Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-05
MUSIC AND DRAMA
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7ss Necessity Of Systematic Music
Teaching,
GERMAN vs.. ITALIAN ort""
DAM Rosa CcmIug.-1he Theatre Al
achses Ball.-Wonderland.--
Miscellaneous.


NEW have given too little special at
,eni,on to this Kind Of work. Because
,bey arc efficient at the piano, organ
:, violin, they take NJ this other Inn
,o,,ant work with but little consider
lion Of its poculiarlties. Hence
,a,,ial, or complete, failure follows.
The class makes hut little progress, aud
,,,oole conclude that II II = very difficult
hing to learn TO tread notes " Hence
,h..o attempts nj "ronic Sol Fah.'
Ts,chers sometimes attempt to eXperi-
men, with this alsc, knowing but little
,hout II. and M little about class teach.
inc, having no plan whatever in their
minds Ms to how they are to proceed
lsyond the fret fow leseous.
A class teacher should never organ
i,eA class unless he has course 81
one year at least thoroughly planned
out, graded and systematlzed In hi.
mind. wo need specialists for this
Important work-poople who have
given It careful study, and II not al
ready with experience, at least with a
good understanding II the necessities
Of vocal class, ~ well ~ the science
Of music generally. There Is n great
difference between vocal and instril-
mental music, and this difference
should be carefully considered by the
insirumentallsta attempting class teach
Ing.
THE rAEEUNACLE CiiOu,
reading class is sample of what
can I've done by proper methods Of
teaching. Already, ut tho end Of
the FIRST term Of ten lctsonf, they
read rom the staff aud notes
Nil the parts Of such hymn tunes a. are
used Ia our Tabernacle on the sabbath.
A more interesting sirht isuot to he
found than this body OF 800 singers,
mostly young men sud women read
ing their music from their thusic read
efs and the PsalmDGy.
Il puts an end 10 controversies over
what can and cannot he accomplished
In this lire. Musicians might 90 aud
see for Themselves. u they have any
doubts m the matter. The method
there employed II well worth study
Ing.
MUSIC HEADING CLABiE5.
There IL quite demand fo- glasses
In reading vocal music throughout the
Territory. Prot. Evan Stephens eays.
If were able 10 appear Ia a duZHn
places nj once aud labor with singing
clauses, might have ten thousand
students within a week" More Of our
capable musicians might give their sl-
ysntiOn 10 this matter anJ ,lkv up
clAso- IN the nelgbboring towpb. IL
could be made profitable 10 them and
Tie communities IN which they are
atofing.
OPERA ~ SFw YORiS.
IL seems that the opera season Ia
New iOrk has not been the financial
success which was anticipated for 10.
Abbey ANA Grau 10 not C1uHiucr sjl,-
900 on tho right side reward VI rutlI-
Client magnitude 10 induce them 10
make proposition 10 the directors for
the coming season. They also feel, IL
Is said, that they have been subjected
10 much unfair criticism by the pfU-s.
IL will be remembered that an attempt
was made 10 vary the mOnOlOny Of the
New York Opera,ic performances by
presenting tn The public the best com.
POSITIONS VI various masters. The Ir-
pertoir included "DOn Giovanni, clio
Prophetic" and Faust" The old
Italian school was represented by
"rsovAioTu," "NOTma," "Snmnam-
bula," "Lucrczia" aud "ltigol-tto,"
while the modern Italian style was
shown In "CAvhllerih Rusiicsnn.n
Toe company Included choice artists
who had already made themselves
famous In the musical centres abroad,
and tile chorus was powerful anu
efficient. Everything was done TO In
sure success.
But IN city with y German popula-
tion Of perhaps 310,O0J the italian
opera was not received with sufficient
enthusiasm, although many porfer 1t to
the German school. They conflict be-
tween the friends Of Italy and Ger.
many would probably be best settled
10y adopting 10th classcs Of c0mpOsl-
uonH, giving them alternately AMI
under efficient directors, as the drama
tic critic OF the World suggests. hut
sven then, II must ne remembered that
good opera Il always expensive.
Many Of the opera houses vi Europe
could not DO maintained, except Tor
government appropriations,
PATTI ROSA,
An event of the theatrical season
VIII bo the engagement Of that bril-.
liant Uomedienne Patti Rosa who with
her company comes 10 the Theatre next
Monday aud Tuesday nights prOduc-
ing her latest comedy "DOlly Var
DEN" n inlay In which she IL said To
have won new lnuTels by her admir-.
able work. Her company IL excellent.
IL includes Nc. Wil. Vaudeville, re-.
Gently the leading comedian In "I'he
Little Tycoon" Mr.. Joe CawthOrn,
for many years star ~ German
dialect comedian, Gnrald Griffin, John
W. Dunno, bigar $. Hqlstead, Mar
Gus Morgrty, Grace GAyler Clark,
Carrie FranciF, Fannie j.. Jacobs anu
others.
GRAND HALL.
Tho following card has hoon issued
TO the patrOns u the Salt Lake Thea
tire.
Friends--After an arduOua season, In
which We have worked hard for your
benefit IN seeing that the various pt0.
uueti0nH rendered here were given In
as good manner ~ possible, and tried
70 minister 10 Your comforts aud en-
IOymenth, we come before you now,
when the season Ia drawing 10 n close,
announcing grand ball. Friday,
March llth, and chlliren's matinee
BAH, Saturday, March 18th. DARING
lhe matinee We will produce great
ialfy fountain, all the colors OF the rain,
bow belDu rAipeted 1fcLsfu ~ IA