The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-15

prepared for Topeka, and which were
printed in full in the State Journal last
Saturday. have never been heard here.
Each concert presents feature list and
French-Russian, rag time, Wagnerian,
German, symphony, popular, miscel-
laneous, children's, Beethoven-Sullivan,
"Parsifal," and others of distinctive
character follow one another to the end
of the series-farewell night. On the
latter The Trumpeter's Farewell for
cornet, Goodbye by Tosti for soprano
How Can Leave Thee Lassen's fes-
tival overture, and THE Scots Fare
well,' ending with that glorious pledge
of affectionate remembrance "Auld
Lang Syne,'' give an idea of how the
bandmaster makes the music fit the oc-
casion.
Starts With Popular Concerts.
Tomorrow's musical menus Innes has
styled grand inaugural popular pro-
grams" This means music for every
one. The opening number, the "Jubel"
overture, is the selection with which the
conductor invariably opens series of
concerts. It is song of thanksgiving.
this Jubilee" overture, written by Carl
Maria Won Weber in 1918 to commem-
crate the fiftieth anniversary of the ac-
cession of King Frederick Augustus 1
to the throne of Saxony. 1t is, indeed,
a fitting number to introduce music
I festival.
| Light numbers by Laconnbe and Innes
and the two well known hymns Nearer,
My God, to Thee and Jerusalem the
Golden" will likely divide honors with
| the heavier "Lohengrin'' fantasy, the
| Goldmark nocturne and the Second
Hungarian Rhapsody in the attention
| bestowed by the Sunday afternoon
crowd. The Liszt rhapsody here pro-
grammed is the best known of this ser
| les of his compositions. With its solemn,
majestic beginning not. unlike a funeral
march, and it's whirlwind fortissino,
breathing a spirit of hope, determina-
| ton and joy, it is a favorite even with
| those whose musical understanding has
not attained the highest Innes with
| his band of orchestral resources should
| play it with pronounced effect. Levy,
the king of cornetists of another age,
| made a fantasy for his instrument on
| the we'll known German folk song "Du
Und Du'' which will have worthy in
| depreciation by his successor, Kryl. By
| way of sending the audience away in
high spirits an arrangement of popular
English and American airs called
"Anglo-Ameri will be played.
Sousa and Innes Marches.
There is so much of we'll known
/ quality on the night programme that it
is hard to comment on any numbers in
| exclusion to the others. 'fSakuntala, -
| Goldmark's overture, has not been made
| familiar by concert performance in To-
/ peka. But the Sousa and InneS march
| es, Stars and Stripes" and prince
| Charming" have been heard frequently
and Mendelssohn's Spring Song is
| known to all. The unique piece is
Saint-Saen's "Danse Macabre'' OF
Dance of the Skeletons which Innes
/ describes as the work of the greatest
/ living musician The rafting bones o1
/ the skeletons, which assemble, upon the
| clock striking the hour of midnight an6
dance with ever increasing vigor til
/ the revels are abruptly terminated By
/ the Growing of the cock, are scarcely
forgotten by those who heard Innes
| play the piece in the Auditorium
"Kammenoi Ostrow,'' played then, Is
] also remembered. Mrs. Partridge vii
/ have her introduction to a Topeka au-
| dience in the song for soprano Love
in Springtime,'' by Arditi, the cornpos
er of III Bacio" (the Kiss) for Adelins
i Patti Liszts Second Polonaise vii
end the programme
1t must be remembered that marches
| arrangements of popular airs, and many
springhtly little novelties will be play
ed as encores from the extensive rep
ertoire OF this great organization. -