Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1846-07-22
From the National Press.
MUSICAL. TASTE OF THE GERMANS.
BERLIN, May 26, 1916,


Germany is true musc-country-to say nothing
Of poetry painting architecture, philosophy, science
and historical and romantic legends and associations.
Music took root here long ago, and fourishes with
the hardy vigour of native plant. Luther exerted
himself to promote the general diffusion of ar art he
loved and is usually represented in his family circle
with musical instrument in his hand. The Ger
man march, the German waltz, the German opera,
the German oratoro, tcorld by-rords; and gal
axy of immortal composers, among whom Chuck,
Mozart, Handel, Beethoven, Haydn, Beach, Weber,
Spohr Heyerbeer MendelSohn, and others too nu-
merous to name raise in the breast of the music low
ing traveller, feelings o. grateful admiration, and
of affection for the land which gave them birth.
Germany is not less celebrated for musical compo-
sers, than for remarkable diffusion OF taste and
knowledge in this particular. Music forms part OF
education. Even in tue orphan asyluIns, and the tree
schools taught to those poor destitute children
whose it will be to seek their daily bread in the low
est and most laborous walks Of society. In Prussia
you know every child goes to school, as every man
serves in the army. Hence at all places, on all &C.
casons, and at all hours there music. During the
whole year, there is continual round of public
ming concerts, and afternoon concerts, and evening
concerts. In the winter they held in spacious
saloons decorated often with vines, orangetrees and
flowers, flor flowers arc loved as much as music,)
winter gardens being great resource. In summer
they take place in the open air. in groves and gard
ems, or in the beautiful Park. 1t is here that the
Germans appear in particularly pleasing light. In
England and in the United States, the newspapers,
ty-walls, lamp-posts, sc. would be pasted with ap-
peas, in large capitals, to the opinions or passions
of the people, ward-meetings, r-hallmeetings,
convusive calls to votersbittng attack and furious
defence: here the bll-paster-(that mighty uncon-
scous Prospero, in a republic with free press!)-
hangs forth his innocuous announcement of sOefent
iehe Vegnuegungenr-(Pub amusements,)- of
which music forms the sole or principal featu re-
Here we have great evening concert la Strauss
under the direction of this or that celebrated leader
there great musk .4nfuerhrmg, or a Great
Double Concert mat fuerrcerk great concert ,cith
battle music or concert Of tumpets or great con-
cert and ball. or, sc cauallerie musik or concert of
strineed, or of ,cind Instruments. These varieties
are copied at random, from newspaper, which con-
tans several others. For instance: s'to-day, Mon
Ian. hoyn-pusic at Schmidfs, and ''to-day concert
and fo,cer lottery at the Stetner Coffee House, and
aoreat concert at No!4 Old Schoenberg, 10Th gar
den aumina,ion each visitor to pay ,chat he likes"
The superb bands of the various regiments in garri
son. here come, this way, often before the public,
a great and almost gratuitous luxury. The porter
of the house, in which reside, celebrated the other
day. his golden Hochzeit golden wedding, o. the 5oth
anniversary of his marriage day. with band of mu
sic in the court-and Major General Blank, who
occupies the rooms below me, is not unfrequently