The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17

Sonsa and his band have come and gone
out the dclightful music which was rcnd
cred under the direction of the famous
bdndmastcr Will lingcr long with those
who were present at the two concerts
given in the Salt Lake tabernacle on
Iuesday afternoon and night
Al the afternoon performance ]. 800 per-
sons were present. at the evening 1900
were present And these $500 people list
ened and were delighted and charmed.
But Sousa forgot one thing-he neglected
a patriotic Ir-iorgot tho american Pa
troll eliminated The star -Spanclcd Ban
ner,' neglected his medley OF patriotic
airs. There Were those who heard him
and his band who were disappointed be
cause he forgot the music which i'm hts
many concerts has always stirred his
an9lences, 9 y,si True he. played The stars
endure Ike his old medlcys, when the
music OF his band sent the blood lin2-
ling through ones veins. when II aroused
the spirit Of patriotism in the breasts OF
the great audiences who heard him. Tho
1000 people who listened to him Tuesday
would Ike 10 have stood up when the
strains Of The Star-SpanGlcd Banner"
were heard when America" was rem
dcrrd, but Sousa forgot this.
The classical Is all right but too much
classical don't 90. The great bandmas-
ter. the march king. I'm interviews on his
Western tour has declared that the pub
lic taste is improving In so far as music
is concerned. 80 II ~. But the people
do not attend SouSa concerts to hcar =
IN" hiEh!N classical. neither do they so
Ia hear ''ragtim" MT but they 20
TO hear the Sousa baud of old
1h" people of salt Lake arc no diff
icrcnt from those who live elsewhere. i'm
50 far Ts their musical tastes are con-
ccrnod. except that they arc more crit
icdl. and while they enjoy the harmony.
while they comment upon the technique
and the blending of the wood and tho
brass AS in tho prelude 10 the Russian
drama. Crime and Punishment" thov
t.s1T t,t
sponsc 10 the encore Sousa rendered Tho
Falrcst OF the Fair and they went
INTO ccstaci"s wAcu he again responded
70 the encore and his band played MY
Nifc's Gone 10 the Country Tor in a
was the jolly music, the braciug music
the music which Is Eingcry and causes
on" To forgot trouble and care.
No! While the two concerts given
by SouSd and his band in the tabernacle
on Tuesday were splendid recitals. while
the few. II did not 10 the many and
this was true of the soloiSts as IL was
OF tho band. The encore given Miss
of iantasic Tor violin, Romeo and
Juliet brought illrtman'S transcription
ITO Wild Rose" and this was fol-
lowed by a Hungarian dance. which
pleased moro than did the extremely diff
BCult fantastic.
At the evening concert there were two
numbers rendered by tho tabernacle
choir, one of which included the organ.
over which Professor Mcclellan presided
and i'm which Sousa'S band participated
all under th" direction OF Evan Stephens.
conductor which We're rendered I'm a mag
niiiCcut manner ana which mrritcd the
hearty applause given.
But SOusa and his band as said has
com" and gone, and while the music /
rendered may have been. from an cN-
lrcmc musical standpoint. Of a higher |
character than heretofore. II was not 4 I
~ousa concert of old, and that is what .
people turned out TO hear.