The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-09

long and wearisome. and feel the wnt
Of stacking their sorrow and their thirst
at a tempting roadside tavern. They re-
mark to each other that it is not the
/ duty of the living to die for the dead
put mat to enable them to bear up
they must enter and Dartake of some
soothing and refreshing fluid
The refreshment takers enter into
various details touching the qualities of
the dear defunct. Some good naturedly
praise: others las de rfeueur with the
Drofession) nl-naturedly discuss the
merits of their late companion. He was
a good fellow. said one. But without
much talentl' said another How web
ne represented royaltyi' said a third 4
more vulgar looking parsonage never
saw. says fourth. And so on-tillf n
the heat Of the discussion they forget
tnat the funeral profession has nearly
reached the gates of the cemetery. They
quickly resolve to rejoin it. avoiding
haste.
They fan into their places and enter
the cemetery to the same phrase as the
one at the beginning of the march. Tit
last two bars appear to make illusion to
the briefness and weakness of life. sc
easily extinguished-'
Largo-Violin oblfgato by Ieopold
Kramer Handel
| Born February IS, 1855. at Halle. Died
April IA. 1853. at London
This familiar excerpt is from the opera
AeFxes" fSerse) which Handel COM
duced at London April Is 1888 The
conDos1on as now performed is an
rangement-by Joseph Hellmes berger
(deceaSed9 of Vienna-Of an air which
&erxes sings at the beginning of the
first act Of the opera. The scene in =.
summer house near beautiful garden.
IN the midst Of which grows plane
lree and the burden of Xerxes' sone
/ IN free English, something as follows.
/ Ihere never was a sweeter shade of q
dear and lovely plant"
Waltz. On the Beautiful Blue Dan
uDe" ...-.--.....-...... job. Strauss
Born October Is. 1926. at Vienna. Died
June 3. 1899. al Vienna.
This selection is one of the most IA
nous productions of the waltz king
and therefore stands in need of no de.
scription-being familiar from numer-
GUS performances amid other surround
ings.
Capriccio ItaIien ......... Tschaikowsky
Born May 7. 1910, at Wotkinsk Dies
November 6. 1898, at ST Petersburg.
This comDosition-in A major and 6-s
time Andante I'm POGO Rubato-opens
with an introduction which, with
IumDeL call and short nodulatOry
passage. sinks into the subdued accom-
panIment over which the strings give
out a sonorous melody. of a somewhat
melancholy nature. After this thens
has been worked over at considerable
/ length, the Oboes propose q new one in
thirds, which. although essentially
simple in construction and of a popular
N4Aa1 dtlCIs - AOItAW3En treated IN eiaD1
crate fashion AS the tempo changes
to Allegro "A measure the violins and
/ flutes make another effort to Introduce
a melodious theme but this is speediIv
swallowed I'D in spirited march move
ment, which at length makes way for
the temperance of the sonaber OPENING
theme This in turn leads. through a
I Stringendo passage into a brilliant tar
antella movement OF considerable
length After the presentation Of an
other sprightly melody in triple rhythm
the concluding Presto sets in over a pro-
longed organ point: soon brea king into
another tarantel1a episode. which brings
the movement to dashing termination.
The programme for the Tuesday night
concert is as follows:
The Theodore Thomas orchestra
Frederick A Stock, conductor.
Soioists: Jenny Osborn, soprano;
Mabele Crawford, contCalto; Glenn
Hall, tenor; Frank Croxton, basso.
Overture. Jubilee. Weber
Born Dec. Is. 1886. at Eutin, Olden-
berg. Died June 8, 1926, at London.
The Jubilee" overture was composed
in 1S1S-and was first performed at the
festival held at Dresden on the 10th of
the same month, in honor of the fiftieth
anniversary of the accession of King
I Frederick Augustus I to the throne OF
+ Saxony. The title itself is a sufficient
indication of the nature of this work,
which is brought to an enthusiastic con-
clusfon by the Introduction of the ma
tfonal anthem, Hell Dir i'm Sieger-
kranz''-the tune known in England as
God Save the King" and in this coun-
try as America
March Movement from Leonore Sym
phony ---..--..-.-.- Kan
Born May 27, 1922 at Lachen. Died
June "A, 1882, at Frankfort.
This one of Raffs twelve symphonies
was composed in 1872 at Wiesbaden,
and performed for the first time under
In IL -
concert given at Sondershausen in De
cernber of the same year. The first
| public performance took place at Ber-
lin in October, 1873; and on the 5th of
the following December MI. Ihomas
plaved Il for the first time in this coun-
try at Boston. The work is founded on
the celebrated ballad 'Lenore" by the
German lyric poet Gottfried August
Burger Q747-'94,) gruesome poem
which is familiar to the EngliSh-speaA-
ling public through the translation (or
paraphase) of Sir Walter Scott Bur
gers ballad was written in 11f2, and
Scott's version was published anony-
mOusly as William and Helen IN 1876,
together with THE Chase'-an "imita-
tom of the same authors other famous
ballad The Wild Huntsman
The selection now played-the tnlro
marcia and A tiTne-assumes pic
t,Iresoue hue. being a brilliant military
movement, in c major, Tempo dl
march which the composer tells US "des-
Icribes the passing by Of an army
corps" Beginning softly in the strings
nizzicato the march works up steadily
III a resounding climax for the full or
chestra. after which comes an agitated
massage 1ntermezzo) descriptive Of the
lovers passionate farewell Ihen the
march is repeated, growing softer ana
softer this time as the troops disappear
in the distaI.c &C.
Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 2-....... List
Born october %. 1911, at Raiding.
Hungary. Died July 81, 1886, at Bay
reuth -. =.
This flne most famous and popular OF all
lof LISTS Hungarian RhaDsodtes-
Ione now played, which is the work OF
Kari Muller Berghaus (Karl Muller
-. r,ril Ia 1R2Q-Rerghaus being his