Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-06-22
German Music.

Carl's band is the leading band at
Stuttgart. The bands In Germany are
all famous-that is, with foreigners, for
they all play SO well and with such won-
derful 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, II
is said, is star player on his particular
instrument, and if the cornet, the trIlm-
pet, the trombone, or even the man who
clangs the cymbals or beats the bass
drum is called upon by an audience for
a solo, he can respond in manner and
with skill that will ''bring down the
house" with applause. Carl himself is a
great musician and has become celebrated
as composer. He is such a 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 and
thorough training that they are the mas
ters of not only one instrument but of
several, and are equally ''at home" on
violins, clarionets, post horns, harps,
trombones, citherns, mandolins, pianos
or church organs
One of the great pleasures derived
from living in Stuttgart is the free con-
cert which is given every day by the
band in the kiosk in front of the kings
palace. At precisely 11.50 at 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. 1t has the
appearance of a grand military review,
only on a very small scale. Not only
the infantry company but both bands
are In full German military costumes,
with side arms and brass helmet hats, as
if for dress parade before the king.
They have to march the whole length of
Konigstrasse, which is the Broadway of
Stuttgart. 1t is fine wide street, about
half mile long and lined on both sides
with elegant shops and private palaces.
A little before II it would seem as if
half the inhabitants of the city were
gathering on this street in anticipation
of the coming of Carl's band. As the
clock strikes II (the German military
are precise on time) the bands escorting
the military emerge from side street
into Konigstrasse. They strike up some
martial music, a quickstep or march,
which seems to start the city into life.
The crowd begins to grow more dense
every moment; people pour from the
side streets and from all directions store
keepers and clerks forsake their counters
and rush out ON to the sidewalks.
Schools close at II and scholars by the
hundreds with their knapsacks strapped
to their backs, rusb pell-mel to get as
near 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 a
distance it looks like an immense moving
mob that gathers new 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, abso.bs the
attention of the multitude.