The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-27

contain a choir in itself, and until
thinking Of congregation and a choir
with line Of demarcatiOn between
them shall have come to be regarded
as state Of things which belonged
only to the dark ages.
The startling information comes from
Berlin that JOachims' famous Stradi-
varius is played out"-that is, that it
has been played so much that it has
deteriOrated in tone According to an
expert, Harold GOrst all the old Ital-
ian ViOlins will some day share the
fate of Poachim's, unless some million
aire gets UP a violin trust and keeps
the old instruments locked up, and even
that would only retard the process of
disintegratiCn. Joachim has for some
years been advising those who could
not afford to buy a "Strad" to get a
Guarnerius eighteenth century,, and
owned a superb Stradivarius. but usu-
the price of these has accordingly
doubled and quadrupled. Paganini
ally played on a Guarenerius. His
taste is shared by Ysaye; and VieuX-
temps also preferred the Guarnerius.
which has a stronger, more manly tone.
Ultimately, perhaps. the sweet-toned
"Strads' will be reserved for women
players, while Guarnerius viii appeal
to their male colleagues.
The woman who permits her musical
talent 90 be crushed after marriage has
cultivated that talent rather through
desire for display than from the love
Of music. One musical home
may have a beneficent influence ove-
an entire community. Trained
musicians are needed in the home
where little children are having taste
and character nodded. Women, mar
ried ana single, who can read and in
terpTet notes as they can words; WO-
men of intelligence and culture who
look beyond mere Dyrotechnic flats in
bravura music, are needed in social and
domestic circles-Aubertine Woodward
Moore, in an article on Music and the
Married Mistress Of Home"
My idea is that music ought 10 move
the hearts with sweet emotion, which a
pianist viii never effect by mere scra1n-
bling, laundering. and arpeggios-at
least not from me."-Bach, in Musical
Moments.
''The press" says the Musical Cour-
Ter, made rather a hUllabaIoO recently
when the artist Jean de Reszke asked
$1,000 for a single evenings perform
ance. The other day in san Francisco
the artist james Jeffries received some
$4,000 for thirty minutes of actual per
Torrance. There seems to be no OUT
cry this time" tt used to be the same
with regard TO Pade-ewski. The news
papers contained columns of abuse and
sarcasm about the women who INDUCED
IN enthusiastic demonstrations over his
playing but when 10000 women ana
men weep and act like insects over the
results of a stupid boat race or football
match. not a word is said. Paragraphs
like this viii be nuggets TO the future
historians of civilization in America.
Ignace Jan Paderewski is spending
the summer at his beautiful home meas
Morges. in Switzerland putting ia
most of his spare time on the new
opera he is writing TO the HbTetto oc
CatUle Meudes. Although his French
opera could hardly be called a success,
his hope for undying fame as an oper-
attic composer is said TO be undimmed
He is now a rich man. whose assets
prOba bly, mount up 10 81 600 600. and his
position as the greatest Of living plan
lists is generally considered secure But
the fame of pianists Is heetng and
PadereWski wants to be remembered
He has just finished a cantata which
VIII De produced TINS season Dy the
choir Of the Philharmonic society OF
Warsaw in the pianists native Poland
He is now thinking OF making tour of
Australia next season
The Chicago Madri@al club offers a
prize OF S25 for the best setting of Bret
Hartes poem. What the Chimney
Sang The competition is open to ans
musicals living i'm the United. and fl
is to- be a chorus for mixed voices. nm
accompanied. The judges are u. A.
Chppinser, Emil Iiebling and +. w.
Root. The successful one viii be sung
at the second concert. March 20. 1904
The competition closes Oct. IS. 1903
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