The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-12

actor, but he aroused so much enthu-
siasm whenever he sang i'm private cir
cles that he finally prepared himself
Tor the operate stage. He sang many
years at Hamburg. Munich, Vienna and
other German cities. His health and
his artistic powers gradually failed and
for the next season the director Of the
Opera in Vienna offered him only 5000
horins in place of $1,000. This he re-
fused. On March % he sang for the
last time in 'Tannhauser." He died in
sanitOrium on the Lake Of Constance
and was cremated at Gotha. His sis
ter, Merenda, inherits his property.
A cable dispatch to the Sun makes
Mr.. David Bispham responsible for the
assertion that this country is not a
musical center. and that it would be
professional suicide for singer to
make his home here. How about the
Metropolitan opera house? Is not that
a good deal of a musical center" for
singers? And is it professional suicide
for singers to live where they can
make more money in four months than
they can in Europe in fourteen? Are
David Bispham. and Lillian Nordica,
and Emma Eames hOnored more IN
any European city than they are here
in their native country? Let US be
glad that they are appreciated in Eu-
rope, too; but that should not make
us unjust to our own country.
One of the evils and tyrannies Of
trades unionism is this. that incom-
petent or undesirable men cannot be
dismissed by their employers. The
musical unions appear TO be adopting
this feature of the WOrkingmen'S
unions. too, as a recent case showed.
A horn player. was To be discharged
il seems, have q union of their own,
and the conductor was promptly in
formed that if he dismissed that man
he could have no horn player at all.
Whether the player in question was
competent or not need not be dis
CUssed here. But the situation sug-
gests all sorts Of pleasant possibilities
Why should not the sopranos and the
tenors have unions OF their own and
hold up the managers in cases of dis
pute? Why should not the Musiker
(artists) follow the methods of the
Musikanten musical day labOrers)?
Lillian Blautelt who is a graduate
of the National Conservatory OF Music
of New York. and who has long been
famed as a concert singer I'm Europe,
as well as in America. made her debut
as an opera singer in London on June
2. About ten years ago she had sung
for time in French opera at Brussels,
Liege and Verviers. but since that
time she has confined herself TO the
concert nall. Naturally. she had stage
fright on her first appearance as Mar
guerite i'm London. yet she won a de-
cided success, especially as singer.
Concerning the story Of how Jaroslav
Kocian, the famous young Bohemian
viOlinist, wept when he gave up the
Guarnerius violin. to return which he
had made a special trip from Europe.
the Baltimore sun says.
The instrument is part of the re-
markable collection of ex-Judge VIII
liam c. Clopton Of New York and had
been loaned to Kocian by the owner
for his concert tour IN this country.
When the viOlinist returned to Europe
he took the violin with him. but hast
ened back with it upon receiving the
protest Of Judge CloDton. A relative
Of ex-Judge Clopton said that the lat
ter has remarkable collection Of gen
uine Cremona violins. including two
or three Stradiyarius instruments. two
Guarnerius two Amatis and one with
Magini head that is credited by some
experts to StFadifarius. The last men
toned is said to be the finest instru-
ment in existence and worth a fortune.
Judge Clopton also owns several