Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-08
Music 0nd i
Musicians

ore cannot fall TO feel respect for
a.. man who could write Robin
,I.oar but that respect dmnishes
sarsderabN after sitting through
,~ne Red Feather" Reginald Dc
voyon said to n recent interviewer
49,, No had written Red Feather" In
n,der TO lay robin Hoods" ghost.
o,rr Joe jefferson told me once" he
Ia that l would rue the DAY pro-
dnced Robin Hood" that l would be
pob,n's slave forever; that no matter
What ! might do hereafter the public
,,ould say. Good, very good, perhaps;
,r, moi so good as Robin Mr. Jeffer"
sor saId he had been cursed by Rip
Van Wrinkle In this way. lie knew he
nod done more artistic things than
pin Van Wrinkle, but the public
would not admit It, And his prediction
ohout nc has come pretty nearly true
So I have written Red Feather TO
,,oye that I can do as well or better
tbon did IN Robin Hood
II MIR. De Koven is correctly quoted,
his remark only goes to show what poor
Judges authors and musicians often
prs OF their own works. The music OF
oRobIn Hood" is as far away from
that Of THE Red Feather as the peaks
are from the valleys, and as for the
lbretto. Mr. De Koven ought to have
known better than to accept 1t. 1t Is
M more comparable with the story of
oRobln Hood" than farce comedy is TO
Shakespeare An artist of Miss Van
gtuddford's standing should surely be
able to find some higher vehicle for her
gifts than that afforded by THE Red
Feather
II Is something Of n coincidence that
the night OF the first production of
1.-THE Red Feather here was the 18th
anniversary Of the production OF the
first Of the De Koven operas, THE Be-
gum Since then Mr. De Koven COM
posed is other operas, This is the list
Of them The Begun" 1888 Don
London" 1891; "The Fencing Master"
1892, THE Knickerbocker," January,
1893 "The Algerian" September 1898,
Rob Roy" 1894 THE Tzigane," 1895;
rThe Mandarin" 1896; The Highway
man" and THE Paris Doll, 1897; THE
Three Dragons" and the ballots OF
The Man in the Moon" 1885, 'Papa's
Wife" 1899; Foxy CUTLER" and the
balets of From Broadway to Toxic"
1900. THE Little Duchess and Maid
Marian" 1901; and Red Feather"
1904,
A concert program Of unusual quail
ty and strength viii be presented at
Barratt hall on Friday evening next,
II will be IN tho nature Of a testimonial
10 Mr., George G. Smith, flrst counselor
70 Prof stephens Of the Tabernacle
choir md treasurer and librarian OF
that organization, Mr., Smith Il about
70 leave for Scandinavia on mission,
and az he has been d hard worker In
the particular field Of music In which
the performance Of his duty has called
him, his associates and friends con-
Guided TO do him the honor Of arrang-
ing farewell musical function OF high
order for his benefit. Tho matter has
been placed In the hands Of a COM
lnttee consisting Of Prof, stephens,
Prof Mcclellan and Mr. John +. Han
sen, who announce that they have Sc
cured the best musical talent Of the
community for the occasion, Tie ryo-
gram thus far agreed upon Includes
numbers by a select chorus OF 40 voices
from the Tabernacle choir. solos by
Mrs Lizzie Thomas Edward, piano
duet, by Prof, Mcclellan and Tracy Y.
Cannon; baritone-bass song by Prof,
Llnd of Provo; violin solo, Prof
Welhe, baritone selection Hugh w.
Dougall flute solo, Willard Flashmun
tenor solo, Fred Graham song by Utah
Ladies' quartet, and one or two other
selections to be added on the compile
ilon Of the program.
The busiest musical season that Salt
Lake has known IN years viii come to
an end on the 10Th, with the fourth
ana last concert by the Salt Lake SYM
phony orchestra, These entertain
ments ranked among the highest and
best the town has witnessed during
ne winter ana Mr. shepherd is deter
mined that the finishing one In the
series shall make an impression that
WI last and serve as the best .possi-
Die advertisement for the second sea-
SON which will open I'm the fall The
maj concert will be given on Wednes-
Day the 18th, and three soloists will be
added TO the orchestra, consisting Of
MISS Geneve Ellerbeok. pianist Mrs,
Edward McGurrin, harpist, and Mr.,
hugh Dougall, baritone, Miss Eller-
9ecks number win be Chnminades
famous Concert stuck for piano and
orehestra Mrs, McGurriu viii render
NE I'll Trovatore" selection and MIR,
Dougall viii give the Aria Vision Flu
gllNe by Massenet I'm addition the
orchestra will have several attractive
numbers, including Haydn's SYM
Ptnony No. T. the famous Largo by
handel for harp and strings the al
ways popular seNtettc from Lucia"
ana the glorious Strauss Waltz, Roses
rom the South"
MT Theodore Best and his wife, FL
Ele Barrow Best, leave next week for
los Angeles for an extended stay. Mr..
nest VIII take mp number of maudo-
uI and guitar classes there but win
Bol leave Salt Lake altogether, Mrs
pest Is expected 10 return on a visit
III ABOUT month.
~ NtNh mas received lne pro-
gram OF a concert given by the Latter
JJeg saints In Finsbury town hall, Lon
uoll on the evening of March 81. Those
NWnno appeared were Miss Mamie Tout
SS,,ss Arvilla Clark, Miss Eva Startling,
SSiss Matte Read, Miss Grace Tout
W%iSs Maggie Tout Miss Hazel Tout
TruaFd J, Andelin and MIR. ldw H.
'ouI The program consisted Of rs
numbers and among them were some
very ambitious selections,
organist J. Y. Mcclellan has COM
posed six anthems for use i'm the SER
wee OF the Church Of Jesus Christ Of
iiifa.'er-day Saints, as follows, 30
tia,appY Is the Man" school thy Feel
pIsS Praise to God, Immortal
Ttiolse' 20 Zion When | Think of
rnes God Moves IN Mysterious
nSay, "A Poor Wayfarng Man OF