The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

in some outside talent to make up
ideal concerts. The club of 40 male
voices under Professor Peabody is
gramme.
A postal card with the Honolulu
mark, under date of the Sth, is just.
at hand 1t bears the brief inscrip-
ton, Aloah, oe. Harry Corson
Clark, 1897 We return the compli-
ment.
Arrangements are progressing for a
grand concert the latter part of
January at the Salt Lake theatre for
the benefit of the Knights of Pythias'
band The programme will essentially
be that of musical carnival, with
many new features and will include
renditions by the Pythian, First Regi-
ment and Held's bands, the theatre,
Christensen's and Grand orchestras
and the Orpheus club. In addition
there VIII be vocal and instrumental
solos by leading musical artists of the
city. The management of the KniPhts
band is now in the hands of Giand
Chancellor Sonnedecker, e. w. Dun
can and Carl Zrehnter.
q 9 @
The following correspondence ex-
plains itself:
Salt Lake City, Dec. II.
Prof. Evan Stephens:
1t has long been the desire OF GER
tain members of the tabernacle choir
to express to you in fitting and sub
stantiaI manner their appreciation of
your true worth as a conductor and
composer. By a. canvas of the choir,
we find this feeling to be universal;
and we are led to believe that a like
sentiment exists among music lovers
generally, outside of this organization.
We wish to demonstrate 10 all " no
may be interested now and hereafter,
that we value, in a measure at least,
the fact that we have a composer and
conductor working with US and for US,
whom we believe to be q favored son
Of genius; one who will only be fully
valued when time has placed his works
and worth where they properly be-
long.
1t is understood that many of your
musical compositions possessing equal
if not greater merit, than those. already
in use, have never been produced or
even published; in order that the pub
lie may have an opportunity of hear
ing these with other of your works of
known fame, we ask you to prepare 81
concert programme to be made up eX-
clusively of your own compositions.
Thinking the tabernacle the only
suitable place in which to hold the
concert, we have obtained the permits
sion of the church authorities who,
with their customary kindness, have
freely given the use Of the building,
and are in hearty accord with the
movement.
We tender you this we'll merited COM
pliment, and pledge ourselves to do all
in our power to make the concert a
success. We also bespeak the hearty
support of the community for there is
a general feeling of appreciation and
gratitude among the people of Salt
Lake ana Utah, for what you have
accomplished in educating the public
taste unsteady, in using your efforts
that we might hear some of the world S
greatest artists, and thus bringing our
city into prominence in musical af-
fairs.
Trusting that cur offer will be ac-
cepted, we ask you to kindly reply to
the plan as outlined if it meets with
your approval, and to make a date on
which the concert shall be given
THE TABERNACLE CHOIR.
Salt Lake City, Dec 16.
Members of the Tabernacle Choir:
Your kind and considerate request
that l prepare a programme of my
own compositions to present under
your auspices at some future date has
been duly received by me.
l cannot but Highly q appreciate such
a compliment, coming from you, who
labor so constantly with me. And if
some of my compositions can, through
your kindness, be brought before the
public without entailing too much la
Dor and worry upon you. it will give
me pleasure to do my utmost to aid
in preparing such as I hope would