Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-24

"LOyerture Joyeuse," but THE joyful
Overture" He remarked this morning
that the use Of foreign music titles In
this country was merely matter OF
habit, and there Is really no good rea-
son for their continuance. Moreover,
his production is 10 be given under the
auspices of a strictly American society,
whose object 1t Is to encourage and
bring out American compositions; so
on the whole, he thought II would be
well to avoid foreign nomenclature In
connection with his music. Prof. Shep-
herd is most modest man, and II was
with more or less difficulty that the
News" representative could wiring out
Of him any admission as to the compile
mentary reception OF his now noted
overture. But he did manage to own up
enough to very well show that Mr.. Far
Well. Prof Goetschius, Frank DAM
rosch, several New York music critics,
and other competent musicians to
whom he had submitted his MSS re-
garded the young mans effort with
marked appreciation, and II was easy to
see that he already stands in high es-
tinaton OF eastern musical artists.
Prof, Shepherd regrets that he Will not
be able to reproduce his overture In
Salt Lake city. as there Is not an or
chestra OF sufficient size here to handle
It. although otherwise he would be only
too glad TO present II before his home
public. But what may be done when
the city has grown more and the num-
Der of nstrumentalists Increased, can
not be said at present. Professor
shepherd was much interested In or
chestral work in New York, He heard
the Philharmonic orchestra, the New
York SNfnnhAf1Et IN
and the greater operas He says there
IL nothing In this country that will
compare with the Boston Symphony
orchestra whose performance Is Jaw
less and ideal. There il only one other
orchestra In the United States that
win at all approximate Il. and that is
the Chicago Thomas orchestra. The
trouble In New York is the continually
changing personnel of orchestral or
CARNATIONS, so that the members never
get entirely used to the baton Of any
one director, or become accustomed to
each Others playing. Now the Boston
Symphony rarely makes a change, and
the members are all perfectly familiar
with each other and play as one man.
New York is full Of music Of every
kind, good. bad and Indifferent, ana It
seems that that singular creature, the
general pubic, II ltduN " dbHpIU u
all Unfortunately. like the goat told
about once IN a New York paper that
devoured a copy of the Irish World
without stopping to pick out the bones.
What New York needs Is training In
true criticism and discernment In
musical performance. so that only the
good and the true I'm the divine art
can be properly patronlzed and en-
couraged. Prof. Shepherd says there
are no less than seven symphony or
chestras I'm New York, to say nothing
of a dozen Chamber music organiza-
tions. as many more singing societies,
and an apparently unlimited list or
operate companies The New York
symphony has about 1875 men and Is
formidable organization
Prof Shepherd was asked about the
attempt to fool the judges in the Pade-
rewski prize composition by parties
connected with the New York Musical
Courier and he said II was undoubt VI
ly an attempt at a joke, and to get the
laugh on the judges,