Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-15

| that he made the change. because he
| thought II form Of advertising that
The American public would appreciate.
| II has.
Karl Goldmark has completed two
! acts Of his new opera, The Winters
Tale, but being slow worker he does
not expect To have the score ready for
performance before the autumn Of next
year. Although Goldmark is 76 years
old he enjoys the labor of composing
He IL pleased with winners adapta-
ton OF the play for musical purposes.
II Is reported that Ignaz Paderewski
will no longer travel IN private car.
The pianist attributes his nervous
breakdown Of a year ago to the close
confinement Of a private car. from
which he hurried 10 the concert hall.
returning Immediately afetr the recital
was over. He feels that life was too
combining for his health and prefers
the more democratic method OF the
parlor car,
Puccinis scores are very difficult TO
read I'm the original manuscript. and
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ers' Office who can decipher them.
Sometimes the page looks as II fly
had crawled over Il. sometimes as II
an elephant with inky feet had tram
pied on Il, and everywhere are weird
fiourishes. blots innumerable aud
thumbnail sketches and notes, seem
ingly superhuous, which have over
flowed into the margin.
Carisos rival. who Is 10 be heard
at the new Manhattan opera House, In
New York ne, November. has suns In
all parts OF The world except the Unit
ed States. He avoids roles Of drama
tic character. The first opera he sang
In was "Falstaff." IN which he had
small role He was at once engaged TO
sing Faust al Leehorn. He is fond Of
dogs and automobiles. Whether he will
like America will depend on whether
America will like him.
The Germans at least have an up-to-
date book on their deepest musical
thinker. II Is by Professor Wolfrom Of
Heidelberg, and is published in Berlin
by Bard Marquardt & Co. Spittas
Bach biography. In two volumes. is a
monumental work Of erudition and an
alysis, hut Il Is for reference only.
while Wolfrum's Is a book 10 read. Il
contains also the results Of the latest
researches. The author shows that
Bach like Wagner. Liszt. and the other
great masters, had 10 spend his life
amid persistent annoyance; envy. and
persecution
Canned music" Ia the epithet APP
piled by Mr.. Sousa 10 the music made
by Photographs and plano players"
lie strongly objects TO IL on the ground
that Il tends 20 blunt our national mu-
sic sense. But Il is a little difficult 10
see what there IL 10 blunt IN the must
can sense Of nation which makes a
hero of Sousa. paying him $4,000 for a
mediocre march not worth $50 The |
monographs help 20 make life more |
worth living 10 farmers and villagers |
They are not on a high aesthetic level |
but neither are the Sousa pieces. which |
are the favorite Of the photograph au-
dlences.
The great event OF the Mozart Festi- |
val AT Salzburg was performance of |
the ninth symphony of-Bruckner! II |
was 10 have been conducted by DR.. |
Muck. but he could not come. and Rich /
ard Strauss took his place. "He sue
ceeded." 20 cite Richard Wallaschek,
after n single rehearsal In giving
performance Of individual character.
What We heard was not merely a repe-
,ition Of the Viennese production. but
everything was fresher, more animated,
more individual. more emotional, than
J.. d..
the end Strauss was applauded vehe-
menily. and after the scherzo the whole
orchestra had to rise"
A revolution In orchestral playing IT,
according 10 Henry Wood and other er-
neris. likely to result from an Invention
exhibited IN London. II con-
sists IN an apparatus which Is attached
10 a violin, a viola, or other string In
.trument. and gives II the volume OF a
number Of such instruments. The prin-
,iple Is the same as that used IN gramo-
,honee. Previous attempts 10 achieve
his result failed because there was al
Ways an Objectionable change In the
luality of tone. Mr.. Charles Parsons
attachment does not produce such a
'hange. the timhre being not only pre-
lerved, but enriched by the greater
OF overiones. II the inyen-
ion proves 10 be all that Is claimed
or II. a number ~ players VIII lose
heir jobs. but. on the other hand, or
hestrai concerts and rehearsals viii
y made muth cheaper. and even small
owns will be able 10 have permanent
rchestrss and regular concerts