Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-10-04
THE soUsA CONCERT.
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It was all very much Like a scene
flDm a fairy tale or an enchantment
when Solsa and his band rendered
their concert program at the Athene-
um last night, and doubtless there
were many in the audience who nom
entarily expected the scene to fade,
the music to melt away, and to hear
again the strident tones of the heavy
villain cry-"Wr-r-r-r-e&ch. give me
the key to the r-r-r-oot cellar ere
blow up the house with dynamite 2
But it was not to be- The dream con-
tinued until the music died away in
one. last swelling chorus of reed and
brass, and the audience dispersed
having heard the March King at his
best, and the band which has been
made famous by his dictatorship, all
the world over.
Scusa was in good humor too, grac
ious and appa eciative of the enthusi-
asm of his audience. There were nine
numbers ON the program and the aud
ience enjoyed seventeen, for Sousa re-
sponded with an encore to each selee-
ticn. There was variety in his con-
ceat, ranging from the classic in Tann-
hauser and Lizt, through the martial
and stirring in his own march seIec-
tions, to an occasional snatch of rag
time, or a skit from popular opera
And through each selection stood
sousa, dapper, masterful and graceful,
directing, with his baton carving little
circles and waves, now lifting white
gloved hand with a gesture that car
ried meaning to hi artists, now sweep
ing both arms through the air like a
professor OF calisthenics, and all con-
tlibuting TO bring about a melody,
sometimes like the singing of birds in
the sprngtime, and again a crash and
swell of harmony, like the beating
of waves upon rock.
The concert opened with the over
ture from Tannhauser, as an encore
to which Sousa responded with one of
his famous marches. which have a
swing and rhythm not approached by
other march compositions, and which
are nowhere so stirringly rendered as
by Sousa's own band. Arthur Pryor,
trombone soloist, followed with a
trombone solo. Blue Bells of Scot
land, and to praise his selection
would be merely to repeat what has
been said from coast to coast Miss
Liebling, soprano, captured the audi
ence with several solos. Her voice is
remarkably clear and sweet, and in
the rendition of a song with flute OBJ
| ligato, it was difficult to distinguish
her tones from the mellow notes of the
flute.
After the inbelmission, there was
fantastic medley, The Band Came
Back arranged by Sousa- Gradual
ly the musicians returned to the
stage, clarinetists, oboists, corneters,
trombonists, trumpeters, each class by
itself and each rendering a selection
from some popular air as they came.
curious feature of the medley was
rendition of five different tunes. by
as many separate instruments, at the
same time, without discordant note
or break in the harmony Finally.
when all OF the musicians had gathered
again upon the stage, there burst
forth the triumphant notes of "El
Captain as sousa returned to his dais,
and resumed his dictatorship
The Imperial Edward march, dedi-
Gated to the king, was one of the Sc
lections in the second part of the con-
cert. Miss Grace Jenkins, violinist.
proved her right to such musical
companionship in her Caprice de
Concert her execution being perfect
and her mastery Of the violin un-
doubted.
1t was an evening OF pleasure for
music lovers. The Atheneum was
crowded, the house being the largest
since the appearance of Emma Alb
bott over ten years ago. Sousa and
his band arrived by special train from
jamestown at little after O'Clock,
and left again for the west shortly af-
ter the performance.
UP TO PENNSYLVANIA.