El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-10
The Plaza Concert.

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| The threatening rain held off last
night, and the band was able to give
It's fourth concert of the season on the
plaza before large crowd. AS hap
pened on each OF the previous occasions.
| the heavier music called out the most
| applause, excepting the Salvation
Army patrol whose quaint and UNIQUE
style captured the crowd. and repeti-
ton was given. The Polish dances
while light In character, are true
music, and composed by one of the
most distinguished musicians living,
Xavier Scharwenka, and while only
J the first was appiauded, the conductor
| believes these dances will be better
appreciated later. The 6ne march and
the pretty schOttishe, "SimplIcity" re-
| celved no applause whatever, and the
Carmen waltzes were only slightly ap-
| plaud cd. The overture to the Poet
| ana Pleasant, however, ten minutes,
heavy number was well received.
| While the crowd was rather cold and
not demonstrdtive 10 its applause, the
| band did well, presenting an excellent
| in Instrumentation. This included six
| comets, four altos, trumpet, two tenors,
| baritone, six clarinets, five saXaphones,
| otOe, fule, four bases, three drummers
with the conductor
There was considerable complaint on
|
| the program, six numbers: the
number eight of last season be-
| ing the favorite. The man
agement of the band has been try
| ing TO regulate the qua ity of the music
| to suit toe pubic" making the pro-
gram popular, but the irreg al arity and
often slngularity of appreciation as in
| dlcated by applause at the concerts is
| leaving tne management good deal at
sea. This years experience shows that
| long heavy numbers with lots of GIN
ger and spice IN the allegrOS are the
popular pieces as well as shorter aud
| more meiodramatic numbers. The
programs of last year gave the most
| satisfaction, and it was then that all
| classes OF music were given. grad
| uated from the very heavy to the
very light in programs of eight num-
bers.
| The management of the band may
with perfect safety leave the selection
OF the music to Conductor Pitzer. He
| is an excellent baudmaS5er and a good
judge Of music. Under his instruction
| toe band has come to a high state of
| proficiency, and may ere the season
ends number forty men. Such an
| Instrumentation Can handle any score
short OF something extraordinary, AND
the nope Is expressed that the band
management Will Lot be- misled into
combining the bands efforts mostly to
| medium grade music when the finer
works of the masters are now pu bis he'd
Tor concert band performance and are
played everywhere else-eXcept per-
laps at Santa Fe. An attempt is
being apparently made by certain par
ties to induce the band management
to give only light stuff, osteusibly
because it is ''pOpular.'' 1t is only far
to Class this attempt as a selfishness
that aims to deprive a large number
of plaza concert listeners of the pleas
ure of hearing the higher grade of
music: and the claim that this last is
not popular" because the more
educated and refined in the audien e
do not seggregate their underwear or
| turn bediam loose after each number,
ought not to be entertained.
l he band is strepgthene d by the
addition of Sr. Jose Aguilar of Zaca-
tecas 10 the clarinet section. The
saXaphoLe solo last night in the over
ture va, from Mr.. NJ, Clintock.