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Show I STEPHAL! IN 1 CONCERT I LECTURE K The noted singer, Madanio Sofia IB Stephall, and her clover, talented HJ nloce, Miss Bcrcnlccc Latbrop, who R accompanies licr on the piano, came H to Ogdcn yesterday for a series of : throe concert-lectures, given under h tbo auspices of the O. E. S. Madame H' Stephall has been cbosen by the Na- K tional society for Broader Education k from a boat of singers as the one HJ woman who combines with tho su- ! ' preme qualifications of the artist the highest ability as a teacher. Corclli paid her this high compliment: "Your volco is wonderful, but your power of Imparting knowledge of mu- H'l sic and things musical, Is no less K great." The samo professor who H- brought out tho sweet voice of Emma H Lucy Gates in Berlin was Madanio R Stephalls' instructor. K At tho First Congregational church H, last evening, a critical audience was H delighted with tho refinement of H Btyle. beauty of tono and charm of B manner that won tho hearts of all. H Her choice of words in the brief, but H erqulslio and enlightening exposition H of the "Influence of music" in which H' the relation of music to life, in all H its phases and from tlie earliest cave- H dweller to the most highly cultured H musician of the present day, the great H possibilities of music in character H building, all given In ,a manner In- Hj Bpirational, but at the samo time B) clear, even to the children, who 11s- H toned with wide-opon eyes, was some- B- thing quite out of tho ordinary stylo m. of recital. B- Her volco, a coloratura mczzo-so- B prano of great breadth, power and rare K sympathetic quality, and her perfect Hf enunciation, together with a short H explanation of the thought embodied B in tho music by tho composer, prior H to the rendition of tho various num- Hj hers of the' program, was indeed a B convincing illustration of the influ- B ence of music. H Beginning with the earliest music, H the speaker, said. "Emotion and Its H daughter, sentimental expression, are H all-powerful In influencing women and H men. I say men after duo thought H for man Is' as powerfully and as gon- H erally Influenced by music as are B women, that Is, If you give man the Jm right music In the right way In- U deed, when I hear it said of this or H that person, whether nian or woman, H that ho or Gho Is not musical,"""I as- H eert, in denial, that no person is un- H musical But that every c.io of us Is 'B like tho wireless telegraph Instru- H ment. That is wo cannot receive the jH impressions that arc certainly seck- IH with the sending instrument. Only H ono so tuned can catch the waves H that produco effective sound." iH Again she said, "We need moro rau- H sic and wo need better music bct- H tor in the sense of being closer to H life' We need less ragtime and more H life-time music for life is not rag- IH time We need a broader and dcep- H er education of the people as to the H spirit of music. Its relation to life H and ltd tremendous power In life.' A H nation-wide music that will be lovced H and appreciated by the great middle H class rather than the music devoted H only to tho prima donna and tho hlgh- H ly cultured, which Is confined to the H The following program was given, H Miss Lathrop accompanying in a H manner perfect ami delightful. H "When Daffodils Unfold," Dick. H "A Dream," Bartlett. mm "Of What My Heart Ts Singing," II. H Bingham H "Der Prophet," Scene, Gavatinc and H Arie. Meyerbeer, H "Gall Chant tbo Summer Birds," H Doplnna M "Ever on Earth," Robert n. .TusL B ' Down in Nod-a-Wny," Gaynor. H 'Speak Waltz," Ardltl. H "A Perfect Day," Bond. W "Song of tbo Valkyr," H. Van Eyc- H "Summer," Chnminadc. H "O Dry Those Tears," Rlego. H "I Cannot Forget You," H. Bingham. H This afternoon "Music and Child- H hood" is the subject, illustrated by the H singing of songs dear to the heart of H every music-loving child. H This evening an exposition of "Mu- H sic and Life" continues tho thought H of the lecture on "Tbo Influence of H Music" and a varied rcpertoiro in- H eluding the rendition of old-timo fa- H vorltes and martial songs will be even H more delightful, If possible, than tho B preceding numbers. B oo |