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Show This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. MUSIC 490 CHORAL AND OPERATIC 491 I WAS CALLED TO DIXIE Organ, for your use and benefit, under the direction of the Presidency of the stake, and may it prove a g blessing . rna k ing music for the s reat . . an d'd al you III . t \:'ho a-6semble in the Tabernacle from time to tim:mt s l!stelj to you. ' 0 . With the best wishes for the welfare and succes of the choir , I remain your brother in the gospel. s George W oodward 29 Joseph W. Carpenter voiced the appreciation of the 'ty f h' commum or IS generous gift-it cost George Woodward $75000 at the factory, according to Carpenter's Union-which was' so much needed. The old organ lacked the depth and' 1 needed .for a b Ul'ld mg ' 1i k e the Tabernacle. Carpenter wrote vo ume i the Union. n . A New Year's gift of the beautiful Mason and Ham1m ~edal Organ, was presented to the St. George ChOl:. : . by one of Utah's Pioneers and also a Pioneer to DlXle,-Elder George Woodward, who, by industry and care ha~ saved up a little means for old age, and no:v has a little surplus which he is taking particular pams to put where it will do the most good. A few months ago he paid out $350.00 in cash for a Hearse and also purchased a very nice set of harness to match and presented both to the citizens of St. George, to be use~ free of charge, under the direction of the City CouncIl. He helped the Brass Band to means, also the Choir to Books and other necessaries; and the widow and orphan have often had cause to rejoice at his timely aid. Indeed, Brother Woodward is one of God's noblemen always looking ~or a place to do good. ' . Although hiS body is not extra large, he has a good big heart and a whole soul. and many a one will say amen to the words, "God bless you, Brother Woodward, and. preser:ve you and yours in peace, as long as you deSire to live, and then when you pass to that Great ~eyond, may those pearly gates be opened by willing ands, and the angels of peace welcome and escort you ___ o_n_w_ard and upward to your exaltation and glory.30 :!:ld. gave. e c Olr: 4 sets of reeds, 2 octaves each; and 5 sets of two octaves ~~T~e Uni~n, January 18, 1896. h Edlt~r Carpenter gives a full description of the organ Woodward each ..IThM'fnllel, and one set of 30 notes in Pedals, with blow handle at back e u organ and swells in this instrument can be independently oper: The organ which Woodward gave the choir was used for nearly sixty years until it was replaced by the pipe organ nOW in use. It was an excellent instrument and added much to the choir's effectiveness and to the appearance of the Tabernacle's interior. The building of the Social Hall and the acquisition during the Eighteen-eighties of the most elaborate stage scenery in the history of St. George led to the introduction of opera in the community. According to Katherine Kemp Thurston, the first opera was prepared and presented by a Mr. Beesley about the year 1886. 3l Mr. Beesley was from Beaver, Utah, and was in St. George to improve his health. The opera was Gilbert and Sullivan's famous H. M. S. Pinafore, a rollicking satire on the bumbling and pompous stupidity of the; high brass in British officialdom. Mary DeFriez played "Little Buttercup," Hannah Nelson Snow was the "Captain's Daughter," and Gustave Miles played one of the male leads. In March 1889 Pinafore was again produced, this time under direction of Joseph Warrington McAllister and Bryant Pace. McAllister played "Ralph," William G. Miles was "Dick Deadeye," Rose Johnson took the role of "Buttercup," Martin Bunker the "Captain," and Agnes Eardley the "Captain's Daughter." The Old-Timers, as long as they lasted-so few are with us now-loved Pinafore. Many in the audience were of English birth or late descent and knew something of the foibles and follies of Victorian England with its mask of respectability covering the weaknesses of human nature in high places. This audience appreciated and enjoyed Gilbert's clever caricatures of high society and high officialdom and laughed heartily at his magnificent foolery. The more astute and thoughtful of them caught the tragic implications of Gilbert's comedy, ated by either Knee or Foot, and the organ can be fully supplied with wind by the performer, having blow pedals for feet conveniently placed above Pedal Keyboard, or wind can be supplied by a second person using Blow handle. "Quartered Oak case. Length of organ 5 feet 6 inches, with Blow handle 6 feet seven inches; depth 2 feet 9 inches: including Pedals 4 feet 3 inches: Height, 4 feet 5 inches. Weight, with stool, boxed, 740 Ibs. Catalogue price $750.00." 31Reed Paul Thompson, op. cit .. 101 f. |
