The Portland daily press., 1898-05-20
MUSIC AND pRAMA
soUSA'S MUSICAL FEsTIyAL.

hall last night Every seat was taken
and the stairways and galleries were
packed with people. The matinee in the
afternoon also drew a very large audi
enoe. And Sousa himself was just as
alert, and easy and graceful as ever.
The audiences warmly welcomed MIN,
for Sousa is great favorite In Portiand.
The great feature of the concerts to the
mass of the audiences was the spectacular
piece. "The Trooping Of the Colors,"
arranged by. Mr.. Sousa. Inc IDEA Is TAX
en- from the beautiful ceremony that oc-
ours in London annually on the occasion
of the Queens birthday in the rear of the
ROYAL Horse Guards, and is participated
in by the Household troops composed of
the Grenadier, Coldstream and Scots
Guards, the swell troops of the British
kingdom. Mr. Sousa taking this idea
for basis, introduces troops in tho uni
forms Of the great powers, each accompa-
MED by vocal representative. When
the last melody in the spectacle. is reached
the stage presents a scene that arouses
the widest enthusiasm. AS a back.
ground is the great chorus. the men in
evening dress, ii the women all in white,
each carrying an American flag; on the
left is grouped the Grenadier Guards in
their striking scarlet uniforms and black
bearskin BUSHES, and on the right the
French Zouaves. Between them In we'll
arranged figures, are the German Infan-
try, the Continentals, Scottish bagpipes,
Cuban insurgents and United States in
fantry and sailors from. the feet The
Goddess of Liberty, columbia, occupies
the centre with Cuba Libre close at hand,
each bearing the national standard of
their respective countries. The audience
spranga to their feet and oheered and
waved their handkerchief, old men even
following suit with the women. As each
detachment marched on the stage it was
heralded by symbolicai figure. An old
white-haired man in the dress Of the Pc
Rod, headed tho Continentals, Mr.. Basil
Tetson, the well-known baritone, in the
French costume of the last century,
sung Marsellaise, and Piper Findlater,
the hero of Dargue. played .The Camp
bells are Coming" The Tyrolean trio
warbled the yodler and had to respond to
an encore. The High School Cadets, who
took the military parts, are entitled to
great praise for tn cir precision that made
the affair SO much of q success.
VI the concert numbers that preceded
the spectacle, it is enough to sag that
they were given with great taste and fln-
iSh. The vo1uma of co,,pd ,,ro1,,ood 80.
so sonorous, every instrument, that makes
up the organization of the banu, was SO
well represented, the coloring of the mu-
sic was SO perfect that as usual. every
number was encored, and Mr.. Sousa re-
sponded with his marches and popular
compositions. Miss Bethany. the soprano
soloist, is very good singer, and she
was encored, as was that prince of from
bone players, Mr.. Arthur Pryor, and ad-
mira5le cornet player, Mr.. Emil Keucke.
Among the band numbers that were
especially acknowledgement from the
descriptive pieces-were the introduction
to the third act of Lohengrin. the march
from Sousa's new opera, 'The Bride
Elect" the Tannhauser overture, and the
tone picture "Blumengefluster."
MILITARY NIGHT AT THE JEFFER-
son.
The old field gun which has grimly
stood guard at the entrance to the Jeffer-
son, lacked not a supporting detachment
last night, for within were assembled,
among an audience which packed the
housa q buy4f7r rod ON ,,,oro solr7iarr e.o4..
the I'd and 9TH regiments of artillery. It
was military night and successful one
at that. The large audience was demon
strative in its appreciation of the double
bill, opening with 1.-TWO Friends" which
was followed by sis Marriage Failure?'
At the conclusion of the entertainment
the officers of the command were shown
the theatre, and by courtesy of the man.
agement inspected the stage and all the
appointments of the structure. They ex-
pressed thanks for the privileges which
had been extended their men and their
own satisfaction at the beauty of the
building.
1.-THE Galley Slave" il billed for today's
matinee to be followed by "Camille''
tonight.
SISTERS AT THE JEFFER.
SON.
The Nichols Sisters in black face come
dy, have been engaged at great expense
to appear at The jefferson in connection
with the Corse Payton company for the
weektof May %, only. They have appeared
before all the crown heads of foreign
lands For the last two years they have
been playing Roster Il Biaps, K ith's and
Proctor circuit in New York, Philadel.
Phia and Boston. Their act is endorsed
BY press andspublio as being the strongest
Ind best black-faoe turn now before the
public. They will appear for one week
,nly. Prices will remain the same.
CONGRESS SQUARE ANNEX CON-
CERT.
A fneS.concert will be given. underline
auspices of the Congressional Annex
at City Hall. Thursday, May Goth. Thera
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