Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-04
MUSICAL NOTES.

Mr. and Mrs. Mckee Rankin will appear
at the Metropolitan Theater, in this city,
some time this spring, in the plays The
Danites" and "'49."
DR.. Forbes, in the proceedings of the
Philadelphia Medical Society, describes an
operation by which the ring finger Of mu-
sicians is liberated from some Of the acces-
sorry tendons of its extensor muscles, and
thus acquires freedom of movement. Colts
chalk is said to have undergone an opera
ton Of the kind.-[Chicago Herald.
@There is noticeable boom in banjos,
which l believe is going to assume large
proportions pretty soon," says New York
professor. The real value OF the banj 10 Is
not yet widely known, and cannot be fully
discovered from the Use of it on the stage.
Its finest effects are not seen there, even III
the hands Of the most artistic players. The
public needs to be educated to its superb
range OF tone, and to that end | am intro
ducing a musical novelty in the shape of d
banjo orchestra. No other orchestra OF
the kind, | believe, exists anywhere, and
the audiences we have appeared before
were delighted with the musical effect.
A}v have twelve banjos, which range in
size from the small piccolo banjo to the big
professional instrument"
\ lively air on violin Will sometimes
set whole flock of geese wild with delight.
On one occasion, at country wedding,
there was a curious performance. After
dinner q lady entertained the guests as
sembled on the lawn with music from an
ACCORDION. 4 flock Of geese were feeding
in the road Just below the house, and with
outstretched necks answered back with
loud notes OF satisfaction. Soon white
gander commenced dancing lively jig,
keeping good time to the music. For sew
eral minutes he kept up the performance,
to the great delight Of the company. The
experiment was tried several times for a
week or more, and the tones OF the accor-
deoA never failed to set the old gander into
lively dance Popular Science Monthly.
Master Michael Banner, the celebrated
young violinist, is soon to return to the
Pacific coast. He is known to many of the
readers of the KECoRD-UNIoN, having
been born III Sacramento on the Goth OF
October, 1868, and having appeared here
in public concerts before departure for Eu-
rope TO pursue his music studies. He COM
menced taking lessons from his father at
the age of ), upon diminutive violin, and
soon displayed such genius that he was
provided with the best instructors 10 be
obtained on the coast, and at the age of 9
gave his first concert at San Francisco in
which he achieved marked success. He
gave several concerts in that city sub5e-
quently, prior to the winter of 1873, and
in October gave one in Sacramento. In
November Of the following year he rows
tied Sacramento, prior to his departure for
Europe, and gave two concerts, one in the
Congregational Church and another few
days later in the Metropolitan Theater.
His success in study, and before the public,
has been continuous and in rapid ascend
ancy since that time. In July last he was
awarded the first prize for the highest
grade of scholarship at the Nationa! Con
servatory of Music, Paris, and has since
appeared before the highest musical critics
and received fattering encomiums. Master
Banner, who is now l6 years Of age, began
an extended concert tour on the 10th of
last month, at Chicago, and will soon visit
Sacramento. When young Banner was last
in this city he was known as Mitchell Ban
ner but his name has since undergone
slight change, and he is now announced as
Michall Banner.