The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19

music are inventors. Usually their
time IS taken up with the invention
Of harmonious productions and they
have no time nor inclination for other
fields Of art, especially those which af-
feet the commercial field of activity DR..
Adolf Brodbeck OF this city appears to
be the exception which proves the gen
eral rule. No one in this city ever sus-
Dected him of inventing anything but
sweet sounds, yet he has possibly inn
mOrtalized his name by the invention of
car which may prove the safest du-
piicate for a dying machine that the
world may want for centuries to come.
His car is as much a flying machine,
SO far as sensation goes, As II can pos
sibly be and not be a flying machine.
IT is mOored 10 elevated tracks in its
flight through space, but its speed is so
great that there is no sensation eX-
cepting that of moving through the air
aad this is as near flying as most peO-
pie care to get without leaving the
earth. at least until some inventor gets
Mp p machine that IS Under better con-
troll than nervous horse.
Tn general appearance pr. Brodbeck
Is every inch the student. He is a
large man with a magnificent head that
does not show Off IT'S massiveness in his
pictures Intellectual force and energy
plainly as though they were printed
there. yet withal he is genial and
laughs readily ana heartily at any
thing that appeals to his humor. He
appears to be fond Of children and
their antics ill him with mirth. He is
"a graduate OF the greatest conserv-
tories of music of the old world, in
Guiding the Royal conservatory Of Ger
many The Paris academy has awarded
him "A gold medal for his invention. the
principles Of which have been approved
by the scientists of the world and il
also has the backing Of the New Jer-
scy Registry & Trust company.
A large audience enjoyed -the recital
in the tabernacle &cnday afternoon. a
noticcabiy large number of strangers
being present. The programme in
cluded several strong numbers. the fea-
turc being the solo by Miss Helen
Shepard. She sang the aria from Car
mon" with splendid effect. A slight
nervousness was apparent in the first
part of the work but the young woman
quickly overcame this difficulty and she
finished the difficult selection in adj
miIable style. Her notes carried the
orchestral parts OF the organ easily
and blended effectively with the instru-
ment The closing Instrumental num-
Der was the overture from 'Mignon."
Madame Swensen is training a double
ladies' quartette which promises to do
some effective work during the fan and
winter. IT viii be a novelty and
pleasing addition TO local music circles.
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Professor Cook has an instrument
In his Office which probably can be
found in very few studios in the coun-
try. 1t looks like one of the first
pianos invented and while II has all
the keys Of the ordinary instrument.
the only sound il makes when struck
is peculiar click. 1t has mechanical
arrangement so that the keys can be
adjusted 20 any tension. 1t has many
advantages for practice work which
are easily apparent TO students of the
pianoforte. An entire score can be
learned on it before key Of the piano
is touched.
Recitals have been given at the tab
ernacle nearly every day the past week
Tor the accommodation of tourists who
happened TO be in the city.
Recently there was decided in a court
OF law in Chicago a case which is OF
vital Importance to the musical profess
sion at large. Especially viii it be in
teresting TO the teacher who is gain
ing his livelihood on legitimate Drln-
clpies 20 know that there is no avail
able means for driving eharIatanrv
aud humbug out of the field. In the
ease referred TO. a woman. victim OF
apecious and plausible advertisement,
sued for the return Of $3.50 paid by her
TO a so-called singing teacher. The lat
lei claims 10 have a method, STYLED the
American method - which produces
in a child of as well as in a woman or
men of go the same voices as possessed
by Patti, Jean de Reszke. etc The
judge, i'm deciding against the plaintiff,
ruled that she had obtained lessons as
contracted for and consequently there
was no redress.
The Musical Leader and Concert
Goer. from which the foregoing is
taken, says, editorially. but the real
question at issue is how can charlatan-
ism be prevented" etc.
So long as people are gullible enough
to imagine that voices can be ham
mered out like a horseshoe in the
hands OF a blacksmith. just so long
VIII "charlatans" continue TO thrive At
this distance it looks as If the music
teacher had practiced a fraud but If
he had not taken the money it would
probably have gone to some other
swindler- People who are willing to be
tricked by persons claiming to have
supernatural power should not kick
when their money is gone and the
fraud is apparent
In recent issue of the Metropolitan
Magazine Gabrilowitsch has an in
teresting article on THE Characters
tics of Russian Music" part OF which
f. as follows:
Russian music was born in 1896. and
1iikhail IvanOvitch Glinka was its
father. II is a strangely interesting
fact that venerable Russia should be,
unsteady. the youngest of nations
And yet the masterpieces OF GlinKa,
Rimsky. Rubinstein and TschaizOwsky
have won for the land of the czars
place in modern musical history sec
ond TO none My native laAd is rich
in the material from which wonderful
music IS made. 1t is a country OF deep
emotions. strong passions and abound
ing contrasts. Nowhere else is this
fact so fully appreciated as at the ma
tional conservatory in st. Petersburg.
founded by my beloved MISTER. Rubin
stein. The policy Of this institution is
50 broad. so generous. so stimulating
that no talent can perish for want OF
encourag cement. II is difficult to de-
scribe the characteristics OF Russian
music without commenting upon the
iTner history Of the people themselves.
Musical inspiration finds its source in
that great mass of emotional humani-
T. known as the Russian peasantry-
The peasantry of Tolstois and Gorkys
delineatiOn. a people but recently freed
from deneaning serfdOm. Our music is
but the melOdious expression Of the
struggles. the aspirations. the triumphs