Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29

C'Nolce Of the waves'D, a brilliant con.
cert waltz published by Toms request
under Che name VI "prdfessor sexaiis."
% name invented By him. anu nTimp1ul
Galon'' which Tom Insisted should ap.
/ pear ug the work OF professor Ray
mond - The blind pianist also COM
/ posed Mary snmplian." poikn and an
imitation of sewing machine. lie llko-
wise arranged several plantation negro
| religious songs with excellent harmon.
Zee In the accompaniment.
Tom wrote the words az well rs the
music OF number or quaint and curl
ouH' songs. IN which very touching
pnthos and very great nonsense are
/ strangely intcrmlngied The music OF
| these songs " artistic. with correct hnr-
monies. but the names uf some OF them
are peculiar. one bears the title. "Thr
Man with Cinder In His Eye" md
one 10 called Mother wit Thou Come
ANA Cure Me-" IL was with great dim
Guilty and after a great deaf Of nrgu
mont and cntrcaty thnt Toms consent
20 publish "The Bniustorm" under h's
own name WINS obtained. In this ~
NOUS composition. an Initiative defcrip.
1.-Two piano solo. Tom shows how he was
impicsfed hy the voices % nature. how
thoroughly he appreciates the poetic
lessons taught by the ratterlng rain
drops and the whispering or the whls-
Ting winds and how with "a master
hnnd he cnn Interpret these poetic
thoughts on his beloved plano.
To Hco Tom take one of hlH '1csHons"
from Professor poznansM is privilege
not accorded 20 many but the writer
has been among the favored fcw.
/ "a NaHM
himself NJ the piano nnd struck the firpt
notes of Bccthovcnn Concerto In y
| Filr" Tom stood near rubbing his
hands together IN gIooful anticipation
~ tho treat IN store Tor him. but whom
the beauty of Bccthovcns great work
was bar after bar. revealed 20 the blind
! ncHro pianist Tom stood ON HE lot leg.
| rubbing The knee or this with his rirht
foot and never coaaing 10 rub HE hand
| together m the ecstasy m hlu enjoy
| mont or tho music. Sometimes Tom
would stride an over the room. exc
claiming NJ he walked. "Oh. Beethoven
on Miss susani"
when Tom took his scat az tho plano.
Professor poznnnski having again per-
formed the opening bars ~ the con-
ccrto. ~ course he ara not play exactly
rlght on 'iho first trial. ana ~ Tom r.
| very nervous and ~ morhldly sensitive
ana cannot bear direct criticism Poe.
nanHh was Obliged o. use n good deal
OF delicate diplomacy. For example.
after Tom had played very difficult
! passage. poznnnski said. why. Tom. I
am surprised at YOU "why 10. rlr9"
replied Tom. about whom. lot IL be noted
here en- PEASANT. that he speaks with
perfect correctness.
u am surprised" continued Poznan-
1Nl, that YOU play this passage az you
90, n beethoven were here. he would
my; why gracious goodness. that
can't be- tho great, tho celebrated artist.
Blind Tom. lie would know better than
20 play this passage In this wuy'-herc
poznanskl played II me- Tom had played
but, he would know that II should
be- interpreted this way" Hero pnz-
nnnHh played n correctly. Then poz-
nansh added. "whY Tom. Beethoven
WINS not Satisfied with His own cxccu-
ilon of this passage an he had played
Il ~ times"
IAN rlght, professor" replied Tom.
who az once oct 10 work. or rather 90
play and executed the passage exactly
70 times.
once. when Tom was on n concert
tour his manager, Mr.. nethunc. en-
Gagged an artist 10 play FOR Tom piece
that Mr. usthunc wished 20 ada TO the
| repertory. when this artist lost his
temper on one occasion and said 20
! TOM "Oh. eonfound n. you played that
wrong" Tom struck not the plano, but
| thn pianist. who went down ns though
| FltEslmmona had performed solo on
hlH solar plcxug. The professor resigned
| NIH Unntffnu Vafumrhlum That ha flN not