The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21

indianapolis yesterday with his
IEEs37I splendid band Of native Italians,
>@-- ard again demonstrated that as
a magnetic conductor of instrumental
music he is in a class all by himself. Com
| ing as he did on the heels OF an unusual
| number OF important musical entertain
ments he was not greeted with the large
| audiences that the sterling merit OF the
| concerts warranted The matinee assembly
was a small one, but Creatore. who is
| nothing If not sincere. went through the
| programme as conscicnJio usly and worked
as indefatigably as if an immense throng
| were present The audience in the evening
was of much better proportions, but scarce
| ~ more demonstrative in its show of APP
prevail Of the excellent music.
How Creatore did wake up that matinee
| crowd, 1t seemed listless sort of gath
ering at first, but when once the band
| master had got his march out Of the
way and settled down 10 finer works (Crea-
! tore does not shine as a compOser) the
| audience soon became alive TO the fact
that the swarthy bandmaster had lost him.
| self in the 10y of music'-and when once
| CreatOre loses himself his concert really
/ begins There are those who accuse this
! unconventional musician with being poser,
| a player TO the gallery and an egOtist.
|
! Creatore is just as passionate in his work
! at rehearsal, with but handful OF auditors
| present, as he is before a multitude OF
| cheering enthusiasts. The writer first
/ saw him and heard his band at morning
| rehearsal in the assembly hall at Stanford
j University. There was no occasion surely
for posing at that time, the rehearsal nav
| ing been called 10 perfect some new in
| strumentalists in certain selections before
/ the band journeyed up TO San Francisco
| for its most important engagement on the
]
! that started Creatore on the road TO fame
/ ia America-fOr that was before he had
| even appeared in New York. He was the
| same Creatore during that practice hour
| that he later on during his sensational
| metropolitan successes-the same Creatore
/ that he was yesterday afternoon before an
audience that was not nearly so large as ii
| should have been.
His programmes yesterday were the regu-
lar CreatOre programmes, and as usual
| they strongly appealed to their hearers. Not
too heavy and not Overburdened with 1.-The
popular" the concerts were pleasing from
| beginning to end, well balanced and ad-
mirably interpreted The band was in
fine form and played all of the selections
with excellent shading. Tenderness, deli
cacy, intensity, passion and simple grand
eur We're predOminating features of the
various musical readings, while precision
and technical facility were never missing.
From the melOdic simplicity of Ethelbert
Nevins "Narcissus,' to the mysterious har-
monies of Wagner'S grandeSt works is a
long musical Journey but il was accom-
plished with ease by this well-trained band
under the hypnotic baton of the energetic
leader. The concerts were in every way en-
enjoyable, and it is only TO be regretted that
Tomlinson Hall was not packed at both
of them.
The event of the week in Indianapolis
musical circles will be the concert OF the
Musikverein tomorrow evening at the Ger
man House. The series of musical enter
tainments given by this society this season
has been a most notable one far. and to-
morrow nights concert promises to be the
finest one of them all from standpoint of
high-class music. Conductor Ernestinon
will, usual, have charge of the large
mixed chorus and the excellent orchestra.
There are 120 singers in the chorus-sev-
enty women and fifty men-and the work
of this organization has been steadily inn
proving all season until its vocal work is
now of the very best quality. The orchestra
is made up of ten first violins, ten second
viOlins. six violas, four violoncellOs, four
! contrabasses, two flutes, one piccOio, two
| obOes, three clarinets, two baSsOonS, four
| horns, four trumpets three trombones, one
tuba and the timpani, drums and harp,
making ii the most complete orchestra in
oliver Willard Pierce the well-known
young piano virtuOsO, and Josephine Brem-
norman Edmunds, the sweet-voiced So
prano, will be the soloists of tomorrow
evenings concert Mr. Pierce will perform
the magnificent Tschaikowsky concerto in
fat major, with orchestral accompani-
mcnt. This work is seldom heard in public
in this city and will be of unusual interest.
Mrs. Edmunds will sing the finale from
Mendeiss0hh Loreley, WITH the mixed
chorus. The programme in full will be the
| following:
Overture, "Mignon'' ................. Thomas
Orchestra.
by the Waters of Babylon ......... Gounod
Mixed Chorus and Orchestra.
Concerto for piano and orchestra in b
oV1 irP Willard Pierce and oTehestPS
|
(b) I'm Autumn .Meyer-Olberslebe
Male Chorus
Finale from ''LOreley" ......... Mendelssohn
Mrs. Josephine Bremmerman Edmunds.
Mixed chorus and Orchestra
American FANTASIA ................ Herbert
Orchestra.
The forthcoming concert of Adelina Patti
in Indianapolis is attracting much inter-
est in this city and adjoining places. and
the chances are that Tomlinson Hall will
| contain an immense crowd week from
next Wednesday night. No singer in the
| worlds history has ever held the place in
which Patti has long been firmly estab-
| lished, and. even though the great diva may
not retain the marvellous voice which
for so many years thrilled the whole world,
there still fingers a great desire TO see and
hear her once again when she appears in
public for the last time.
PATHS career has been a most remark
able one she was born on Feb. 10, 1s4S.
and was, therefore, sixty-One years old
the day before yesterday. OF course
il is not possible that at this age she is the
same wonderful soprano that she was be-
fore she retired from the concert platform,
but at the same time there seems TO be no
doubt that her voice, even now, is of better
quality than that of many distinguished
singers. Patti comes of a singing family.
Her mother known in opera as Madame
BaTilh was a famous dramatic soprano,
while her father Signor Salvador Patti,
was also vocalist of much ability.
Ii was Nine. Barilis own son who
taught the diVa's mother much that he
knew about music and this same son,
half brother of Adeina, gave the diva her
nrst instruction in vocal education. 1t is
told that. although Patti early showed
great talent as a singer, she was not in
clined 10 undergo hard study, BIeferring
To sing the simple songs that she knew.
rather than TO work for hours on the eX-
ercises that her half brother assigned to
her. As means of insuring study il is
said that Barill at times locked his little
| pupil IN "A room. with the understanding
that she would be released within a few
hours, provided she had worked faithfully
| upon the lessons prescribed for her.
| Patu was brought TO America when she
was nve years old and her early musical
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