The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-10
VICTOR HERBERT'S MUSIC.
HE MAKES 1T THE STAR ATTRAC.
TON or HIS CONCERTS.

and babes in Toyfand" Delight the
Audience--Others Get Chance. Too.
A haven Of lasting delight has been found
for the encore lover. The dance 10 on, and
JOY IL unconhned. The rafters ring with
the revels OF rlotous relish and the floor
futters with the feet Of the felicitous.
Where is all this? At the Maj estic Theatre.
There Victor Herbert has gathered unto
himself ragged ragtime orchestra and
has begun series Of Sunday night concerts
the like OF which has not been seen In this
town since the days when Rudolf Bial
thummed the Gambrinus polka through
the arches OF the old Roster Bal hall
In West Twenty third street and the elect
drank champagne out Of magnums in the
cork room.
The first OF the series took place last night.
and every one, from Lew Fields to lsidore
Witmark, was there. Applause was the
staple product OF the evening and the en-
core numbers were the stars Of the occasion.
Victor Herbert, that wonderful American
who is filed full OF Irish blood and German
musicianship, who can write song or a
symphony, comic operetts or a oantata.
a ragtime march or symphonic poem in
initiating John Philip Sousa and making
an encore feature of his own music.
He is going to give the big masters a
chance, OF course. There is nothing mean
about Victor Herbert, and he will afford
Mozart and Beethoven and Brahms and
Dvorak and others, whose names are sacred
TO Mendelssohn and Carnegie halls. chances
to be heard. But the main thing will be the
f,oto Of rIN.rf Wall an n a
Is the most delectable Of his kind, and he Is
pretty nearly all kinds at that.
Last night star numbers on the pro-
gramme were little pieces by Chaminade.
Liadow and Mendelssohn, originally writ
ten for the piano and orchestrated by
Herbert. a suite by Delibes and four num-
beers from Babes in Toyland.' Every
time the audience clamored for more Mr..
Herbert gave them Herbert. Among other
things, he tried out q stunning ragttme
Fields's new theatre. 1t hit last nights
audience hard. >.
II we must have ragtime dressed UP in
the spangles and tulle Of grand orchestra,
by al means let US have It 4 La Herbert.
bass drums. snare drums, kettle drums,
cymbals, trangIes and all. Such music is
bound to get a hearing everywhere. 1t
seemed for few moments last night as
II it must be heard everywhere at once.
But it was good in it's kind. Therefore,
bravo, Herbert!
The "Toyland" excerpts were the march
Of the toy soldiers, the song. .Toyland.
the descriptive bit, In the Toymakers
Shop" and the finale, 1.-The Birth Of the
Butterfly The last named is orchestra
ton and not much else, but the other three
are charming. These showed Mr.. Herbert
In his happest vein as a composer OF light
music. For an encore he gave us the song,
Put Down Six and Carry Two
When the composer ventured upon the
ticklish ground OF orchestrating piano
pieces he was less sure Of foot. Ladow 8
AImita ton Of Music Box sounds much
more like music box In its original form.
Mr.. Herbert should call his arrangement
Limitation Of Liadows Imitation Of
Music Box The arrangement OF Men
delssohn's "Spinnerled" was extremely
The soloists were Percy Hemus, barytone,
Anita Rio, soprano, and Henry II. McClas-
key, whose number on the programme was
a song by Tosti. Mr.. Henaus tussled val
iantly with the serenade from Berlioz's
Domination OF Faust but had better
luck with The Heart Bowed Down This
seemed to come more natural to him.
Miss Rio pierced the atmosphere with
varied assortment OF wire-wound tones in
Hicoeld's air from the second act OF Car
men" and in Dvorak's Songs my Mother
Taught Me-" She phrased tolerably and
for this much thanks. Mr.. Herbert's first
concert was attended by considerable
measure OF that kind Of success which it
sought. There is no reason why series
of entertainments OF this kind should not
please large number Of persons. Neither
is there any reason why Mr.. Herbert's
dances and marches and pretty songs
should not have as great regularity as
the five ragtime poses Of John Philip Sousa