The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-17

! pened at Marienbad to Rubinstein. He
had promised to give u charity concert,
but, being somewhat out of practice,
had a piano sent to his room in the
hotel. A lady occupying an adjoining
room in the same house considered her
/ self aggrieved by the ensuing practice,
being in complete ignorance Of the dis
I tuTber's" identity. Accordingly she in
dicted scathing complaint, in which
she requested the pianist TO discOn-
tinue the annoyance, and, If he could
not do that 10 refrain. at any rate.
| from playing so many wrong notes. 3"
The compliments feelings can be i'm
agined when she received the following
civil, but laconie reply. Dear Madam
Il regret extremely that my wrong
notes should have occasioned you any
| disIress.-Anton RHbinstein.Y
Colonel Henry Higginson, a wealthy
State street banker, who has for years
been the financial hacker of the Boston
symphony orchestra, says he viii not
tolerate any interference from the AIu-
steal union, which yesterday in New
YORK ordered twenty members Of the
playing.
1T seems said Major Higginson TO-
day, that unionizlng is Being carried Il
pit too far when musicians enter this
business. have made severe contracts
with my players and they know what
they can and cannot do. ] expect no
trouble from them. They know my po-
ation. I know that this is a ma tier IN
which the symphony players will have
to combat my other musicians.
The whole trouble is that: The
symphony players receive much higher
salaries than other players, ana tbs
other players, perhaps with envy, stir
up complaints. The symphony players
are subsidized, and others that IRE not
so favored ind they do not get along
SO well.
IAN there is about it is that If this
takes ten minutes extra from my time,
the symphony in Boston viii s6oI
There IS no use telling that TO the mu-
sicians They already know that
pay them well and am satisfied. as long
a 3 they render their services in return.
Just as soon as players tell ne that
they cannot DO what I require I will
tell them the same thing that your en-
pioyer would tell you if you said you
w0eld 40 as You please There's the
door
There is no danger of this. however.
The symphony players are interested IN
their art. Their positions cradle thera
TO follow this art 10 the hest of thefe
1t viii have to be between the SYM
phony players and the other musicians.
have noting to do with it.
i do not know what the symphony
players think of this matter, but I do
know that tie moment any one II them
violates one term Of his contract ne VIII
get out"
When a violin which formerly BE-
ionged to Paganini was recently sold
in London for $4,000 experts supposed
that it was the rarest instrument Of lis
kind in the world but it is rot, for
news now comes that one quite as val
liable has just been discovered IN Pres
bourg. This latter instrument belongs
TO Nine. Elise de Mogyorossy, and she
received it from her fathsF-in-laR. who
was formerly captain in the Austrias.
army.
Some years ago, It appears. while IL
was or duty at Verona, which at that
time was under Austrian rule. he
bought this violin at public auction
and obtained with It ample document
airy proof that it 9as formerly The
property Of Paganini. Nine. Mogyoros-
s. has already received an offer ne
Sc, Goo Cor the instrument, but she is
not disposed to part with it at any
price. IF she changes her mind it is
very probable that the valuable relic
viii pass into the possession Of the
conservatory at Budapest.
The Musician has left Philadelphia
and is now published in Boston by the
Oliver Ditson company, under The etii-
tOrshia If Mr.. Thomas Taper. Ths
Christmas number has twenty-fou
pages Of music sineluding Wagner
song "Drsams'') ,. ard articles on VII
liam Mason. "Rayreuth of To-day.
Genius and Common Sense. How 70
Survive as Fittest.' The Singer /
Problems Wagner in America. 50
Wagner and Patti etc. DR.. William
Mason, although nearly IS years old.
keeps all his musical enthusiasm un-
abated. and shows no intension Of re-
taxing his hold on current tendencies
and interests He delights in the
works Of Herr Richard Strauss, espe- i
,ially in the opera .Feuersnoth" and IL. /
'Enoch Arden" He numbers among
his friends ana entertairs at his house
all the young pianists who visit New !
York-such men as Padefewski, Gabril- /
owitsch- Godowsks, Mary Hamburg, |
aareld Bauer and Ernst Won DohHanyi !
Concerning his compositions. 3Ir. Greg /
Dry Mason says:
Or. Masgn's interest IL pianistic ef- /
'ect and in subtle combinations Of tone /
color early led him into composition. /
Ills many salon pieces. among which /