The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-27
ORGAN music At BUFFALO
Schedule of the Great RecitaIs at
the Pan-American Exposition.
seventy-five Masters of the Giant
Instrument to Participate in the
Contests-Thc song Festivals and
Observation-Disclosures and Orchestras.

SeVenfy-fiye Masters of the Giant
Instrument to Participate in the
Contests-Thc song Festivals and
Observation-Disclosures and OrchestrHs.
BUFFALO, n y, May "a most pop
uIar feature of the Pan-American Expo
sition is found In the great organ TecitaIs
at the Temple of Music. Seventy-five or
ganists. representing nearly every promi-
neut musical centre in the United States
and Canada, are participating in these
recitaIs. Prominent among these masters
of the instrument. are Clarence Eddy Of
Chicago, 5. P. Warren of New York city,
Frederick Archer OF San Francisco, John
Porter Lawrence of Washington city.
CASTOR Marie Dethier of New York city.
William J. Gomph of Buffalo Cthe official
organist Of the Pan-American EXPOSE
tom. and many others, nearly all of
whom have studied under Dudley Buck,
5. p Warren, w J. Sherwood, and other
famous American teachers, and have also
graduated from the great French and
German Conservatives. The names above
! are mentioned merely to COnvcy. an idea
Of the quality Of the music that viii be
rendered This feature alone viii be
worth q trip to the exposition
The organ is one of the largest in Amer
! lea 1t occupies a recess prepared for It,
/ in one of the arches Of the auditorium Of
the Temple Of Music, and is about thirty
six feet wide by forty-four feet high.
with depth Of thirty-five feet. The key
/ boards are located several feet in ad-
vance and the player sits facing the or
gan The displayed pipes are gilded on
rough surface and present a rich appear
ance, there being no woodwork above
their toes Staff wrought out in a most
| elaborate design, takes the place of the
| usual case of wood; the casing Of the
| console, however, is Of quartered oak,
carved and finished in the style most ap-
| propriate to such a noble instrument
| Two orchestras have been engaged One
is conducted by the distinguished maestro,
/ Victor Herbert, of Pittsburg. The other,
the Pan-American Orchestra, was formed
| especially for the Exposition by one Of the
most accomplished musicians in America,
Mr. John Lund. of Buffalo. Mr.. Lund was
| educated IN the conservatory Of Leipsic,
where he studied under Reinicke, WenzeI
! Richter, and oscar Paul. After conduct
ing grand opera IN Bremen and Stettin,
/ he was engaged by DR.. Walter Damrosch
/ as assistant director in the Metropolitan
! Opera House of New York IN 1887 he
came to Buffalo as conductor ofthe Buff
/ faIo OrpheUs- The Pan-AmeTican OrChes-
| ira Is composed OF fifty artists selected
! from the best local talent, the New York
! Philharmonic and Boston Symphony or
/ chestras- The concert master OF this su-
/ perb organization is Eugene Boegner
! who was similarly associated with Theo-
! GOre Thomas He IS q graduate Of the
( Conservatory of Berlin and was for years
/ q private pupil Of the great Joachim.
