New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

What peTvaslve rGuie 80 the husi'"'
life Of America since the var made HIM
ard other foreign musicians more or
less permanent derizens among US =
becomes a duty, which is also largely
q pleasure, 20 make record Of his doings
aud achievements on this side OF the
Atlantic. Last June We printed, some
what unanimously, our Impressions
created By a performance OF his suite
ain a Nutshell" Ct the annual festival
OF the Litchfeld County Choral Union
At Norfolk. This suite has now been
printed, msgnihcently In score, by
Schirmcr. with abnormslly big CAP
lTAL LETTERS to designate the parts
allotted 20 such highly significant
orchestral instruments as the steel
Nsrimba or Marimbaphone, the wood
en- Marimbaphone or Msrimba-xylo-
phone, the Swiss staff Bells and
the Nabimba. Also its various va
rious movements have been pub
lshed as pianoforte solos. Taking cog
nizance Of these facts, VIC may, per
hsps, be allowed 60 renew our earlier
expression Of disappointment that Mr.
CHANGERS sense Of literary propricty
did not lead him 10 change the title OF
his first movement and retain that OF
his last. 1t was hard 20 believe that q
piece Of music which small army OF
FOUNDERS upon bars Of wood and steel
and bells, drums, cymbsls and gong
made 10 sound Ike the crack Of doom
was properly described as a "humlet,'
this term being defined IS "thc sort OF
thing one huns TO ones self" But We
were entirely willing 10 believe that
the final movement was "Cornstalks
March" after M Granger had assured
Us that "Cornstalks" was the nickname
Of Australians who hail from the State
Of Victoria. where the composer was
born. But 10 appears now from the
publications before Us that the real
title Of the finale is "ghc GUmsuckers'
March, for the reason that "'Gum-
suckers is a nickname for Australians
hailing from the State of Victoria, the
home state Of the composer" Further
more. that they are thus called because
they are in the habit Of sucking "the
leaves Of the gum eucalyptus trees
which "sre very refreshing 20 suck in
the parching summer weather And
then ve are further told that the first
theme was composed at Hill Hall, Ep-
ring, England, probably around about
1911" and the second taken from an
"up-country" song writer in 1905, in
emulation Of Stephen c. Foster
Il is perhaps immsterial TO the art
OF music whether the citizens Of
state in Australia are locally denominat-
ed "Cornstalks" or "Gumsuckers"; but
the change Of title between the period
Of composition and publication makes
US wonder whether or not Mr. Granger
knew the local American application Of
the term "Gumsucke-s" and was pur-
posely illustrating what his friend
Cyril Scott wrote Of him in "The Musi-
cal Quarterly" Of last July, when he
said that his friend unblushingly liked
vulgarity and frequently chose words
for songs which made his female
singers blush. The change in the
nomenclature Of his suite is calculated
70 make his American friends, who at
tsch only one meaning TO the verb
"gumsucking," blush, especially the
smiabls pair to whom II is dedicated.
The sprghtly Mr. Philip Hale. who,
We take II, is the writer Of the editoris
notes In the last number Of "Ths New
Music Review" brings some OF his vast
accumulation Of knovlsdgs touching
the daily doing' Of musicians all over
the world TO the defence of Mr.. Grain
ger sgainst some good rAillery Ad-
dressed by "Ths Daily Telegraph" Of
London, TO Nr. GrainEeTs Marching
Song OF Democracy" This song, IL will
be recalled by readers Of The Tribune's
musical page, lie written for full chorus,
orchestrs and organ, and was Origi-
nslly conceived as q piece TO be sung
and whistled by men, women and chill
dren to the rhythmic accompaniment
OF their trsmping feet as they marched
along in the open air" But he changed
his mind when be realized that the
piece needed instrumental color. To
bring all the elements OF the perform
snee on the same intellectual plane he
wrote the music 20 lot Of vocsbles
merely, such as "Dum, pun, ia di da
di,rs, dara," etc. Touching this
poem tho writer IN "The Daily Tele-
graph" observed
"snd a rich and rare thing lie has
evolved, for II could be sung with
mastery ease By the inhabitants OF any
vet discovered continent or OF any part
OF any known continent OF that greater
world 10 which the composer now be
longs. True. he LAYS down the law
that all the novels should be pro-
nounesd 81 in Italian. with the eNcep-
tion ct a." which should be sounded
ss ~" In "rum." Thus rum" should
sound like English rum" incidentally.
what does rum sound like? I've heard
snslorously Of man catching rabbits
BIZ going into a field and making q
noise Ike q tvrnip). rum" should
rhyme with English plum" the vowel
al should always be sounded Ike
See"
Now comes Mr.. Hale 70 the rescue
with:
But Mr.. Granger is By no means