The sun., 1901-07-28
THE 0ERxAN AUsIC TYRANNy.
A Cry From the wilderness for Something EI,.
Once In Q while.

To THE EpIroR OF The SUN-Sir. Now here
Ia q matter that think should be taken coy.
nizance OF by The Sun. namely. the almost
complete stamping out or suppression by thu
proprietors OF our theatres. music halls, and
the givers Of musical entertainments gem
orally. OF American. Irish, English and Scotch
music Of every kind Bands play at the pub
lie expense In all our parks and on the recreq.
ton piers; concerts are given in public
halls As suitable Advertisements for the sale o,
beer and whiskey: tables d'hote are enlivenei
by -four and twenty fidders (more or lc-,,
all In a row In fact. the to own is full Of music
(so-called) morning. noon and night. bnu
where to go with fair chance Of hearing.
once In a while. tho delightful and humaniz n,
melodies so dear TO English-spcaking peopls
all the world over IL more than / can say. Why
should the exploitation OF music in this cosmo-
politan town (mainly Enslish-speaking thank
Godb be entirely surrendered to the Germans?
Are there not enough OF English, Irish and
Scotch and their descendants In this town 10
which the public bandmasters might occa-
sionally pay the compliment Of performing
some Of the music Of their respective coun-
tres--so dear to their memories Of homs
and childhood
why enOulu putTlOtlC hHlefWdNs, ana par
ticularly their children. be deprived b. this
q rmanic- Hungarian tyranny OF the pleasure
and usefulness OF frequently hearing and
becoming familiar with the delightful melodies
Of the North and South inspired by the Civil
War. as well as those ante-bellum negro
melodies. 80 o-called. which. combined, are no
mean basis for . valid claim to a national
Why. too. should the glorious music OF Italy
b almost ignored through the erorts of
the lovers OF genuine music?
why 40 eternally give Us scarcely any
| music but the labored and blatant haTmonips
| OF crazy Germans, interspersed with lasciviou.
waltzes composed expressly for the dem-
monde Of Paris and berlin, and the ragtms
rubbish Of our own most disreputable re-
least, music that that 6rsethes Of ih1d home and IT,. Ss
| affections, Of love and tenderness, the music
that refnes and humsnizesp Shakespeare
things in praise Of music, Of Its power and
| It's refining influences Think you that all
! these pretty things would haye been said much
the intricate and mechanicai jineiinE. II a
Paderewsh or even the sublime catgll ting
OF Tschalkowsky' No, sir! Had Shake
music tSey would o e1 have Be been s AZ dmB Ba clans
on the subject. and mankind deprived of a
vast amount OF delightful and. az times. salts.
Tying sensations. common alike M to all % sorts and
| and refined down even TO the poor. despised
| Tammany Democrat
Seeing by the advertisement OF we'll
| known uptown concert hall that a fantasy
| Of Irish airs would he performed ] went
there on Saturday night last for the express
purpose Of hearing 1t. heard the fantasy
| but l failed TO- hear the Irish airs, l say
without fear Of contradiction that through
the fearful onslomeration Of discords which
made up this wonderful performance, there
| were not three consecutive bars Of Irish
| " elodies dstlnguishable at any one time.
| II might have been more properly called an
| Irish musical (?l stew or hash. Had the de-
sg of the chef who Q ncocted II beento brin Z
Irish music Into cen empt he oould hardly
have lab1r d m re ntelligentlv to that end
II was an atroc us pc fOrmance, libel on
'ome of t"e sweetest mu ic IN e,istenre
| looked over the weeks programmes Of
this establishment They contained seventy
five numb bers.- Of these only two wers BY
compo sers reco gniEed as English, Is this 1
fair shaker oh. for one night with dear old
Pat Gilmorel J. T. b
NEW YoRK. July -.