The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
Encourage Americans
as Instrumentalists

Not only have the officers and director,
Al the local musicians union given the
ueoessery permission TO enable members
Il ~ ths salt Lake Philharmonic orchestra
. 10 give their initial concert OF the sea
son at the Empress theater on the after
noon OF Sunday, December "a, but they
have sent q communica tion to the or
rhestra announcing unqualified approva
az ITS efforts and promising the unions
hearty support.
There is now being promoted in the
United States a propa ga nda having fol
can citizens as instrumentaiIsts. with q
vjew to obNating the necessity for I'm
nortfng instrumental talent from abroad
4 fhIs object is being sought by the Ma
. fionel Federation of Musicians, and the
Fait Lake local Is enthusiastically sec
oniing the effort made by the national
organization.
IN respect OF this enterprlsing and
patriotic movement an interesting article
snpeared In a recent Issue Of the Inter
national Musician. 1t is written by Glenn
. INlIa rd Gum, and its observa lions are
particuIsrly applicable to the efforts now
being made by tho Salt Lake Philhar-
nonic orchestra, supported by the loca
musicians union and music patrons ot
the city. \ part of the article follows:
With one exception every great
symphony orchestra in this country
Is composed OF American citizens.
II. Thanks TO tGG WlSS 8Ct)On OF the
musicians union. 1t Is no longer pos
Ia sibe TO import orchestra players
Wholesale. Any foreign musician de-
string to become a member OF an
q AmeScan orchestra must first de-
clare his intention OF becoming a
citizen OF the country This rule Is
gradually effecting the America MIA
ton OF all our orchestras. Since Its
adoption the influx of foreign mu-
siclans has noticeably decreased. Ma
.,,- NshnSe Yrpininr has
been received in this country, are
beginning TO take their places
oven the conductors are not all In
the class OF the European star who
Men like Walter Damrosch In New
York, Frederick Stock in Chicago.
Carl Busch in Kansas City. Emil
Obernoffcr in Minneap polls, and Max
and their experience as conductors in
this country, and therefore may be
called American musicians Henry
chestrs Is native OF this country
Another decade will sec Tie still fur
ther advanced toward musical inde-
pendence. toward that position o.
artistic self suificiency which should
ba the ambition OF every musician
who lives and works in this coun-
try
4 Boston is the only city that con-
~ tinues TO support an orchestra
A avowedly foreign. There were a few
4 Americans in il before DR. Karl Muck
resumed his position as conductor last
season, bu; he then replaced them
with foreigners. Members OF the
Boston orchestra do not belong To the
union, The orga nization is, in fact,
~ the private property Of an American
OF great wealth, who seems TO be
opposed 70 unions. This season DR.
Muck will bring with him from Eu-
rope two first Yioinists, two horn
players and a harpist
= In this connection Il may be OBJ
served that isolation Is not always an
advantage. Last spring the orches-
4 uas single harpist. Heinrich Schru-
ecker. died suddenly. Then came
SAD dilemma Since IL Is nom
union orchestra. no competent harp
lst could be engaged in this country
10 fiji the place, For three pairs
OF concerts the orchestra was harp
less. Piano and celesta made un-
satisfa ctory substitutes for the IN
sstrument In an important symphony
by MAILER, and IN arranging his pro-
sIsmme in celebration Of the Was-
. ner centenary DR.. Muck had TO con-
tent himself with the performance OF
three. UVertureS in which the com