El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-15
PLAZA CONCERT NOTES.
New Music Ordered for the McGinty
Band-PrOgram GOssip.


The following program has been Sc
lected for the opening plaza conc.rr
next Friday night: Gilmore's Tri.
umphal March, Suppe's Overture to
Nor Mug, Noon and Night, Maypole
Dance, IObani's, selectlons from the
opera OF the bohemian Girl, La Sere.
Data Italian Walz, aud Suusa's Esprit
Du Corps March. The concert does
lot beg.n until $50 p. M, and will not
last OVER an hour. If this order OF
thli gs seems TO SUIT the public. it will
, be the order Tor the season.
According to the programs at the
Nashville Centennial fair and else
where, this year, the band concert
programs are made up of ten Selections,
Win AN lntermisslOn, and that style ls
adopted even so far south as Albu-
buerque. Moreover, while there is
much light music played, the heavier
compositions are judiciously worked
IN, and Wagner siands higher today
win concert banumasters than
ever. The Nashville programs
snow Wager. Wagner, Wagner
on almost every program, and some
programs are given up entirely to that
noted Composer. Then the Uyertures
20 Ray mond, Ruy Bias, the Merry
Wives of WINDSOR, ODeron and Luc-
line, the Peer Gynt Suite, and the
higuer order of C .mposltions generally
are being made Especially prOmi ent.
1t Is TO be hoped that the McGinty
band Management will not lower the
standard here under the mis- AIKEN no.
ton that ''Lhe public demands lt.'' The
noisy, needless part of the community
probably does demand it," but there
as thinking part of this community
that enjoys d higher standard of music
than that OF heel tickling, melOdram-
ATTIC nature appealing to the galleries,
and they ought not to be overlooked.
WLe.her This latter element is to be
given much he'd may perhaps be
shown In the character of the follow
Ing muse lately ordered by the band
management, and part of which is al
ready On hand:
Chinese Patrol, Persian Shah Pa
troll, Chinese War March, The Mill 10
the Forest, Danube Wave Waltz. Pos
tllllon Waltz, Serpenline Dance, Fairy
Dance, Salvation Army Patrol, Patrol
COmiqu-,. Carmen Fantasia, Before
the Footlig hts, Tout Paris Waltz, An
gel Ut Love Waltz, Hungarian Nation
al Dances, Niger in the Barnyard,
Mooniig MT On the Hudson Wa t., On
Southern Shores, Belle of the Island
Gailop, Tales from Vienna Woods
Waitz, Beggar Student Selections,
Musicians National League, Gre alter
New York, Oriental, Stray Bullets
two step, Col. Moulton's March, Pa
triot-lwO step, Chicago Post
March, Galveston Beach March, Out
of ght March, The Victor, Dashawav
two step, The Adlake, Royal Gavot-
te, Visions of Beautiful Woman,
kansas-two step, (Comique.)
There l considerable regret express.
sed around town that this summer pro-
grams are to be limited only 10 six
pieces, and the concerts be limited to
Just one hour. The time was lengthen-
ed beyond necessity last season, by
collecting and giving out the music as
1t was play ed, but If the methods of
other and older bands could be.followed,
the time would be shortened by dis
trlbutlng all OF the music in advance,
SO that there need be no tedi Jus DELAY
between numbers. Thus two old selec-
lions could be added to the programs,
and the former number given, in a
much shorter time than 1ast year.
The band this season will plumber
about thirtyfive men. q plumber capable
Of hanoi ling any kind of music
DIR. Higgins thinks it would be a
good scheme to especially have
nights for separate STYLES of
music; say ''pogular night" when the
entire evening shall be given to the
lighter kinds of music; and then an
OGner night IN which only the highest
order OF music shall be p aged. The
Doctor says the best bandm asters and
OF chestra leaders have tried this, and
find that 1t works we'll.