| Under such leadership, the best musical
talent IN this hemisphere VIII render the
= TEl~
| this and the Old World
/ The American composers. Chadwick,
/ PaTaer--Arth bur, Foote, Van der StucElen-
! Payne, Dudley Buck, and others, will be
prominently IN evidence, while the chOic-
/ est compositions of Wagner, MendelssOhn,
/ TscAaikofsky. Schumann, Schubert, Saint
! Saens. MasSenet, RubensteiH. Bizet, etc,
I will charm those who prefer blending
/ Of the severely classic with lighter music
Of a high order
/ Several chorUses win participate in the
/ musical festivals that viii mark the pro-
gTeSs Of the Pan-American Exposition
/ Most conspicuous among these Is the
SaenZeTfeSJ Of the North American Saea-
gerbund- This splendid chorus of 5000
trained voices viii be led by John Lund-
Famous SOlOIsts viii appear with the or
/ ganization- Among these Madame Schu-
man-FIeinfe. the greatest EneZZO-sOprauO
I IN the world, VIII sing the "LiebestOI'
/ from Tristan and Isolde" The we'll
known tenor, Evan Williams, VIII also be
J heard with this magnificent organization
The United Singers of St Louis, com
/ prisIng nearly score OF societies. VIII
render Johann Pache's '-HeTbst TraUTn- %
! The United Singers of Chicago, 100 men
/ in all. viii sing -WOhin,'' by Edwin
/ Schultz Another number VIII be by the
! Senefelder Liederzranz, Of Chicago,
! comprising 50 men
{ RehearsaIs for the reception concert by
/ the United Male Singers Of Buffalo. on the
Z evening Of June u have already begun
! At this concert great orchestra Of over
! luj musicians viii heard Among the
/ compositions to be produced will be "FieIe
( MusikanJen, by Baselt; BegTuessuGgS
/ LYNNE, words by Adolf tIncE- music by
/ John Lund. and ''Fergesset Nicht," words
/ by Matthias Rohr, music By Henry Jacob
( son
/ TWENTY-FIVE Of the most famous bands
hon the continent viii give concerts from
! the beautiful stands erected IN the
/ grounds. These stands deserve more
/ than a passing notice They aye htgnsE
| artistic and are far more beautiful than
! any erected at Paris or Chicago They
! are circular platforms with dOnle-Sha ped
! roofs supported by graceful columns The
/ elaborate 0TIaaIIleLliauOn Of the Ilezes
I consists OF miniature Tyres, pandcan
( pipes. antique harPs, and other musical
/ Instruments EGInted in soft creamy tIlts,
/ and thrown into strong relief against a
I richly tinted background From these
Z viii be heard the in5uitable SouSa and
/ his six-y-five artists, who have recently
/ returned to rs with IauTeIs fresh from
/ the capitals Of Europe, Innes. with his
! wonderful Trombone FanciulH, the IA
! nous High -anders Of Canada the splendid
: Mexican Band. accustomed 70 charm the
( listeners n the grand plaza OF the city
! of the MonteZUmas with the duicet mel
| Odies Of Castle and ArragOn, OF 10 stir
( the soul by the mastery rendition Of mil
/ itary music and the national airs Of Mex
/ leo. Perhaps, too. we viii hear them play
! some music that suggests the fOlk-5OuES
( Of the old Aztecs, a brave race in which
/ Pan~AmeriCa naturally feels an interest.
! This VIII not only be a musical treat but
! an Important educational factor Of the
/ exposition.
! The Temple Of Music IS a shrine said
! to be worthy Of the historic muse and the
/ millions Of VOtaTieS VINO viii LhTCug its
! courts The acoustic properties have re-
I cetved the attention of the best experts
/ The building IS one Of the most beautiful
and ornate in the grounds.
The architects VINO planned the Pan
! American Exposition showed that they
/ realized the value Of giving music prom
ineut 7;lace in the exposition scheme by
( locating the Temple of Music on q most
CONSPICUOUS site at the corner of the Is
/ D!auade and the Court of Fountains, the
two great iuteTseCtng courts Of the eX-
position about which the principal build
ings are grouped and which are pT0fuSeIy
/ adorned with statuary, fountains, and
/ Tba beauty Of this building and its
! splendid sCuIptuTT groups make 1t an OBJ
/ i-ct Of general admiration It's architec-
/ tire IS q free treatment Of the Spanish
renaissance. The building is 0ctagonal in
form with paviliOns at the corners The
! grand entrance is at the corner Of the
! EspIaHade and the Court Of Fountains.
tween the large windows are ornamental
IYaneIs bearing portrait busts Of famous
g0InpOS as The COTniCe, frieZe and bal
ustrade are Of elaborate composition, the