Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-27

"Orpheus" at Paris thoator. a few
years ago. the Journal des Debpts re-
called the fact that Bach, Handel, and
Beethoven We're his daily food at home,
and that Gluck's overtures were con-
stantly produced by him during the in
teimssions while he was conductor ~
the Theater Francois.
Joachim was certainly a very great
musician but his ear for names seems
to have heon surprisingly unmusical.
He had six children. whom he gave
these names Meitze, Josefe, Lisel,
Johannes, Hermann, Paul; and these,
he told Julius Rodenberg, were his IA
vorite names. The boys names may
pass, but surely Lisel is silly, Josofe
common, and Mietze atrocious. Joa-
chlm's faVorite painter was Leonardo
da Ninci; his favorite dramatic charuc-
tiers lmoScn aud Fidelio; his favorite
histo"lc hero, Hannibal; his favorite oc-
cupation, quartet playing.
Nine. Tetrazzin said to representa-
tive Of the London Telegraph the other
day: do you see that pile of papers
lying on the table over there? Every
one of those papers Is AN invitation to
sing for charity. They all came this
morning. If / consented to sing for
each OF those charities. ] would be
kept fully employed for the next year.
That's all the harvest of one days post
alone. If | sang for every charity that
asks me, l would be singing morning,
noon and night for the rest of my life,
or until my voice broke down"
It is safe to say that at any rate one
of the novelties announced for produce
tion next season at the Metropolitan
will be given--namely. D'Albcrts Tie
hand," which is having almost as SEN
sational a success in Germany is Han
sci and Gretel' had some years ago.
Dozens of opera houses have produced
II, always with the same result, and at
Berlin it has within a few months
reached its one-hundredth performance
The crown prince and princess attend
ed this performance. which was "A gala
event, the composer haveing expressly
come from the south To conduct his
work on this occasion.
Rubinstein in his conversation on
Music" ranks Glinka as one Of the
greatest five composers Europe has
produced. admitting, however that pa
triotism Influenced this judgment Gin.
ka's principal work is the opera His
Life for the Car" in which d peasant,
Mt the cost of his life, leads hostile
troops astray in the forest To save the
Emperor Though first produced in
1896, this opera Is still very popular in
Russia. In other countries, however.
il has had no success recent atCmpt
to interest the Berliners In II failed the
critical verdict being that the libreto
is clumsily constructed, the music I'M
dramatic. the structure awkward and
the orchcstra.ion meagre.
AT last the music of our Edward Mac
Dowel, long known in Germany, has
made its way to London. one csctatic
letter about his music has found its
way 10 print. do YOU know the mu-
sic " Edward Mcdowell" its author
begins. Very few people seem TO, save
musicians Bee was introduced to it re-
certify by friend, and the house has
boon :ull of beautiful sounds ever since
IL IS the most imaginative music / have
ever heard; even Richard knows what
any one piece Is about before he heard
the title, and says. That's a shin sail
lag, or That's ghostly steps, with un-
crrinS precision; even to the extent of
giggling audibly over some creature
hopping and jumping which turned out
to be or Brer Rabbit There is one
piece called From n German Forest
which, though quite short, has every
thing in 1.-THE solemnity of the trees,
birds voices. the chase, pilgrims chant
ing on their way, more birds--all the
essence of Tannhauser in three pages Of
piano music, not too difficult for the
earnest amateur. When Bee is play-
ing these things, il seems hard 10 be-
love that any man having such power
to evoke beauty should be doomed to a
struggle between his livelihood ana his
art, until the mind that conceived those
wonderful harmonies should fall into
discord rehabilitation Transcript.