Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-25

su soo,s has lust completed the In
,.restlng task of ascertaining the
- nuplls IN the city SCHOOLS
nu'.,' ,be second to the eighth grade IN
',VI ,.. who are studying some musical
Gun, ,,,rent IN 90 schools the returns
.anea lao children studying the
f'y" ooi the violin, 129 the guitar, o6
p'", .,ondolln. 20 the cornet two the
WV ,S. trombone, IA the flute, 10 the clar'-
sat and ii2 various other muslcai in-
NV oots Among the latter was one
sn o., the Grant school, and one
,,O'o at the training school the
,anyette has 252 pupils studying musi-
aat instruments, and the lowest NUM-
,o,js ~ at the Jordan school,
~ nam the above Prof Wetzell hopes
:, o,ganlze a school orchestra later on
a,bopgh where the stringed BASES are
.or,e from is matter of some uh-
certainty, and the viola and cello play
ors ore in the same category MUSICIANS
g.. mia orchestra win be selected from
,nrns In and above the fifth grade.
prof wetzel has secured from the board
~ oducatlon money with which TO buy
.ros nj the chidren's cantata, THE
whole Year Around" and has ordered
too copies. and the singers viii be Sc
iecied from the eighth grade OF the ar
..r.nt schools. An effort VIII be made
% secure the Tabernacle for the per-
formanee Of this cantata to be given
a he time Of graduation, Prof, Wet
relis a hard worker and is bringing
GOOD deal Of music out of the children
what ,vllr undoubtedly be one Of the
..n5souost specal trains that has ever
rolied out Of New York City VIII start
rom the metropolis on Monday next.
Xxx train will consist Of IL cars,
e1ulpped with every possible comfort.
The messengers will be the Conried Me-
tropolltan opera company This organ
iz1ton win be starting on the most eN-
massive and the most extended tour
mat has ever been undertaken ny that
great aggregation Of artists.
By the time the train completes It's
,our from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and back 10 the Atlantic again hum
dreds of thousands of dollars VIII have
been expended I'm travelling expenses, In
salaries for the great artists, the CHOIR
ms and the orchestra for advertising
and promotion and in the thousand ana
one channels through which money
must be poured out In an undertaking
Of This stupendOus character.
VIII all the money that is to be
poured out be returned through the me-
dmm Of the box offices In the various
cities that are 10 be ylsited2 VIII the
receipts even approximate the outlay?
These are questions that time alone can
answer Certainly the indications are
that wherever the Conried company
sings the receipts will break all rec
,dS They must, indeed, leave all rec
ods far behind, or there viii be de-
felt SO large as TO cause the ordinary
promoter an extremely bad half hour.
However the men behind the Con-
red Metropolitan Opera company are
not ordinary promoters, Included In
The directorate are such men as Alfred
GWynne Vanderbilt Harry Payne Whit
ney James n. Hyde, George j. Gould,
Clarence Mackay and and others whose
wealth runs into seven and eight fig
ures These men have no thought of
making money out Of the Metropolitan
Opera company They are patrons OF
music because they love good music, be-
cause they know that In the Conried
company are the worlds greatest sing
ers and musicians, and because they
want the people of the entire country
10 share In that knowledge.
,g L.. IL 81
United States are 10 be favored with a
visit from the Conried Metropolitan
Opera company this year. Salt Lake
VIII be one Of them for several reasons.
First and foremost of these Is the fact
that In proportion to population. Salt
Lake city has more lovers of good mu-
fici more people who know good musis
when they hear It, than any city In the
land, Second, Salt Lake City is favor
ably located from The geographical
standpoint To use a theatrical phrase,
breaks a long jump" II Salt Lake
We're not In the Itinerary of the COM
lahy Il would be necessary TO make
a continuous run from Kansas City
70 san Francisco, for Denver Is off
me Hist OF cities. Thus all things work
together for the good Of Salt Lake.
The date OF the concert here Is the
evening Of April T. The Tabernacle
VIII be used, Six Of the greatest sing
ers under Herr Conrieds direction viii
1e on the program They are Nordlca.
homer Gourmet, DIPPED, DeMacchl and
Alien The first four viii sing the prin-
clpal numbers In the Rossinl "Stabat
Mater which oratorio will be given
N It's entirety as the second part of
,he program The other two will be
heard m aias in the first part. In adj
olton there win be orchestral and Choir.
Hed's band concert tomorrow even-
lls VIII have Miss Cloy Elmer of San
francisco as the soprano soolst, and
Mr w. ). Schuster will play a violin
goo The principal band numbers will
e me Second Hungarian Rhapsody,
snu FadereWsM Minuet. These sun
I'll April, ~ '"''N -"
pdtuu'' McClellan's program at the
oeS nv organ recital Included the Wely
Nlir..ulIe M q, Nevin's Love Song, the
e,'on HaNotte, Rheinberger's Fanta-
te In D HAT major. Inc Menledssobn
WtB song Batlste's Communion I'm
fral. 20 'llAtAlN lullldNltt NOu-
Tp,pls Canzonetta, the Haendel Largo.
Nne Evening star from Tannahuser,
~ ',n9le Andantino, Lymbyes Visions
,oIeim' Faulke's Concert Overture,
o'el me recital, Hon, j. l.. Niday
oa WE entertained the visiting or
S SonSI end number Of prominent Boise
sntpe az midnight dinner, and very
S'atyuple Time was experienced. The
seT,sWan Of the following morning. in
oaNlns of the recital said among
snoI complimentary things 1T was
nov " . treat as the people of Boise had
~ ' enjoyed for long time. and IL Is
,o,e oo hoped that Mr. Mcclellan viii
tbs 'snl To favor the public again In
SN,Ilear future. The program was n
sbolsni from beginning to end IL
aT,s,t me magnificent talent OF the
sboo Wno with such slight acquaint-
s S,gg WIN the instrument wooed from il
SMuus strains Of melody varying I'm
,bnIIt rom the panlsslmo 10 the
eIs" '' 'lnt lnIliled MS hear
por me Evening Capital News IN its re-
h inc organ recital SAYS ~
era ,', speaking dlsparagingly OF 9th
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