The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-18

variety IN the different kinds or
music presented 20 the salt Lake
public during the week just ended.
Ranging all the way from the heaviest
and most classical to the tunes in THE
ChaDer0ns" and THE Storks."
And both classes, OF rather all clas-
ses had their patrons: for all the events
on the week have been well patrOnized.
The great musical event Of the year,
the coming OF NOrdica and the Duss or
Chcstra. is over, and the musical peo-
pie OF the city feel a new impetus and
life IN their work. The pleasure derived
from such q thing IS not all that comes
from it. There is a subtler and
more lasting something which pervades
the very life OF a community and fills
II with part-it may be a small part
% the grandeur in the souls OF the
immortal composers to whose works
an audience listened last Wednesday.
It is like the beauty OF all art, it IS
all pervading, and the worth Of it can
not be reckoned in the present time II
IS greatly 20 be regretted that salt
Lake does not get more Of such. The
thousands of people whose applause
filed the tabernacle showed that IL is
not lack of appreciation and feeling
that prevents It. but lack only of the
proper management in securing such.
Neither Of the two light operas have
been much in a musical way. Neither
have left behind them the sweet de-
lights Of the tunes from THE Prince
Of Pilsen," or others Of its class; but
they brought out the fact that they
certainly had some singers with them,
and they took from our own city one
OF its talented young women, and
sought to take another.
An effort is being made by some Of
the local musical organizations to Sc
1raa ~frnae Of Ire M
Cumming I'm November when she is TO
sing in Denver. Her date there is No
vember IL, and as she intends passing
through here to visit her old home In
Portland, Ore, it is quite possible that
she may be induced to give concert
while in the city. Mrs. Cumming has
been the leading soprano at the Wor-
cester musical festival, which is tho
great musical event of the country. An
eastern correspondent, speaking Of the
event says. "Shanna Cumming sang
the soprano role as she does in nearly
all the large OratOriOs that are given
i'm this country. Her voice is Of a re-
lnarkable quality, indeed, the quality
OF her voice might well be envied
by Nordica. This sounds extravaganza,
does it not? But It is not. I am not
saying that she has the poise OF that
world-renOwned singer, but for the or
f,an itself and her agreeable use of 1t
there is no gainsaying the fact. Cum
ming is not surpassed by anyone heard
on the OratOTiO stage today 1t is TO
be hoped that the effort to give a Salt
Lake audience the privilege Of hearing
ner viii be successful Mrs Cumming
is a sister of Mrs. Ella Cumming Wet
zeI.
Nine. Blauvelt, speaking Of the value
Of instruction in singing, aside from
considering the attainment Of the cor
rect method as an art, recently said 10
q New York interviewer: There are
many. reasons why / should advise all
Young girls to learn to sing. Not the
least important is that il is good for
the physical health. I have known
many q person to have been saved
from consumption by a course Of sing
ing lessons. for they tend to establish
the correct use Of the voice as well as
TO stimulate the natural love FOR mu-
sic. In every one there is a germ OF
power to appreciate the finest music
and the easiest way to express that
appreciation is with the voice. All are
capable of being taught to sing-to
express spontaneously the finer emo
tions.
Il said all are capable Of learning
to sing but to this I make one eX-
ceptiOn. The person whose ear IS ply
sicaIly defective not only should not Try
10 learn singing, but cannot learn. In re-
gard to this L recall an instance told
me by Madame Fursch-Madi. She
knew a young woman who had a most
beautiful voice, but she not only could
not carry q tune. but when she made
any approach to accomplishing il she
always sang off the pitch. She mad
fine teacher and studied most con-
scicntiOusly. but she was almost IT
despair. At last, by the advice Of
Madame Fursch-Madi, she consulted
an aurist He made a thorough eN-
animation Of her ears and discovered
that there was some malfOrmatiOn IN
the inner ear The sound waves, as
they struck the drum, produced wrong
impressions. She sang just as she
heard. which was incorrectly. she
gave up singing and devoted herself to
The piano. AS she had the notes 20
s-uide her she was not dependent upon
her ear. and so. while her singing was
q failure her music was success, and
today she ranks as one Of the leading
pianistes in Europe.
ct am great believer In slow,
healthy. consistent development. There
IS no royal rOaI TO learning, and il is
only by diligeut study and incessant
work that one is able 10 grasp the in
uer meanings Of harmony. With must
cal intelligence. artistic sensibiity and
perseverance, Il is almost possible to
create a voice. Then, too the taste Is
improved by contact with what IS
elevated and refined and the power TO
express the souls emotions Is gradually
developed"
One OF the Metropolitan orchestra
who was comparatively unnOticed was
the harpist, Mrs. Wander Linden.
Dressed inconspicuously in plain black,
and appearing far in the background,
few Of the vast audience noted the fact
that a woman was in the throng Of
men. Mrs Wander Linden IS one Of the
well known harpists OF the country,
having been with the orchestra for
some time. She has been Mrs. Wander
Linden only a few months. however.
since Herr Conductor Of the opera at
Amsterdam came to New York and
made her his wife. It was a union Of
two musicians. but the two are now
widely separated although temporari-
". Mrs. Wander Linden returns with
the orchestra to New York to Ill out
the winter engagement
A pupils recital given by Mrs. era
ham F. Putnam Thursday evening was
one Of the musical events of the week.
The work especially Of the younger pu-
pills with difficult piano selections was
worthy OF high praise, the little people
showing very careful training. Among
the smallest pupils were Margaret Ed
die, John Putnam. Helen Rhodes and
sisted by Miss Helen Hartley who gave
some exquisite violin selections