The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-07

ling WIS born IN Sterlingville, 5efeer
son county \. l.. the youngest Gaugh-
ter Of James Sterling descended from
the Bradforyls of hisssac husetts. Ma
dame Sterling studied with several OF
the most famous singing teachers o.
this generation. FRS, with masters in
New York and then with MaDusi Gar
cfa. Pauline Nisrtiot Garcia and MAJ
chest in Europe. All OF her teachers
Here proud of her and raved over her
voice IL was q rarely beautiful organ.
but fine as it was Madame Sterling ney-
er could be persuaded TO 80 on the
operate stage-the goal Of nearly every
woman that ever had voice. Madame
Sterling made her London debut at one
Of the COvent Garden ccEceTts in 1873.
Two years later she was married TO III.
Afackinlay. After that she devoted he
lifeNto concerts and 0Fatorio. As bal
lad singer she was especially admired
i'm England. When she returned e.
America after her first trjumphs abroad
she was heard in the best concerts.
Ia private life Madame sterling was
recognized as & woman o. nohie char
acter ana Ideals She was q vice pres
iGere OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union and interested in other
FERNS OF philanthropy She was ia her
nfty-fourth year.-New YORK Musical
Courier
Another musical legend has been an
initiated. The story has been told n
Vulnerable times how List once re-
ceived. at Weim8r, visit from
Brahms. who fell asleep while List
played him his b minor Sonata, where
at L.szt was so angry that he left the
room. There is not q word Of truth
IN this tale, according to Max kalbeck,
who has just brought out the first vol
ume (499 pages. extending to the year
1863 of the first authoTitive Brahms
biography. Nor is il true that LiszI
and Joachim were so much pleased
with the compositions of the younS
Brahms that they recommended him
10 Schumann. tt appears that when
Brahms first sent specimens Of his work
Schumenn returned them with me
remark that ne had no time TO look
theln over. When he subsequently, af-
ter a long silence. wrote an article in
which he announced Brahms as the
new musical Messiah" Hans Won Blu
low wrote: 1T Is just fifteen years
since Schumaun spoke in the the same
way about Sterndaie Bennett" kai-
beck's book is extremely conservative.
+ He regards the sonata as the culmina-
/ ton Of all possible development OF
musical form, regardless OF the fact
+ tnat Brahms himself wrote sonstas for
1 the pianoforte only early in his career,
/ and therefore preferred the shorter
/ forms OF the romantic schooi.-NeW
York Evening Post
!
The memorial to Lit which was cut
/ by the German sculptor. n Friend,
! ana erected recently in Stuttgart. is
another tribute 10 the master and a
further mark Of appreciation of his
! greatness. It was unveiled with i'm
) posing ceremony, although the pro
/ ceedinEs were. as List would have
liked them almost informal. Those
/ who had gathered to honor the memory
I OF the composer wandered At
/ noon 10 the Rose Hill, near which,
/ among a clump of oaks. the monument
! is placed. admired the beautiful and
very successful work, INDUCED in rem
; iniscences Of the master and wandered
/ home again. The ceremony proper con-
/ sisted of q performance of the Holy
/ Elizabeth" OratOriO on one evening and
+ a symphony concert. directed by Sieg-
/ fried Wagner 0dszt's grandson), on the
| next night as a List festival On the
1 day following there was q pilgrimage
to the monument, which was covered
with wreaths and flowers, many Of
which came from long distances.
! The conference of the Incorporated
/ Society of Musicians was held recently
I iu the Athenaeunn haH. Glasgow. Dr..
. Daniel Ferguson Wilson (GldsgOW),
the chairman for the day, in an address
: OF Folk Music of Scotland said IL
3 was on record that in the twelfth CEN
( fury the people sang songs and used
for their delight the harp, the tabor,
and the chOro. There was some differ
ence OF opinion regarding the identity
OF the chOro. Some thought it was the
bagpipe. while others argued that it
could not be, for they maintained that
4 this instrument was not imported from
+ England TIL at least q century after
I this date. Judging by appearance, he
[ was disposed to think that the choTo
/ was the bagpipe. for it would have been
! a sorry sight for the historian to wit
mes a Highlander wandering in his