The mirror., 1923-12-27
QUARTERLY MEETING
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singing numbers only. But the two songs
he gave should entitle him to place
amongst the high gods of blue melody.
His Last Night on the Back Porch II loeed
her best of ai) must remain with his
audience as much living personality as
though Williams had sung it. While
Waiting for the Evening Mail came to
such life as to seem to walk right out the
front gate Il amt done no wrong) where
two thousand people are no doubt still
chuckling over it, leaving the forlorn MIR.
w. where high art momentarily always
leaves the artist-in the lurch. Mr.. WIS.
gesticulations are bit more than half of
his performance and permit of no doubt
as to his talent as an actor. As the saying
has it, he was the life of the party, and
one hopes to see him again both here and
hereafter. His accompanist, Mr.. K, on
the piano, left no gaps in the act.
Trombonology, played by Messers E. L.,
H. J., A. w. P, G. M. and E. c. recalls
the fact that the principles underlying the
now ancient success of ragtime, Alex
anders Ragtime Band and the later COM
bination of rag and jazz in 1T the Dark
toevn Shutters Ball, are still very much
active. Anyone "afraid of the noise" of a
trombone had no cause for complaint in
this instance for there was no noise, simply
good ragtime harmony and melody. Rag
time and jazz seem to separate somewhere
between the trombone and the saxaphone
when these instruments are used predom-
inantly, but the division is of one of intui-
tion rather than of analysis. Even Trombon-
ology carried over into modern jazz. This
was partly due to the accompaniment by
the band, but more to the musical sense
and ability of each of the players: These
men are an asset to any musical organ
ization and their selection was feature
of the program.
An encore number, Ny Ssveetie Went
Aeoay, played by Messers A. J. c., xylo-
phone, G. Y, clarinet, T. L. g., saxaphone,
]. c., c., saxaphone, and A. w. p, from
bone, made an especially pleasing combin-
alton for popular selection. Theirs is
the sort of music one is continually hoping
to hear in vaudeville before one has oc-
cupied at different times every seat in the
house. The saxaphone quintette, played
by Messers T. L. G., J. c. c., J. J. H.,
r E. M. and E. H., offered a selection Of
seasonable pieces with all of the adjectives
of verve thrown in. The players in these
two group numbers are each a member
of the Minnesota State Prison Concert
Band and the success of that organization
is made possible to considerable extent
by the ability they displayed in these sell
ections.
Professor R. ]. Reichkitzer as director
of the foregoing contributions proves him
self to be person of considerable scope
and artistic perceptivities. But it is in
his ability as a director of the ensemble,
as an interpreter of symphonic poems in
music, that he shows himself to the fullest
extent. The use he makes of Sousa's Stars
and Stripes is nothing if not elevating.
This is thrilling piece with dramatic
qualities and tempts one to compare it
with the yet unknown "great national
epic" The professor makes use, in the
latter part of the piece, of a bank of from
bones, the same as performed in from
bonology, with surprising lyrical effect.
After listening to this piece under his di-
rection one is lead to wish its acception as
the national anthem. Port Washington,
Long Island, and Saltwater have COM
bined to produce splendid piece of music.
Stradella, by Flotow, is as fine bit of
overture as one could ask. The professor
has interpreted this, as he has handled
Barnard's oratorio King of the Night, with
a sensitive feeling for whole and half
tone harmonics. Both of these overtures
demand highly skilled and trained or.