The morning times., 1897-03-04
Many Famous Bands Will Par
ticipate in the Parade.
PROGRAMS TO BE RENDERED
Herbert's Twenty-second Regiment
Band to Play the Ball Concert,
While Haley's Orchestra Will Far
nish the Dance Music-Re Republican
Glee Club and the Grand Chorus.

Music is the soul of all such great oc-
casions. 1t takes men away from the
dead level of the commonplace. 1t
gives them a glimpse of paradise, exalts,
inspires and ennobles them.
We viii have music today in Washing
ton. Such music as Stirs men to deeds
OF yalor; such music as send the blood
gushing through t he veins and makes every
nerve and fiber of the body tingle with
electric thrills.
The whole country contributes to the
music. From the North, the South, the
East, and the West come the bands.
ID rum ma jors majestic in stature, gorgeous
in uniform, will lead the scarIet-coated,
the blue-coated, and relocated gentle
men VINO will draw martial strains from
silveT-throated Instruments.
At the head OF the procession viii
march the United States Marine Band in
their scarlet coats and under the leader
ship of Francesca Fanciulli.
Among the clubs which will furnish
bands are the following:
First Mckinley Club of the United States,
Philadelphia; AmeQcus Republican Club,
Pittsburg; Hell Gate Republican Club, New
York; William K. Leeds Association, Phila-
delphia; Shenandoah Valley Patriotic Le
gion, Harrlsonburg, Va; David A. Martin
Club, Philadelphia; Union Republican Club,
Philadelphia; Young Men S Blaine Club, Gin
cinnati; Allegheny County Six Footers'
Club, Pittsburg; NJ. S. Quay Club, Philadel-
phia; Young Mems Republican Club, Balti-
more, Md; Henry X. Boyer Republican
Marching Club, Philadelphia; Har
mony Fire Company, Philadelphia;
Alger Republican Club, Detroit;
Mckinley and Hobart Uniformed Club,
Washington; Minneapolis Republican Flam-
beau Club, Minneapolis; Tippccanoe Club,
Cleveland; Stamina Republican League, Gin
cinnati; Unconditional Republican Club, Al
bany, n. Y; James L. Goodall Republican
Association, Philadelphia; Frelinghuysen
Lancers, Newark, y. J.; First Ward NJ. s.
Quay Club, Philadelphia; National IRE
mont Association, Pittsbnrg; Commercial
Mckinley Club, Chicago; Cook County Re
puUncan Marching Club, Chicago, Mckinley
Tariff League, Washington; Hudson
County Delegation, of New Jersey;
a. C. Barmer Club, Philadelphia;
a. c. Harmer Club, Germantown, Pa;
| Riverside Republican Club, New York;
! Tippecanoe Club, Fort Wayne Ind; John
| Mcknight Republican Club, Covington, KY;
| Elkins' Cadets, Wheeling, W Va; Council
| No o, Union League of America, Baltimore,
Young Mems Republican Club, Wilmington,
| Del; Virginia Republican Association, Wash
| ington; Continental Club, Phila delphia.
1t has been the almost invariable custom
| for the bands 10 play Hail to the Chief
| as they pass the reviewing stand, but
this year the music committee has re-
| ha nd tn Gil oil
favor Mr.. Mckinley with some other air.
a new, but important, feature introduced
by the musical management of this in
auguration was the appointment OF al
examining committee, composed of Messrs
E. II. Droop, John Dudley, Frank Net
zerott and II. C. Rakemann, all musicians
of recognized ability. On previous in
augurals the leaders OF the orchestras
and bands have furnished the stipulated
number of men and pieces, but not all the
members ofeither orga anizatiOn were actua
musicians The uniform often disguised
simply a musical ignoramus, or, as th'
committe designated them, dummies
The committee has done away with thi
and demanded u strict fulfillment of th,
musical contract.
Victor Herbert's, formerly Gilmore's s.
famous Twenty second Regiment Band, o
New York, viii play the Introductory con
cert and promenade music for the in
| augural ball. The dance music will lie by
| William a. Haley's Washington Concer
| Orchestra.
Victor Herbert is one of the creates
band leaders in the world Like his grea
predeces sor, he has all the natural bril-
Iiancy of wit and keen perception sc
charming and so characteristic OF Irisl
birth, for Notwithstanding his name he wa
born in Dublin and is the grandson of Sam
uel Lover, the famous author Of Hand
Andy"
For years Mr.. Herbert was cello SOLOS
and associate conductor with Theodor
Thomas and Anton Seidl, and he has bee
the musical director ofmanyimportantmu
cal alfestivals in New York, New England, an
elsewhere. As a performer on his chose
instrument, the violoncello, he is almos
without an equal, and he is at the head C
the cello department in the Nationa
Conservatory of Music, of which famou
institution Antonin Dvorak is the director
AS q composer, Mr.. Herbert is pre-
eminent, having received great praise fc
his many valuable and successful works, j
cantatas, operas, concertos, and repel
toire music for band and orchestra. HI
comic opera, Prince Ananias,' produce
atthe Broadway Theater New York, byth
Bostonians, will carry his fame throughor
the whole country. His latest opera, ''Th
Wizard of the Nile which had O run c
15O nights in New York city, is destine
to become one of the most successful opera
Of the age, not alone in the United State
but also in Europe.
, MI William A. Haley, conductor c
Washington's concert orchestra, is know
as an excellent musician and organize
i | He was born in Washington, D. c.,
1857. At an early age he was appreI
ticed to the United States Marine Corp
r and attached to the band shortly after h
: enlistment He made rapid strides i
his profession and gained the reputatio
of being one of the finest piccolo an
flute soloists in this country. In 187
he left the Marine Band and travele
through the States with different mt
sical organizations. Accepted an cngag
ment TO return to Washington in 1sS'
= and was connected with the Nationf
Theater orchestra until October, 1885,
when Mr.. Haley organized the Washin
tor Concert Band, which is composed
L ex-members OF the United States Marin
Band and musicians connected with di
d ferent theaters. 1t enjoys the reputatio
! of being one of the best concert bant
In this country.
Following is the full program of tt
3 inaugural ball:
Z Observation-Disclosures, "Tannhauser
d Wagner; Hungarian Rhapsody No. .
= List; American Fantasie,'' Victor He
Y bert. Order of dancing-Orchestra sele