Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-04
A UTAHN'S MUSICAL
LETTER IN"THE CArlBRlAN"


and voice, the beautiful sustained
CBell cantO) method, and his me oVr-
rect phrasing and feeling was some
thing divine, and In sharp contrast Win
thestilted. chOppy mechanism adheI-
ence 10 marks OF expression. as given In
the choral work. Is this, after all, me
legitimate result OF constant attempt OF
competitions Does it naturally, ana III
spite OF well-m6nt attempts at the re-
verse, develop mechanical and eNaB-
gerated oXpression2 Is there something
about the whole atmosphere or
contest" that destroys the "repose
demanded by perfection OF artY IL the
Elsteddfod today smothering the artis-
tic musical growth Of the Wclshf ~
the coveted union Of the divine art
with the national sport 70 It's hlgh
level. or Is the "spor" side OF It de-
baslng the "art?" The Babel OF contu-
sion around me- that would scarcely let
one hear some OF the numbers. that
would ieor aloud at numbers that dld
not please them sometimes deserNedly)
the overdrawn forced expression from
the patform--al seemed 10 rush 10 re-
ply, sport, SPORT" there Is no art
left. And out Of my whlskers came the
following as the choir hurled the Hal
lelujah Chorus" at me, while the police
We're putting an end 20 an interesting
cree fight among the gods" "Bac-
chus' and "Gambrlnus' near by
strive not TO excel thy fellowman nut
rather TO reach an ideal and thy
growth VIII not have a limit, nor thy
success or failure a sting And, then,
a twin-stan2a IN this form
strive, but not against they felowman,
10 conquer thy own forces, to bring
out
The elements Of good within myself
That each tomorrow may excel thy yes
erday;
Thine inability, alone. should be thy
foe.
As you may imagine. II took me the
rest Of the night TO place myself. But TO
proceed These two occasions quite sat
isfed me In the way OF Reception"
stu His 'lghness, 1.-THE prince OF |
Wales" would insist upon more hon
Ors being showered upon me. He i'm
mediately sent for the great grand |
opera company" 20 swim over from the |
New York METROPOLITAN opera house TO |
"Covent Garden that we might attend |
together which we did nearly nightly |
for over two weeks The prince kindly |
and 'umbly" sat near the lower floor |
piO I'm a plush lined box-a wooden !
one--that / might again hold full sway |
IN the higher regions OF the historic !
building. Here Melba after one weeks |
dligent search, found" or recovered" I,
her charming voice. And, later Jean !
de Reszke name ged 20 lose and find |
his In the meantime Ternina, TO
my delight. used hers in an incompar-
able manner BY the way, speaking OF |
what beautiful covered" tone this |
truly great singer and actress produces, |
and how II has fed my vanity TO see the |
London critics Muckle one by one to
full Acknowledgement Of her great |
merit as on first hearing her In New |
York. / wrote her home as the great |
est In the company The London critics |
Mt once gave her credit for histrlonic |
ability but II took them weeks 20 de-
clare her voice Incompatible, which |
they do now.
Fancy the one and same artist MAKE
ing superb ELSA" and Gertrude" IN |
Lohengrin. Yet that is what she has |
done. This Is voice developed TO It's |
capacity and not TO be high soprano, |
a meszo-soprano, contralto, etc, The |
chief beauty as well as protection OF II |
is the perfect use OF the covered tone |
Melba TOO Is rounding" her tone quail
ity, and In correspondence thereto gets |
the credit OF singing with more warmth |
and sympathy !,
With all the efforts OF the prince to
please me. must say. New York hears
opera 70 far better advantage than
London. and not only hears" II but
"sees" II better mounted. O. yes, there
Is stately old tune here sung on oc-
casions. ] have almost learnt II, |
forgot whether II is called America"
God Save the King or God Save the
Queen" Well, as II all this were not
enough, they would convince me that
Handel was an English composer. To
prove II they brought together 1000
singers and nstrumentalists, lot
Of their leading English soloists
with names such as Davis. Lloyd. |
Albani. Brema, etc, all under the d.
lection OF the oldest mann" they could
find In London, so that ne would re-
member the traditions" whateverthat |
means. AT the Crystal Palace they
rendered In the most ponderous, slow.
and impressive manner possible, a vast
number Of the old giant works. As | !
saw one hundred thousand, more or
less. English people devotionally sit
there four and five hours, realized
fully where the English part OF Han
del came In, as well as how these solo |
lists from Wales and America were
English. English traditions, English
cash, English appreciation of merit. |
made them all possible, hence yield |
forevermore to England all the honor
and the title. II Handel and the rest
were not English they can thank Eng