Evening star., 1899-04-12

sst of n two Sa soSasert ranssap'0ns songa aooS
asIIsaa haaght aqS tgve's Message;w Chogin,s e,
binste:n's "Nocturne.' Aszt's ''Menuet
nate in g Major" To the connoisseur
sCch a collection of ptanoforte gems as IS
here presented promises a most attractive
and interesting entertainment. A richer lot
OF brilliant, soul-stirring compositions could
hardly be suggested; and with an artist of
the mastery power and skill of Joseffy to
interpret them, astreat of the rarest kind
may be expected Joseffy has popular
as we'll as a critical SIDE His playing is of
every auditor, whether or not technical in
views, and on this occasion there is every
reason for thinking that he will hold his
listeners listeners speilbo1nd by the brilliancy and
now open at Guzmans, In Droops music
store.
A SOUSA CONCERT-Witha a brand-new
Sousa march and five eminent soloists as
the principal offerings at the final appear
ance mere this season of SouSa and his band
would seem to justify Mr.. Sousa in styling
his final concert 'tSousa,s Spring Mucis
festaval. The first performance of any
new composition from the gifted pen of the
March King ds a musical event of no
little Importance, for every lover of melody
the wide world over confesses to an en-
rhythms of Sousas music and the coming
concert has therefore double Importance,
for in addition to the new march, Nine.
Junette Corden, soprano; Miss Bessie Bon
sa!, contraIto; Mr.. George Leon Moore,
tenor, and Mr.. Leland H. Langley, basso,
will render for the first time in concert a
new musical setting in quartet form which
MI. Sousa mas recently composed for Will
lam knox's beautiful poem, "Oh, Why
Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?''
This was Abraham Lincoln's favorite poem,
and the quartet was written in February in
honor OF Lincoln's birthday. The new
Sousa march is a complete composition in
form like the famous 1.-The Stars and
stripes Forever" and not made up of vari-
Gus airs from the Sousa operas, as were
The Bride-Elect' and 1.-THE Charlatan."
owing to the necessity of complying with
certain formalities Of the copyright laws,
the name OF the new march has not yet
been announced, but has all the popular
characteristics of its predecessors. Sada
Vloilnlste, will complete the quintet of solo,
lists, and the program throughout will be
exceptionally bright and cheerful. The
final Sousa coneer. will be given Thursday
afternoon, April 20, at the Lafayette Square
Opera House.
''The Musketeers," Sydney Grundy's great
play, founded upon Alexander Dumas story
-'The Three Guardsmen"-will be seen in
Baltimore at Ford'S Theater the week COM
menctng April II. This is the new drama
tization which has created such craze
over THE Musketeers," and their period in
London and New York at the present time
James O'Neill and his company are now
presenting the play at the Broadway Thea
ter, New York, where they have played 10
eight weeks of unparalleled receipts and en-
thusasm They go direct from the Broad
way Theater to Ford's Opera House, Bal
timore. The play is a sensational dramatic
triumph, and probably the finest produc
ton ever made in this country. Liebler &
Co., its managers, purpose running special
excursions from Washington and other
nearby cities during the week of April II.