The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-16

came kaDpel1nalSter III Ill lnlaupES reg
ment. He was now iii his true element, and
did much to improve the condition of the
military music es he found it. His meth
DDS and ideas were generally adopted and
the consequence was q marked rise In the
general excellence OF the Austrian regl"
mental bands.
On the death of his father he amalsa-
mated the ~lRtter's band with his W and
made a grand tour of the German cities.
His fame was so great in Russia that the
government engaged him to superintend
the popular concerts of music in st. Peters
burg, and 30 it was that, leading his band
in the Petropaulovski park in that city,
Johann Strauss won the affection OF the
masses as Gilmore did with us.
Connected for a time with the court balls
st Vienna as director, he resigned to make
a tour of the world, during which he visited
New York and Boston.
Edward Strauss, who so recently per-
formed at the Madison Square garden in
New York, is q younger brother of Johann,
and though not so prominent enjoys a wide
| fame. He was, like his brother, very pop
ulnr in St. Petersburg when he filled the
! position of conductor of the open air con-
cert in the park, 20 which he succeeded on
the formers resignation.
In England, for many years, the inferl-
| GRITTY of the military bands was proverbial.
Flies and drums were the only part of the
ElulDLlCilb ~ lFAS Ny paS ~
and the band was really keps up to such
standard as it possessed by the voluntary
| contributions of the officers TO the band
fund. Things are changed now, and the
English amy band of 1892 is a thing no
| service need be ashamed of. The English
bands are still, as regards funds, run
on much the same ptinciple as of old. AS
all army officers there possess private
means, il follows that in those corps where
the officers are the weaithieet the best bands
are found. The Foot Guards, as the swell
est part Of the army, took the prize in this
respect, the band of the Grenadier Regi-
ment having a world famous reputation.
The officers being men of rank and fortune,
the bsnd fund was plethorio, and the en-
gagelnent of the best bandmaster thus
rendered possible. Under the regime OF
the great Dan Godfrey the band of the
Grenadier Guards became, like Gilmore's.
a household word in every land. All that
the officers wealth and Godfrey's art could
accomplish combined to this result.
Dan Godfrey is one of the best known
figures in London, a frequenter of the
clubs and a much feted man in society and
literary ~cifGles. He is constantly to be
seen in the Savage club, the oenter OF q
Q CUP of friends and admirers. The ac-
companying portrait was Rketched from
life.
AS a rule, in the cavalry and infantry OF
the line in the English army, the best bands
are those of the former arm. This is be-
cause cavalry regiments have a rich class OF
officers. Many of the bands are Inaqnifi'
cent and have a double personnel, res
pectiyely performing the functions of q
brass and q string band. The Seventeenth
l~ancers, a cavalry corps of the highest re
pute, and also a very rich one, possesses a
double band. It's bandmaster is a German
named Albert Hartmann, who has received
the honorary degree of doctor Of music
from one or more of the European univer-
stiles. English army bands perform mos
of tho work incidental to popular perform.
ances; regiments stationed all over the
United Kingdom hire their bands for seR.
side promenade concerts and public func
tions of all kinds in the garrison towns
whore they happen to be qusrtered.
Tbs United states has lost in Gilmore
man SO distinguished that it viii be diff
cult to replace him. but probably the man,
tie will descend upon Carla Alberto Cappa
the widely known bandmaster OF tn,
Seventh regiment of New York. IL,
is already q favorite in many parts o
the country. by birth n scandinavian ant
the son of a major in the scandinavian army
he enlisted first in ths Sixth lancers OF
his native country ana when twenty shipped
aboard the United States ship Concord n
Genoa. Just before the war he joined th,
band of which he has been conductor fol
the past eleven years. He also acted fol
several years as first Trombone in the or
ohestra of Theodore Thomas. AS an Amer
lean representative band Cappa's has had
record gratifying to our national pride, an,
there seems no reason why we need HAY
any apprehension as to the future triumph
Of this country in the matter of musical III
rs e~Ipounded by the achievements of GU
leading military bands.
Ii is to be hop ed that under the Leader
ship of the great Gllmore's successor tn
band he made 80 famous will continue t
maintain its high tandRrd of excellence.