Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
REGlMENTAL BAND WINS ADD.
TIoNAL LAURELS IN LAST
NIGHTS CONCERT.
EVERY NUMBER GOOD
Excellence of Program Attested to by
Immense Crowd, Which is
Liberal With
Applause.

appointed at the concerts given by
the Fifty-fourth band, said music
lover last night as he left the opera
house at the close of the concert Civ
en- under the auspices of the Y. Nj. G.
A., as number on the star course.
Ever pleasing in the past, they bid TO
become even more so in the future. If
'ast nights concert is a criterion, their
popularity is surely in the ascendancy.
Not number but was good and many
were Of exceptional merit. The pro-
gram consisted OF a selection of pieces
made by that master of the band, the
man who knows music as he does his
own heart, Prof. B. o. Worrell Six
numbers We're enumerated on the pro-
gram, but repeated encores prolonged
the concert, and even then the audi
ence We're loath to leave the theater,
so enraptured were they by the ex-
quisite harmony, the perfect mastery
of the various instruments by the mu-
sicians, and all swayed by the magic
of the leader, Prof B. o. Worrell.
Captivate Audience.
Beginning with Faust" a selection
by Gounod, the audience was captivat-
ed and held under the spell of the mu-
sicians throughout. 'Tannhauser,"
Red Mill" and a tone poem, "Traum-
bilder," were recipients of unstinteu
applause, and the encores given were
a feature of the concert in that their
arrangement showed knowledge of
the humorous In music that only an
artist can attempt without OVERRIDING.
| The reception given the encores Wed
| with 70 al Of no
program. To no particular instrument
or number of instruments is the
whole credit due; all were there in
many places, and none but had their
work to do, and did it well. 1t was a
real musical treat from the start to
the finish.
Trip to Country.
The hit of the evening, perhaps, was
the descriptive piece titled. "a Trir
to the Country" One is at loss tc
describe the piece, but a synopsis Of
the fantasia is about like this:
Hot and dusty day in the city, des
cribed by clarinets and BASES in {
monotonous, drone-like minor motive
Imitation Of passing street car a
short intervals. A pedestrian is lazily
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the disagreeable features Of the ho
city, the plaintive minor melody des
cribing his feelings, taken by hee
trombone. A happy thought Of a triI
to the country strikes our despon
dent pedestrian, boldly announced by
the comets in a joyous major strain
AS he again relapses into reflections
4 over the possibilities Of the trip, hi:
thoughts are suddenly interrupted b!
a hand organ with bad notes ant
out of tune(. AS soon as the organ i!
out of hearing distance, he makes hur
ried preparations to leave the city
described by the reeds in continu
GUS rumbling passage Of rapid notes
changing suddenly into a clear GU
march rhythm representing his wall
to the depot He hears the whistle o
his train and breaks into a run, reach
ing the depot barely in time to hea
his train called. He boards the trail
and Is off, the composer using a galol
to describe the ride. AS he reache
"Scragtown" a perfect bedlam 0
voices from hack drivers and ven
doris greets his ears. He takes bu
for the hotel, the ride being described
by capricious little polka for reeds
with a rumbling bass accompaniment
The gong announces dinner; he take
an afternoon nap and has bad dreams
(You may imagine his dreams by tn
striking modulations, which occur il
the baritone solo which is used to des
cribe this situation.) He is rudel
awakened by the blasts of a cornet
which represent the leader of the tow
band assembling his men for the sere
made. You next enjoy a serenade b
the "Scragtown Silver Cornet Band,
which, unfortunately (?) breaks dowr
Our friend beats a hasty retreat, des
cribed by rapid passage for reed
and cornet He stops short in his fligh
remembering dance to which he ha
been invited; he attends the dane
and enjoys regular old fashione
quadrille (clarinets represent fiddle
tuning) etc. AS the figure ends, quar-
, rel begins and our friend Is throw
out He starts home to the music c
the original march theme, and with
better. opinion Of Home, Swee
Home"