Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11
THE MUSIC WORLD.
What Has Been Provided by the Man.
agement of the Exposition.
COMPARISON WITH OTHER YEARS.
A Good Place in Which to Hold Important
Concerts | his season.
SOME GENERAL ITEMS OF INTEREST

1t Is a significant token of the hold that
music has upon the people that at the E1-
position, an institution which engages the
interest of all classes, the playing OF the
band should be slways the strongest and
most popular attraction of all. Four hours
of music of whatever kind, given every day
for over six weeks to the evident enjoy
ment Of varied thousands Of people, and
that at an otherwise barren period Of the
musical season, constitute a really i'm
portant feature of the musical life Of the
community.
Considering the surroundings and the
purposes, as also the character of the per-
forming force, it is both natural and proper
that the vast bulk of the programmes
should be devoted to music Of the lighter
and more popular sort. Even this, II
worthy Of being recognized as music at all,
has the decided merit of readily enlisting
interest and paving the way for higher and
more enduring forms of the art.
Considerably further along the way, thus
paved, have been the Classical" pro.
grammes to which each Friday evening has
customarily been devoted. The standard
maintained in these programmes by Mr..
Cappa last year, and still better by Mr.. In
mes before him, attracted the attention of
the best class of music-lovers and crowded
the place each week with particularly at
tentIve audience. These classical even
ings" did still greater service to the cause
of music hereabouts, and came to be recog-
nized features of our Exposition season.
This year, as announced by the manage
ment, the same policy is being followed, and
last Friday evenings programme was, ac-
cordingly, labeled classical Night. It
read thus:
PART 1: O'CLOCK.
l. Priests March From Attalie. ........
........................ .Mendelssohn
q Overture. Stabas Mater. ............R Rossini
3. The Prayer of the Madonna. .Lange
4. Hallelujah Chorus from the Mes
8. Andante from the Hayden Surprise
oympnony--.-.-.--.-.. .-.---. .-dayuen
PART H.: 8 O'CLOCK.
8. Grand selection Of Mendlessohns,
"Song Without Words.
T. Cornet solo. Infammatus from
StaDat Mater. .RoSStn1
Mr.. Jules Levy.
Grand Aria' HsnssI rhs Celebrated Largo
9. Finale. {a( Quando Corpus.
ever More.------...- Rossini
Without the label classical" and the
standards established in past years, this
programme would call for but little more
attention from the musical critic than it ap-
parentlv received from the proof-reader.
But it must be stated. as the case stands, that
Mr.. Levy's first Friday evening programme
was distinctly inferior to the average
kept up by Mr.. Innes or Mr.. Cappa It
had too large proportion of Rossini and
Mendelssohn, and its general makeup ir-
resistibly suggests the usual sacred" con-
cert given in the public parks on Sunday.
Rast experience has proven beyond doubt
that the special Sunday night audience is
ready for better things, and has got in the
habit of looking for them.
Mr.. Levy's band of 40 men, while It
includes number of good performers, does
not represent the whole variety Of
band instruments as fully as should be and
does not seem to have had the most careful
drill. Quite q catalogue might be made of
little points of deficiency here and there.
Much of the music, usually the
best part, was played in rather
listless, perfunctoryl fashion, though, certes,
Mr.. Levy's conducting was not open to that
particular charge. He was more energetic
than artistic, more conspicuous than con-
scientious, in his manner of leading. The
best playing BY far was in the encore-pieces
='Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-sy" and the rest-in
which both master and men seemed most at
home.
The veteran cornetist has not lost his
cunning. In his solos, Mr.. Levy displayed
all the wonted gsaces and tricks of his class
He is still an exceedingly brilliant exc
cutant, true artist is rarer bird, espe-
cially one playing the cornet-
Comfortable benches for nearly {, 900 peo-
pie, upstairs and down, added greatly to
the manifest enjoyment of the good-sized
throng of listeners
Next Friday evenings programme, de-
spite another superabundance of Men
Bach wrote anything called "Aril, is sew
eral degrees better than its predecessor.
Here it is:
PART IL O'CLOCK.
]. March, Atbalie. lie....--...-.--..Me Mendelssohn
5. The Heavens are Telling. from The the
4. Grand selection from "Arii' Bach
s. Collection, "reminiscences from the works
Gems from midsummer Night Dream"
Pilgrims March, from "Italian SYM
phony;' Song, IL Am Roamer," from Son
and Stranger; Aria, Jerusalem" Thou
Will Sing of Thy Great Mercies," from est.
PAUL." Movement from Scotch Symphony"
Duet, 81 " ould That My Love-" March,
Cornelius" March. "Athalie;" Bottoms
March;" Song, ''The Garland" closing with
the celebrated "Wedding March"
PART n-9 O'CLOCK.
6. Overture, Rienzi.. zi...........:::..-..W Wagner |
Z. Intermezzi Sinfonica Cavalliera Rus
8. Cornet solo ave Maria, .schu6ert |
Mr.. Jules Levy.
g. Andante and Scherzo Symphony No. |
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