OPEN-AIR MUSIC.
Falkmtog on the opening o( the Coronation Band Rotunda t'hc Borough Council lias, at the instigation of Mr ISellnnget. passed a resolution which must find considerable favour amowgat the residents of New Ply.
mouth. It, is pleasing to note that the proposed v.otu of iCIO to each of the two iottil bands on condition that they give two open-air performances at the rotunda, tlio Government Buildings and '• The Pines" was unanimously passedt Although it is, hardly sicfo l'o augur from this tlwit l/ta vote will meet with the unanimous approbation of the burgesses. But it cannot Ire denied that ours is a music-loving public. The old siaying tlvat "music bath its charms" is accepted Iwm-q OS fact, and in our midst S.v'6 many in&titu'tioiiN hwlng musical culture as Hiriv definite abject. The number 'arid strength of those ai-p sufficient to impress the new arrival that here we worship the chief of the Muses. Baitd music ever appeals to the public ear. How well we remember the inspiriting martial airs which elevated the minds of l.'he multitudes during l'lve lale South African war—how the war swings s'oon became :o;ni)K>n property, 7iom the concert stage to the olid gentlemen who paraded the streets with' tlw omnipresent, barrel, organ. Anxct yet these airs reinu'iiwjd popular and acceptable to the public ear, breathing" the prevu'iliti|g »e,n,Ument of the 'hour. How often- 'has acute s'ulTeri'ng been lessened by sympathetic strains, and how many who have 'attained to a ripe old age are ca>rriyd back by the old "home-so'ngs" and pieces to the days of childhood. The beautiful strains of "'Home, Sweet Home," •brityj up in our mMa lHctur'es of the dear olid hills tviid lanes of England. What reverence is expressed in the grand tones of "God Save the Km;*." whilst the elVc'ct of t-hil "M'arsellaise" on the mercurial Freiiulrmain is even more marked. All nations 'have their different forms of mus-ic, from brass bands, orchestras, oipera-s, ami ortlwr moidem jnhiascs, to' t h'ii ha rah tom-tom of the savage or the blare of bis unlovely trumpet. We in New Plymouth love band music, and should do all in our power to assist those institutions who dispense it Some people have on idea that it is the duty of bands to cater for the piutilic. Donitftless it is tb a certain extent, ami this they dfct by givl'rag benefit concerts or by rendering their valuable services free on all occasions when there are festivities whose object is to assist sonic public institution. It musit be borne in mi ml, however, that bands; likii &11 other or'ganis'aitions'i Catillbt be carried oil toltWbht Guilds. There are hWvy extvemses, such' as the purchase and maintenance of instruments and uniforms, purchase of new music, and hundreds' of Incidental's. Wo k'now that tih-o iilO granted by the municipal authorities will not nearly recompense baindsmon for their time and services, but it sihows that 1 tl,o ijuiljHc are appreciative of blessings best owed. We hope that in future tlx* amount may be consldermbly augment «i, nircd that ill course of time, as the town of New Plymouth progress—for there cam be no dcmibt of the forward movement of the town—we shall be able to pay the hands such an amount as will secure to us weekly open-air concerts in the various open spaces provided in the locality.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 258, 16 December 1903, Page 2
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558OPEN-AIR MUSIC. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 258, 16 December 1903, Page 2
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