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THE HONGKONG

THE PRIG IN MUSIC.

TELEGRAPH.

A Plea for a Broader View,

to

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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921.

his

THE NEXT "ASHES."

P. E. Warner's Views.

write a letter and read a book. Though he has forgotten much of the laborious processes by which he became proficient in these

complicated tasks. Roughly speaking, there are faculties of appreciation have been By their defeat at Adelaide English term have two kinds of music-lovers; those so quickened in the learning, that the who take the art very seriously he can afford to be catholic lost the ashes" Since the loss and those who never trouble their in bis tastes,

he of the first Test Match some vary. because heads with the idea that music can see merit. up toa despondent comments have been means anything but a light and point and a fairly advanced point, written about English oricket, agreeable form of recreation. wherever merit exists in what he but I do not think thore is any The former nake the most noise.reads. But there is not one man need for us to get upset about it. The latter contentedly indifferent in ten who can compose so much It is not the first time that En- the conflicting claims oflas a hymn-tone, and not one gland has been beaten by to whom oven a Australia, and it is my view that various schools of thought, listen man in ton

can deliver only to what appeals to them, hymn-tune

its England's defeat will give a great writes Mr. M. B. Dickin in a message until it has been read fillip to international cricket, and out loud to him, so to speak, at a especially to the series of Test Six Brown Brothers Home journal.

Musicians who take a really public performance.

Matches against Australia which Undoubtedy, it is undiluted in to be played in this country in liberal view of their art belong Six Brown Brothers to both classes. They are big folly to demand of such an one a few month's time, writes Mr.

enough and concious enough of that ho should possess the faculty P. F. Warner. the sturdy faith that is in them, of discriminating teste. Yet The Australian visit to England Smith's Orchestra to stop down at will from the that is just what the superior this summer should be extra- heights on which they dwell and mentor does expect of ordinarily interesting. Every one

and to take delight-unahashed and him

his kind; will go to see the men who Smith's Orchestra unashamed - in

that and the expectation naturally have been doing so well against music plosses their ears and makes no and inevitably

breede prigs, us in Australia, and it heavy demands on their intellects. Unless the would-be musi lovor should be a record season. Judg- With the late Sir Hubert Parry, would write himself down an ass,ing by the figures of the atten (Let the Rest of the Wo ld go By-Waltz-.

in Ferera & Franchini they recognise that "there must he thinks he must admire Bash dances Australia at the be music for all types of mind more than Offenbach. So he pre-present series of Test Matches, My Isle of Golden Dreams-Waltz-

and all varieties of nature." tends to a faculty of appreciation there is 4 rapidly growing Blue & White Marimba Band They do not call bad all music which he has not got and never enthusiasm for the watching of

which does not pretend to be big will get by being a humbug.

oricket, and it is obvious that the and they can see beauties in For the sake of the real musical coming season will be a record All Star Trio works of light texture which culture which everybody who season in the history of English woro noverdosigned to wear well, thinks about it is hoping to see cricket, I anticipate that at If you doubt the statement, read established in the near future, it Lord's and the Oval for a big All Star Trio the last two paragraphs of "The is a plain duty to get rid of cant match there will be attendances Art of Music," and think what it to refrain from counsels of por- of between 30,000 and 40,000-a means to find the composer of faction, and to coase from prig-number that was unthinkable n "Blost Pair of Sirena' doing gish eneers at the lighter kinds few years ago. justice to the art of the music of music. If light music is good, Cricket is going to be more it deserves as much appreciation popular than ever it has been as light literature. If it is fooble, before, but the officials of the Unfortunately, this liboral it does no harm. No sane person London cricket clubs do not yet attitudo is rather rare. Many can be content for ever with the seem fully to have realized what musicians and more amateurs of weaker type of ballad, while a this is going to mean. Lord's, music know perfectly well that diet of popular "medleys and for instance, cannot possibly hold they are not at all big; and while tawdry dance tunes would be 40,000 people, and the Oval they deserve credit for their about as unhealthy as a six would be hard put to it to get so hopes of adding a cubit or two to course dinner of assorted choco-many through the turnstiles. The their musical stature, they are lates. Fare that might be pala-London cricket grounds are built apt to be inwardly ashamed of table enough in season and in for small and select assemblies. their own littloness. They cannot small doses destroys all appetite The assemblies that are going to give themselves away by con-if it is made a staplo article of watch cricket in the coming descending to men of low estate, diet.

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ness is deplorable in that it detest him and his ways. While will not be nearly so simple as debars its victims from much his friends pretend to a love of that. The war has made specta- innocent pleasure. It is also music they have not got, his tore more impatient. If they are dangorous, because a widespread enemies--in a natural endeavour told that the ground is full they love of music is not to be built to dissociate themselves from will simply get in by storming the up on shams.

priggishness-affect a dislike of gates and it is possible that there There are, of course, hundreds music which is wholly unnatural may be some rather unpleasant scenes of this nature during thei of people who are honestly to them.

coming season. The only remedy There are acores of able men, striving to appreciate what they know they ought to love keen in their business, critical is to improve the existing accom- and their sincerity is au as to what they read, and not modation; at present it does not earnest of an

imminent wanting in taste in the decora-ee that any stops are being musical awakening. But in any tions of their homes, who will taken in this direction.

