The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-31

JOHN
ViOlinist, Who Is Displaying
by e native musician. The concert
AZ Brighton. July %. was equally as
great g success In its way. and the
| two wiz be pleasant memories during
the artists winter OF hard work in
Berlin
Ewing r. Avery Of Kansas CITY Is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. a. G. Ewing.
1927 East South Temple street for O.
month. re is bubil Of NJ Bogus
tory OF Music and Is doing excellent
work on the piano. lie shows an aD-
probation Of music and ms exceptional
technique for boy Of his age. and
though he g. only 20 years old he has
already acquired unusual proficiency.
The program given by DR.. Irwin J.
Morgan OF Pittsburg, Pa. at the noon
recital II the tabernacle on Friday was
enjoyed by large audience. which had
heard or the famous organists visit to
iut c'tL. Inc program in its entirety
consisted OF compositions by DIT. Nor
gan. they were a sonata Eeligioso
in four movements. the players adapta-
ton from Beethoven's Second SYM
phony. popular melody and Grand
Festal March. The last. which was "a
remarkable performance on the organ.
was specially composed for the great
concert organ I'm Carnegie Music hall.
| Pittsburg
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An appreciation Of DR.. Morgau's
standing as an 0rgenlst comes i'm the
I following letter from Daniel CoUrtois
OF Paris. France. who IS an author and
composer OF note. To compares his work
with that OF the great European artists
In the following words.
7 have heard in my life many excel
lent orEanists, such as Widor Zone OF
my friends. Sain-Saens. Tn. Dubois.
Guilmant. Dallier (from ste. Eustachc
In Paris. sergent from Cathedral OF
Notre Dance. +. Clement. Faure Peif-
fer. etc, etc, the varied talents OF
whom could apreciate-having myself
played the organ a great deal in my
| youth. with passion
Allow me TO tell you. once more, ell
the pleasure ] had. IN hearing you the
other day. and TO assure you'll this
viii encourage you--that ! did not find
your beautiful talent inferior to that
Of these eminent masters. whom I have
just named.
Like they. you have tho technique.
the virtuosity, the sentiment-and that
makes OF our INSTRUMENT. I'm expert
hands. divine Instrument
Ragtime IS n back number. even the
hand organs are describing IL I'm favor
OF more meritorious tunes. This. at
least. is the decision OF the members Of
the Musical Publishers union. which
recently brought its yearly convention
20 close That these publishers are
speaking by the Card-or perhaps By
the score would be the better phrase
&c is only necessary TO take a trip on
one OF the Coney Island excursion
boats those last courts Of appeal Of n
popular song. There the absence Of
ragLime in'thc solicitors played by the
orchcstras IS most marked. Ten years
ago before the plague OF music mad de-
sCendcd on everything in the restau-
rant line. from Delmonico's to the
cheapest red ink table d'hote. no tune
was ever considered to have really at
tanned the high water mark Of its sue
cess until the COncy Island excursion
boa orchestra has played IL Tor at
least half season. Nowadays. COM
uaratively swamped in the appalling
pandemonium of music which all the
restaurants provide. their vogue rs q
criterion Of popular taste Is more Linn
tied bat Il Is worth noticing. an the
same. that they seem Co have turned
their back on rag.imc just as much as
the rest OF the public.
There isn't dollar left In raCtino
for the publisher. said one OF tuc men
VINO had been attending the musical
publishers convention. and there he
also been a surprising falling off in the
sales OF our native musical comedy
scores In the last year and half. Per-
hnps this is due to the fact that they
have ali been a little more conventional
and tinpanny than usual. but there is
no further questioning the fact that
these Niennese boys. like Lehar. strauss
and the chap who wrote The Dollar
Princess have put an awful crimp in
the earnings Of native composers who
turn out only conventional work
"RaEtime had deEenerated into n null
sarce. and no one Will regret II less
than the musical publishers themselves
-pro-idcd. Of course. that they can
only find another and more ambitious
line Of music which will sell as well.
The Merry Widow gave an upward
tilt to the entire musical comedy and
light operate situation in the country.
and 7 think the present fine au-star
al Of he Nffkndn' 4
IS helping matters along In the same
direction. At all events. no matter
what tne. reason is. rastime IS dead.
Madame has go- 20 move.'-Acton Da-
vies. in New York Evening sun.
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Prof. J. J. Mcclellan, orEenist OF the
Tabernacle. will leave early this week
for ocean Grove. New Jersey, to attend
the National Convention OF OrEanists
that viii be held there August $40.
This Will be a great event In the mus
Zeal world and preparations are being
made for a large attendance as II Is ex-
pected that every city in the United
States will be represented by one or
more organists. Professor Mcclellan
has been invited to give an address on
the subject OF Free organ Recitals"
durinE the convention and as he was
one Of the pioneers IN this form Of en-
tertainment there Is no one better quail
flied 20 speak on that topic. The daily
organ recitais at the Tabernacle are 50
largely attended BY tourists that they
are known throughout the country.
Among the events OF the cOnVen ton
evening, August 2. by Mnna. Schumann-
Heink and concert Saturday evening.
August 9. by Nine. Bernice Pasouaii.
The conyention viii close with n ban
quet on "Wednesday evening. August 10.
The auditorium at Ocean Grove.
where the convention OF orCalists viii
be held, seats over nine thousand peo-
PIE and e r. sold 70 be one OF tho finest
/ In the world A very largo orCar has