The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-24
VICTOR HERBERT'S BAND
POPULAR MUSIC CONCERT AT TOM
LINS0N HALL FRIDAY NIGHT.
The Celebrated 'CeIlfst on the Pro-
gramme for Several Numbers
Music and Musicians.


Victor Herbert. the Irish Wagner" as
he has been called, is the director of the
famous Twenty-second Regiment Military
Band, which will give a concert at Tom
hnson Hall next Friday evening. Herbert
! is noted as a cello soloist, a band and
orchestral director and a composer Of OPP
eras and other works. There are five of
his operas now being presented to the pub
hc-"The Serenade'i (Bostonians), Prince
Ananias'' (Bostonians). 1.-THE Wizard of the
Nile'' and THE Idols Eye" Crank Dan
iels) and THE Prima Donna" Camille
| D'Arville.) In addition to all this, his 1.-THE
| Wizard of the Nile had famous run in
Europe last season, and this season it was
put on at the SALISBURY Theater, London,
! for a run.
Mr.. Herbert's, band. which is conceded
to be the greatest military band in the
country, is a reorganization of the old Gill
more band. It has repeatedly been chosen
! from among all others to play at the great
social and functional events of the times
in New York, Washington and elsewhere,
| among them the celebrated Bradley-Mar-
tin ball, at the, Hotel Waldorf, which
| stirred society in two continents the Pres
| ident's inaugural ball in Washington,
| March A; the series of national concerts in
| honor of the army, the navy, the States of
| the Union, the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives and the people of the United
| States during inaugural week. 1t attracted
! attention of all Washington and the dis
| tinguished thousands there assembled, and
drew such audiences as have seldom ever
been seen at the national capital. The d.
rector of the st. Louis Exposition selected
this band to play the entire term of the ex-
position this season, six weeks and more,
as did also the directors of the Nashville
Exposition the past summer.
The programme to be given at the con-
cert here is not only unusually brilliant,
with view of best pleasing the whole pub
lie, but the encore music is sure to bring
out fantastic and unique bits Of thoroughly
popular music, souvenirs of romancers and
fragments of the salon and ballroom and
even strains from Ethiopia or something
Arabesque The soloists, Marie Donavin,
soprano; Otto Hagedorn, harp, and Victor
Herbert himself, violoncello, add a variety
to the bill, which will be as follows
Grand Professional March, from 1.-The
Queen Of sheba". .Goldmark
Soo far
C"Traviata'O So. Verdi
symphony in minor (unfinished).
''' CFifst Movement.j ''o"uOe''
Solos 3bH for ct XiEoIoncello-
\a) Noctulne g.s..... ..................Ch CHOPIN
Mr.. Victor Herbert with harp accompani-
ment by Mr.. O. Hagedorn.
(a) ..Aragonaise, from lie Cid" .Massenet
(c) slavic Dance -. .DVorak
Songs-Miss Marie Donavin.
tahtasle Tor the comic opera, The
The concert will be at popular prices, and
seats will be placed son sale at Wulschner's
music house Tuesday morning.
Victor Herbert has very old violoncello,
hard as ivory, that is said to be worth &c.,
600. He would not part with it for that sum-
He uses it in his solos. Mr.. Herbert is very
fond of his cello. which is magnificent in
strument. 1t is Ruggierius, and when he
plays he shows his affection in the manner
in which he handles it. The sympathy be-
tween the master and instrument is shown
in the exquisite manner it responds to ey-
cry touch of finger and bow.
Many people take 1T for granted that Vic
tor Herbert is a. German or Italian, a
Frenchman, or a. native of some CONT
nenta! country of Europe, but he isn't. He's
an lTishman, born in Dublin, grandson Of
the distinguished Samuel Lover, of whose
brilliant career the February number of the
Century had long and interesting article
by his daughter who is Victor Herbert'S
mother. The famous grandson is said to
bear a remarkable likeness to his grandsire
ana an innerlts much of the genius that made
Samuel Lover one of the most celebrated of
the authors and composers of his time.
s.
Xaver Scharwenka, court pianist to the
Emperor of Austria, is now in this country
giving piano reeitals. The past week he has
been in San Francisco, and will gradually
work eastward. The appearance of a COM
poser of the rank of xaver Scharwenka
marks epoch in musical annals in Amer
Nov
lea, years ago, has musician of equal emf
nence been welcomed to our shores, and
not since the appearance of Rubinstein, a
generation ago. has there been such a
piano composer here Rubinstein, himself
the finest combination of the creative and
reproductive musician that ever visited our
shores, has uttered the dictum that musical
composition stopped short with the death
or CHOPIN The dictum, which, it is to be
reared, contains a pretty strong personal
equation, is somewhat too harsh to meet
with general acceptance. 1t is surely UNI
just to the compositions of him who uttered
II, and may even be thought to require in
depreciation in the presence of that small
coterle OF Chopin's epigonoi, of which the
two ScharWenks'sg Xaver and Philip, and
Mor1tz Moskowsk are the shining lights
Herr Scharwenka is handsome man. large
of frame, and active physically and men
tally. His nature is capitally reflected in
the finest of his works for pianoforte-the
concerto in fiat minor. Only as an cpl
leo, is a slow movement admitted to the
work. The music, especially the scherzo
is eager, energeticy impetuous, fiery His
published works include this and another
pianoforte concerto, a symphony in minor
a quartet for pianoforte and strings, two
trios, two sonatas for panoforte, one for
violoncello, one for, viola, and a hundred of
songs, salon pieces and dances. There have
been upward of 100000 copies of Schar-
Wenka's celebrated Polish dances sold in
the United States alone:
The italian papers have been full Of remi-
niscences regarding Donizettf. The follow
ing in reference to the first demonstration
of that mental disease which at last over
whelmed him is interesting: 1t was during
a performance of Dom Sebastian" in
Paris. Nine. Stolz was then absolute ty-
rant at the Grand Opera, She refused to
follow the directions of the score and re-
main on the stage while Camoens sings his
barcarole behind the scene. She was finally
persuaded to do so, but, angered by the APP
plauSe which the singer of that barcaroe
received, she demanded that his song be
shortened DoniZetti, usually the most gen.
tie and amiabe man in the world, thereupon
seized the score, and threw it furiously and
feet 1t took the united efforts of three
but not long afterward he had an epileptic
attack, on recovering from which he was
a victim of decisions. Among other things
10 declared hat ha had