Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19
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delta. The composer was helped con.
siderably to success by his prima don
ma, Emma Cavcllh who has achieved
the wonderful feat of reyivlng leon
cavallo's half-dead "Zaza."
The critic of the London Truth com.
ments on the mice duranpement ar
eplthetsN. CT n colleague WHO singles
out as The special charncterlstics OF
Nine. Media $ art the rich quality of
her voice, Its magnificent range nnc
its dramatic significance" This rather
remainds him OF the famous definition
OF crab as a red FISH which walks
backwards. (which would he strictly
accurate but for the fact that n crab l.
not fish. Is not red, aud does not walk
Backwards
Max Schillings. whose new opera,
'Moloch,' attracted some attention at
Its recent premiere, Is one OF the most
prominent of the Younger German
composers. A native OF one of the
Rhine provinces, where he was born
in 1868, he received his musical edu-
cation in Munich, and has since re-
sided there. His second opera, Der
Pfeifertag," had n run In Berlin four
years ago He is best known to Amer
leans as the composer OF o musical
setting of Ernst Won Wildenbruch's
..Hexenlied" which has been suing here
with much success by David 3ispham
His works reveal a marked Wagneriau
tendency.
In the early part of December, in
going from Beyreuth to Karlsruhe 10
be present at the production OF her
sons opera, "Bruder Lustig," Coslma
Wagner fell seriously IN at Schloss
Langenburg, in Wurtemburg, where
she had been invited TO stay by
Prince acknowledgements Her
illness consisted of serious attacks of
heart-failure followed by continued
suspension of consciousness. Her con
dition, although alarming. was not
such as to cause her friends TO give
up hope of her recovery. according
to the last dispatches received, her
life is in no immediate danger; in
fact. some slight amelioration of her
condition is perceptible. In accord
ance with her own desire, she was re-
moved last week at Beyreuth,
Last winter MIR. Safonoff was visit
ing a friend when he happeped TO see
one of Edward MacDowell's most eX-
quisite piano pieces. Clair de Lune,"
on the piano. He sat down, played it
over Che is an excellent pianist), and
was so much pleased with it that he
repeated 1t at once. This same piece
was played on Christmas Sunday at
the Brick church, whose organlst, Mr.
Archer Gibson, one of the best mu-
sicians in the country, had arranged
1t for organ, flute harp and string
quartet. 1t made a deep impression;
after the performance a number of
persons waited for the organist to tell
him how much they had enjoyed it,
Mr.. Archer, on Christmas day, con-
Quoted a grand orchestra at The resi-
dence of Mr.. Charles NJ, Schwab.
"The Grand Old Thief is the cpl
tibet once bestowed on Handel by an
eminent English musical scholar. An
other expert, Mr.. Sedley Taylor, has
now come forward with q whole vol
ume entitled THE Indebtedness of
Handel to Other Composers" which Is
AN Interesting contribution to the
psychology of genius as well as to mu-
steal history. Mr.. Taylor's quotations,
in parallel passages, show how Handel
borrowed not only ideas, but lifted
whole movements bodily and put them
into his scores, practically unaltered.
Some of the most famous passages in
his oratorios. including choruses in
Israel in Egypt" We're thus derived.
These cases are not analogous to those
of Shakespeare and Moliere, who Dor
rowed material from others and made
them their own by superior treatment.
Loudon G.. Charlton announced on
Monday that Cesar Thomson, the Bel
gian violinist, has been compelled to
indefinitely postpone the American tour
which he was to make this year. This
unexpected change OF plan was made
necessary by an injury which the vio-
linist recently sustained. About fort
night ago Mr.. Charlton received the
following cablegram: strained arm.
Doctor imposes no playing next four
weeks. Letter follows--Cesar Thorn
SON.. 1t was hoped that the injury was
not of "A sufficiently serious character
as to cause the tour to be abandoned.
but a letter received this week brought
word that the violinist would NOT be