The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-22

OF English manufacture, some of !
German, and were very good pianos |
in spite of their long voyage and |
the tropical climate. As | recall II,
there were no very competent tuners
to be had, so the pianos suffered
somewhat, being almost always out
of tune; hut one gets used to being
deprived Of luxuries when away
from the center Of civilization, and
1 know my own piano--a CHECKER.
ing--served the we'll for several years
with little or no attention from a
tuner.
Mrs. Coady, half caste; Mrs. Brew
ar, American; NJ. Reiners and Mr..
Melchers, Germans, were the quartet
to whom we were indebted for many
musical treats. They never shirked
rehearsals, singing to form perfect
whole and sinking personal feeling
in the general good.
Que concert deserves especial
mention. 1t was held at the Fort
Street Church, then the largest
auditorium in the city.
The opening chorus, from LA
Dame Blanche" was sung in French.
The sopranos should have begun,
but, all too frightened to start un.
supported, waited for the other, SO
none Of them ventured, and the
orchestral mild piano orchestra
kept on with the 1924, 1924,
until the contraltos took up the air,
when the sopranos, as II having kept
1t pent up as long as possible, burst
into perfect roar. The only words
one could distinguish were "les
moutagna'ds s'ont reuDis," repeated
as many times and in as many differ
ent accents as there were singers, so
that they seemed to form words for
the entire chorus.
The accident to the chorus paved
the way for other catastrophes. A
solo came to grief through the en-
, tire loss Of a voice, the flute kept on
, and on, the accompanist glared to
such an extent that the flute lost its
place, came to grief and stopped,
| much to the CONSERVATION aud also
, delight of the audience. The TIE
, Deum, possibly sung in Latin, turn
ed out a dirge, while one Of the
= 'quartet"'was kept away by serious
illness As q concert 1t was not q
= success, yet il remains in the memory
. for more wildly than the many
others that were.
What the exact requirements were
that entitled one to become mem.
Der Of the Amateur Musical Society
has never TRANSFERRED, but all the
members were performers" or "sing.
ers." The flute player was o pro-
miuent feature OF every concert, his
limited repertoire being listened to
with increasing terror as the years
went on. What an infliction to a
musical ear! Il was rather fun
though. Honolulu whispered that
: his wife, a strong minded, strong
, featured woman who performed,
r ou the piano and played his accom-.
paniments, rather benpecked the
gentle little mainland that he stood
IN mortal terror Of her anger should
v "he put her out" in one Of their IN.
0 terininabls duets. So IL was q sight
!. to see him working, putting, blow.
ing. to keep in tune aud time, while
70 his wifo transfixed him with stony
q glare at every evidence OH his part
'. Of dropping behind.
), Tn. English element must have
. outnumbered the German, or there
y would have been less OF the "Chough
I. aud Crow" aud other fsvorite airs
e dear to every English heart, even
il now.
The wife OF the French Ambassa
dor was Que OF the best musicians
II A Partisan, her musical education
d had been OF high order. She also
n despised "wsltz players" having i,
, high standard tina, found but few
sympathizers except among The
'e Germaus. -Ncw York Musical Courier