The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26

of his compositions. Kindly oblige me
by playing all of them. j. T."
This came from a young man aching
for instruction:
'Bandmaster Sousa-Please inform
me what is the name OF those two in
struments that look like gas pipes"
He received this at an afternoon
concert:
"Sir@Please play Loves Old Sweet
Song I've got my girl almost TO the
sticking point, and that will fetch her
around, I'm sure"
This came from a musically inclined
member of the colored race:
"A colored lady would like to hear a
cornet solo by your solo cornetist"
This came from a southerner, evil
IDENTIFY:
please play Dixie without any
trimmings. Music Lover"
Here Is another good sample:
"A warm admirer of good music
would like TO hear the 'Maiden's PRAY
er on your band"
Here is a sample of requests that
come to the band leader almost daily:
-Four young ladies would like to sug-
gest the following programme: Wash
ington Post High School Cadets
Liberty Bell Manhattan Beach,, 'Di-
rectorate,' King Cotton"
Ellen Beach Yaw, the new soprano
with the phenomenal voioe began her
public career IN New York hast Tuesday
night in concert A report of her first
appearance says: Miss Yaw not only
exhibited phenomenal range in her
upper register. but also showed couclu-
sively that she had an exceedingly fine
quality of voice. She sang first the ia
maiiar, An, Fors Lui," from "rravi-
alta" and interpolated an arpeggio for
the purpose OF showing that her claim
70 notes beyond the reach of any other
living mortal was genuine. AS she fin
ished a storm of applause broke forth
which drowned the orchestra Then she
sang w. de FeSch's NE FATS Pas la
Superbe, and as an encore Massenets
Il Echo de SUISSE" but she had to
sing II again before she could sa tisfy
the delighted audience, and she gave
the ballad Within a Mile o Edinboro'
Town. Miss Yaw's voice unquestiona-
bly, exhibits a wider range than that of
any other singer on record, since IL be-
gins at G below the stave and extends
TO Il IN alttSsimo. giving a. compass of
nearly four octaves. II would be rash
70 assume, however, that even such an
extraordinary voice as Miss Yaw's IS
sufficient in itself TO insure her success
as singer. Voices must be Judged by
theiT qual1ty rather than by their COM
pass, and IL usually happens that So
prano voices of exceptionally high
ldhSN az idiiieHudoly weak IN the mid
die register. There appears to be an
idea sn the minds of some musical peo-
pie that singer possessing exceptional
notes in the upper register Is a superior
kind of being to the ordinary vocalist.
bW the fallacy of this theory is proved
by the fact that many artists of world
wide reputation have been endowned by
nature with little more than an average
range of notes. A soprano voice OF
about two octayeS-C below the stave
10 c in altissimo-is about all that is
necessary for the rendition Of the works
OF the great composers.
A peculiar quality Of Miss Yaw's voice
seems 10 be a sort OF hypnotic influence
II has on telegraph editors. correspond
ents and a few editors. The same Dis
patch last Tuesday night. announcing
her New York success. was published
In almost every morning paper in the
country, but IA almost every paper she