Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-13
ANIMALS THAT LIKE MUSIC.

Ch'mpanxees' Oreheetra-lIons lie.
ten 70 PIano-rhs "cat Fuous."
The extraordinary musical sensi
tveness Of spiders has several times
been proved. Every one has heard
Of Pellisson's spider. CONSIDER Of the
unfortunate prisoner. It persisted be.
cause 1t listened too closely to the
captive's violin. The TALLER saw It
and crushed II brutality.
Gretry, the composer. speaks OF
favorite spider which descended along
Its thread upon his piano as soon as
he played II. When giving recitals at
Brussels Rubinstein saw q large spi.
der Issue from the floor Of the plat.
form and listen. to the music. He
gave three concerts at the same hall
and on each occasion the spider ap.
peared.
Insects In general. though less sen.
sitive to music. do not object to II.
Fishes betray little or no interest In
music. Everybody. on the other hand,
probably knows that music is often
used in order TO attract snakes from
their hiding places.
The Indians catch iguanas In that
manner, and there 10 an experiment
that We can all make to demonstrate
the truth Of the matter. II violin
or piano 10 played whenever there
IN lizard visible the lizard will
stop and listen with obvious pleas.
ure a. long as the music lasts.
1t Is q we'll known fact that In
those countries where oxen are used
for lsbor they take great pleasure
In tho singing OF their driver. They
work better at the plough when stir.
red by cheerful song. Arabs sing
to their camels during long Jour.
neys across the desest.
Horses are particularly sensitive to
music. Guenoe. who carefully studied
the matter. quotes the following curl.
Gus fact: In 1892 the Fifty.eight
Regiment OF Infantry was making q
military test march when the music
struck up. The young horse OF Capt.
De R--hastened forward and placed
itself, In spite OF Its rider, behind the
last rank OF the musicians. Then
It followed peacefully, giving obvious
signs OF pleasure.
when the music ceased the Cap.
tain was able to resume his place
At tho head OF his company. but the
band struck up again. and the horse.
Notwithstanding the efforts OF Capt.
De r.. galloped ahead and once
more placed itself behind the mus.
icians. This happened every time the
band played"
Lions have been found to listen
with marked Joy to the piano. They
appreciate the top notes and the me-
dunn, but roar terribly when the
bass keys are struck loudly,
Scarlatti, the Italian composer.
owned a cat which loved to walk
on the keys of a plano and struck
certain notes In preference to others
The composer took those notes as the
theme OF one OF his fugues, which
for that reason, received the name
OF 1.-THE Cat Fugue." ] have seen
many cats walk up and down the key
board, showing obvious pleasure a.
the sound thus produced.
The writer knows OF a dog tina,
will listen intently and silently to al
melodies. bV displays every symp
tom of pain and agony at the SOUND
Of a chromatic scale. This dog be
comes quiet as soon as the melcdy
is again taken up. 1t Is only thf
succession Of semitones which makes
so extraordinary an impression NJ
on II. ] know OF another dog which
H. ftnd Of cr2an music, bui walls ter
ribly as sutn as The Vox Celeste stol
Is used
periments In musical psychology the
dog would 10 d9ubi prrve the mos
interesting study. anl the monkey