The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-27
SOUSA DID NOT APPEAR
BUT THE BAND UNDER ARTHUR PRY-
OR MADE ITS USUAL HIT.
The Great March King Laid up at the
Bates HOuse--New Vaudeville
Combine i'm the West.

When Sousa's band was seated on the
platform at TomlinsOn Hall last night and
the large audience was ready to give Sousa
himself an ovation, it was announced that
the great leader and march king, the spec
tacular head of the show, was i'll in his
apartments the Gates House. The audi
ence was disappointed, naturally, and was
in no mood to pass a vote OF thanks TO Dr.
Henry jameson, whose certificate forbidd1ng
Mr.. Sousa to leave his room was read from
the stage. 1t was further stated that last
Monday Mr.. Sousa contracted a severe cold
at Milwaukee and had been unable to shake
1t off. In a few days, it was expected, he
would be able to be at his work again. Ar
thur Pryor. the well-known young musician,
with his coat front decorated with medals,
was introduced as Sousa's understudy, and
the audience graciouSly welcomed the as
piring impersario.
The overture of ''Tannhauser," with in
strumentation by SOusa, was first played.
Emil Kenecke followed with a cornet solo,
Souvenir de Mexico" (Hoch), accompanied
by the band. His tones were bold and clear
or whispered in trills in the upper realm Of
sound, as the theme demanded, ana his hum
dreds of hearers deIghtedly called him
back. He then played that sweet and tune
full song Of Walter Ford-'I Love You in
the Same Old Way" After playing Echoes
DIES Bastions," programmed as a new COM
position by Killing, the band paid Mr.. Bert
Short, a young composer of this city, the
compliment of playing his Battery A
March, which is dedicated TO the Twenty
seventh Indiana Battery. Though the piece
itself and its rendition deserved the loud ap-
plause that was given 1t, the name and its
significance warmed the hearts of the au-
dience and its patriotic spirit might have
SWelled the heart even of the man who did
not vote ION principle if he had heard it.
What band can play the Sousa marches as
his own band can? What band can equal
the martial crash of brasSes and drums of
the band gathered together and trained by
the composer himself. Last night THE
Stars and Stripes Forever, El Captain"
climax of their effect was felt when the band
branching off into 1.-The Star Spangled Ben
ner'' rose to its fee I'D carried with 1t the
audience, in salute ~ the flag. The band 5
of the Holy Grail" from "Parsifal, Bad
image" by Myer-Helmund, Whispering
leaves" by Won Blon, and the overture OF
William Tell" The concert was triumph
for the band and, when the audience de-
manded more and more, George Camp
Meeting" and "A Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight were played ana new
opDOrtunities for Instrumentation were re-
Vealed in those overworked melodies. Inc
vision of colored couples prancing smlngly
up. Miss Maud Reese Davies, soprano ana
Miss Dorothy Hoyle, vioiinist, were tea-
tured as soloists Miss Davies sang Ardltl
when the Roses Bloom" and Miss Hoyle
played Souvenir de Haydn, by Leonard.
The tones of the voice and the instrument
were expressive and clear, and the audi
ence, pleased with the young women, called
them both back to further entertain II.