The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-19
THE BEST YET GIVEN.
P.-I. Ballad Concert Attracts an
Immense Crowd.
"pixle- WELCOMED BY CHEER.
The Chfldren sing MA Angeifne''-The
Beautiful Int~rnezzo-A Good
Time for Everybody.


Tt was TIE greatest concert yet
The gentle sEops Of Cherry street was
packed a. fal1 a. q w5ssld ho3S last ever
snx FOR the ballad concert given by the
Post-Erssllsxs7oer. and the vast sh-ong
was there - hear the familiar Songs sag-
gesss1 BY the people themselves. Il wss
q Hzhf-hesrEeS. enthusiastic crowd. and z
appeared that fully "a per cent OF those
present were women aud zhs5ren. From
ths buildings fronting On the stree; The
scene disclosed a raft Of straw hats Hoai-
inE o. a miniature oceaa OF rzny-coloreG
costumes.
Evidently there were A great numhar
among ire audience last evening wao we're
born IN the South. or were attached 10
faaf portion Of the country By sfro1s ties.
The programme was NEIL suited 20 tire
temper % that portion Of the audience.
an1 the Southern melodies were giyea
most hearty reception A spectator could
ses az a giazse that the crowd Was feel
ing dsci9edly good. and there vas rot a
great deal Of surprise when there was a
good round Of han6-clapplng as THE Red,
" alte and Blue" vas unsound from the
lively strains OF The American Patrol"
but the applause was nothing compared
with the shout that went up q few bars
further on when "Dixk." xsfh iss delight
TAI notes and inpetnous. zaIIopsng move
rnent was heard. TIE shout was not tie
II
tenseiy patriotic and ready 20 fight AT Tie
drop OF the hat for the stars and stripes
That same shout was heard later on when
Dixie again came out from among tls
southern Melodies as arranged By Coa-
ssrno. and 50 great zss the enthusiasm
thar the piece was redeuan3ed- The band
Nas a tribe SLOW about responding the seq
oad TINE. but the demonstration increased.
ana Banamasier Wagner good-naturedfy
complied 70 the general demand for an
encore Just before he raised his baton
2 bright young woman In the Bailey buEl1-
Tag, VINO had been humminx the airs of
aassa's In the Cold, Cold Ground. .-o's
Folks al Home" and the others. turned 20
ner escort aad said: Please throw a lit
re cotton out Of the window, Mr. Blank:
| want to hear Dixie again
Then there was a ripping unaercurreut
OF song characteristics OF the evenings
gathering The people ali wanted 10 sing,
TO join In on the chorus OF the familiar
tunes: and just before the baritone solo.
On, Promise Me." By Sig. a. De Csprio,
there vas heard chorus of childish
voices almost from the steps OF the Post
Inteiiisencer building II Was a spon.a-
neons burst OF melody from the children
the kids" singing Ma Angelina" They
were generously appIauded for their eff
fort.
Probably the gem Of the evening from
= musical standpoint was the beautiful
intsrmezzo from "cavaller.a Rusticana.s
The harmony IN this grand composition
rose clear as crystal and fioated about
over the heads OF the multitude like the
poetic music Of the spheres. The arrange
Euent OF Mascaxni's masterpiece showed
the hand Of true musical genius. and
the rendition must have fulfilled the ea-
pectations OF The composer
TO turn 10 selections Of a lighter char
acter. the beautiful songs % The Ro-
hsm!an Cir were probably the best re-
eeiyed. The rendition OF these songs gave
the solo Instruments an opportunity 70
be heard to advantage In this same line
@as Kathleen Mayourneen." solo by Mr.
Wagner. with a running accompaniment
on the euphonium. The College Songs
were bright, snappy and pretty. In strong
contrast 10 this music was De Koyen.s
exquisite solo. "oh, Promise Ne" h,
ssgnor A. De Caprio. The delicious strains
had scarcely died away when for an
encore he gave the incomparabse .'schu-
hsrts SerenaGe." Meyerbeer's sTorchlight
Dance" was weird conception. skiEfully
sad artisficaIly Interpreted among the
shades OF twilight. The "post-Inteiu-
Eefesr March" was given IN response 10
request Souza's matchless marches
High School Cadets and King Cotton
which make soldiers OF us all. were given
" eNeeAenf style, both numbers receiving
double eneores. In king Cotton the
tromeonisfs and baritone, following The
example set by S0usa. stood facing The
crowd when the theme OF the compost
Ton comes oar as a strong unison for
those instruments Memberships dreamy
S9Fing Song" was the signal for a dead
silence. and as the LAST note faded away
The crowd. as u awakened from siunaber
broke forth In hearty applause The pro-
granne was appropriately ended BY Acid
Lang Syne." large numbers OF The su-
dience singing the words 70 an accorpanl-
ment by tEa fnll hand