New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
MUSIC In WHITECHAPEI,
HOW sCHUMANN AND BRAHMS ARE LIST.
ENED TO IN A LONDON SLUM

when the pubs have just disgorged their en-
toners is an exhilaTating place In the -.
streets the yenders Of bananas and oranges ba
succeeded in litterinE the pavernents with refusa
some Of which the wind catches up and serds
dancing along in miniature WTedtns the crsu5
keeps neither TO the right 90 the len. -
street is a kind Of RialtO, alterations betvvse-
the peripatetic merchants OF the curb claim ;
sympa hiZing and vOcable audience. and abovs
All the noise tinkle the bells Of many trans 81
towering above the shifting. C0smc POL tan cror-I
stands single policeman, blue eyed staIws--
philosophc of micn tolerant in his regulate,
of the cr0wd-the finest specimen Of nufnani,-
there Before me. down Commercials. stag
gers a Corybantc group Of two stuHted youths
with their domains. their OStFICn feathers A hi.
draggled And 50 from the chafy. noisy sfr.s.
pass into the quiet quad Of Toynhee Han
on the Sunday whereof I write, / vas Iafs
and had 10 wait until the first movement o,
Schumann's pianoforte Quintet in J. fiat had
finished (Schumann and COTnmercial-st-
Schumann and WhiteChapelD There was qults
little crowd OF us waiting outside tEe doors
One musical enthusiast. IN 1vcrcoat yellar
with age and smoke and wet. had his ear gluss
to a crack in the door 50 that he might rot nss
single bar of the Quintet \ wax near ma
exclaimed from time to time, There yer ara
that's an adagio con motto expressione-xha,
did tell yer?" And his two companions found
his remark exceedingly WHY so tlat he VA
encouraged 10 repeat mis- JOKE with vaFiato-s
Closer 10 the door, near the man with the faGei
overcoat. stood respectfully dressed girl of ths
seamstress class. near me were a dark eyed ssx
patiently impatient 20 get inside o. hear ne
music; the rest Of the crowd varied hy degrees
from cUriOus-eyed woman Of th~ Vest pls-
siby drawn to the concert by a frienI among tie
performers. 10 the dock laborer wla posshlv
had seen better days The end 20 thr 1iHvernent
was punctuated by applause. and then The doom
opened and We all rushed in. You mast ro,
stand on ceremony, for there .s not ml. roa-
in the hall Zach time have been their eve-y
seat has been taken. although The uarshais
show wonderful ingenuity n squeezing IN
late-cOmer-
II you had any doubts as 20 the real East In.
character OF the bulk of the audieuc-. The sme1
FnFl flF FEr
audience, OF course. are quite respectabie ana
washed. and all look as IL they werc for il :
the etiquette 70 get yourself up "a siruceiy as
possible II you do not happen O. possess a
clean billed rag. owing to financial cOmpIica.
tion. overcoat butIoned up 20 the neck
round which you fold a han1kerchief. is qui,s
I'm the fashion But some Of US more elab-
orateIy dressed. Indeed. the Hoynaee Han an.
diences interesting because they 90 not con-
slst OF one GiasS-Ihe Wen led Waren"useTnan
the clerk down at heels. the Intellectual
shoemaker, the hungry eyed Jew the facto-T
girl and the lady are all there Comparative
ease and makeshift poverty sit shoulder ~
shoulder on the narrow chairs. buJ u IS the
makeshift poverty that appLau,is Iouiest The
general character OF the au0ienc-. however. s
East End. even a blind man could tell from
evidence l have already given
I take one row Of eight people as typical o,
all the rest: 4 white haired man with "a fne
head. weak eyes dimly pee-in< thro4sh spec.
taCleS, hands which show many years work
respectfully dressed-probapIy Il tailor snoe-
maker or of other Sed-ntaTy trade, next t1 hin
a
of door laborer OF some kind. dressed IN an
overcOat with a 'keTchief round his neck of ths
familiar blue bird S-cye pattern. then a llnchet
old seamstreSS in rusty black her face yellow
and ansemiC and her blue eyes faded and tired
then couple of Jew boys Very intent the
music, but given TO rather severe ami animated
criticism in the intervals tNhy are the Jews he
best dressed people in the Fast End .I. next te
them a drink Soddened CharWomau Iu % fr0wsv
old shawl. nOddins with maudIn content. and
a factory girl cut above the fcaIhvr-d species
separated the ChaTWOmau from neatly dressed
lady who had been considerably placed near
the door by one OF the mar$EaiS- That c.
eight people typical of the rest. And this
motley audience listened what do vou think
Ballads and trashy Instrumental soiosr Oh
dear, no. They listened with "a close attent1r
which would have done credit 70 a Pop" cor
gTegation. TO this classical Programme. Schu-
mannS piano Quintet in J. flat. Schuberts
Who Is Sylvia2-' Bazzini's Concerto Niitairs
for violin, Handlers angels Ever Iri.nr an1
Fair" setting Of My Love Is Iik- q Red Re5
rose by one Hastings an American. 20 vj00r-
cello sonata by LocatelH ChamiHad-s charm
ing son. LITE" and the :, h-rz1 fou
Brahms : Trio for violin, piano ana horn.
l have seldom heard such enthusiasts an
plause: every one of the ladies ami -eutIemsn
VINO gave their services might have been az
GSaye, a I'adeFeWSki. q Hugo Becker or an Ed
ward Lloyd. for the enthusiasm th-v aroused
And the applause was not by any means I0udest
for the songs. as you might think The Quintet
much appreciated and. indeed i- uas wsl
played; BraZZini's Concerto NiIita,ra took the
audience by storm ana the catchy rhythm q
LocatelIS vlclouceliu sonata was quietly IT,
lowed by many pairs OF boots Th- t'haminads
song was sung IN French. fact which caGss-
an ANXIOUS examination Cf prn-ra rTDeS l
which only the English version was given. A
lady played the horn i'm ErahUS's trio. and tina.
seemed 10 tickle the fancy OF the audience BE-