Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-13

poser are brought out such deep psy-
Geological truths, At the time of writ.
ing this drama, Wagner was IN the
zenith OF his artistic powei, and he
wrote with q pen Of IRE, In fact, the
music stands alone among the masters
creations,
Tho lecturer called attention 10 the
sad character of the music, with the
repetition Of tho immortal theme IN
me opening Of the first act lie con-
tfnftod this with the merry song of the
sailors on board the ship carrying
Tristan and Isolde" the melody being
taken up by the orchestra and bocom.
ing the motif Of the theme. The musI-
cul descriptive Of the voyage was given
on the plano with the lrueness Of IN.
depreciation that affected the audi
cnco, II involved n wlld weird
lhtmo that IN orcheNralion would
tax the ingenuity of any arranger 20
properly reproduce And n was noted
by the musicians present that Prof,
uoldmnlk cnmo M near producing or
choslr0l effects M can be- given on
plano, In fact, now-0.days, the or.
chcstra seems 90 be regarded M the
acme Of perfection az an agency IN
musical Interpretation organ builders,
band masters ana plnnlsts are all aim.
ing AT producing orchestral effects, II
one stands AT an organ console while
the orRnnlHt N playing. the chances are
that the latter viii ask the listener u
hear the beautiful stringcd effects his
instrument IN capable " giving sousa
VIII call his friends to note the fine or.
chcstral effects his band Il able to pro.
duce and for that matter 4, \, On
more gave II ont oold' years ago, that
the time was coming when wind bands
would be capable Of tho same artistic
grade Of work nv any orchestra
Prof Goldmark presented well the
mWkod contrast between the sailor
theme and the music representing tho
mental condition OF lsoldo-a distinctly
psychological contrast The rough ana
tumble dance OF the sailors was de.
pIcted IN music that accorded perfectly
with the idea ~ the sailor performance,
ana IN following the score with the I'm,
aginailon bent on orchostration, one
could almost actually sec the strIngel
bass players "tumbllng all over them.
selves IN the rapid and elaborate bass
movement at the foundation of the
melody,
The second ac, opens In the garden Of
the King NJ Cornwall the orchestra op.
oning with the motif " expectancy,
WV fhlfNAlNk NNNlNn NNNNNA NlN'N'lllh
the beating OF the human heart, tho
theme Of the love potion being eve,
present Later follows spring song,
fully equal IN popular construction 10 tho
one of Mondelssohn, and strongly sug-
gostlyo of these opening lines OF tho
Twelfth Night Of Shakespeare
II music be the food Of love- play on,
Give me excess OF H. that mporlluIty,
AhA anPlIIia utpHau md NY
That strain again, II had dying fall
II came DER my ear like the sweet soun1
That broa,hes upon a bank OF violots,
stealing the gvlnB odor
There II q slumbcr thcme IN Tristan
ana Isolde" az well ~ m "DIe wall.
keuro," tho idea ombodyng the union
Of death and sleep, ana the artist gave
II beautiful rendering Of It's harmonic
changes, The passionate outcrlcs OF
Isolde and the Ring, as Tristan fnlN
wounded IN his duel, In this act, " made
u special feature IN the orchpstratlon
IN the third act, the pastoral melody IN
Producing the dramatic action ~ very
peculiar and not without decided
charm n popularity boing the absence
Of accompaniment and " carried olth'
or by the oboe or English horn In OF.
chostra, It's mournml tone II appro-
pirate 90 the scene and the occasion Of
the horO's dangerous physical condl-
tl0pi ana the musical accompaniment
subsequent II remarkably descriptive
OF the action OF Tristan AZ he tears
the bnndages from his wounds, and
dies IN the arms Of Isolde The climax
Of the music drama w an emphatic
onunciation ana elaboration Of the mo-
tif and ~ a mastcrful work Of musical
composition that Prof uoldmark pre-.
scented with entire foithfulness 20 the
spirit ana letter OF the composers Ideas,
II was raining nj the close OF the loc-'
turo, but not "a fow music lovers re-.
paired 10 the residence Of Mrs, Graham
r. Putnam, whore u reception was xiv.
on In honor OF the visiting artist, He
lectures tonight ON "Tho pnrsIfah" and
tomorrow night on the national clc-
ments IN music, Miss Agatha Bcrkhool
win asest on tho latter occasion