Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09

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very gratifying to the manage
n,ent. and which ensures financial sue
cess. THE festival is the first OF any
thing of the kind 20 be attempted mere
though for years the idea of an annual
musical festival has been successful IN
large eastern cities. II has been be-
leved for some time that a function
of this kind would be successful Ina
this city In view OF the success attend
fnr the work OF the Salt Lake Choral
society II, years gone by, ana particii :
larry after the success of the grand
concert given by the tabernacle choir
ana Giinioro's band, So the matter
was talked up from time to time, and
finally erystalized into definite form
under Fred Grahain's management, and
the coming April festival, IT is hoped,
will prove the first of a long series of
annual festivals which will become a
fixed feature In the local musical
world. The selection of the Chicago
symphony orchestra to appear with
The chorus is considered n happy one,
Tor Il stands among the highest ia
the land. and the soloists are from
among the best in Chicago.
The timeufor receiving subscriptions
for the festival has been extended to
Saturday evening, March IL. After
mat date the price LOT To-
served seats will be 81, with 80 cent
for general admission (under the gal
iereS). Conference and festival visit
ors. 10 secure subscription rates of
sf.50 for the entire festival. should or
der by mail before the above date en-
pires.
Madame Schumann- Heink sang 10 a
painfully discordant accompaniment
from the Philadelphia symphony or
chestra the other evening, owing TO a
revolt among the musicians against the
employment of L-eandrp Companari as
conductor instead of one taken from
their own ranks. She refused to re-
spond TO an encore in consequence.
Thongs r. Rowan. the former tenor
OF the Bostonians. and latterly Los
Angeles realty dealer has decided to
locate In this city, end has opened 4
reaises.ate office here. He thinks there
IL no other city in the country that
offers such opportunities for invest
ment as Salt Lake city.
Miss Elma Young will sing, The
Gates OF Heaven at tomorrow MORN
ipg's service OF the First NJ. L. church,
Conductor Arthur Shepherd IL ar
ranging 10 have the Symphony orchest-
three nrov ements OF Memberships
Third Symphony, and the overture to
the Midsummer Nights Dream: the
three movements from Shepherds
suite will also be given their first
public rendition.
Prof. w, C. Give is preparing for a
pupils violin recital in Barratt hail.
There Is to be a. song service In the
First NJ. L. church tomorrow evening.
under the direction of Hugh Dousalt.
Tho choir Will render two anthems and
solos will be sung by Miss Pearl Weller.
Miss winona Jones. Miss Edna Evans,
Miss Claudia Holt Mis- Gertrude Kelly,
Miss Leo Davis and Hugh Dougall.
ExA. pupils of Mrs. Graham i. Put
sGaa .cll give a plano recital on the
essntilg of the 21st inst, In the First
Congregational church, when the fol-
lowing pupils will appear: Miss Louise
Iampson, Mrs. Robertson, Misses Edna
Edwards. Alice Martin Bessie Judd.
Louise Jennings, Dorothy Ingraham.
Florence Ware. Martha Williamson.
Hazel Edwards.
Miss Leo Davis will sing Just as |
Am at the p. m. service In the Y.
NJ. c. A. tomorrow
Col. Henry w. Savage announces his
Intention OF producing Tristan and
Isolde" in English. next season.
Meyerbeer's long forgotten opera OF
"Dtnorah'' has been resusctated in
New York, and put on the boards OF
the Metropolitan,
The arrangements OF the various sum
mer resorts have been selecting their
music for the coming season, as fol-
lows Lagoon, Willard Younsdale. SAT-
air, Russell; Wanda mere. Prof. w. c.
Give; Salt Palace and Liberty Park
John Held: Orpheum Summer Stock
company, Masterman. These various
leaders will select their bands accord
ing to the appropriations allowed mem
by the resort managers The Salthii
leader has charge of the dancing floor
as well as the music.
Arthur Hartmann is likely to recover
the violin that was stolen from him
III Texas according to the New YORK
Musical Courier which says There
was arrested In New York last week by
the detective department OF this ciiS
well known western thief named
Mack" Waters, for having In his Doc
session what Is believed to be the tlS,-
600 Guarneplus which was stolen IRON
Arthur Hartmann, the celebrated VI
ollnist, about six weeks ago when tins
latter was playing in Texas. The man
tigers OF Hartmann were summoned te
police headquarters in order, " posi-
Bile to- identify the violin Although
not able positively to identify the yaln-
nblo Instrument, both gentlemen agrees
that II was probably HartmOnn's. ane
Waters was held in heavy bal untl
Hartmann could be summoned from
the west TO Identify his property. The
stolen instrument was one given &c
Hartmann by Il wealthy connoisseul
who had promised it 10 him years be
fore, prov ded he would become IA grea
artist After hearing Hartmann play
with The Philadelphia orchestra, he pre-
selited the Instrument 10 Hartmann
who WAS unfortunate enough to suifa
its loss within a few weeks"
A nashlght photograph was takoi
recently Of Y group of distinguishes
artists IN Berlin. among whom Wor
Senior and Sonora Jonas.
The First Congregational church y
gan is 20 be taken down, thorough!
cleaned and rebuilt by either the Hur
ris company Of Los Angeles or the 81
Louis firm that erected The Flrs
Methodist organ The instrument WI
built by the Farrand-Notey COMPANY
the church of sll,O00. 1t has never beol
oycrhaucd, and IL In such condition
that Il Is NOW necessary
Bandmaster Held has arranged In
Instrumentation OF his band for sum
mer resort playing as follows Tw
cOinetR two trlfnpets four Frenc