Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-15
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thursday evenings meetinS OIL
,,o tabernacle choir was
snecially interesting occasion
i for the singers, as the newly
,.,eivod records were given IN re-
.,,a, on the talking machine' ny
Mauoper paynes of the Daynes- Beepe
Music company. under whose dlrectioh
w. .ocords we're taken for the Column
~, phonograph company or New
York. The machine was iirst piuceu III
- Presidents stand IN front OF inc
tne aud afterwards on the rail OF
ehon lar gallery, the effects from tho
s ~, iocation being more satisfactory
'a,r,;cularlv as the rasping OF the
Iii could not be heard there. Ine
nasiac,ions given included, "My Little
e.,.,. Sweetheart" the .HallcluJah
w. ), II Lombardi.'' Light ana
INV, NM "l!osannah," by the choir.
,,,,h The Bach d minor fugue on the
m.,n hy prof. Mcclellan, and the
or,Jle song by Willard Wcihe on the
violin, The performances were very
sa,isfac,ory, the volume OF SOUND
citing the great tabernacle auditorium
~ n degree that was surprlsinS' III
sact il was 50 marked as to ftilly war
rant prof stephens in his proposal
m later on give pubic fecltai ol lhe
tabernacle records.
a. has becn indicated in The News,
nm ..IIttle Gypsy Sweetheart" proved
I've nrIm, favorite,. and won II salvo
~ onnlnuse. The "Hallelujah Chorus"
.nffrrel from being broken in two,
.ho extra soprano note at the close or
,ho first section creating considerable
merrinent.. The double fortcs of the
choir ms reproduced, made 1t very APP
rareut that no one in that body or
fingers did any soldering, for these
tortes were like ..the rushing OF u
mighty wind"-pcrhaps n little too
rushing at times when they suggest
ed symptoms of Il hurricane. However,
I, this might be referred to as n fea-
fire. rather than fault, and can be
easily toned down In future per-
lormanccs. The organ number was
PARTICULARLY good. and when the Bach
fuyue Is recorded again, with arrange
ncnts TO catch the, heavier pedal
notes. the effect ought to be electro
fynr Mr.. Weihe's violin performance
was decidedly pleasing. Conductor
Sterhcns said 1t was remarkable how
The ylolinist and Prof. Mcclellan at
the organ kept together. when neither
/, could see each other. one being inside
! the organ.
: Prof. Stephens also made an an
( nouncement that was decidedly grati-
4 fylng. II was that in the course Of
the next 80 days, the photograph
company would send out its
expert to this city again for
further experimental recording Of
choir and organ numbers. The
. results so far had exceeded anti
ut, off nrf
Z in this line was considered fully war
Z rantcd, With the present records. the
tempo has to be auickened consider
ably beyond that In which 1t was taken
by the choir, so to that extent they
could hardly be called correct But the
company was preparing next time to
record with II inch plates which
would extend the duration of per-
Torrance one minute. at least. Prof.
Stephens was rather opposed to the
II Lombardr' record going out, as the
organ accompaniment had been
\ practically eliminated by distance.
whereas the organ supplies the har-
mony foundation for the singing of
this number which Is largely in
melodlc unison. However, 1t Is urged
to let the record so as an instance of
unaccompanied ensemble singing
technically known as "A cnppellu."
feature In choir singing which Is
more or less frequent. noticeably in
the Catholic service. Col. Daynes be-
7 lIeves that BY locating the recording
machine above the organ, and with
three or four trumpet connections,
the entire organ ensemble can be Sc
cured: also in choir recording by adj
ding third trumpet to be extended
from the organ console where the ma
chine is placed, into the organ, the full
value of the organ accompaniment to
the singing will be secured. The
unsatisfactory records, proofs of
which were not sent on were, the
'lnflammatus," the anthem unfold
ie Portals" the Soldiers chorus, BY
the choir, and the ''Traumerei,"
"Mignon." and patriotic airs by the
organ. The ''Inflammatus" failure was
due TO the too light organ recording.
and the other two choir numbers
tailed OF perfect record owing to de-
iects In the wax plates. The coming
record taking Is looked forward to
with deep interest.
The personnel Of the reorganizcd
choir of st. Marks cathedral is as fol-
lows:
{ ,.Organist. A. II. Peabody; choir
director, George r. King: choir
mother, Miss A. Burton.
Crucfers and Servers
Piercy, Oliver Ritchlc. Harold Pyke,
Percy Weston.
solranos.-Mrs. Gertrude Murray.