The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-11
The WOrld-Famous 0rganist
Charms Audience at First
Presbyterian Church.
DEDICATES NEW ORGAN
WITH FINE PROGRAMME
Church Choir and ViOlinist
George Il. Shelton Please
Music Lovers.

Not as a protesting slave, but as some
incarnate sympathetic conprehending
spirit. responds the organ when Clarence
Eddy touches the keys, This man. one
OF the few living masters OF the, organ
dedicated the new instrument OF the flfst
PRESBYTERIAN church last night with u
concert recital OF so hizh an order that
il was al unusual treat to the 500 music
lovers who were present.
Mr. Eddy was profuse in his praise OF
The new instrument Just installed and
heard for the first time IN public last
night, declaring that Its action was Well
nigh perfect and that he saw no chance
| to suggest an Improvement.
The artists fame as master OF his
| chosen instrument is too we'll known IN
musical circles TO need encomium, He
has played In Salt Lake City ON two
previous occasions but has never pre-
sentcd programme OF such WIDE ana
varied range,
There Is one thing worthy OF special
| note about Clarence Eddy. His taste and
| preference do not run predomlnately to
| the ancient classic school of music, The
| majority of the compositions he so artis-
lcally rendered were those OF modern
| composers.
II believe in exploiting the music OF
today when it Is good, was his declara,
ton in discussion OF the question. And
was good and was appreciated by all who
| understood.
Versatile to Last Degree.
Mr. Eddy opened his programme. viii
the "Fantasie and Fugue in 6 Minor
| (Bach. the earliest master OF orgar
| nusic). his rendition of which showed
at once his grasp and depth or conlpre
| hension and the great capacity OF the
instrument under his control, The Pre-
''Soeur Moniuue" (Couperin). lighter
work of the old school. served to sho"
the artists versatility.
The church choir; Mrs John c. Taylor
Fred G. Graham. tenor. and Joseph w
Curtis. basso, sang with fine ensemb bic
effect Dudley Bucks Festival Te peun
voice of Miss Dwyer being heard to spe'
cial advantage. This selection was gver
| With the organ accompaniment
| The new music In the organists pro.
gramme included Foerster's ''Exaltation,
dedicated TO Mr.. Eddy; which gave th'
performer opportunity for some wonder
ful echo effects; Johnsons ,EYensong.
full of color and haunting melodies Bon
nets Variations de Concert botl
snowy and brilliant: the Sonata in.
minor. by Joseph II. Rogers. whom Mr
tcrs in the organ field. and In this th'
adagio movement was. from many view
points the gem OF the evenings pro
gramlne.
''In Springtime" (Honinst was q ton'
poem. filled with light. suggestion o.
shadow hints of gong birds and th'
Pipes OF Pan; typical and eare-ifee
without definite theme.
Old Tavorite Heard.
Mr., Eddy went back to the we'll Unknown
ella ssical In selecting the overture L
William Tell using the Dudley Bucl
arrangement and in his rendition OF thl
ever-beautiful selection demonstrate
that the organ. under his master hand
could take the place of an entire orches
ira, Tor he made each melody stand ou
as II carried by the various sections OF {
great organization OF trained orchestra
artists.
Highly appreciated was George Il
Skeletons playing OF the andantc move
mcnt from the Violin Concerto in /
minor (Mendelssohn). for. accompaniet
by Mr.. Eddy on the organ. he play et
with the fine appreciation OF the beaut!
of the composition that has long charac
terized his work
Mr.. Eddy's own arrangement OF Schu
berts BY the Sea" as rendered BY hin
was one long to be remembered for IL
power and beauty. it affording the playe
unusual opportunity to display his eN
treme delicacy of touch.
Two new numbers. "Benediction Nup
March (Faulkes) closed the eXcellen
programme not one number of whiCl
could be Justly criticised III fault find
ing spirit.
Miss Maud Thorn, organist and direc
tor of the church choir: was natural,
greatly pleased with the masters compli
ments regarding the instrument whici
she viii play and his expressed apprecia
tion OF the choir,
Mi. Eddy who Is making his fifteenth
| American tour, goes from Salt Lake tt
Logan where he plays Saturday night
and thence goes to Lincoln, Neb