The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-07
German Music.

Carls band is the leading band Mt
Stuttgart. The bands in Germany are
all famous--that is, with foreigners, for
they all play SO well and with such won
dcrful skill. But some of them have
greater regulations and are greater favor
ties than others. Carl's band, which is
attached to one of the kings regiments,
has sixty members, and each member, it
IS said, is n star player OH his particular
instrument, and if the cornct, tho trum-
pet, the trombone, or even the man who
clangs the cymbals or beats the bass
drum is called upon by al audience for
a solo, he can respond in manner and
with Il skill that will "bring down the
house" with applause. Carl himself is a
great musician and has become celebrated
as q composer. He is such musical
enthusiast that it is said he does nothing
but drill his band from early morning
until late at night, and the members
have become SO proficient by long md
thorough training that they arc the mas
ters of not only one instrument but of
several, and arc equally cat home" on
violins, clarionets, post horns, harps,
trombones, cithcrns, mandolins, pianos
or church organs
One Of the great pleasures derived
from living in Stuttgart is tho free con-
cert which is given every day by the
band in the kiosk in front of the kings
palace. At precisely II. so ut midday a
drum and fife corps of twenty members,
Carl's band of sixty and an infantry COM
pany of about 100 men file out of the
grounds of the military barracks in the
upper part of the city and proceed
toward the kings palace It has, the
appearance of grand military review,
only on very small scale. Not only
the infantry company but both bands
are in full German military costumes,
with side arms and brass helmet hats, rs
if for a dress parade before tic king.
They have to march the whole length of
Konigstrasse,. which is the Broadway of
Stuttgart. 1t is q fine wide street, about
half mile long and lined ON both sides
with elegant shops and private palaces.
A little before 12 it would seem as if
half the inhabitants of the city were
gathering on this street in anticipation
of the coming Of Carls band. AS the
clock strikes IL (the German military
are precise on time) the bands escorting
the military emerge from 4 side Street
into Konigstrasse. They strike up some
martial music, quickstcp or march,
which seems to start the city into life.
The crowd begins to grow more dense
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side streets and from all directions store
keepers and clerks forsalle their counters
and rush out on to the sidewalks.
Schools close ut IL and scholars by the
hundreds with their knapsacks strapped
to their bncks, rush pcll-mcll to get as
hear the music as possible. The throngs
of people who were walking up the
street to meet the band turn about and
march down with it. The wide street,
sidewalks included in both directions, is
black with people. All are marching
and keeping step to the music. From
distance it looks like m immense moving
mob that gathers now strength as it rolls
along. The show of military is of no
account -Carl's band, which is playing
so splendidly, occasionally relieved by
the fife and drum corps, absorls the
attention of the multitude.