MUSIC AND WAR
Whilst both London'and'Berlin are striving to put a bold face on things as far as music is concerned—a difficult matter in such an unprecedented na-. tional crisis—Paris is too much occupied to think of musical performances. There most of the theatres and concert halls have been transformed into hospitals, and hundreds of those who "formerly assisted in the operas, ballets, and vaudeville performances are getting a taste of real life as nurses and assistant nurses in the various placeß that have been temporarily fitted for tho reception of wounded who arrive from the front daily. The quiet and gravity of Paris are one of the wonders of this wonderful timeIn Germany Huinpcrdinck'6 martial opera, "Die Marketenderin,"; ' which had been found wanting and Was lying dusty on managerial shelves, has been given a new lease of life by tho war, Solely through the warlike note this opora sounds, and not through its intrinsic musical merit, Humperdinck s failure is now being played with all Hie frequency of a "success—possible, under orders from William the Unspeakable.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2310, 18 November 1914, Page 9
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177MUSIC AND WAR Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2310, 18 November 1914, Page 9
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