The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-09-15
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CITY LISTENED
Great Bandmaster Received
Great Reoeplion-Band All
That Is Claimed for II.
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Nearly all Of Honolulu heard sousa's
band yesterday afternoon and evening,
for those who we're not In the vast
throng in tho Biiou theater listened 10
the music from packed streets and al.
lcyways leading to tho theator. II was
sousa s day, and he not only, came, saw
and conquered but took the town by
storm. 1t is one thing to have heard
Sousa 3 marches with their martial,
patriotic ring but it is another thing
to hear those marches when the band
is led by the incompatible sOusa him
self There were hundreds who went
to hear Sousa's band just to be able to
say that they had seen the great com
poser and director in action.
The bandmaster and his great band
arrived on the Makura early in the
forenoon from world tour, and Homo
lulu is the last of the "foreign" places
he will visit, for he will next step upon
American, although Canadian, soil, and
feel that he is once more back in the
continent of the Stars and Stripes For
ever. He may feel, too, that in his
grand tour he has done something to-
ward making the Hands-Across.t he-Sea
movement mean something, for even in
British lands he stirred his audiences
with his we'll known patriotic airs, and
then composed new marches in their
honor. Perhaps he will compose one
dedicated to Hawaii. for his band plays
Aloha De as no other band has ever
played it, and that selection yesterday
afternoon, played as an encore, brought
an enthusiastic response from the audi
ence.
Although there are between forty
and fifty pieces in the band, the in
strnments are played so evenly that
there is a sustained melody throughout
and at times one feels that he is listen
ing TO a cathedral organ. His ode
scriptive" selections, notably that de-
scribing Napoleon's entry into Moscow
and his repulse, and the downfall Of
Lucifer in his attempt to wrest the
cross from the cathedral spire of Stras
burg, were magnificently rendered.
But il is in Sousa himself that much
of the interest of the audience was cen
tered. His well known mannerisms in
leading his hand are the same today
as twenty-five years ago when he was
icduAIR Tue Oulhtu obabtS mhEiu6 Ddho
at Washington, or eighteen years ago
when he was directing his own band at
the World Is Fair in Chicago.
His own marches give him a certain
swing of the arms which revived mem
cries among those who had seen him so
long ago. His encores were mainly his
own compositions such as High School
Cadets, Manhattan Beach, King Cotton,
FL Captain, Hands Across the Sea and
at the first swing of his baton in these
he was enthusiastically applauded.
His soloists contribute well to a
strong program, the cornestist possess
ing rare talent.
AS compliment to Bandmaster
Sousa, the greatest of leaders in Amer
lea, Bandmaster H. Berger of the Royal
Hawaiian Band, the greatcst of leaders
in the Hawaiian Islands, last night
serenaded the visiting musical genius.
The Hawaiian band went down to the
Alafea wharf and while the MalSura
was being made ready for her departure
for Vancouver the Hawaiian band play
ed Hawaiian selections and Bandmaster
Berger and the bandsmen received the
thanks of Mr., Sousa for himself md on
behalf of his band. A large crowd was
present at the wharf to witoness the
departure of the liner.