Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-11
.AnnuSennentS

Some years have interviewed since
Salt Lake last listened to the witchory
Of sousas band, ana IN mat time the
March King has hobnobbed with
the crowned heads Of Europe, written
marches In their honor, and received
ribbons Of honor unnumbercd IN recog-
milton Of HIS talents In the time that
has elapsed sousa has contributed to
the world OF music many creations Of
his fancy and several Of them were
given place on last nights program
He had royal reception from brill
llunt audience. that told how well he
was remembered His new oontrbu-
tons to musical literature show sousa
In something Of another light than that
IN which he was regarded Of old HIS
suite looking Upward. a descriptive
composition with these subdivisions,
ilrst--"By the Light Of the Polar STAR
second Under the southern Cross
and third Mars and Venus ia writ.
ten 10 an original pleasing ana modern
vein. but II is doubtful II Il VIII please
as his old time marches have always
done and as they did last night he
give for enoOres stars ana stripes
Forever and the brilliant "E Capt
tam march, both OF which reused
furore, and In them sousa was the old
familiar conductor whose every ges-
ture Is grace itself The band COM
prlsed OF forty did some beautiful
work. ranging from the noble and ma
iestc "Parsfal' number down 10 such
light selections az "Thc Dancing Dark
.ey" one Of a series OF American
character sketches by kroeger which
pleased the audience Immensely. One
OF Sousa's new compositions " his
Jack Tar March. which also caught
the fancy OF the audience ana which
Is so characteristic that one could az
most imagine he fmelt the brine as he
listened to the waves Of sound The
Kettle drum sOl0ist deserves special |
mention FOR some wonderful work
The cornet sol0ist, Mr. Clarke made !
a big hit, especially Tor "a high sus- !
talned note Of soprano quality with
which he ended his 'Valeu Brllllante
He had regular ovation and for an |
encore gave IN beautiful style THE |
Rosary"
Miss Lieblng, q brillmu soprano,
whose high notes are her best had a |
big round OF applause Tor her exquisite |
work with the fujlst, She responded |
with a ballad also brilliantly rendered. |
The viollnlst Miss Jessie Straus made
an emphatic impression. She produces "a
beautiful tone, executes brilliantly and
plays with great feeling For her encore
she responded with a "MadrIgal'
The choir VAS down Tor Two numbers, |
one Utah Hail by ylsetti with the
full band, Prof Mcclellan at the organ
accompanying, and Mr. Stephens wave
Ing the baton over the whole The choir
was out IN strong force and made a
hne impression though such big COM
hlnation would have told 90 better adj
vantage In q number containing more
ouibufsts Of sound, The orchestration
of the band was specially pleasing, but
" the comets, clarinots and piccolos
had been given the finishing high note
with the sopranos the effect would have
been lifted In the other number 1.-THE
Sen Hath It's Pearls, the choir WAS az
IT'S very best and us charming work
was as heartily applauded by Inc mem.
ben Of the band 0s hy the audience.
The engagement closes with perform-
ances this afternoon ana evening. some
rare novelties are promised IN both pro-
grams
AZ his afternoons sous1 concert In
The Tabernacle. ID special feature win
pc the performance OF Vanaers lar