The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

The Tabernacle choir is getting up
some difficult works by the old masters,
some of them being the most preten-
tious yet attempted. Praise the
Lord by Randegger, is to be sung in
the regular Tabernacle services within
a short while. 1t is one of the grandest
melodies of modern times. Mendels-
sOhns Hymn of Praise" is also being
worked up, and GauIs Holy City
not the popular sacred song of the same
title-will soon be done.
In addition. to these, Director Steph
ems is recognizing local talent by re
hearsing Gloria from mass in z fat
by J. J. Mcclellan and Beesley's Christ
mas carol. the work of the pioneer di-
rector of the choir, has just been COM
pieted. For the concert during the Ma
tional Livestock convention the choir
is engaged with the Gypsy Love
Song" rendered by Eugene COwles in
the Fortune Teller Horace Ensign
does the solo work, and the rendition
is d treat.
The Salt Lake Opera company is
about to begin work on 'Fatinitza," the
magnificent work of Suppe, composer
of "A Trip to Africa" one of the COM
panys recent presentations. .Fati-
nitza" was done by local talent a num-
Der of years ago, with Jennie EIawley
Woodrow in the leading role of Vladi-
AtliI II the NIiNGi = illA III EooAOll II III
rect, it was in this production that
Jennie HawIey Woodrow made her de
but. The part is that of a male being
and calls for d mezZO-sOpranO voice
and hOrrid boys clothes A young WO-
man of prominent Salt Lake family
had been selected to sing the part and
had rehearsed to some extent when
news of the masculine costUming fea-
ture reached pater and mater There
was a distinct furry in the homestead.
Under no consideration would the
daughter be allowed TO dress in boys
clothes. Then it was that Jennie HaW-
ley was picked for the part and she
scored a big hit. locally. In time, she
concluded the stage was her forte. She
went into comic opera, became the I'M
derstudy of Jessie Bartlett Davis in the
BOstOnians, and has been more or less
successful ever since.
In the original production George d.
Piper, II. 5. Goddard and John D.
Spencer sang. They are still with the
Salt Lake Opera company. It Is pro-
posed now to have Lottie Levy Kahn
sing the part of Vladimir but there
seems to be some doubt as to whether
she win go into the cast since her mar
riage, announced last week. Miss SAY
age is not cast in the revival, but Spen-
Ger, Goddard and Piper and other old
favorites will have parts. It is pro-
posed to produce the opera in Feb
ruary.
Colonel and Mrs. \. w Clayton give
an at home musicale New Years eve
at their residence on Second street
From a social standpoint it will be
big affair and a glance at the list of
musicians who are to take part makes
it certain that something exceptionally
grand in the way of lyrics is to occur
Professor Mcclellan, Professor Rad
cliffe, Professor Goddard, Mrs. Lottie
Levy Kahn, Walter Coleman, George
Shelton and Tracy Cannon are among
the guests, and the Yale GIee club will
give a serenade after the concert that
evening.
Word comes from distant Germany
that Miss Emma Ramsey, a. Provo girl,
Berlin Miss Ramsey possesses mez-
ZO-sOprano voice of rare quality and
she is studying under Madame Van
Senft, one of the foremost vOCalists Of
Germany. and leading soprano of Kai-
ser Williams church in Berlin. Miss
Ramsey is a faVOrite pupil of Madame
Won Senft and has the promise of an
in the kaiseT'S church at
no distant date, providing she makes
the progress that has thus far charac-
teTized her musical career.
New York is4gOing wild over the Met
ropolitan opera season by the Maurice
Grau company. Of all the operas they
have staged none of their works ranks
higher in the opinion Of critics than
ROssinis ''Stabat Mater" which was
TO have been sung in Salt Lake in the