The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

ways put into it. created a furore, and
/ /. carried away by enthusiasm, was
I fdiOtic enough 10 embrace him on the
/ stags-a piece Of stupidity. fortunately
/ condoned by the audience" GS33.)
Chopin could never bear the re-
/ straints of time. and. ! think, carried
I his independence too far: be simply
| could not play in time Ernest, while
/ enjoying rubate. kept it within artistic
limits. retaining always a dignified
I sway over his caprices. C1s4S.)
Piano playing tends co shorten life IS
The latest theory put forward by the
slarmist section of the medical prOfes-
SION 10 set vibrating the pulse of the
pianist. Their clam is that the act Of
Blaying the instrument sets up certain
! nervous disorders which have an ex-
eesdinglv prejudicial effect upon one
/ life. Thus Go they account for the ec-
/ centric habits Of the average pianist,
/ says the Denver Times.
One batch Of the new theorists con-
/ 0emns the instrument entirely. but has
/ a. saving word COR the organ and GER
tain string and wind instruments;
while another school Of doctors, though
seconding the opinion of their more
advanced colleagues. believe that if the
pi8D0 be not taught TO persons under
+ Is years Of age little harm can be
done "a the fine nervous system most
L humans are endowed with.
/ Now. it is trita TO say that the vast
/ majority of musicians, especially plan
! lists and organists, are persons with
singularity Of manner Which borders
! on the eccentric. Some people have
, gone so far as to say that musicians
are half mad. Anyhow, musicians be-
/ long to a pronounced order with
/ style Of personal nlannerism which is
/ peculiarly its own.
/ Perhaps, though, teaching OF the pi
ano to extremely young children should
{ be condemned; but that the instrument
/ is harmful 10 the young player is
surely not right.
/ There is Sir Julius Benedict. one of
/ the greatest pianists, who lived to the
I 2 &c of nearly 90. Crau1er was over so
when he died. Clement, Herr and
sorae others died octogenarians. Halle
| was nearly so; SO, too. were List,
/ Heller. Potter and Schumann when
/ they passed away. ThalDerg was 90
when he died. and Rubinstein over 90.
Brahms. Bulow. kalkbrenner and Kul-
| lax were Of the same age. Bach had
seen 50. and Field. Hummei and Will
mere had seen almost 80 ere they
| played their last note on their faYorlte
| instrument.
Those are the names of only some OF
/ these great pianists Of yesterday VINO
had played the piano all their IVES
and vet each lived fairly long life
OF living pianfsts there is Arabella
Goddard who IS close to seventy; kate
I,oder. over 20; Walter Macferren, q;
/ Ernest Pauer. Is; Saint-Saens, %, ana
WIeuiawski. Sc. Paderewski is a. young
man in his 40s, and so does not count,
but the ages Of all the others point
conclusivelv to the fact that the new
theory put forward by an alarmist
section of the medical profession has
no foundation in TACT.
Certainly a considerable amount OF
mental strain has to be endured by the
expert player. as by the beginner. and
should a persons constitution De not
Of the robust order q breakdown may
be expected; but that the piano ltseiI
serves TO shorten life, as the new med
zeal theory expounds it, is a libel on
the instrument.
HAPPILY. medical opinion is divided
on the duestion-another case of doc
tors disagreeing One specialist de-
cIares that the piano serves to tone up
the nervous system. when you are
depressed" says he, go TO the piano
and thump a tune out of it.
Viewed from the calisthenic point OF
view. the piano is a good and whole
.
the fingers and gives tone to the mus
cIes Of the arms and trains the eye 10
be alert and sharp
81
Apropos OF the vital age in the field
of art. the New York Musical Courier
has the following interesting article
about the various ages Of artists in
the music realm:
The year 1908 made Saint-Saens S.
years old. Bruch SIS. Strauss 80, Mas
senet 81. Dvorak So. Grieg 90, Eigar 46,
( MacDowell ~. Mascagni 40, Puceini a.,
! Giordano "a. Franchetti AZ, LeoncaVal-
! 10 As. d'Iady 81, d'Albert 80, Arensky ~,
+ ArtcnibOueheT A., Mrs. H. H. a. Beacn
/ 30. Bemberg A. Bl0ckx %, Bolto o.
