough but! it would have as little meaing as Mr Bloch’s play which would present an unlimited number of characters in succession each speaking a line unrelated to anything that preceded or followed it None of the characters would return during the coarse of the i ) j ’ Christensen Charie Christensen Jnet Angell Lloyd Pollman Marie Rotzler Dee Lloyd J Public is invited announces Mrs Gordon Schoenfeld junior counselor l Barbara Pratlni i play —it too would be complete--J lyf "new” and "different” But wpuld it say anything— could it justify its existence? -- I t TIAfEV The New York and Deem Taylor 1 PM Sunday starring Robert Merrill 3:30 pm KSL (1160) i Be sure as well to enjoy the Intermission Feature: "Week-En- With Music9 d Standard Oil Company 'P-- (Nmo 1320 ON YOUR DIAL rtf --AOVKRTISEMENT- 'Hwfe' A n ' csto SsMrts LI6IA ALBANESE - - - 7:00 - AM 0:00 0:15 6:30 0:4-- 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 0:00 8:15 8:30 9:00 8:15 9:30 9:4-- 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 EBE STIGNANL Mszn Sspra JAN PEERCE Tint V iKrtsa For 10 KSL— 1 160 0Columbia Systsm OMutual Sytm iAermountain Top of tbs Morning Popular Mslodlsa Son of Gun Nsws e - ADVnnSEMKNT- - Carolina Calling Amtrliti Farmer ONusle Sunday Morning a Intermountain Farm Journal ORedlo Bible Cl a Story of Bible OVolce of Prophecy 7th Day Adven OBack to God Christian Ref Church aFunnypapar Man Christian Science Guest Star Music ot the Day ©Lutheran Hour — Dr Malar L Shlrar U B A Hotshot — Novelty Band Home Worship 8:55 World News Sun Morn Musical WHoosler Merry-Go- - for Round with Ray Block L Paul L Jordan News ATtx: Jim Robertson Popular Classics for Music Lovers Direct Broadcast of Complete Sunday Church Services 8Sohn B Kennedy Music for 8unday 30 mlna Music - KDYi-13-20 KNAK— NBO Network Xod 1400 AN Musical Ole k — As Hour of Good Morning Mslodlas and Time Checks Church In Wildwood ®Nws ®Trunipstn Let Freedom Ring 8:45 115 Ssprm GIUSEPPE YLDENGO 4ABC Network Rocky Mountain 6 ’S v- - San Francisco Opera Orchestra GAETANO MEROLA AOVERTISEMENT- (MST) K ALL- -9 KUTA-5- 70 Helen Hayes Jheatre — rtsghf to yea by UTAH POWER and LIGHT CO Jorteyj J fWVo 'V o ( I itlln© ASir WUrisnt’s ©m Further Information ©dlay Phone Station Sunday October 24 1948 ()World Newa Decision Now Power Biggs News Weather Organist Cameos of Muelo- ®8L Paul’s Choir ©Church of the Air eThe National Radio Pulpit — eeeeesseeseetese In Your Stmt ©Church of the Air Nora time AErnie ©New Sweeney World News Marriage Millions Church of the Air ©Salt Lake Taber 'Golden Melodies naele Choir News Weather World Newe Portraits tn Melody Religious Berries LearnBtsraal Light Invitation to ing Norman Cloutier's ©People’s Platform Memorable Music eeeeseeessssss AThe World Newa Chicago Round Table Where People Stand - :?s 0:30 :45 7:00 7:15 Sunday Prelude St John's Church Church of Nasarsns Beams of Blessings with Dr StUss Morning Sunday Varieties with Al Collin Harmless Chatter and Reo-erd-s Galore Drop Him a £lne or Call Him Dp van Wire Him It’s Your Sunday Morning Party! 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Hear thirty minutes of hilarious hijinksl i Glenn Miller Masterpieces Vet II The good music that is being produced today is that which is built upon the same principles of form that have been used by all ancient masters — principles that will always be “modem” and which will never grow old stale YOU ARE THERE 12:30 N Y PHILHARM 1:00 FAMILY HOUR OF STARS - - - 400 Sunday 9:30 pmKDYL i k” to the layman However in this process he is shutting his eyes and ears to that relatively small output of excellent contemporary work along the way but not to the J believe ' us tent that some would have ’ Sponsored by sP pPVVSOW RCA Victor Albums lay-ma- Amos 'M' Andy - 5:30 Don Cartes: O den fatale Rig lefts: Selections Kayo FACTOR that has given contemporary “serious” music a Black eye in the eyes of the n is the fact that such a large quantity of it is writen only for the effect of shocking its listeners with its “modernity” — in other words “modem” music is dissonance noise strange new weird effects and other Keep Tuned to KSL's Great Sunday Shovs SONG SpaeJof Offer ther integration with community life Six or seven of our key men are teaching there this winter” The symphony personnel includes 26 violins headed by Leonard Posner who will be THE FESTIVAL OF never presented a Brahms piano concerto We shall have both Then too there will be a world premiere bf LeRoy Robertson’s ’Prelude Scherzo end Ricercare’ and of Britten’s piano concerto to be played by Jacques Abram” RCA Recording Rachmaninoff The former has been in his grave for two centuries while the latter died very recently Yet there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the music of Bach isnore “modem” than Rachmaninoff’s if by the term “modem” we imply complexity and compactness of design and ingenuity (almost unfathomable ingenuity) of workmanship ex-elle- i se tour followed One fact Mr Abravanel ‘ s superior and nt ratings at State Fair usic Festival in concert at rden Park LDS ward 1156 ITale ave Sunday Oct- - SI 8 lent receiving 3 ‘ el' TEX SENEKE JJTAH Federation ot Music stu- - Darien “gob-bledgoo- GIST of Mr Bloch’s informal talks seemed to be that the term “modem” belongs no more exclusively to the present than it does to the past and the future — the music of Bach Beethoven Mozart Brahms and I ing about if just as they might appreciate a beautiful painting without knowing) about brushwork theory and composition And hdw a program is put together has everything to do with its pleasing” i i lec- thought-provokin- g tures on musical form during the past week under the auspices of the McCune School of Music MAKES ME feel sad” he says “ o have some people miss fine music because they have a wrong idea about it Hard daily workers in particular need its uplift They will find that they like it even though they know noth M ONDAY morning will see Mr Abravanel facing his 81 musicians for the first official symphony rehearsal of the season — in room 410 University of Utah campus Fort Douglas in a barracks building shared with the U band The first concert is set for Nov 6 in LDS tabernacle ' “These musicians” said Mr Abravanel “are unique among a Critic will preeent all LL THOSE FOLKS who like to listen to ‘Home on the Range’ Laurie” due for a1 surprise this winter They will have to take 'back their' stock remark that d and not for symphony music is j the gay multitude All Slimmer Maurice Abravanel has been working to upset this particular applecart by arranging programs for the 10 concerts sched- tiled for Utah Symphony orchestra's present season which will contain the most beautiful and melodious works of ’the great masters He thinks he has found what Salt Lake will like from the professional musician to the toes who go whistling down the j street i - Fire From Grattar long-haire- ' ’ ’ Symphony's Firs Monc ay -- Winners to Be Heard Modern - Works Draw ’ M3 0 |
