Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-08-04
GERMAN MUSIC.

Carl's band is the leading band at Stutt
CART. The bands in Germany are all ia
mous-that is, with foreigners, for they all
play 30 we'll and with such wonderful skill
But some of them have greater regulations
and are greater favorites than Others. Carl's
band, which is attached to one of the kings
regiments. has sixty members, and each mem
Der, it is said, is star player on his particu'
lar instrument, and if the cornet, the trum
pet, the trombone, or even the man who
clangs the cymbals or beats the bass drum
is called upon by an audience for solo, he
can respond in manner and with skill
that will "bring down the house. with ap.
plause. Carl himself is great musician and
has become celebrated as 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 and thor.
ough training that they are the masters OF
not only one instrument but of several, and
are equally lat home" on violins, clarionets,
post horns, harps, trombones, citherns, man
dolins, pianos or church organs.
One of the great pleasures derived from
living in Stuttgart is the .e concert which
is given every day by the band in the kiosk
in front of the kings palace. At precisely
11.50 at midday drum and fife corps of
twenty members, Carl's band of sixty and an
infantry company of about 100 men, file out
of the grounds of the military barracks in
the upper part of the city and proceed to.
ward the kings palace. 1t has the appear
ance 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 Broad.
way 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 IL 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 IL (the German
military are precise on time) the bands es
corting the military emerge from side
street into Konigstrasse. They strike up
some martial music, quickstep or march,
which seems to start the city into life The
crowd begins to grow more dense every mo.
,uent; people pour from the side streets, and
from all directions storekeepers and clerks
forsake their counters and rush out on to the
sidewalks. Schools close at IL and scholars
by the hundreds with their knapsacksstrapped
to their backs, rush pell-mell 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 &C.
count-Carls band, which is playing so splen-
didly, occasionally relieved by the fife and
drum corps, absorbs the attention of the mul-
titude.