The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-16

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poser and orchestral leader, John Philip
Souza. The afternoon programme which
we incline to think the better of the two,
will be:
Scene Picturesque Massenet
'Invitation La Valse'' Weber
Rhapsodie Hongrois, No. Listz
Alfalfa Sonnambula, Mile. Marie Decca
Intermezzo Sinfonico, "Cavalleria Rusticana, -
Mascagni
Scenes Observation-Disclosures Ride"-
Waiting for the Bugle; The Death of
Thoburn; The Coming of Sheridan; The
Observation-Disclosures .Sousa
Cavatina-"Llnda di Chamounix," Mile.
MAIZE . &C., J0nlzetu
ner. Arnold
The evening programme will consist of
these numbers:
Overture, civilian Tell Rossini
Suite, peer Gynt" Grieg
(Morning. "Asa's Death.n @Peer Gynt
chased by the King of the Mountans.'O
Excerpts from "Damnation OF Faust. Berloiz
(The Reveille, Easter Hymn, Ballet of the
Sylphs and Hungarian March.)
Pantomime, 1.-THE Romance of Harleuuinn
Idylie, "Gypsy Life' ...:.......:.....Le There
(Morniing. ..r ,.In the Woods ',,, .'rhe Bo-
tella." "Dance of the Wooden Shoes.'D
Aria, Ia Mysoli" Pearl OF Brazil) David
Mile. Marie Decca. Flute obligato, Henry
Prelude, 'grhe Last Sleep of the Virgin"
Massenet
symphonic Penn, @The Chariot Race S Ss,lles
(trom ben Hur.'0
Humoresque. "rhe Contest ............ Godfrey
performers try their instruments; compet-
titors assemble; rules read out by Sisnor
Trombone; Judges (NIr. B. B. Sass and
Signor Miflat Tuba) prepare; contest
begins, competitors being Messrs. Clari-
netti, Cornetti, Piccolini, Euphonio.
Clarinetti Junior and Faggotti; Judges
take notes and consult; unexpected In
reference OF the drummers; jealousy.)
Patriotic Air, "Hail Columbia" ........... Fyles
We have already fully explained the
origin ofthe band, ofits high character the
rank nf En
prominence of Sousa. 1t is proper to add,
however, that Sousa, in his eleven wears
as head of this, the foremost of American
bands, has accomplished more to foster
the patriotic music of America and to
keep awake national fervor and advance
the standing of the Marine Band than
any other musician. He is an American.
born in Washington under the shadow of
the Capitol dome, and breathed the in
SEPARATION of his work from the center of
the Nations history. He was brought up
there, educated at a public school and Is
about.as near one of us as anybody could
be, with his name. He is a military
toned man, with good carriage and UNI
affected grace, quiet conductor, and re-
minds one of the style of Theodore
Thomas. Marie Decca is a native born
also. She has been styled s'the American
Jenny Lind" Certainly from ali ac-
counts she is a lyric soprano of great
SlIGuSltt. I1Sl NOltc LIS lIlc I6IIldCbdEte
range of three octaves, reaching T ma
tural IN alt. Her chief power resides in
what for want of better term is called
personal magnetism. the power to bring
her auditors into close sympathy with
her work. When she made her debut at
Covent Garden Theater her success was
instantaneous, and it was repeated in
Paris, and later in America. In 1891 she
received the compliment of the Chau-
tauqua salute from 10000 people at the
Chautauqua Assembly. She has achieved
high success in opera also, as well as in
the great music festivals in America and
in Europe. That very severe critic, the
Boston Herald. places her among the first
of the great singers OF the last decade and
this, and the New York World, as dis
eliminating musical critic as the coun-
try has. gives her equally prominent in
dorsement. The Boston Globe, which is
chary of praise, says of the fexibility of