Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

The favorite soloist of the early days was Mr.
John Kay, whose singing of the old song Of ~The
Sea-, gave him great reputation among tina
pioneers. 1t doubt from hearing John Kay
render '.rhe Sea- that President John Taylor
fitted his hymn of 1.-THE Seer to the same tune,
w. G, Dunbar. another solost, sang at the OPEN
ing OF the theater in 1852, and had previously
CURED fame through the Sing Zion, Bro. Dunbar
episode of Echo canyon times.
have not been able to learn the names OF thu
individual pianists and organists of the early
days except those Of Orson Pratt, Jr., and Fanny
Young, later Fanny Thatcher. She played in tina
old adobe tabernacle in the early sixties when
that famous organ blower. Charlie Moore
ofliciated. but there were many pianos and or
Eans brought across the plains long before ths
advent of the railroads, and the prominent teach
ers Of those days seem to have been Mrs. Cook.
and Orson Pratt, Jr Think of the love OF musls
that would justify buying square piano in st
Louis--they We're all square il those days tina
upright was then unknown--and having it hauled
l,5oo miles across the plains by oxen or mules!
Dimmick Huntingtons Martial Band, dear to
every boy who celebrated July 4th or 24th In
those daya. reached Its greatest proficiency In the
sixties.
The composer Tullidge, who came from Eng
land IN the sixties. wrote music for the tabernacle
choir, which was OF a high grade, ana his anthem.
How Beautiful Upon the Mountains" is still
Well remembered.
Such names as David 0. Calder, A. C. smythe
Mark CroSa. and others belong in the later dayH
OF our development. and can hardly included in
the term Pioneer" yet they exerted a great in
Nuence in the 90 years between 1860 and 1880
The same period produced Mrs. George ca reless
soprano, whose voice has often been comparal
TO TINT of Patti, and who gave the tabarnsc1.
choir great part of the reputation it acht.v.d
in those days
IN concluding this interesting subject T Womb
like 10 read a few paragraphs from the n,inntes -
inc NauVoo Brass Band, which have perused
*,
being Nauvoo Oct, 22, 1915, carried the organiza-
ton through the exodus from Nauvoo, across ths
plains and up to the time the band separated
about 1853. To they are full of interest as
showing the sincerity ard sympathy of the must
clans of those days well as on account OF their
historical value.
(Fhe speaker then read number of extracts
from the Nauvoo Brass Band records. az they
We're printed in an article compiled by him for the
Contributor in 1850. These records give the his
tory OF the band in Nauvoo Its march with tho
pioneers across the state of Iowa, its frequent e1-
cursions TO settlements where concerts were given
to raise means 10 help the exies. its nightly
enades before the tents OF the leaders it's numer-
Gus acts of heroism and self sacrifice its constant
work in cheering the people in the weary march
and finally of its reorganization in the valley"
where it became the center from which much OF
the musical Development OF the early days
Such was the stuff OF which our pioneer must
mated them in those days. II it be asked then
how does it come that Utah. Of tho young
est of the ssterhood of states. of the sparses
in population, one which has up the path Of
progress through great tribulation, should be
found foremost in the list Of education, lowest in
The ranks of illitcracy, the center of m educa-
tiona system that makes the state the pride 0.
the west; why Salt Lake City has national repu-
tation for discernment and Keen criticism in all
matters pertaining to the drama; and finally why
II community so young should be able to send i
choir to Chicago. Denver ard San Francisco to
compete in Worlds Fair contests. should boast
the ownership of one OF the worlds great organs
and how our city can carry through successful
ly Eisteddfods which attract the attention of the
musical world the one answer can be returned
that all theee results due the breadth. the
berality, the wisdom and the far sghtedness Of
Brigham Young and the pioneers who with hina y
laid the foundation of our state.
by their fruits shall ye know them"