Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03


Nj heard again IN the ogden
Opcra house next Monday
! night. ana the promise IL mat
,bs nIl draw very large house as
s,o did ON the occasion Of her last con-
..rt She viii sing among other NUM-
liars osho wandered down the mountain
.d,o Annie Laurie" an ave Maria, "
.rbe Last Rose OF Summer and an
.,is from the opera Of Robert le
n.sbIe" Prof. Squire Coop win be the
,,rompanlst Of the evening, and con-
1ogtor Of the chorus This chorus has
h,,n gotten together specially for
hrs concert. and has learned HAL
t,an' ana such other work as will be
required Of H. in one week under the
training Of Prof. Coop il Is composed
mostly Of veteran Eisteddfod singers,
Tho inevitable union, non-union Pues'
zion has bobbcd up at tho Grand thea
t.- and has deprived that house OF its
anhml and efficient leader, Prof w, {,
rlIyo Mr. Cuve has never been a
rs,ubrr of tho Musicians union, ana
,hat fact has not operated against him
An past seasons. His orchestra OF seven
MAS made up pf three non-union ana
nur union men, but Mr. Give pursued
,1e even tenor of his way never dream
INK of asking his men any questions
about their unlonIsm any more than
about their religion or their private
nmily affairs go long as they per-
nrmod their duty as musicians. Dur
jrg the past summer, however nearly
ali Salt Lake players IN bands and
orehestras have been unlonized and Mr
Give had ID conveyed to him In polite
hut unmlstakablc fashion. that II he
wished 10 preside over the Grand or
eheslra, II must be- as member Of
ihe union or not at all. Declining to
De cocrced he resigned his position aud
fho two other non-uniOn members, not
desiring to take out cards" retired
with him.
Tho new leader win be Mr. John Held,
and under his regime the orchestra VIII
rIay nothing but the best approved
union music. His orchestra win be
composed as follows: Prof Schustol,
violin. Gun Erickson clarinet; II.
Montgomery trombone; W. Leslie,
plano. A. s. Zimmerman, cornet Del
Betsley drums, Held, conductor
Prof Thomas Radcih will be the
..cIpjcnt a little later. uf q written Of
Ir from one of the big Methodist
.Irchcs Of Harrisburg Pa. to take
organ there The professor gave
Iked satisfaction I'm his perform
- LOO the Pennsylvania capital, and
,u- musical people there were anxious
40 have him remove and make his
home with them The salt Lake organ
lsl tried many eastern organs and yls-
led the great organ factories, and he
and Prof Mcclellan agree perfectly
that the tendency I'm the east among
organ builders Is to sacrifice dramatic
force and power TO sweetness and light,
also 10 eliminate the imitation stops
that 49, stops initiating different or
rhestml Instruments, which western
ofganists do not consider a really wise
move, Moreover Prof, Rudcliff dis
covered that eastern organs as rule
were not we'll taken care of or pro-
tacted sufficiently from atmospheric
changes and furthermore. architects
do not seem TO grasp the salient fact
that acoustics must he considered In
boating the organ In church. Any
sort Of a corner, or out Of the way
place is considered IN architects offices,
good enough. and the results are IN not
a few eases deplorable. In one In
stance, Prof RadclIff found an organ
whose pipes came up under a gallery
While he did not so to st, Louis. the
professor heard from a number OF
sources that the worlds fair organ OF
which so much has been said in and
ont Of print, was really a colossal fail.
ur', and that Kansas city had finally
decided against taking II after the eX-
position The instrument is still in
complete though parts of It's can be
and are being used In concert.
Manager a. S, Zimmerman Of Held's
band has returned from a trip to the
coast lie heard bands IN Los Angeles
and at Santa Catalina Island, but says
he did not hear any band that he be-
leyed was better than Held's. Salt
Lake Is equal 10 any Of them.
Prof. Radclif noted to his satsfac-
ton that eastern builders are now
making the pedal box radIal and con.
cave This very thing he urged upon
prominent builders years ago, and told
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