Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01

,usical Editor "News''
paragraph. entirely general in its
,nrlieation and having no individual
,,,,tne whatsoever, appeared tn last
s,,,rday's music columns Of the
r>o,.s" relative to chorus conductors
,,,vine the major share in prize
,r5s The allusion was made with
.n the remotest suggestion of local
t,,orce and could be applied 10
r,,,ridn or British Columbia as well
IA utah. The matter was simply
,onparson of business methods
which meant that as general pro-
,s,ion. conductors received the bulk
=, the awards from the fact that they
A, the organizing, give the instruc-
"a, assume financial risk, and incur
,,ber responsibilities involving, more
or less their professional reputation.
The winning singers generally get the
glory, the free training, and enjoy tho
incidental social association.
The purpose of the paragraph was
merely to indicate departure from
,rdev prevalent custom in the shar-
inc Of the money award with his
cborus By the conductor referred to;
that was all.
But It seems that one or two salt
lake musicians have assumed that
Inc paragraph reflected on them an
assumption entirely gratuitous, AS it
had no more reference to them than
10 Tubal cain or Palestrina.
The organization OF this chorus-the
Salt Lake Choral society-was under
taken at the solicitation of number
Of prominent Salt Lake citizens who
fet that this city ought to be repre-
sented in the coming October Eistedd-
fod
The paragraph was written by the
News" representative-and its con-
sruction was his entirely-trom two
short conversations with me, ana
neither he nor | had the remotest idea
that there was any suggestion in it
savoring of the offensive; certainly
none was intended.
The great cry now should he one Of
harmony, a condition, 1 am glad to
say, which obtains in the ranks OF the
Salt Lake Choral society.
J. J. MCCLELLAN.
Prof McClellan's disclaimer that his
statement had any local reference
is confirmed by the reporter who wrote
the item and who unfortunately en-
ployed an expression not of the hap
piest IN conveying his meaning. That
IN several notable instances, at least,
conductors of our winning choruses
have not profited by the awards, Is
shown by note from II S. Ensign,
who directs attention to the fact that
the prize of 81 900 won by the Taber-
naclc choir in Chicago in 1893 was used
FOR the expenses of the choir on the
great trip, and that the 5000 won by
members of the choir in 1897 was by
general consent turned into the Tabor
nacle choir treasury. In 1895 an
amateur chorus, conducted by Mr.. En-
sign, won the prize of s5O0-and that
sum formed the nest egg" of the fund
raised for the excursion To California
in 1896.
Local music houses report a very
fair summer trade in pianos and mu-
steal instruments gecnrally The trade
in talking machines and records ia
particularly good, as many people are
buying to take with them into the
country The out of town business in
pianos is said to be better at present
than the purely city trade
The many friends in this city of Miss
Alice Wolfgang, contIalto of the Pill
grims' CONGREGATIONAL church. Chicago,
VIII be pleased To learn that she is TO
return home next week TO remain
through the summer
The rest parlors for operators In tine
Bel Telephone company's building on
state street are provided with a good
piano which those operators who can
play manage to enjoy, as well as fur
nlshine pleasure To others,
Miss Iona Dell and Miss Mary Jen-
klnson win sing the solo parts in
Shyucks arrangement of Abide with
Me, al tomorrow's a. IN, service in
the catholic cathedral.
Hugh w. DougaN is at Brighton's I'M
III Aug 10 next, giving his voice rest.
The names Of two important stors In
me Great failed 10 appear IN the re-
View of the new Catholic organ in
Nednesdiy's News, viz the double
oFen dlapason. 16 IT,. ana the open dla-
r7Son r. The Great" of any organ
would be- weak without these stops.
Ihe following program will he given
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ;