Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-26
SOUSA'S BAND
AFFORDS JOY
POPULAR MUSIC IS DEFTLY
MINGLED WITH CLASSICS
soLoIsTs GREETED BY WARM
APPRECIATION OF CROWD
Encores More Than Double Length of
Program as Prnted-"March
King" Directs in Usual
Fitting Style
BIZ w. HERBERT BLAKE

The Joy and the might anu IHe u
OF blaring brasses ana shrllllns II,9 IesG9
filled the vast Auditorium last nlght
and swept through the hearts OF nap
Nv audience, cleansing them of care as
only the care-free strains OF modern
American melody can. There were no
waits between numbers, and but SNORT
fntermission between the two halNeS o.
the program which Director Sousa hao
arranged for his big aggregation OF
nlavers The entire evening was a rush
and a swell Of melodiOus sound. Inc
program was a rather futile thlng De
cause there we're more encores thaH
original numbers. And the most char-
acteristic feature of the program was
the reluctant way we all arose TO ue-
part. 1t almost seemed as If 1t oughs
to go on forever, despite the terms OF
the lease with Manager Behymer.
Mr.. Sousa had chosen good variety
of selections. First we heard Golu-
marks descriptive Spring" which was
Diaved with excellent expression and
feeiing AS an encore came familiar
old "EI Captain" and one began to feel
at home. Herbert l.. Clarke followed
with a vivid cornet solo, showers OF
Gold" his own new composition, ana as
an encore we heard THE Carnival OF
Venice." with a varied adaptation in
which the entire orchestra shared hon
ors.
Mr.. sousa's "Bacchanalian suite"
feIicitously entitled people Who Live
in Glass Houses" came next, and
proved a quaint and clever musical
conceit The people are simply the
champagnes, Rhine wines, Whlskles
and cordials of an epicurean's dream.
We hear the popping of the corks, we
almost sip the suave languor of the
Rhine wines, we are able to guess
shrewdly at the entrance of the whls-
lxies. and the coming of the cordlaIs is
very clearly evidenced. The concep-
ton is a fetching one, and the eXecu-
tion last night was brilliant and spr-
tied.
Two encores must needs follow the
tale of the glass housed folk, and we
listened to "Rondo d Amour ana
s'The Free Lance" Then came
charming vocal duet by the Misses
Frances and Grace Hoyt-the Barca-
role from LES Contes de Hoffman, by
Offenbach. As an encore the Misses
Hoyt sang 1.-THE Merry Husband in
German-a sprightly and pretty selec-
tion.
Concluding the first part Of the con-
cert was the prelude to the Russian
drama, "Crime and Punishment" by
Rachmaninoff. 1t is a grim and tragic
thing. and one felt the relentlng con-
trasf when Mr.. Sousa wheeled his CO.
horts in a blithe attack on The talr-
est of the Fair" as first encore, after
ward following with THE Diplomat
Tschaikowsky's Fourth Symphony
Welded a welcome allegro, and on a re-
call we enjoyed nothing less than
festive variation on MY Wife's Gone
TO the Country" Before the orchestra
had completed its elaborate titillation
of this theme we felt completely as
sured that the good woman had gone.
The very repetition persuaded US.
Then came an entracte by Helmes-
berger and Mr.. Sousa's own Glory OF
the Yankee Navy not forgetting
Manhattan Beach" and good old
"Stars and Stripes Forever as encores.
Miss Florence Hardeman played vio-
lin fantasie Romeo and Juliet" very
ablv. So popular was her rendition
that one good soul in the rear of the
first floor bravely caroled out 'Hur-
ray!" AS if responding, Miss Harde-
man played ITO a Wild Rose as
encore. One fancies the gentleman
should have felt himself accurately de-
fined. Even this would not satisfy the
insistent crowd, and the violinist re-
turned with a pleasant rendition OF
Hungarian Dance" Mr. Sousa dettly
but unobtrusively directing the orches-
ira in it's accompaniment.
The concluding number was the rhap-
sodv. "Slavonic," by Friedman,
played by the entire orchestra. When
one looked at ones watch it seemed IN
credible that it should be half past 10.
Mr.. Sousa and his band will do you
good, unless the particular school of
musical preference to which you be-
long gives you predetermined reasons
for feeling in duty bound to scOrn the
popular idea in band music. And
even so, you will find, here and there,
a Whit and fragrance Of the classics
which will prove the catholicity of the
directors taste.
pending +ha boned for esta bIishn1ent
of municipal band concerts in America,
Mr.. Sousa and his fellow bandmaSters
are satisfying a very real and deep
longing of the popular heart. There
was once a time when I thought that
noble ballad, "Oh, Listen to the Band, "
was merely flippant and cursory. l
now know that it voices a fundamental
and insistent human fact and aspira-
ton.
Mr.. Sousa and his goodly company
made me sure of it last night.
Tuesdays matinee program at 2:30:
1. "Rondo Capriccioso CAIendelssohn).
@ Cornet solo, "The Debutante"
(Clarlxe), Herbert L. Clarke. 3. Suite,
at the Kings Court" (Sousa); (a)
"Her Ladyship the Countess" (b)
"Her Grace the Duchess" (c) Her
Majesty, the Queen" T. Waltz for So
pranos, Sunlight" (new), (Harriet
Ware), the Misses Hoyt. s. Medita-
Ilon, |INe lying GOel tIOLlSCndlk) }
Intermission. 6. Fdntasie, IAN Even
ing in Toledo" (Schmelling). 7. Mlnuet
from second suite (BiZet); (b) march
THE Fairest of the Fair" (Sousa. s.
Violin solo, Caprice" (Ogarew), Miss
Florence Hardeman. 9. Rhapsody
1.-THE Fourteenth" Giszt).
Evening program for Tuesday: 1.
Overture 1.-THE Bartered Bride" Sme-
tana). 2. Cornet solo, La Vetz'
(Clarke), Herbert /. Clarke. g. Suite
"Three Quotations" (Sousa); (a) "Tht
King Of France Marched Up the Hill
with Twenty Thousand Men; the King
of France Came Down the Hill anc
Meier Went Up Again." CD "And I
Too. Was Born in Arcadia" (c) mig
ger in the Woodpile." 4. Waltz for so
pranos, Love, Light of My Heart
(Sousa). the Misses Hoyt. s. "ThC
Well Tempered Clavier," choral ant
giant fugue (Bach). Intermission. 6
Staccato etude (Rubinstein). Z. Ca
Valse, "Berceuse" (Ferraris); (b
March. "The Glory Of the Yanke,
Navy" (new), (Sousa). s. Violin solo
s'Allegro from Concerto" (Mendels
sohn), Miss Florence Hardeman. 8
Rhapsody, 1.-THE Welsh" (German).