The Washington herald., 1909-03-06
INSPIRE
LOVERS OF MUSIC
Two Fine Programmes Given
in Pension Building.
OTHERS PLANNED FOR TODAY
ThrOnE of 10000 Persons Attends
Evening Performance in Inaugural
Ball ROOn-Great Chorus Does Ef-
fective Work, which Is Fully Ap-
Preeiated by Music Lovers.

a throng Of more than I2.000 persons
squeezed and wedged themselves about
the Inaugural ballroom for the greater
part OF last evening. both to hear the
music and 10 see the beautiful decorations
OF tie ballroom, and go over the almost
fairy scene OF last night in their imagi-
nation.
The great chorus under the baton OF
3Ir. Percy S. Foster. numbering so Of
WashingtOn's best voices, and the Marine
Band Orchestra under the baton Of Lieut..
Saatelmann were Inspiration. indeed. to
say nothing Of the effective singing OF
Mrs. Anne Grant Fugitt. soprano soloist.
whose clear. telling tones reached almost
the farthermost corners Of the mammoth
hall.
She was eminently successful in the try
ing work OF singing in so vast a place.
and her ringing high tones aroused the
greatest enthusiasm. The chorus sang
with characteristic precision and shad-
ing. which all chorUses conducted by Mr..
Foster do The tone work vas splendid.
and the audience listened attentiveIy 20
every number.
Concerts To-day
The concerts to-day viii attract a no
less interesting crowd. though doubtless
not such large ones, as most Of the Wis
itors took advantage Of yesterdays con-
certs. OWING 20 the great numbers leaving
the city last night an5 this morning.
The Offering ar this afternoons concert
VIII be the Philippine Constsbulary Band,
Capt. ". H. Loving. director. assisted by
the Taft GIee Club, Dayton, Ohio. and
the weli-known Musurgia GIee Club. OF
Washington, D. c. Edgar Priest. conduc-
tor The programme Is as follows:
Overture. Tampa" CHero1O: (a) ''8Iul-
ligan Musketeers'' (Atkinson): 90 Breeze
OF the Night Q.amOthe). Dayton Taft
Glee Club: excerpt from Ia Gioconda
Dance OF the Hours. PonchineIiD: Cb)
First Heart-throbs' CEHenbergl: (O
''LanGsighting" (Grieg). lb) Winter Song
CBullard), MusUrgia Club; fantasia for the
tuba, "BeeIzebub" (CatozzD. Senor HipO-
Ito de la Cruz: fantasia. My Old Ken
lucky Home" Dalbey): (s) Sword Of
tarrara" CBullard). (b) Sunset Cvan de
Water. Dayton Taft Glee Club: Moon
light Sonata" FIRST movement. Beetho-
ven); 90 'eTOrchlight Dance ('"The Bride
Of Kashmir'O (Rubinsteinl; suite De
Valses. -EPana'- CWaldteufeD; (a) The
Sweetest Flower CHavley). Cb) The
EIfman'' CGibsOn). Musurgia Club: selec-
ton from Carmen" CBizet; Grand Pas
torai and Hunting Scene-Le Fremers-
berg" (Koennemann).
TO-niEht's Programme.
To-nights programme viii be given by
the inaugural chorus again. with the Ma
rine Band Orchestra and Mrs. Fugitt. and
their programme viii include the opening
number Of America overture TO Bee
thoven's Egmont," by the orchestra. and
the soldiers chorus from Gounod's
Faust" by the Inaugural chorus; Re
cessionaF' Ode Koven). Inaugural chorus:
Georgetown March" ernest LenO, gems
Of Stephen Foster (TobanD. Our Coun-
try's Festival March CWhiting). and
Columbia. Beloved OOnizettD. adapted
from the opera 'Lucrezia," inaugural
chorus: waltz, The Bachelors" CSantel-
MANN. Union and Liberty" (Parker),
and March Of Our Nation (Geiben, IN
augural chorus; Slavonie dance, No. S
1 Dvorak). "Infiammatus" CRossini). and
( haIIelujah chorus, Messiah CHandeD,
inaugural chorus; soprano solo. Star
! Spanzled Banner (Key), Mrs Anna
/ Grant Fugitt
| The throng last night was typical OF
! inauguration week It was Of all classes.
+ all nationalities, and all kinds, some in
evening clothes. some in the plainest Of
I street clothes. but all more or less well
I dressed. and all disnified and good uatured
/ in spite Of the discOmfOrts Of being
/ crowded and overheated-
/ There were some, to be sure, for whom
! the heat in the galleries was too much.
and they collapsed They were quickly
removed 20 the many rooms, where there
were comforts in the way Of chairs,
I cOuches. and water, and. better than any
thing else. air. They speedily recovered.
Warm Praises Given.
I The work Of the chorus and orchestra
could not be too warmly praised, and the
( thousands Of visitors to Washington viii
carry away with them the impression
that we can make music here that is
really worth while
The programme last night was as fol-
lows:
America" overture to Weber.s
s'Oberon;" TO Thee. o Country" Eich-
berg. inaugural chorus; GeibeFs March
I OF Our Nation" chorus; Won Blon's Tone
Picture. Spring OF Love-" Union and
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