MUSIC OF THE CUBANS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 406, 18 February 1904, Page 6

MUSIC OF THE CUBANS.

Mfrßron Wor.e Tim* *he H»*«U»le " lolim Hmtr by Lift** At- ■ p£p> ''BerTmnjtili;* ..-.,." I Cubans, semtTsavage preference for such, .music, as is made by »- 6and composed.i -of a_ st&a.p-ia ill sort of a cranks piano, a pair of sugarkettle tora-toDis ai;d a man with a horse-radish, .grater called a- "giro;? and a fiat,fi|e with which to scrapeit combined outfit producing a discordant . potpourri that; migh*_.easi]y dislocate .the.,^eeth 7 of any seJfrrefcpecting handsaw,, says, the Detroit-Free Press. This example of mu=.ie as the Cubans fancy it is even wo: t- :7i:n the finger-drumming and ping musical murder? committed In Tunisian bazars and Algerian cafes chantantes. -The lauiltu but lugubrious Cuban national hymn is best esteemed when performed by en? of these bands of inharmonic banditti, and the national dance, that monotonous combination of motions that suggests that the dancer is trying to shoo a flea oil" the small of his back and also go easy on a stone-bruised heel. can only be adequately performed to the music of these African agitators of cat-gut, raw-hide and perforated tin. The truttf is the Cubans will have to learn music all over again.