The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-10

an instrument initiate a part which
some other instrument ought to have
taken It viii be music just the same,
and the effect would not be disaDpoirt-
ing. but the result might not be the fin
ished production which the composer
intended nor that which the organiza-
ton can produce when there is a com
plete Orchestration from violins to
drums and no substitution nor omission
of parts. It is the same with the organ
and the work Of finding out which set
of pipes IS best suited 70 certain move
ments and what stops must be used to
give the best tone color and best or
chestral effects requires study. On
Monday evening Mr. Mcclellan turned
his organ into d big orchestra. It was
a work that required study, but the re-
suit was the finished production of
Monday evening 1t is understood that
Professor Anton Petersen was the au-
dience on whom Mr.. Mcclellan tried his
stops. and If this is true it helps to ac-
count for the perfection &C his perform
ance.
The musicale given Tuesday evening
by Mrs. Martha ROyle King in honor
Of Mrs. Newman furnished a rare rnu-
steal treat for the guests The numbers
were all well selected and included Vo-
the finest local talent. Especially en-
jOyable were the violin numbers by
Mr.. Davis, who gave the Berceuse from
JOcelyn and Traumerei in excellent
style. The Treble Clef quartette sang
The Bonnie. Bonnie Banks in perfect
harmony and responded with a dainty
little ballad for an encore. One unique
and enjoyable feature was the Nor
7vegian folk song which was beautifully
rendered by Adolph Volmer. Each
II nTs-lc. FEE
rendered solos and Miss DWyer and
Mrs. King sang a beautiful duet. Mrs
Peters was especially good in Gaynor
THE Jap Doll" and Miss COINS When
Mabel Sings" was delightful. Mrs.
Plummer sang two folk songs and Mr.
Robinson rendered two fine baritone
solos The piano numbers were excel
lent. and were given by Miss Flanders,
Mrs. Charles Wilkes, Miss Judith
Evans and Mrs. +. L. LOOMS, the &C
companist for the quartette.
The Musical Leader of the Concert
goer (ChicagO) of April So under a
Denver date, says:
Saturday afternoon John ]. McCIeI-
Ian, the famous organist of the Nor
mon tabernacle at Salt Lake City, gave
an excellent organ recital. Mr.. Nc
Clellan is a master organist and while
the organ at Trinity church does not
equal the one at the Mormon taber-
naele, still it is one of the finest west
of Chicago.
By the end of the first half of the
programme the audience was complete
" won by the beauty and force Of Mr..
McClellan'S playing. "Toccata," from
Sixth organ Symphony (WidOr);
'-ChrOmatic Fantasia" CThielel, and
overture to "Oberon'' (Von Weber,,
were very fine. But Mr.. Mcclellan
played ITO A Wild Rose" (MacDowelD,
''Internaezzo" (MascagnD, and "Capric-
cio'' (Lemaigre), in a way that brought
the tears to the eyes and song to the
heart.
Awake from "Hiawatha" (Coleridge-
Talon.
Luigi Arditi. a noted musical COM
poser. died in London this week.
Luigi Arditi was born in 1922 in Pie5-
mont, Italy. His musical talent was
developed under we'll known masters.
At "A years he went to Havana, where
he made reputation as a conductor
and where he composed an opera, La
Spia," founded on COoper's famous
novel. He brought out Italian opera in
Boston in 1S47 and 1S4S and thereafter
became a conspicuous success. He
brought out Wagner in London in 1859
Many famous singers made their de-
butts under the baton of Ardfti, includ-
ing Minnie Hauk, Clara Louise Kellogg,
Nine Nevada, Nine. NOrdica and in
fact almost all of the famous American
singers. It was one of his most pleas
ant recOIIections that, under his direc-
ton in America, Nine. Albania first
sang the music OF the part of Des-
demOna in GounOd's opera of "Othello,
Both Nilsson and Titiens studied their
operas with him and with Mario and
Grisi he had a warm friendship.
That they have good press agents IN
Europe is evidenced by a charming
story that gets into circulation just be-
fore the famous Pablo de Sarasate goes
en- tour. It tells how he made his start
The artists father was republican
and was sent to prison for intriguing
against the portIy Isabella. whose sub
iects later on sent her out of the coun-
try. The distracted mother OF the
artistic child was advised to let him
play before the queen. The budding
violinist Of 3 was, accordingly, taken
into the royal presence and so en-
tranced the queen that she told him
that his expressed wish would be