The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-19
IN A MAJOR KEY.

When you are In America, do tho
Americans do-and a certain singing
teacher OF Salt Lake, who recently gavo
a pupils song recital, devoting the pro-
eramme to American composers. deserves
praise. Would that moro teachers would
90 tho same, and show their interest,
love and respect for home" talent.
American composers have written mu-
sic Tor piano. voice, violin. orchestra,
equal to any composition produced by
any other nation on earth. The reason
these works OF art are not 30 well known
Is because teachers have not interested
themselves enough, and until they do mu-
slo by American composers VIII pile
the shelf, only to be covered by the dust
OF carelessness and Indifference.
Wake up. teachers Realize In your
own country there is music, beautifully
characteristic, somber grand, and gay,
awaiting your welcome, your apprecia-
ton. Music by your countrymen. your
own hearts blood and heroic spirit
The winter wind is not so cold. os
ingratitude's unkindly FROST IL you
would be appreciated. appreciate.
II you would build up an artistic rcpu-
tation, remember the best way is TO
help build up your fellow man. In their
Advancement you may lead Out of this
land of the free, 'rock-rlbbed and ancient
as the SUM- art shall rise and monu-
mental stand. for all tho world to viewl
One OF tho highest positions being
may hold is that OF teacher. For teach
ers. like mothers, mold the characters of
men
Tschaikowsky was composer who
possessed a. deep and ardent love for Mo-
zarts music. He once said Of him: Mo
znrts music has not the subjcctively
tragic quality OF Beethoven, but then.
alas, how difficult 1t is TO mako any one
else feel, see and understand as we our
selves do; as In Don Juan. especially the
scene where the noble figure OF the beau
tiful proud revengeful woman appears on
the stage, nothing in any other opera
ever impressed mo SO profoundly. And
afterward. when Donna Anna recognizes
ia Don Juan the man who has wound
ed her pride and killed her father her
wrath breaks out like rushing torrent
In that wonderful recitative, or In that
later aria in which every note In the
orchestra seelns to speak OF her wrath
and pride, and actually seems to CULVER
with horror. / could cry out and weep
under the overwhelming stress OF the
emotional impression. These are mimi
table. colossal operate scenes"
Nicholas Longworth- Sr-, father of tho
fiance OF the Presidents daughter, was
one OF tho founders OF the Cincinnati
Society for the Suppression OF Music"
What influence may the two, soon TO be
welded, have on muslcl
Oscar Hammerstein OF New York City
has q new scheme TO give grand opera in
his magnificent temple OF the muses. the
Manhattan opera-hogse. His plan is TO
open next October either on n subscrip-
tion basis or popular presentation of
opera In the Italian and TO offer to New
York the best and latest in grand opera
In irfNa Mr. IT4r IF.4ly
grand opera in English. So viii Mr.. Con-
ried Of the Metropolitan. Savage Will
lead
That America has new opera-house
costing over million dollars Is some
thing TO be proud of. Hall to Hammer
stein!
Henry w. Savage. proprietor and man
ager OF the Savage English Opera com
pany. and producer of "Parsifal," sailed
for Europe Saturday. Mr. Savage will be
Berlin. Munich and London. He intends
| 10 engage new singers for his next sea-
sons production OF Wagncr's Ring"
| America needs men Ike Savage, Ham
mersteln and Conried.
Poverty has it's advantages It keeps
the poor music student from studying
with good teachers.
Tho next N. F. A. convention OF public
! school teachers OF the United States Will
| crs OF music in the public schools begin
| now TO make preparations for tho educa-
| tlon TO be received at the convention in
| California.
| In addition there VIII be the preeenta-
tion OF a syllabus for the training OF su-
| perylsors, and course OF study 10 be
| followed (under examination. OF course)
| by the graded school OF music teachers.
| MIR. Ripley OF the Longfcllow school of
Boston win speak upon The Ideal Su-
| pervisor OF Music In the Public Schools" 4"
| Or Rix Of Now York schools, Mrs Con-
| stance Smith OF tho University OF Illinois,
| Mrs. Parsons OF Los Angeles. Mr. Cant
| wort Of Cincinnati. Thomas Tupper OF
| Boston, Mr. Wetzell of Salt Lake City
| and Miss Carpenter OF San Francisco will
| he among the band OF advanced thinkers
! who are alive to the Importance of musi-
| cal education as II should be. and who
| will bo heard IN those discussions
| Think what oil this means to the cs-
| tablIshrnent of national muaio art In
| America
| remarkable event IL tho appearance
| Of an American tenor in tho opera at
| Dnl Venpe, italy. during the coming sen
| son. That this is q rare or uncommon
| occurrence is not saying enough. 1t IL
| unIaue 10 say the least, and during the
| last ten years It is the first instance OF