The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30
nISCORDS TO SLOW MUSIC.
.r,1s THAT PERPIE1ED BlND
,ND AUDIENCE at C0NCERE

IN. Press Agent Thought ne saw . ereat OBJ
portunitJ, hut eieu'hH s.et o. use Tran OF
the Ann"J'nE .
Conspiracy ""S
The thing that a professor OF physics would
,s,er to nirIly as vibrations or
.omcthinr OF the sort, brought the audience at
an uptown theatre very near 10 a riot at a band
concert n good deal less than ten years ago.
The audiCnce:was large ana was highiy enthu-
dastic In its admiration OF tine leader OF the
hand and his COMPOSITIONS winch Haue up the
principal part OF inc hiRnts programme' III
was one OF those panus IN Whicn tno personal
popularity of tho. leader counts tor almost oV-
%srything, and inspires IN tho people VINO make
M the audiences a KIND Oh allegiance.
The first number on the programme went
through with q boom ana q Smash mat loft
vyerybody's ears ringing and put the crowd into
o state of warm appreciation ior everything
that was TO follow. Inc next number was a
much mildcr composition. Inc music was al
most all Of the sweet ana tehdorV variety. 'Ihcre
we're little pulls OF the Dig norm on one side. re-
anondcd to by low murmurs OF the flutes and
a.. ,hoes on tho other. 1t was the sort of thing
that composers ike 10 caii hight scenes. just
AT the very climax of Its sweetness and lowness
.horo came n discordant bleat from tho right
tnero s.....,,u ,.,,h,. 80.
side OF the house, apparently WITHIN q rev reef
Al tho boxes. 1t sounded exactly like tho noto
80 chc,n Cbristmas:born blown by some ono
u '" - H-....,,. ..-s.-n-. -
who had snatched a seconu opportunity 10
make the noise while nobody was looking.
q. Nv tvo NJ tho audience nearest Tho noise
ono OF wv VI g." s,u.h"-
giggled a htue anu re" i"r'hor a"ay.'urneo
their heads. Altogether perhaps not moro
,h,n twenty pcoplc heard tho thing.
unah '"'"'' pNv- -.
About hVe minutes iater IL happened again.
only there were three loud, aggressive bleats
TINS t'nu ln"v 80
thcatrc'and On inc s'ns'' too' II inc startled look
Of the three fiuto players. whose melody was
.,,s r,,1s,y broken in rpon. coupted for nny-
mus i"m"
thing. The noise OF the 1nterrupnng note, what
ever 1t W ""s ,h WINS m"0,c trom tho h b0ua that tOv
iesque y. ~ na,,Id ras;s, Ia,nh TN 49,.
who heard 1t could resist a laugh. Ihe leader
y, .O b Dor g, from which the distnrsanos cane
vi Il "o" $3.50
and went on. ln'the very last part OF the piece
lance instead of blaripe un to a crescendo eli.
renee ~" %, ,"s, 49, 90 IN 80, nos 80.
destroyed for people on the afflicted side Of tho
house BY tho ''b-z-z.z!. b-z-z-z-tl' of the persist
ent %annoyer..
time No' bur- there were indignant comments from
every part OF the theatre, and people craned
their necks in their attemLts to pick out tho
lust about six people from whom the sound
miSht have come. Ono was n very dirni6ed.
ssppSarcntiy her granchiid, about IL years old. az
GSs Of the kind that gather In the upper
ssoIiow' the orchestra with scores In their hands.
Then there was "a young mar ana q young woman
whose general course OF action was such as to
suggest :hat they went to band concerts be.
cense the music at such Entertainments ia OF n
character that permits them most OF the time
to talk TO each other without feeling that they
- ,npovipr othar nanpla AVID ,y;thort ha{nr
overheard. a careful ANALYSTS of the erouu OF
six by those who were trying to pick out the
first glance the young man and the young wo-
man, because 1t was perfectly apparent that
they did not know whether any music was DO.
ing played or not. and, moreover, did not care.
The angry glare in the eye Of Ihe dignified old
lady every time the "bczz.t' sounded in her
car bodied not we'll for one who looked mon her
with suspicion. The eiri with her was limo.
cence itself, but It did seem possible TO the
amateur sleuths in the audience that one of the
sional musicians might harbor some Ill feeling
against the leader OF tho band which he was
trying to avenge with unseemly Interruptions.
and one or two Of the ushers walked down tho
side aisle next to thesgronp and took awkwardly
careless positions. leaning against the wall;
covered tho suspicious seats with "a huge pair
OF opera glasses. All through tho next piece
came a violin solo. AS soon as the band ouioted
down,to the actual accompaniment and tho So
loiSt raised the violin to his chin one Of the big
Germans was observed to lean back In his seat,
close his eyes. and Law tho end of his rolIed.un
programme on his lips. The sleuths became
rigid with excitement. The man with the opera
glasses leaned far out over the side, of his box.
The soloist got very little of the attention Of
those who had become interested In tho ma.
npuvrcs to suppress the nuisance. Just as
everybody was expecting it, the very moment
when the volume of sound from tho band had
diminished to the least tiny thread OF har-
mony. there came an agonized "Bz-o-o-o-tl BE-
o-o-o-t! Bz-o-o-o-t! BzZ-t!"
One of the ushers raised a menacing finger
and pointed It Mt the big German who had The
programme at his lips aud started toward him.
The gray-haircd woman next to the German
ing: look over her shoulder. lie himself threw
the programme to the floor and grabbed the
side of his seut to raise himself. He plared
about with what looked like a very weak at.
his collar, Inc imnnrtinent hio, sn,,a ,ai,ad Sorth
once more. In a flash the big German was acauit.
ted of having IA horn concealed in his programme,
for the programme now was on the floor. The
usher fell back in bad order. The object of the
suspicion. seeing tho giances directed at him
from all the seats in his neighborhood. began to
he would like u real good excuse to make sauer-
kraut OF somebody. But all his rage and all
the embarrassment of the ushers and the dis
Irritating footing. For moro than half Of the