The Washington times., 1902-10-06
Concert at Columbia Was
Greatly Delayed.

| Creatore, the bandmaster, had a pc
Washington last night. at the Columbia
| Theater. The Creatore organization
played in Pittsburg Saturday night and
early yesterday morning left for the
| Capital, the band on one train and
| Creatore on another. The unusually
heavy passenger traffic on all the roads
leading into Washington prevented the
musicians from reaching this city before
7:30 o'clock, at which hour Creatore
was lost somewhere between Baltimore
and Harrisburg.
The audience patiently waited until
l9 o'clock, and then large portion
| bad their admission money returned at
| the box office. Just as the throng in front
of the ticket window was largest. Crea-
tore pushed through .he lobby. and then
everybody expected the concert would
begin. and at once. But another diff
| Guilty then presented itself. The music
was in a number of trunks, and these
were slowed away in baggage car in
the Pennsylvania yards, but just where
nobody was able to determine until
nearly 10 o'clock
Music Was Lost.
Then it was found that in the hurry
and excitement the men neglected. or,
rather, did not have time, TO properly
tune their instruments, with the result
that the reeds and brasses were striving
to do their best-or worst-to see which
section could produce the largest as
sortment of bad harmony. However.
the men were undoubtedly physically
worn out and really not in any sort Of
shape to give a concert.
Creatore himself is musical aero
bat. He has pale face that is framed
with a wealth of raven hair that in the
lar There has never been seen on
local stage a director of just the same
type as he. One is an elegant suf-
ficiency, however. for. while John Philip
Sousa may throw out his chest bit and
display his medals and pose to his hearts
content and to the amusement of his
audiences; while Innes may work en-
ergetically with his forces-this siren
uous Creatore does things in an aero
batic line that no other conductor would
think of attempting.
Dances Among Players.
He is slight of figure, which perhaps
explains his expertness in hopping about
the stage. for Creatore is not content to
merely wave the baton over his musi-
clans. He must skip around to the
reeds and coax the music from the in
struments; he occasionally schottishes
over to the brasses and shakes his fist
furiously at the tTumpeters, and then
turns his attention to scolding the
blowers of the big bass horns. Then,
perhaps. il he is not too fatigued, he
will run his fingers through his shaggy,
black hair, shake 1t somewhat majestic
ally, and lead his musicians on to an
other attack on the score. He gyrates:
he comforts like serpentine dancer; he
cuts more capers than monkey on
stick; he catoles his men; he threatens
them; he literally pulls the music from
their instruments-and all these gym
nastics the audience seems to like, even
If it is altogether unconventional and
takes away the interest from the play
ing of the band.
Program Very Ordinary.
There was nothing uncommonly good
in the program offered last night By
Creatore. 1t was distinctly a popular
classical collection, and included the
overture to "Tannhauser, the Poet
and Peasant" overture, rather elab
crate selection from Carmen the
march from Frank Daniels opera "The
Ameer;" one of Creatore's own marches.
called THE Royal Purple" and the sex
tet from Lucia"
The Poet and Peasant" was the only
number that was granted an encore. al
though the audience was persistent at
first in demanding additional numbers.
The program was cut two numbers-the
BLUE Danube" waltz and Battiste's or
gan offertorio. The soloist of the even
ing. Madame Barili was programmed TO
sing Creatore's III Lamento dell Sule,"
but the strain OF the trip from Pittsburg
was too much for her nerves, and she |
was unable to appear.