Some Musical Facts.

Hastings Standard, Issue 31, 2 June 1896, Page 4

Some Musical Facts.

Every modern pianoforte contains a mile of wire. King Oscar of Sweden is an accomplished musician. Adelina Patti has received over one million for her sinking. Eleven thousand brass bands play for the Salvation Army. New York has an orchestra of lefthanded fiddlers. Pianoforte tuition can be had in London at 3d a lesion. Handel sought inspiration in counting his rosary beads. Eugene Ysaye is the happy possessor of a violin dated 1732. Wages for the orchestra of a London theatre average £'9s. Our National Anthem was first snug in public in 1710. Recently the Queen of Portugal gave "irSOOO for a piano. London's first Uandel commemoration was held in Westminster Abbey in 17S1. Rossini was one of the most indolent of men. Emperor Vilhelm of Germany is very fond of operatic music. Doctors affirm thai spirits harden the tone of the voice. China was the fust country to manufac tu re ha rmon i urns. Signer Taolo Tosti has written nearly 500 songs. Every year V 1 : >O.OOO is paid for admission to the Grand Opera, Paris. Lady Halle has a Stradivari us violin worth €2OOO. Occasional llute-pbying expands and also strengthens the chest. During an eight months' tour. Jinny Lind netted £.30,000. Yankee Doodle was composed by an Englishman. A Baltimore millionaire once paid £2OO to hear Patti sing. London has over 10,000 professional musicians. No one suffers more with the throat than Mr Sims Reeves. Father Wood, an English monk, invented the piano in 1711. Experts say the vibration of the Jew's harp injures the teeth. The latvst novelty is a pianoforte solo in a lion's* cage. St. Peter's at liome contains four organs. Upwards of fifty di'iVr- in materials are used in making a piano. Patti oftens suffers from nervousness and " stage fright." Paderewski was a professor of music at eighteen. London turns out 35,000 pianos a year. It is fifty-four years since Sims Beeves began to sing in public. Enquiries show thai seventeen musicians have been knighted by the Queen. Sydney Town ilall contains the largest organ in the world.