Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-21

Regiment band OF. Columbus Next
years cneampment will see plenty OF
the very best of martial music owing
to the close con iguity Of Atlantic City
to Philadelphia, New York, Washing
ton, and other cities.
There was a musical feast the other
noon, H In the Tabernacle, when Prof.
Mcclellan PLAYED in honor8of tina civil
War Musicians. A number OF finc
singers and the Vermont band wers
present and took part In the program
"A special number on the organ wns
The Barber of Seville, overture Z,
Talking machine records continue be-
IN ga received here In increasing Guanti-
ties the latest accessions being the co
gor2a records, the price of which has
been considerabIyi increased on Il account
or this heavy demand, and tile high
figure aidEto secure them fronistha art
is The libraries of records iii this
city have reached very ample pron0r-
ttnns. The principal attention III given
to operate music;ss religious rnilsi,. has
precious little consideration.
The San francisco Examine. OF the
SFifteenth inst, publishes fve-cclunn
half tone o e. Held s band of this city
Liz I'll county.
county building, the article being in
connection With a report of the G. a.. r..
meeting The Examiner says:
~ OF the least of the many attractions
offered the visitors by Salt Lake City
WIS It's magnificent musical organiza-
ticn--Held's band. conducted BY Joh,,
Held and managed by A. S. thinner
man Held's band Is to the west what
the Marine and Sousa's bands are to the,
sea ST. It's tame as aismusica organlza-3
5tion Is spreading al! over the continent.
and when 1t makes its Contemplated
tour of hescGuntry itSisfcertain to re-
Eceire a warm welcome from the, music
loving public.
The people Of Salt Lake City have
long known this famous band. 1t is
one. Of the long established institutions
OF the capital. Il played at the ia ying
Sof the capstone Of the Mormon temple.
IT has furnished the music fol tha
funerals OF three presidents OF tho
Mormon Church. it played at the in
auguration OF the first governor OF
Utah after the admission of the state
into the Union. 1t WAS the official
hand at the ceremonies which welcomed
Theodore Roosevelt to Utah. 1t carried
oft the $500 silver cup a the Irrigation
congress at Albuquerque, N. NJ, in
competition with three Of the best
spandSs OF MEXICO. r.
One Of the popular pieces played by
Held.s band the past week vas the
&C. A. r. March, composed especially
in honor of the visiting veterans by
Harry A. Montgomery, a we'll known
salt Lake composer and musician"
The musicshouse of Carstenson g. An
son has increased it's capital stock from
$4,000 to 00,000-al paid UP, which the
firm say Will give them an opportunity
TO enlarge their scope Of operations ma
terially. i.
& The presence here of the Civil War
drnmmers and filters, during the en-
camp ms was a specially interesting
event, their work stirring up a patri-
5otic spirit in the souls of all who lis
tened to them. Drum and Fife corps
are few and far between now, though
years ago they were "all the Srlge,' no
regiment being considered complete
without its drum corps in addition to
the band: If both could not be had, it
was the drum corps that was retained.
AS Mr.. Kimball is with the choir on
its trip, Tracy Cannon will officiate to-
morrow evening at the First Methodist
church. with Nj. tKies-
selburg as the soloist. He Will sing
The Lord is Ny Shepherd. by Lid
die.
A local musical feature of unique
merit has been introduced by a Main
street music house. It's talking ma
chine exhibition room is in the front
basement directly under the sidewalk
with an open grating into the sidewalk
Under this grating, a sbig machine Is
placed with the horn pointing upward,
and kept in action much of the time
There is always a crowd of listeners
the grating. and incident
ally the performance brings in some
business.
Conductor Weihe of the Orpheum or
chestra has selected Ed kimball, or
ganist of the First Methodist church.,
to play the organ shortly to be added
to the orchestral equipment at the Or
pheum theater.
Part of the fine music that was given
at last Sundays dedication services in
the Catholic cathedral. will be repeat
ed at tomorrow mornings services,
with Mrs. Atkins and Miss Erma Stew
art as the soloists.
Holds band will give. the following
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