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Show ALFRED BEST A farmer in his early boyhood, then an ardent ard-ent student and teacher of the mandolin, Alfred Best, native of Salt Lake is today rated as one of the best teachers of the voice in the country. Mr. Best was born in Salt Lake county in 1877, and when he developed a fondness for music was given every possible opportunity by his parents. When he was thirteen years of age he took up the study of the mandolin and after mastering bHHbbHbbVHuBubHhHhk, ivt' biIbbbbbI ' RQoHBI. "' pSHBibbbbbbbh BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBkBw. 'A BBBBBBBBb BBBBBBBBBBBBBHLKV1BBBBBbI that instrument became a teacher for several years. Mr. Best began the cultivation of his voice under Professor Evan Stephens and studied harmony har-mony under Professor J. J. McClellan and in opera roles he was coached by Professor Arthur Shep-hard. Shep-hard. For some years Mr. Best was a member of the tabernacle choir and then began a further fur-ther musical education under Dr. M. L. Bartlett B and later under Dr. v Frank G. uossert of Now m York. Returning to Salt Lako ho was appointed B , instructor of music at the University of Utah H and served in that capacity for two years. During Hf 1905 and 190G he was one of the leading tenors H with the Savage Grand Opera company, touring j the United States. B1' Soon after his marriage in 1907 he went to H Europe for additional study of three years under W ' George Fergusson and one year with Kappel- H melster Carl Mueller. At the same time he took H I up the study of the Italian language with Signor H Punnunzi and SIgnorita Marchalonni. For sev- H eral years Mr. Best sang with splendid success H f abroad and in this country, finally opening his H i studio in this city. As a teacher he has met H i with signal success, one of the most ambitious H events which he has conducted with his pupils HJ being the presentation of the opera "Cavalleria Hjj Rusticana," in 1913. |