BrulI 81. Bungert 81, Emma 43, Faure ..
Foote SO. CfIazouuow 81. Goldmark Il,
Wfdor IS. Urspruoh So. Tosti 81, Whit
ing ~. Csernsheim 81. Dubois IS, Drae-
seke IS, Chamnade- A, Tinel ~, rama
lew A.. German ~, De Koven ~, Svend-
sen Sc. Charpentier 43. Dudley Buck
"a. Cui SIS. Sousa A., Chadwick AZ,
Care 81, Sjogren 80. sinding A., Coie-
ridge-TaylOr 2s COwen 81. Shelley 40.
Sgambati 50. Seeing a. Riulsky-K or-
eakoff 80. Rheinberger Sc, Scriabine 81.
Rachmaninof 80, Hamerik SO, Hegar
! So. Reinecke 70. Schytte 80, Schutt 81,
Hfdach a. Hubay As, Huber 81, Sar
+ So. z. ScharweBka 50, y. ScharWepka
n Humperdjnck ~ Huss II. Jadassohn
/ ~. Kelley As. Kienzi 46. Klein A. kopy-
! icw 40 Prout 6S, PerOsi 81. Pierne 40,
+ Paine 81, LiadOw IS. Loeiffer AZ. Mac
Gum So Mackenzie SO. Mailer A, Mar
chetti IS. Martueci a.. Messenger IS.
+ Never Helulund e, MOszowski, a, Nj
/ code sc.
/ For the reproductive artists and
other musical persons Time marked
the following notches during the year
1902. Joachim =. Marie Krebs -,
KogeI "a. Pachmann 81, Lamond s..
Kuiak 81. Pugno 81. Ondricek "A, Mus
in 20, Garcia IS. Siegfried Wagner 81
Heguer q. Rive-King 40, Malten ~.
Josefy 90, Philip 40, Manss IS. Marche-
Il =. Poper IS. CaTTeno 30, Albani u.
Sims Reeves So. Januchowsky Al. Patti
So. Hey n. MaTsick -, Brodsky y, Jean
de Reszke 81 Edouard de Reszke As
I Dieiuer so. Nikisch tS. Barth IS. Sem
/ H~jch A.. Josef Holman =, Kind
worth IS. Lady Halle 81. Nevada 4S,
{ Colonne 90 Burmeister A5. Busoni 81,
Auer IS. Rud0rfT Sc, Paur IS, Lili Leh-
mann 81. Nordica A. Rosenthai A,
Hartmann y, Reisenauer 40, Lucea s..
Nelba %. Games g. Aenter 81, Sievek-
inr Is. I.fchfeuburg =. Sarasate %.
{ Paderewski A. Nottl -. Plante 81.
Mason - Nilsson 50. Hans Richter So.
/ Gerster s6 Bloomfield Zeisler 81 Ger
/ icke IS. Sapellnikoff 50. Petsehnikoff 80,
Jonas So. Kleeberg 81. Perab0 s.. Lam
bert Al Szunowska 80, Hair ~. Ssleze
36. Sauer Al. Sauret 81. Schalehi 81.
Clarence Edy 50. Philip Hale 50. Hans
lick e. Finclz ~. Kobbe 40. Fuiler
Maitland e. Essip0ff 81. Freidheim a,
Sehunann- Henik 42. Schradieck 81,
Ysaye As, Sherwood az, Ctod0wsky %,
Itchy -. Theodore Thomas S., Gull
mani &C. De Lussan 40 Tua IS, VIII
heimi s., stavenhagen fl. Weingart-
rer %. Van Dyek q. cheviIlard q. II.