Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

1880 p, m.-Inuian war dance at Indian
village.
BY far the greatest attraction at the Ex-
position during the past week has been the
music, which has drawn very large crowds
every night and has proven that it was
happy thought on the part OF Bandmaster
Bellstedt when he arranged the International
Festival week, for every concert was largely
attended and most enthusiastically received.
After an engagement extending over ten
weeks the organization drew as great crowds
as when it first appeared and the enthusiasm
was as great II not greater. The success
of the band must in a measure rebound in
a complimentary manner to the people OF
Omaha for 1t goes to prove that they like
good music-that is the very best by the
greatest compensation the programs OF the
week were far from being light and trashy,
in fact, were made UP of music that is
usually thought to be uninteresting to the
general public, and thus again is the theory
exploded that people desire cheap and hashy
compositions. One secret of the success was.
| OF course in the playing for il the great
things rendered had been poorly presented
they would have fallen fiat. The longer
! the band remains the more wonderful seems
| its capacities under the leadership Of Mr..
! Bellstcdt. The effects produced by a mill
| tary band are OF necessity limited and many
! feel that the elusive delicacies of some OF
! the best music cannot be portrayed by such
! an organization. but Mr.. Belstedt has DEM
| onstrated that he can do almost anything
with the band, even play things with great
! smoothness and beauty that would seem
insurmountable to anything but a symphony
| orchestra.
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most perfect-the instruments blending like
the tone of a great organ. The tone color
| ing of the band is delicate and soft and is
as perfect as the difusing colors in pastel
painting. The pianissimo passages-in which
are shown the true ability of band-are
| carried through steadily and with a perfect
! evcnness and the greatest elasticity is
hibited in the sudden jumping from the more
| delicate strains to forte passages OF tre-
mendous noise and sound.
To give color and variety to the perform
ance soloists are introduced at different
| times and, without exception, the verdict
of the public was hatteringly favorable.
| Among those who took solo parts were Emile
Chevre flute and piccolo; Alfred Doucet,
oboe; Anthony Quitsow and Jacob Bohrer,
| clarinet; Emil Kopp, James Llewellen and
Charles B. Jones, cornet; Leopold de Mare,
French horn Victor Einhorn, euphonum;
| Gustav Burkhardt, baritone; Otto Gebhardt
and A. Hustler, trombone; William Bell
stedt bells; Max Nickel, drum, and last
but not least, Herman Bellstedt, who has
been called the king of the cornet, who has
never failed to bring out tremendous en-
thusiasm whenever he has appeared
The range Of composers whose music has
been interpreted during the week has been
something phenomenal, reaching from such
masters of dignity as Beethoven, Haydn,
Handel and Mozart down through a long
line of illustrious composers such as Wag-
ncr, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt Chopin,
Gounod. Saint-Saens, Weber and Massenet,
and such popular men Of today as Sousa,
Herbert. Hill and Bellstedt
Captain Louis Sorcho. the deep sea diver,
was given a gold medal by the executive
committee of the exposition Saturday night.
He now holds the worlds record for the
longest dive, he having gone his own record
one better while at the big show this sum
mer, remaining under water for eight hours
the best previous time having been made by
himself. Mr. Clabaugh OF the committee
made the presentation speech, and he did II
gracefully and was given enthusiastic ap-
plause. He began by recounting the work
done by the captain in recovering the bodies
from the wreck Of the Maine that they might
|,
ut gives me much pleasure" said Mr.
Clabaugh, ito present this medal to the cap
TAIN and hope 1t will recall pleasant mem
ories to him of the White City when it has
become but a pleasant dream-alas, a night
mare to many of us-and because it shows
that under the water or over the water
Americans cannot be beaten. The medal is
beautifully engraved and was presented in
handsome case.
Saturday was children's day, and from
morning till night the White City resounded
with the merry laughter OF boys and girls
who thoroughly enjoyed the many attrnc-
tions afforded them free Of charge by the
} management OF the exposition. Many
of the children were accompanied
by their parents and the crowds were
rather larger than common all day long. Ir
| the evening the largest attendance that has
been at the big show for long time went
out to listen to the eliminating concert In
the festival arranged by Mr.. Bellstedt The
Auditorium was packed full and after every
I bit of the available seating space was oc.
| cupied many stood through the program. The
: fact that music by American composers wac
to be exploited by the band was the reason
of the big attendance and every number
given was received with applause at the be.
ginning and the end, and the program was
, more than doubled by enthusiastic encores
After Mr. Bellstedt's cornet solo he was re.
called twice and as he came back the las
time he was presented with a magnificent
bouquet OF American Beauty roses.
Tuesday on the exposition calendar ha.
been marked down Miles day and prep
J arations for giving him a warm western
welcome are being made On that day ther,
Z will be a special exhibition OF aquatic sport,
and there will be an encounter on the La
gcon between the Olympia and a Spansl
ship. There will be an explosion which will
b tear the enemy's boat to smthereens. Sew
i eral other red letter attractions are beinI
. planned, The executive committee will hea
d the battalion of soldiers and the Indian
= and meet the general at the station. Tn
= following committee will be at the Millar
d to formally welcome him to the city: Mayo
= Moores, Herman Kountze, II. r. Palmer, j
e II, Mllard, Frank Murphy, Emil Brandeis
; c. +. Bidwell, G. W. Holdrege Thomas Xii
= patrick, e. Rosewater, General T. II Stan
:. ton, General G. b. Dandy, G. NJ Hitchcock
: Colonel f. A. Koerper, Colonel f. H. Hath
: away, Major J. H. Duval, Major w. II. Ham
ner Major b. D. Slaughter. Captain Grot
Hutcheson, Mr.. and Mrs. G. ". Wattles MI
and Mrs. F. r. Kirkendall, General and Mrs