Show HIGH rwei CLASS C m OR JiEME JUE N conference PICE I 1 JEf rolt oits to secure copies of tho the vision anil and tile the martyrs for novt next conference unusual interest will attach to the music for the june stake conference if present plans are successful stake chorister john hood has been in conference with james M peterson of the stake presidency who is also head of the music committee for the stake under tinder the newly devised scheme of music supervision of which apostle melvin J ballard is tile the supreme e head under this new arrangement ran gement there is a well defined plan ot keeping trashy sensational and cheap claptrap the music of the services of the latter day saints the music department starts at tile the head with an ail apostle in command ind and the tabernacle choir director his assistants and organists form the body of directing musicians these men do not undertake to say bay what will be sung but they do demand attention as to what must NOT be sung in services in the stake one of the stake presidency is head of the music work with the stake chorister and organist as assistants these in turn are supported by the stake aux auxiliary illary organization choristers cho and organists tg and in wards a member of the bishopric together with aith ward chorister organist and auxiliary organization music directors and organ shave the work in it hand in this way there is a complete chain of musical functionaries function aries to receive and spread the gospel of better music for the services in ill the matter mailer of june stake conference it is thein the in tion to secure secure copies of the two antanas int atas which evan stephens the grand old man of mormon musicians has written portraying tile the beginning of the church and the death of the founder in carthage missouri the one is called the vision and lie he other is the martyrs the latter work was nas given its initial rendering de during tring It the recent general con r ronco 12 0 with a ell choir 0 ir of voices under the direction of the composer in it appear two noted mormon ell praise to the man who communed with jehovah the music of which is originally an old scotch patriotic composition set bet to the scotland forever this music is familiar to every latter day saint throughout tho the world under prof stephens masterly treatment in tho the martyrs it becomes a sublime bit ot music another well ell kimn hymn that appears in the one which ohn taylor sang to joseph and hyrum just before the fatal attack was made upon them in carthage Cart hago jail A poor wayfaring man mail of grief and this also receives the splendid genius of prof stephens while it is the intention of mr hood to present these two works in their entirety at some time this summer he expects to select parts of each to be rendered as tho the music for the services at the june conference and as soon as copies can be secured lie he |