The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09
ARE WEA MUSICALPEOPLEf
WOMAN'S ANSWrR TO YRS. I'm,
Fay miners LLTTHR,


! To TnE EDITOR Oh TnES rN-Sir. Loyc;v
! AMI accomplished women are such netce uJ
in0 iential p,rtsdns that II IA eerinus thin, II,
como their opinions, vet beg leave f.. com.
stder thus publi'ly few of the wilmer Il la
points In Mrs. Peitcc'- otherwise vigorous nd
eminently readable article in last Sundny'ssr
!. ~. Pcifce gives Won Bulow rr At praise
| FOR having tas she cOnsiders) first told ua thar
we are a musical nation. but We did not need
this pi INST to tell us this. II wos proven 20
long ngo as when Jenny Lind rolled up her thou.
sauds by picking our pockets at the dime wi en-
tG25 were paid for single ticket to one Of taf
concerts.
III. Mrs. PIERCE asserts that the Germans have
never yet admitted that we are essentially .
musical people. II go, II Is then oxttnord narv
that they have 80 often sent their .rtisis oyer
here tn ret rich ny and through our ~ usic nv
De Never, Benedict. Satter, Rosa, Wiculswski.
Kuhinst In. Wachtcl mot all Germans, hut ne
good ~ Germ1nsl. with many others have come
and gone and come again. and N We testified 10
our musical nature and oecuni ~ Derality
wncre music Is concerned, iuu tue thlrt, three
wears ex'stency Of he Philharmonic Snciety,tns
popularity of ihOtuss's orchestra an the per-
Kl user. L Ritter G lierelnan. EncriHrdt,
hollcnhsucr, Dclstka, Hcrnhn. onto Siu.cr, ana
scores of others. surely argues 90 the no side
rcpeat u EOluw was not needcd to assure
us mat we are musical, measgrihN aud 10 cer-
tain point. he Germans We cknowiedued
have done, ana the gre test bar iers To- tue ad.
ncrmen Of American con .poscrs to-day ara
| Am. rio.ns m, msc,yes' not Gcrn. ans
III. Mrs. PIERCE beiraVs her Ia ance Of
America by asserting tdat We hive not IS good
teachers - they have Ia GERMANY" I assert
| that such professors OF cOuntefpOiIt a. G.. G.
Muller and john II. Cornell; Of the pano an
Richard Huffman, :. ID. Mills aud " ~. Ma on
| o. urchesuUtion ~ Edw RI hoilcnh 1uer nd l.
T. ltlt er of the voice as Bend lat. st, tanore,
nd RizZO Of tho violin a. Jo-. Burke II. Appy,
M,i2ka, G. Meyer. ond others, nj Of he Organ
a. J. h Paine, samuel y. W rren. and Geo. W.
'urran, cannot be surp ssed abroad, iur To
Simple reason that thCre men have themselves
come from the notbeds OF the ht-h,st musical
nrt IN Europe.
| hans she il a little rusty ia huno matt.ss.
". Mrs. PIERCE asserts that:
Wehave not inst widey .dnns.d music1t -rr - 20
that inn. c.inocu air that tc ct rians br,at - ls.
There the 50 rg urttt ~ con sea -Ir- o. $40
lcyci q ~ ias gone b'iorg hlu. - ~ B..
nHs 10 star IRON lhr arc e. a. ~ N'fr. ~
~ w., o. , ", ~ ~ u, 4; , ~, -
NV, " ~" ~ '',' ,''' w -. g.
Shc seems 10 lnlhk thht one - uNFN ~ h'r-
m ny wl'h ~ kh"NicugG 81 az h"h'. must
/ 'Hl t,ue N.I' IKE new hl."n - r,l""IN| ,t
aits the hl.io!y on at oe, 2o' .na"f.r me
! Hplnlon. S9cn hov.h - 'llWp'S uIvu ~'rrnne
We have 0"I. 10 re'd tue carry sl'''S. ~ ~ D..
men az Won Nemet, SSnu.n IN ana ven u
| v. MR.. T. irce c9nplaius thht hi J't me hol.
kins, NJ. j. h. =. me- 70 o'n', ~ l',i GU
! !" ots nave not hau Justice dYne ,hru hv Ger
ih"n conductors ~ America. COMICS ihAt "a
M. j.. n; me c"uli never " hri r., 81 70
tarlo' :. ttet, pi, un't4 ~ b"- go NHi ~ u %
! been for the friendly all oi carr Ssnaih. tie
! 6ciun cv"uuri"r
| VI. u. Z. ihelp- MS u 81 sew lhi 9ff t-f
! works Or nduced I the Bru"NlNh Wih 'u"ris
| Society through tue iri-ho-hip 81 'aa Les
mann. be man cohdh'tur.
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| poser mas mao tnihe "l hls "uth. TIE il' r~n ~
| ih"m ss or, hetiiu' .s nave AZ" ~. ts..e- fif
| iivu y anu MI b,ssI"r l. ,M"le ia l'@'tt''"i,
| hr. %. ". boise dnd ar. j. NJ. LORE " t-tr OF
| WORKSHOP formed under The die ii'f "i 49,
| hhinnielik' NJ utrhah eAat'lN. Nut a TO-
| eignef Of decidedly Herman s'hp' Lies.
REGARDING jerome 10 'kins, can a-!in e'fi.
| trhdtt Ms. leircrs asser iuu. lie has u Z
tral works performed ~ the lLilnniinnni- -
! ciety without success 'hc lrgth Is ingt -
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! harmonic SpcictY, nut Nas Reused GA atcuutt
OF the personal luminosity OF one of tne tors
for the orchestra II ne was 10 die t't - nhi WHO
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| no warmth OF hvnpuhN tor US Am caoN
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