Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-23
SOUsA's BAND CONCERTS.
a Great Musical Eyent-Lnrge and Appre
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What is there IN music anyway? what
s. there in II that changes the whole con-
hiti0u OF being I'm listening to It? You
ARE fretted OF lonesome. tired. indifferent
very sad. or very happy. The letter You
looked for did not come. one you did
not look for came You have lost money
ur a friend. You ore face Ia face with a
care you cannot shake OF or you nave
heard the best OF news You turn in with
the stream that ends In tie great orches-
tral bed You don't care IL the whole place
SINS. and you with IT,
a slight tap. a chord. a measure, a
strain, "a great sweep OF sound, a wave
Uf color. a crash. OF a sob. What Is Il?
Care Is forgotten, joy Is buried, indller-
once Is seized in "A grip Of ecstasy. No
thing Is the matter. You do not even think
that il is not. All consciousness of event
j. gone. all gone but sense Of most ex-
uC;site relief. viii is completely gone.
Were the whole body to float of out into
space or down into a trough below. of
you would float without q thought. Were
the call to battle. on you would march,
81 step with the pulse-bcat. were you
asked for your last cent YOU would give
A. without q murmur. on, the beauty.
the great powerful beauty OF il. here is
no other appeal In dead matter Ike that.
IL has ceased. The change Is like col
lson In the midst OF "A smooth train
run. Voices are harsh now, motions stiif.
ana out Of tune Tho rose ia gone and
the gray Is back You realize now that
you must give your "laNt cent" You
lear battle. you shrink from death. Pam
has returned. and care Is beside you. No
SOLO can du this. No singer alone can
do H. The pianist cannot. nor can the
violin VirtuosO. IL takes the peculiar
something that comes with the mixture
at sounds. tho shaped harmony, the
shaded color. II requires the great
pallet Of the orchestra to paint such pic
lures over brain and heart ana soul that
life itself Is covered up FOR time.
II mans face Is In very truth an index.
there were many. such pictures wrought
by Sousts inmitable band at the Mozart
academy yesterday afternoon and eve
uing. The Sousa engagement had long
been looked forward 60 as the most in
tcresting musical event OF the season.
and the elimination surpassed the most
Stnculne expectations. The audiences
were large. fashionable. representative,
and highly appreciative. and the pro-
,rammes were musical ecms-models OF
JersplcaciOus arrangement The playing
was. Of course. everything that could be
desired. Prominent features OF the pro-
grammcs were Sousas descriptive pieces.
which told IN striking tones at the
matinee the history Of q stag-party, and
in the evening painted wildly The Last
DAYS Of POmpcii" The sOloist was Miss
Myra French. a soprano Of evident eX-
I rienCe. Who grNtincd the most dis
eliminating. she has voice OF agree
able quality, well cultivated, meet
inr every technical difficulty with
n ~. RN9pfn
ghe sang Gounod's waltz. "Ro-
meo and juliet" ana gave as an encore
"Alice Ben Bolt" Miss Currie Duke. n
Vlailnist. attracted attention at once. and
engaged the interest OF the audience from
the moment she made her initial bow.
Her Iiayiur a. excellent Her tcchnic IL
brilliant. and she produces beautiful
tons, sympathetic ana true. At the eve
nns concert she gave Memberships
"Kond9 ranric.oso," and as an encore
Saint saer's lie Cyzne." Several
change were made In the evening pro-
gfammy The night Scene from Tristan
and Isolde ONawcD was substituted for
Wasners "Parsifal" idstz II. "Hunga-
nan lthapsoly' for Saint Saen's "Rhap-
fody Breton" and "Iien Hur Chariot
Race March ~ SIR. r. r. Paul MANA
ee- OF the Hcnmond Music Company. ar
ranged for the band by Mr.. George
NoelkCr, was fiVen Instead OF Morgen's
Polish Dance onc the overture from
William Tci' substituted for the over
turc from The "B0lemian Girl" The
band played IA encorcs washington
Post" Liberty Ben. Manhattan Beach
Marches plantation Chimes" Crack
Regiment" and Lilly Bells"
MIR. CRANES ENGAGEMENT.
The sale OF seats for the forthcoming en-
gagcmeat Of SIR. William II. Crane will
open tomorrow. SO much interest has
been eyinccd In Mr.. Cranes reappearance
here that Manager Leath has arranged
10 receive orders for seats to-day either
by mail or telephone in order TO avoid
SPECULATION or Ovcrcrowding. Mr.. Crane
win present Brother John at the Acade-
any on Tuesday night and at the matinee
or Wednesday. and VIII close his engage
ment with ''The Senator" on Wednesday
evening.