Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-24

-HE topic OF topics Just now en-
crossing the attention Of musl-
cal New York Is the battle royal
! which will rage next fall In the
Grand opera field between Conried OF
bs Metropolitan opera house on one
.rds and oscar Hammerstein with tho
Ng building now nearing completion
a. tha other. Hammerstein ID at pres
AMI IN Europe engaging world famous
.,ars right and left, while his lieuten-
.rts are pushing the big temple Of mu-
sIc on Thirty-fourth street, several
Nocks west Of Broadway. with all the
Snsed and force that unlimited capital
can command >,,
If is generally known that Nordica
and Calve have seeded from Conried.
,hs rock on which they split being the
o s"e present money question. Rumor
has Il that Hammerstein has secured
Nordica by pedging her 80 perform
snres al $500 each. She and Conried
rarted when he insisted on limit OF
81 performances at $1,000. Whether
uanmersteln will be able to 'landr
GAVE is as yet question. The famous
French woman Is known to have an
,Aea NJ the value OF her services which
conried certainly does not share, and
which Hammerstein will gulp long
time before he swallows. On the othel
hand he has secured Edouard Do
Reszke, the great basso. and Is in hopss
OF securing his brother. the famous ten
or. Jean. He has booked Bonci. a
tenor said to rival Caruso, and Is
searching Europe at present for new
Al hs. xyl nn
snces within period OF 20 weeks. his
opening occurring IN Il Puritani," an
opera which has not been heard In New
York for years.
The rivalry bound to exist between
two such famous impressarios cannot
fail TO lend encouragement TO youns
musicians struggling for a hearing In
New York In this as In everything
else competition is bound TO be the life
Of trade.
A morning paper recently claimed
that there are not enough good mu-
slclans in this city to organize meri-
torious symphony orchestra. OF course
this Is absurd anyone informed on To-
cal conditions knows that II Is not
question of getting men. but only the
ability TO secure their services at such
purposes. As the News" has many
times pointed out, most OF the local
professional instrumentalists have
steady employment. where their SER
vices are In demand at the call OF the
managers, so that the orchestral con-
certs that were to have been given
the past winter season had to be called
N because the men desired could not
be secured.
prominent local orchestra and band
leader furnishes the names Of the fol-
loving 80 names of Salt Lake musicians
who would make n fine orchestra II
they could only be got together; First
Nolins, Welhe, Give, Youngdsle. Skel-
ton, Masterman, Arthur Petersen.
Midgley, sardoni, Mollerup; second VIC.
Inns, Schuster. Hauerbach, Nielsen,
schettler. Jensen, Nichols; violas Fam
ming Rordame. Montgomery, Green:
strlnged BASES, Reese, Costing, Witzell,
+. Beesley Jesperson cellos, Caring
ton, Schettler, Erickson. Tanning, Net
Teton flutes, Eastman, Bendixen.
oboe, Smith; clarnets, Sims, Ford; bas.
soons, Berry, Evans; horns, Christensen,
Bennett, Atkins, Ash; trombones, Dam
els slngrey. Mercer; trumpets. Zim-
norman, Westover: comets. Leslie,
Johnson; bass tubas, Baumberger, Alb
oott; Kettle drums. Fielding; small
drum, Beesley; bass drum, Carlson.
The successful efforts OF Prof. Arthur
Shepherd as conductor of the Salt Lake
Iheater orchestra, In Interpreting the
IRISH melodies, at the ST. Patrick's day
celebration In the Theater, were re-
garded as specially happy, and sppre-
claled by the audience. II takes
musical insight to correctly interpret
ana present Irish melodies and Prof.
Shepherd was able to fulfll the entire
expectations Of those present.
MISS Irene Kelly. an advanced pupil
OF Mrs, Lulabel u. Carlson, will give
piano recital Thursday evening, March
" at s.l5 O'Clock, assisted by Hugh w.
DOugall, baritone. Charles +. Carlson
VIII be represented by Tone Story"
lor piano. and three songs for baritone
The cantata THE Daughter of
Jalrus' viii be given next Monday eve
hing, IN st. Paul's church. by the CONS
v,ned choirs OF ST. Pauls and the First
meehoalst cholrs OF 40 voices. The
principals VIII be Mrs. Plummer Miss
Redman, Miss Beatrice oConnor Fred
Wsham and Willard Squires, with Miss
ntatha Berkhoel az director, and Mr.
perkhoe as organist No Admission
taken up.
frof. Wetzell is giving Mondays and
tuesdays to technical work In public
SCHOOL instruction: Wednesdays to
SrN'eh Work-composition. and Thurs
usys and Fridays to song work. The
,onposiuon Is specially important
,o".ure' as II gives ample opportunity
w. snoW natural talent of pupils In
te"alG construction, and where orig
s a' ulent Is discovered at AN early
age efforts may be directed very ef.
u'euNeiy In the way of helping along
s development. An early start In this
H u productive OF the best and most
fruitful results.
me Masonic Quartet did excellent
a. .H Wednesday night at the Shrin-
lHltlation where their vocal strains
,I'e so Orphlc In their sweetness, that
Wv rsVaging savage lnauisitors who
weir threatening to put fatal touches
tne imitation Of the terror stricken
,as''ates' felt all bloodthirsty desires
tbs,- iaom their shaggy breasts. and
h,s, merry moods melted into purely
H.. veins or thought, This saved the
The -. irW OF tne nONltlateS.
NJ quartet In composed OF Mrs.
moore Miss Berkhoel Fred Graham
and Willard squires. "
ne orpheus club Is proposing to or.
members, ''" a''o"H It's
m no Monday Musical club will meet
nho e evening of April, 2. In the Or
pm,ss' cl9o apartments In the Godbe
work Of the club.
Mrs Emma Ramsay Morris will give
80 recital on the evening OF April
c1nuse III Barratt hall, with Prof. Nc
ard as pianist and accompanlst.
' fred Graham as manager.
vs,s,,, SQUIRE Coop OF the state uni