The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-10
Yankees
PIGS in Music?

rfiuent 10 the discussion J
osic circles. aroused by Oh
oent OF Herr Waghalter,
Ian and opera conductor c
non his first visit TO Ne'
occasion TO roundly scor
its alleged failure 10 appre
spport cla ssical music, ar
lions Of "Mephlsto" in Mu
|ng out that. according {
me of his correspondents
..rialter should be excuses
.t<ained his Impressions O
s leaving Berlin from for
ho failed In America am
10 Germany, "Mephisto'
happens that Just as l
Communication ! came
article entitled why
..IRn Musicians Speak I'll
"a which appeared in the
AN OF the New York Sun
and was written by the
discrimIna ting critic,
Henderson. IT is very
point
Henderson, referring 10
.lcaI sea son:
rarely been so visited by
IA OF Europe. We have
IN Iegions, violinists In
rd song reciters at least
The moment that their
or concerts are given
rnon an outgoing steam
la the dust OF this hated
~ their feet. They re-
1ue. and once there they
l-<cat is their talk, All
do when they reach the
i OF Europe Is TO busy
|n telling everyone that
oIgs are still the Yankee
<hey are a nation OF
hers. that they know
Id art In any OF its mani
1at they have no musical
In short. that this is
- Dit of hopelessncss.
ench returning musician
h|s would couple IL with
M that the idiotic Ameri-
ukterly incapable OF ap-
D art one would perceive
consistency in the tale
there is none. Every
artists will assert, in
that Americans know
: ut art, and in the next
fho tremendous triumph
rlhe land OF the Yankee
Eon then goes on to
ery superior the average
I rrmers IN this country,
ratio, orchestral or re-
those in Europe, but IS
NIT that much OF this
>due to the foreigners
hen. that some OF them
AZ have tales Of woe TO
1gwer Is a very simple
w there are many great
|8hed artists in Europe
we received here with
md rewarded grandly,
fifna We have turned
! many European medic
nIaled by statements that
very rich we are un-
m artistic sense. have
<1untry. where they eX-
~ rewards which they
drenm Of securing at
people. after unsuc-
j vent back to report all
d things about us.
we must admit that n
lists OF high rank. who
uccess here. also have
kIud spoken most unkind-
Shows that the priu-
I0r this IL that they
me In touch with us.
q on certain railroads,
4 eertaIn hotels, they
cking unlike that 10
ere accustomed, a life
were strangers: they
few OF the new rich
speak their language,
\ remalncd strangers IN
and were glad TO get
tne cooking, the sur
tne poor. old fash
uef YOU find so fire.
europe, especially In
Of fact. as Mr.. Hem
very clearly In mis- ar
lcal standard in this
- r'nlly In the large and
y mues, Is so high that
the first rank can have
!. nccess whatever.
ume again European
come here and fall
m. pecHuse we lacked ap-
because our musical
Vfe. and. above all, our
"a really great artists
we refused TO rccog-
N, ~ were only of a re-
w 10 use the most
on possible.
\ r 2h a century ago. no
Y. ere Pertaining TO lit
, arts were In a very
and naturally the ar
here, while they got
were not favora bly,
changed all that"
caan at the revolution,
~ certain artists have
aged AT the Metro
ncert tours of others
AL upted, why our lead
4 N ave not renewed tho
ISI Qcrtain Celebrities"
~ expecting to sweep