Arizona republican., 1897-10-17

ce1VG cOmmunlcai1OlS ISidtluS tO sical matters in the valley. Address Editor of Musical Notes)
 There is a. rumor of a musical so- ciety being formed in the city. We hope the rumor is correct, for there seems to be something amiss in a place of this kind when we cannot boast a single musical organization. All who appreciate and can take part ought to render all the aid and en- thusiasm possible.
 I said last week that no opera has been booked for this season. How ever. I am pleased to be corrected by Columbia Opera company will appear here in February next. But cannot we have some before then?
 The Treble Clef is still hibernating, or at least it's officers are. Why don't they come out Of their shells and make a stir?
 A respected citizen says the only use he has for pianos would be to take the insides out and place setting hens in them. I don't object to his doing this if he only is generous enough to invite me to dine off musical chick.
 Some people like to take care of pianos and here are a few sugges- tions: Presuming that you have a good instrument, one which you prize for its workmanship and finish, as we'll as for it's musical qualities and Ompanionableness it is worthy ,cf careful treatment. You should keep it in a room where the temperature varies as little as possible. It should not be exposed to draught or damp ness from window, door or outside wall, and it should not receive the i direct rays of heat from the register or stove, or the hot sun of summer The air of the room should not be l too dry. Busting a piano is mat ! ter of taste, but it should be done with chamois skin or piece of silk, never with a feather duster or a Woolen cloth. It is, however, quite l important that the keys of the pi- 1 ano be kept clean. The insensible perspiration of the fingers combined with the unavoidable atoms of dust produce the soil sometimes seen up- on ivory keys. A cloth dampened with water, or water and alcohol, will remove this effectually. If it can be avoided it is better not to place books. music or bric-a-brac upon the l piano, as it tends to deaden the ! tone of the instrument and often causes sympathetic rattling and jar i ring that is sometimes mistaken for defect in the piano. On no consid- i eration put vessels containing water in your piano. Be sure and keep it 1 in tune.
 The Williamsfield Times is respon- sible for the following, an exact copy of letter received by a young lady who, possessing a piano and being about to move to a small country town, advertised for room and board with family ''musically inclined:" Dear Miss, we think we kin suit you with room and bord if you preefer to be where their is music. I play the fiddle, my wife the orgin, my dotter the banjo, my son Hen the gittar, my son Jim the foot and kornet, and my son Glem the base drum, while all of us sings gospil hims in which we would be glad to have you take part both vocal or instrumental If you play on anything. We play by ear and when we all git started there is real musick in the air. Let us no if you want to come hear to bord. ''
 
 tenor in Europe, scarcely ever sung
 without fortifying himself with a bottle of champagne. The result was that lhis career, though brilliant, was a brief one; and his voice soon be- came as utterly ruined as his consti- tuition. Madame Malibran's faWorite
 fortiier was a pot of porter. She
 invariably took this when she was QnanrQd-thof ic fn 1I,r
 could get it. On one occasion, while
 representing the character of a dy-
 ing heroine on the stage, she was
 vociferously encored and felt com
 pelled to repeat the ditty which had
 made such an effect upon the audi ence. The song had been a trying
 one to sing. She felt that she could
 not get through it again without hel
 accustomed beverage. She according ly begged the audience-as she could
 not very conveniently rise from the
 stage to seek the refreshment herself
 ito allow pint of porter to be
 brought her by one of the scene shift
 CTS, and on these terms she gener ously consented to repeat the perfor nance. The audience good naturedlJ consented and the classic stage of tht opera saw for the first time a pewter pot full of stout introduced into T.: midst.
 Some correspondent has been rec ommending that the local bands play : a national air before and after theil performances. This is a very laud able suggestion. But it would no have to be made if our national air were at all popular. My Country Iris of Thee is sung Ito the sam tune as God Save the Queen ant this tune was copied from the Frenci between two and thre hundred year ago. The only national air that ii popular all over the world is tn Marseillaise. Next comes the Rus sian, which is sung in our sacred edi D fees as a sacred hymn. The Sta Spangled Banner" is altogether to' l difficult for the masses ito render. :, believe our true national air has ye u to be written.
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