Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-21

A unique and Interesting musical
organization began a three days en-
gagement at Saltair yesterday after
noon. in the appearance ofi;Innes' Or
chestral band. the, first Of it's special
kind ever to play here, and the first
$appearanceof the noted bandmaster
in this cityfor some years. There was
much interest in anticipation among
the local musical public. particularly
because of the recent performance of
Ellery's italian band. This SO whetted
the Salt Lake musical appetite that
there was an audience present yester-
day that exceeded last weeks au-
ldiences both in size and eagerness of
expectancy.
Mr.. Innes came with his band from
Seattle, where they filed a long and
satisfactory engagement, stopping at
the principal centers via, Oakland,
Cal, where successful recitals were
given before good audiences for In
hes is known in this country almost as
we'll as Mr.. Susa. His band including
40 men. is called orchestral because of
3stringed features introduced into its
Instrumentation, with the omission of
heavier brass and iwoOdWind instru-
inets, and a reduction of the brass wind
choir. Mr.. Innes has the following in
strumentation: Three comets, two
trumpets, four French horns, three
slide trombones. one baritone horn.
alto, tenor and baritone 3saXaphones, II
clarinets. two flutes. two obOes, two
bassoons, one harp. one cello, two
string BASES withFthe usual drum and
tympani battery, The ordinary mill
tary band arrangements do not, in
consequence fit with this Instruments
ton, so MI. lines does his own ar
ranging. which a man of his musical
experience is fully able to do: many,
If not most of the scores are in manu-
script FORM.
All this may not be .'orthodoX": it
may in fact be regarded as n marked
violation of military concert band can
Ons. But at all events this lisa ques-
ton in concert band ethics that may
be left for the. sticklers for&old es-
tablished standards to argue over. The
point at issue is. does 1t please the
general ear? Does it crafty the mus
ical senses of the multitude?fIf it does,
then such n departure from old es-
tablished usage will be considered par
donable because it tickles the crowd
aud draws large audiences, swelling
the box Office receipts to Il plethoric
and well-fed figure. And it may be
here more than incidentally remarked
in reply to the famous query of Mr..
Flanagan OF Texas, That's what we
are here for.
OF course bandmasters have their
that could be the criti-
cism from Mr.. Sousa, with his usual
smile, for he denies rigidly the propri-
ETY. of Introducing strings into a mill
tary band. At the same time. Mr.. Cap
pa. late leader Of the New York Sew
enths band, once told the writer that
under no condition would he allow
in his organizations; said
he could produce the same effects by n
of other Instruments Racial
prejudice probably had a good deal to
do with this. for Mr.. Cappa is an Italian
to the manor horn, while the saXaphone
is essentially u French instrument. Mr..
Gilmore was also fond of introducing
new tangled IDEAS. as for instance
his quintet of "antoniophones," a fea-
ture III band performance that was
born, lived and died with. him.
z However, be that as it may" Mr.
Innis certainly pleased the great crowds
that gathered at Salrair yesterday aft
ernoon and evening. The Bowery is a
poor place for satisfactory work, and