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Show V TRIBUTE FROM ERNEST THOMPSON SEWN (jSXT TP for no other reason than that he in- 'ravV A troduced irrigation into "the West, sM-l your grandfather ought to have a tab- fp ' iBt in the Hall of Fame." This was lIL ' the tribute paid by the famous natural- tfj 1st Ernest Thompson Seton to the & . grandfather of the celebrated colora- j ture soprano, Lucy Gates, who was uh - known to fame as the great Mormon kit'" leader, Brigham Young. i-r Miss Gates is inordinately proud of her illustrious ancestor. Proud of all f 1&" the achievements of this sturdy pio- ,7 neer wh0 played so important a part &- in reclaiming- the arid prairies, and jjPf?'- turning them into the now productive ry. soil, who helped to lash together the fT, timbers of the great temple at Salt Lake City, before ever nails were procurable, pro-curable, left "footprints on the sands of time," which stand for staunchness and farsightedness. That his gifted granddaughter shows many of his qualities there is no doubt. She too is a sturdy sort, winning her way singlehanded through pluck and hard work. She also "has a way with her." As one manager put it: "It is as much her ability to walk right out front and say 'howdy' to the audience, as it is her lovely voice that has turned the limelight on her." Under the auspices of the Musical Arts society, Lucy Gates is to come to Salt Lake theatre on Friday night, next. With a record 6"f two hundred engagements en-gagements played and never an adverse ad-verse criticism, the Trio de Lutece comes heralded for its appearance in Salt Lake theatre on Friday evening next under the auspices of the Musical Arts society. This is, to use the vernacular, vern-acular, "some record", but it is also "some trio," inasmuch as it boasts an all-star personnel, unequalled in any other concert combination. The three instruments are the flute, the harp and the 'cello, and the three men who play them are the three greatest masters of these instruments, Barrere, Salzedo and Kefer. Barrere is the despair not only of all wind instrument players in the superb quality of his tone, and the facility of his technique, but he is equally the despair of singers in the matter of his astounding breath control con-trol and phrasing. He is recognized the world over not alone as the flute player par excellence, but as a musical musi-cal savant. France decorated him for his artistic services. Salzedo, too, is more than the greatest great-est performer upon the harp that we have heard in this country. He is to the harp what Beethoven waB to the orchestra, what Chopin was to the piano, he is its regenerator. This fact will come to be recognized more and more as the harp is popularized by the awakening of the musical public to the rare solo possibilities of the instrument. instru-ment. This Salzedo is demonstrating far and wide. A Philadelphia critic said of him, when he appeared as soloist solo-ist with the Philadelphia orchestra: "He does things that can't be done on the harp." The quiet, serene, almost abstract personality of Kefer is the very embodiment em-bodiment of the instrument to which he has brought such a fine legitimate virtuosity. Like Barrere and Salzedo he was a first medallist of the Paris Conservatoire and since coming to this country has established a position posi-tion of high recognition as a 'cellist. |