The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-13
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with solo and ensemble effects un-
surpassed by any band In the country,
the United States Marine band. under
the leadership Of William III. SAntel-
mann, was heard at the Coliseum last
evening by = fairly largeAsized audi
ence.
The outstanding feature Of the play
ing Of the band Is the precision Of
technique and the manner In which
the hand plays together" Most OF
the members Of the examination have
been playing together for many years
The wood-wind section sections. es'
|pecfally. was Of high order.
No band program csn y setirely
complete without "HulxAk3An Rhap-
sody, No. @" by Franz ron kaszt
This was the last conctft pfecA on
the program and was . titthg 0nale
to an excellent program. Ia this Sc
lection the wood-winds. especially the
clarinets, are the predominant. instru'
.ments throughout. Sousa's and Crea.
torres band have played this number
on programs here. but the rendition
last evening surpassed any ever heard
here.
"Mtsnon" ENDOWED.
The program Was opened with the
solemn introduction to the overture
"Mignon." by Thomas. The effect pro
duced by the wood-winds, which re
sembled the effect of an orchestra
made this number one of the gems OF
The program. Although the band is
not an orchestral band, rs are many
of the touring aggregations. the ef
feet produced throughout the occa
sional predominance of the oboes, the
bassoons and the English horns, gave
this selection the tone OF an orchestra
One Of Sousa's most popular marches
was used as an encore number to the
overture. 'ss
"The Candle Dance OF the; Bridge
of Kaschmir." from ballet "Faramors.'
by Rubenstein, was the second mum
Der. Clarinets and wood-winds gave
an orchestral tone to this selection az
we'll. A clever arrangement, Of south
ern melodies, into \ "patrol" was the
encore for this number. f.s
Technique and tone quality were
the features of the cornet sole by
Arthur Whitcomb IN the grand fan
tasia, Pearl of the Ocean" Mr.. Whit
comb is a master Of the cornet. The
encore number, Down by the Old Mil
Stream" with corinet obligato, was
played. The chorus of this well-known
popular melody was sung by the band
members as accompaniment to the
solo.
Plays italian Selection.
The ever-popular "On the Beautiful
Blue Danube" was played in artistic
fashion, and a clever arrangement OF
dublin Bay" intermingled with Irish
Melodies, was played as an encore tc
this piece. In the Intermezzo from the
Jewels of the Madonna" by Ferrari
the piccolo and bassoon gave the out
standing effect. This selection was
typically Italian. with the sudden eli
MAKES and double bass attacks.
1.-THE Entrance of the Gods Into
Walhau." from The. Rinegold." by
EMagner.-zwas done in excellent fash
lon as far as is possible for a band
to. play It. The selection, however
appeared to be better adapted to or
chestral arrangement. Dvorak's "Hu
morsake," was played as an encore.
"Seviliana" Appeals.
The most artistic selection on the
program was the scene from "Sevil
lana" by Sir Edward Elgar. the popu
lar English composer. The band ar
rangement of this piece is especial.
happy. The short staccato work OF
the piccolo and oboes, with the running
accompaniment of the clarinets; the