Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-24


gratla FLANDERS have always been
pleasant musical events ana the one
held last evening In tho congregational
church was no exception 60 the rule.
The place was thronEed and the various
numbers rendered By toe amateurs
we're Immensely npplaudcd. Tho even.
Ing Wa made W Of piano -olcousns,
solos. DUETS. etc. and several vocal
numbers were rharmingly rendered by
thc Mise Felt
AIR. STEPHENS AND THE TAB
EItNACLE.
Musical Editor News"
Yesterday read with much Interest
your most nppfcclativo account or
Ilosenthars piano recital. given In the
Tabernacle last Saturday night With
Nr. Shepherds we'll written article mp
pended, II formed a complete answer IN
itself 10 the Pertinent question Win
which the article closes. one which
has been much mOoted " late, ana
probably more than anything else the
cause 0f 90 many music lovers losing
the treat 10 much enjoyed BY Nr'
Shepherd, and all others present Sure
81 the glowing account 81 NoHcnthalH
work NJ given here. ana cofruboratei
BY the critics ~ the entire pros ~ the
city. " al once complete vindieation
Of the Tabernacle, and condemns at
least. as absolutely mistaken. ita De.
criers So far as ~ acoustic proper
ties arv concerned, the critics. tMr
Shepherd Included desrribr what they
saw, and heard In the huildinr-not
what they might have done In some
other building. And had the building
not bs-.n favorable they could nnNt
given ~ no such glowing accounts %
"nuancr- and ruulandea bcwSchlns,'
nor "cadenhaA. crystalline and bcwlsi-r-
inE." II would have been an
ne Is.as.aNaltsIlINM tho master
70 have caused that little cotcrle o.
critics who made ny the audience" 20
20 wild with enthusiasm had the
building IN any way intcrfcrcd with
The perfect transmission of sound and
effects The fact that 20 those pre-.
sni 'evcrything went with storm OF
approval" ands that the audience
would have cucored evury number"
etc. was rryof enough. sturdy. that m
audience IN that building was capable
u drawing the utmost from the artist,
aud 20 enjoy n to the utmost " those
present could do this. surety those who
remained away wcrs similarly consti-
tuted, and had they been present the
Tabernacle would have created no
special obstacles TO their enjoying Il In
n similar way
cannot hut thank each and vi ~
the writer's for nj least presenting These
facts correctly whatever their pfeju.
dices may have be-nl, and thus those
who have been robbed ~ the exquisite
pleasure enjoyed by the few NJ the past
two concerts ~ the Idea that such
trruta nrv not enjoyable Ia the Tnher-
nacls. through the dnmp-ning
rumofn and comments OF the
unauitahility ~ the building
may know In future. that not only II Il
false that audiences attending there
do not enjoy TO the highest deserves the
most perfect. intricate. delicate effects
Of the highest type OF music. but that
they pity those who remain
away. II seems 10 mo Mr.. Shepherd
must have appended his question 20
emphasize this fact. for his article GER
thinly fully answers u before u VAS
asked. The Tabernacle must have
permitted him and all others present
10 enjoy the music az they ala, hence
"thc Tabernacle " all right"
Now how about the pc0plof They
are ''ail right too. for staying away
N they chose, iiut thcro N another
side. and here II H. The little cotcrie
Of people who have made u their busi-
nose 10 create n false sentiment re-
RardlnE tand unfavorahle to- the
building, from somc reason best known
TO themselves. are much 10 hlam"i 10
these should be charged the treats lost
10 the many ~ those who have he
llrved them; thoy take every uppnrs
tunily NJ pcrHuadinK people In advance
that nothing can be enjoyed In the
building. then, some ~ them, 30 ana
nifty. really pity-ih01e whom they
/ have Influenced 10 stay away fur having
nlfsed the magnlncent treat enjoyed
In that same good for nothing build
inrf n their Victims arr ever 90 de-
celyed nEain-and they viii be- for the
force Of prejudice n mighty-th'y
scarcely desfVe any ones pity. These
are the scare crows who VIII be re-
I .. ~ AuNN q Al
| tho few really great artists whom u u
u vofiiable and rare trcat To hear, In
/ the light 81 the via enthusiasm nf the
| few hundred attending the last two
concerts az tho Tabernacle. how idic-
ulous must be the unrping commsniH,
usually INDUCED Ia By these people,
| "pluniHsimo effects lost IN the vast
| buildings" yet tho pianlaslmOH OF
RoHcnihal and even ~ The harplst tar
moro delicate than could b. produced
| from "a plnnol have provoked TIN most
Wild demonstrations u applause With
IN the past week. "only good for mah-
| slyc efcctH," atill the greatest marks
OF approval always 80 TO the roloista
rather than chorus mr. organ-unlrts the
spftert dniniicst effects are produced.
| The fact H. that II n the piHnisaimO
| effects that nrc most appreciated IN the
yast building. and for which n n the
most noted. A. consistent 20 feast on
/ ltNh itMAAN nNh NNNN NNNNAA ~ ANh anu
wide that our blessed land II not favor
able 90 fruit raising ~ a. question the
| suitability - the Tabernacle Tor mus
ricli effects with rs record % musical
treats In existence, 1t tho doubtful
ones rend up the accounts ~ musical
foaHts given there Tor tho past twenty
years, and then fowl N their ears are In
ihrlr proper place, n they stu doubt,
How about the eject m empty bench
oa on the nrtistag Let the past two
entertainments answer, Artists are pif-
hcicntly practical 90 depend ON box
office iocplpta-a hundred dollars " a
hundred dollars a. them Five hundred
enthusiastic people, with I'VE hundred
empty benches In The Tabernacle II
preferable 20 four hundred elsewhere
ihough tho four hundred nm The house,
They play for cash. How about the
enthusi SIN una rniuymout M The audit
ence7 Has the rhenter over held an
audience who seemed On enjoy any mu-
steal program more than the last
two audiences IN the Tahrrnuclel
Does the attendance always moan.
something tho matter with the house
Then tho Thentcr has been "a vrritthle
"ho0don." NJ trace up ~ current con-
cert history Alhnni COMFORT Co, Ma.
ternn 1osefy (America'n greatest pin-
nisp. and others of the highest rank
have appeared 10 audiences that would
make the one az the Tabernacle fol
Roaenthh a throng IN comparison.
one says; pnderewsh was failure
In the 'rnhernnclel | answer First
you olnim Ru-"nthnl was a success n
the Tabernacle, 80 neither the fallur'