The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
IN TIE DOMAIN OF MUSIC
SOUSA AND HIS FAMOUS BAND AT
THE METROPOLITAN
TODAY
FRESH FROM EUROPEAN TRIP
PaderewsIki's New Opera VIII He
Presented at Dresden May 26-
Music Over L0ng-Dis-
tance Telephone.

No higher praise has ever been accord
ed any musical organization than that
voiced unanimously by the press Of
France, Germany, Belgium and Holland
for the excellence of the Sousa band on
It's recent remarkably successful concert
tour of those countries. In the sound
told musical community of Stuttgart, one
OF the artistic centers of Germany, the
critic of the Schwaebischer Merkur,
the leading daily paper, wrote OF the
American band as follows: THE per-
forInances of the Sousa band are dis
unguished by extraordinary technique.
superb precision and unison. The art Of
Sousa's Instrumentation Is original and
effective. Some of the tone-effects pos
sess Understandable charm. All the per-
formances show dynamic vivacity ryth
mical precision, a model accuracy of at
tack and a satisfying smoothness in the
full range from the finest pianissimo to
the most majestic forte, such as none
but band of this size with the extreme
quality of it's forces is in a position to
develop. By means of a simple and
original method of conducting, Sousa
understands how to bring the excellent
talents of his orchestra in full play. His
cWn compositions give brilliant proof Of
skill III the characteristic and effective
scoring of deliciously melodic motives"
The many admirers of Sousa and his
great band will be glad to welcome the
March King to ST. Paul today and tes-
t1fy to their pleasure in his weli-won for
eign laurels. The soloists will he Blanche
Dutheld, soprano, and Bertha Bucklin,
V1oliniste. A particular feature of the
concerts will be SoGsas latest march,
Hail to the Spirit of Liberty which he
wrote for the dedication of the Lafayette
monument in Paris on the last Fourth OF
July. This is the monument that has
been built by the school children of tie
United States and Sousa gladly embraced
the opportunity Of contributing to the
glory of the occasion. The march was
played before the president of France
and many other French notables and won
immediate popularity. The evening per-
Torrance begins at $50. Today the
matinee will begin at D. m
me following are the programmes:
AFTERNOON.
Overture-"Isabella'' ........ Suppe
Trombone Solo-"The Patriot" (new)-
Pryor
Mr.. Arthur Pryor.
Pictures From the Orient (neW)-
Luigini-Sebek
(b) The Odalisque.
- (c) A Dervish chorus "In the Soudan"
Soprano Solo-'Where Is Love?"
Miss Blanche Duff1eld
Grand Scene and Ensemble-"An-
area Chemer' new ............ Giordano
lntermiss1on.
Invitation a la Valse Weber
GAP "serenade Rococco' New)-
Meyer Helmund
of Liberty (new) ........... Sousa
Composed especially for the dedication
Of the Lafayette monument and played
first by Sousas band, Paris, july 4 1900
In Mo
cSardas-'Ritter Pasman; 1ne W5enia"sN
Johann Strauss
~ EVENING.
Overture sakuntala~2 .. Goidmark
C4rnet solo-Infiammatus, Sta
Mr. Herbert l. Clarke N00andi
Pantomimic suite-"The History
so Oh a; PIe ec1 . new -; Mario Costa
Miss Blanche Dufield. '' ''e- "
Grand Scene-"The Death of Aida" Verdi
Intermission
Waltz5 II Luna" new 80. .Lincke
CD March-"Hafl to the Spirit
Of Liberty new ............... Sousa
Composed especially for the dedication
OF the Lafayette monument and PLAYED
nrst by Sousa's band Paris, July 4, 1900.
Violin Solo-"souvenir de Moscow
Wieniawski
- . MISS Bertha Bucklin.
suite ermione' new) LA Rondella
Paderewski is in Dresden drumming his
opera into the royal singers and song
stresses. He has definitely decided upon
the name Of the work, and upon the date
of the first performance The interesting
event Will come off on May 26, after his
beloved Americans have begun to flock
to the Fatherland. The title decided upon
is 'Maureo." This will be Paderewski's
first opera, and he thinks that it will
mark an epoch in composition.
Sharps and flats, sweet minor chords
and quivering grace notes over the wires
of the long-distance telephone from Chi
cago to Buffalo a few days ago.
AT the far end Of the wire Jessie Bart
lett Davis, the sweet contralto singer,
sat with the receiver to her ear and
memorized the notes of two songs as
they came to her over eco miles of space.
Sol Bloom, the Chicago music publisher,
at this end, hummed, sang and played
the songs on the piano in his Dearborn
street office until the notes came back to