Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-21


rt,, ID me exclusive inquiry OF the
observe that II is not "are you
u'' d, hear Paderewskl?' The Pole
~. an prevailing theme, but It Is
-. wager that among those who at
,.5bls concert the controlling Impulse
nm BE- curiosity first with art not
,sry close second.
+, ,s SO the land over, and proDaoIy
On. great pianist does not quarrel win
' ,.r,lment which brings his audi
,oeother. inasmuch as It seems
., enough to jam every house
,... he appears, and that at prices
rS.cb IN the past. have been thought to
~. rs.evei for Maurice Grau or Henry
,...re 10 exact. So the monarch who
-. ri.lt American shores, lay the sort
- ,r,bute upon us that Paderewsh
a.. and not only lay q. but find
a,,nla,l5n eager TO empty their purses
,o., HE lap. is well worth paying a
..,s prlce TO gaze upon. People may
o,,rn and papas with piano playing
ssogb,ers may denounce the pianist as
robber and his rates as extortion'
An, ,s, cold blooded fact remains that
man Is worth what he can get and
p,3s-swsk, gets It. In New York, Bos-
"a, and san Francisco, his charge Is
ave dollars a head in Galveston,
TEXAS the other week, his receipts for
,,s rieht amounted TO $4,000 IN Austin,
thew we're 5000; he crammed the Cali
hrrla thsater every night Of his stay
In San Francisco. and when the news
cached him that Sacramento had only
5ali bsrgardly $500 or $500 advance
,sl. into the box office he took out his
sropge. wiped Sacramento on his map
N the Pacific coast, and proceeded on
his march to the more appreciatiye
towns OF the north. So Manager Piper,
IN answer to such Of his despair
INK patrons as wish 20 see
he piano magnatt and refuse
10 climb TO the top gallery, but
insist that De should have kept the
prices down-sImply shrugs his shout
dsrs and SAYS what would you
have? We can either induce Pader-
evski TO come 10 Salt Lake or we can
Il not 1--WE want him, we must pay him
The prlce other cities do II we decline,
he simply says. very well, and cuts US
On his route. and ass DE sails by US, the
very people who now groan at paying
the price he asks, viii be the first TO
complain Of our lack Of enterprise in
not securing him."
And SO this monarch OF the key board
plrues bis triumphal march. and the
money BE- gathers Up on his way It
would take ones breath to compute.
Popular report SAYS that for 100 con-
csrts 10 America he is guaranteed not
less hasa thousand dollars a concert
OF $4,000 Tor the season. and the like
lh55i Is that he receives a share Of
he receipts when they reach the abb
normal figures that the big cities yield.
a The Stenways Of course, furnish him
BE plano free. and who knows but
that they may add a handsome stipend
20 have him play upon IL? The for
tune he has already accumulated is a
s'apendous one. and the two men under
whose auspices he makes his tours, Nj
Fryer Of New York, and our old friend
Hugo GoerIitz. once OF First South
street. now Of London, are said to have
been equally smiled upon by Proyl-
dsnea since the great Pole placed him
feli under their hands.
But there Is another side than the
msnenary one TO be considered in
Falsrewshs visit. and very pleasant It
is TO turn to H. We suppose It Is UNI
disputed that he is the foremost plano
ps'iorner Of the world, certainly the
foremost we are likely 20 hear,
41Iee things said the great List
'Ie necessary to make great plan.
~. INST te.hnic,second, technic; third,
.'lAhi'. The saying revealed his own
PERSONAL limitations. but 10 was very
laI from The truth Of art. For the
PIANIST VINO has o supreme control OF
ls hey board, may set lack the one
Wl- AeelUl without which he Is
..'a'nI more than a brilliant machine,
tltA as the pianola. That
ele lAlng .s the Indehnable but always
I,gsni1tbIe quality of heart communal
.e.oA WIN the masters he interprets.
gNgh De- best described as soul mot
~ E.hhie only but IN the depth and
utdllh oi DTS emotional nature and
A.Iesa0n must we look for the true
, measure oi the artist" q great music
reviewer says.
4he great tone-poems OF the world
veg mostly born In much travail:
e.l 10 understand Is 70 have suffered
IL the executive artist. no more
,-lu lhe painter can be made. his de-
gypment ls ottentImes watered by his
A II ] were that woman's teach
~ Sdll "a famous master OF an On
.'nel debutante, Il would marry
IsI ana break her heart. and in two
/, W. H. sa. would be the greatest singer
islaee Jan Paderewsh. indeed. Is by
'lle oi a strongly emotional temper
pvHl lending 10 melancholy. he is
r.g' ana Poland is the Niobe Of the
".ons me heritage OF her children
w mock.ng tradition OF a brilliant
l,IeFocable past; and the iron OF
mas entered into their very
~ Always in minor kew" ne has
M ~ o' lheif music, 1T Is characteristic
fs, we people. the singing Of broken
-. Nor has the enrichment OF
s2Na experience been denied him:
us early manhood was clouded by
NJ alement by a long struggle
s,..' que existence. Had his Intellectual
t..lment been less his emotional
M. nave taken a morbid trend by
t-..,. s.a,iHg grace it has developed
,E"Ii.g1al aloofuess from the spurious
,sl.es OF lie. a vivid insight into It's
inner mysteries. ~ INV 80
wv many artists. we fancy. live to-
49, W. nave had any such panegyric
'i, lts4l upon them az that written by
vs1 lyon critic last year II illustrates
-, ue extraordinary effect which the
b.. Foies playing has on ordinary
&c. u eau him Paderewskl. this sad
dr. Nv. senger OF the gods His name
Ban 49, matter; where he Is, he Is not.