The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-28

/ they have frequently had TO pay twice
OF thfee times as much 10 get him as
| would nave been necessary 10 secure
otaer well-known baritOnes
] Inc great singers fame soon meme
| rated beyond the border of his nativa
/ country and clamors to hear him came
/ IN IRON abroad. In Vienna his success
! was no less pronounced than in Ills
/ ila i've Beflini and his first appearance
/ IN Budapest proved to be the sense tfon
Of the musical season in the HIM Ta,ier :,
] Vapltdl the manager who brought him
/ 70 70 budapest, as result of his extraOr-
I uIudiy success, at once engaged MIN TO
] uPPeaf In that city under the most brill
-[.nl auspices Tor five consecutive sea-
Suns. IN the north HeinemaBn met viii,
| the same recognition. Copenhagen went
VIC spout him and his tours of Scandi-
"a va were among the most remark
toIc ihuslcal events ever known IN
eloee Countries In England, too the
81 siusef' Dy virtue of his phenOme-
llaI voice and extraordinary artistic
poWeis, produced an instantaneous and
| lasting impression. -'-N
Born In Berlin at Ross strasse No. I.
~ ~ the same house in which Ludwig
| Ileck was born exactly 400 v-ears re
fore the artist was named ate, ~
famous poet in cOmmemOration of fhiS
TNeLl, MS run name being Alexander
ludwig Tieck Heinemann- CuTfousIv
enoush' Heinemann was also born in
ne same room as the great poet. II
was the intention of Heinemann's faith
er 10 make a merchant of mis- SON hn+
the boys love for music was so Dro
houhced that he would not hear Of
CHOOSING anything else as the means
81 a livelihood. His musical career
Desah. NOT as a singer however, but as
Nloilnlst, and he actually attained
cons luefable proficiency on the violin
ana Tor several years PLAYED in an or
chesJra. His voice was discovered one
uay oy chance by Friedman Baruch.
'IoIus director who was so aston
lsueu az the quality and volume of the
young mans organ that he immedia taI-y
adNlsed Atm to become a singer. Heine-
mann entered the Stern conservato tori,
where he studied for number of ven Ts
un9er the late Jenny Meyer. and also
uHuer Adolf Schultz; a vocal eenius like
himself 0iiisiiy Dy
lie made his debut in his native citv
IN 1897 and his success was So great
that MS name soon became a household
MoIu IN Berlin. Today he sings there
AT least twenty-five times each sea-
son, including oTatOrio performances
ana ne IS one of the few singers before
the puzzle who can always count on a
sold out house at each OF his recitaIs.
or number of years he was one of
the principal vocal teachers at the Stern
conservatory. but the demands unon mis-
time made by his many concert en-
gaeements soon became so great that
ne was obliged to give up his Dosition
at the school He still gives a certain
amount of time TO private instructtOn
but he has been compelled to rednce
that 20 minimum. His real meter is
the concert pOdium, for Alexander
Heinemann is a singer by the grace of
Goa ana he makes an equally strong
MA 10 the musicians, cOnnOisseurs and
10 the masses. Gifted by nature with
a voice extraordinary in its volume and
DrllLlancy as well as in its soft. vel
Fety quality, he has developed his
vocal Jechnic to a remarkable degree
lie Is furthermore a musician TO the
manner born, and his interpreta tiOns
or all the varied numbers Of his i'm
mense repertory always show how deep
~ he has penetrated into the charac-
ter OF each composer and his work.
What accounts for Heinemann's untold
popularity with the masses more than
anything else In his wonderful fund of
temperament lie sings with an elan
and abandon that ofttimes works itself
up into veritable fury. AT such mo-
ments he invariably carries his audience
away and works il up TO a frenzied
pitch OF enthusiasm.
X
The August bulletin of the Conserva-
tory Of Music OF southern Idaho, located
at Nampa is of local interest since
Professor Charles Divide Blakeslee head
Of the school, was formerly a resident
Of this city. His school was very sue
cessful last year and the outlook for
the coming one is exceptionally bright |
The work of the school includes the
department OF vocal piano, violin and !
pipe organ music, with competent in |
structors associated with Professor |
Blakeslee. Among them are Mrs. II. II. |
SmOck. Miss Lottie Gardner, Albert |
S,--ls9n, John Braden and Miss Mabel /
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