BUMMER TEST MATCHES. given audience there is almost tell you without a blush and as

The matches for the coming sure to be a proportion of people if they were proud of it, that they who are really bored, yet dare cannot stand opera or that they visit of the Australians to this not say so and since pretence is hate classical music. It never country have not been very well essentially unhealthy their last seems to occur to them that such arranged. They are playing too state is likely to be worse sweeping statements will not many fixtures, and they are play. than than their first. The bear examination. An opera om-ing too many matches against man who openly

confesses braces works as diveras as Mo-weak countries. They are not that he prefors "Maritana" to zart's "Seraglia" and Wagner's playing many representive sides "Tristan and Isolda " may excite Tristan." To lump all operas outside the actual Test Matches, a quite reasonable pity in the together in unitelligible and it is unfortunate that it has mind of a more advanced listener.class, is a form of classification not been possible to arrange a which over ALTS But at least he is honest; and from there is more hope for him than might well shink; while the and the Gentlemen of England. all they have no "tail." They must have been very brilliant for those who drift about aimless-professed hater of "classical" Altogether, however, there ought can bat right down to the eleventh indeed. Hobbe is a wonderful ly in a bewildering fog of affecra-music, by which-in blissful to be some fine cricket this man. In addition they seem to batsman, and I have no hesitation If the wickets are be a very sound fielding sile. in describing him as the finest in tion and ignorance.

ignorance of the meaning of the summer.

THE CASE OF LITERATURE.

one

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Cleaners & Dyers.

Agonte,

DISS BRO S.

terni-appealing tunes, forgets sticky it is likely that Australia Their bowling I do not think to the world. His displays in Teet The pity of it all is that there that, in condemning it, he is also will be very hard put to it to be quite so good. They have two Matches have been greater than

first-class bowlere in Gregory those of any other cricketer is no justification for this con-condemning molodies of Handel, retain the "Ashes."

Haydn, Mozart, and others that! sciously superior attitude, even he learnt to love in his infancy.

I would sooner see the Test and Mailey. Gregory is very greater even than those of Jack- Matches played on hard wickets where it is obviously honest.

As a matter of fact, they don't throughout, and I do not think fast indeed. He impressed me son or Trumper. He has both There is no parallel to it in the

really mean case of literature. Who would

it-these pseud. that England would disgrace greatly when he was over here flair and a wonderful personality. only herself. We shall have to try to in 1919 with the Australian His courage is marvellous, and he Imperial Forces Eleven. He can almost invariably rises to a great blame a confessed admirer of music-haters. They are Jane Austen for admitting that afraid of being priggish. A simi- find another Barnes. Our pre-keep a very good length, and is occasion.

an adept at bowling a ball that is he took pleasure in Anstey ?lar fear; I suspect, animated those sent hard wicket bowling is by Who that shares Dr. Johnson authors and artists who, quite re- no means strong enough. On a just a little short and jumps up, handicapped by the illness and opinion of "Pilgrim's Progress"cently, vexed the souls of so many soft wicket Rhodes and Woolley In addition, of course, he is a absence of J. W. Hearne, His noed blush at being caught laugh critice by airing their views on would get any side out for less wonderful man in the fohl. I batting is second only to that of He has a cast iron. music in a popular weekly paper. than a hundred A Tramp Abroad "?

have never seen Mailey, but I Hobbs. Keats and Calverley, Meredith That, at least, is the most charit- Australian soft wicket bowling is should judge that his googly defence, a wonderful impertur able view an average music-lovor rather an unknown quantity.bowling must be very difficult, bability, and his style is beyond and Jacobs, may stand side

side

scholar's could take of some of their According to some critics it was and he has done well on several reproacts. In addition, his googly by. bookcase; nor does anyone objaci

Ling over

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if the scholar in question, when

utterances.

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The

I think that our team has been

The

very bad indeed during the occasions. Apart from thesetwo, bowling would have been very use second Test Match, but we can-however, the Australian bowling ful on the hard wicket at Adelaide. he is tired of annotating Shakes-A UNIVERSITY FOR HUPEH. them ou

not really judge until we see does not seem to be very strong, At the same time it must be re- a characteristic sun-and it certainly cannot compare membered that Australia were peare or preparing a critical com-

baked English wicket. mentary on, the Pentateuch,

The Australian team must be with the bowling of some former without Macartney, who is their

Australian teams. In the tour of most brilliant batsman. elects to rest a while and refresh Literary and Industrial Course congratulated on having defeated 1904, for example, the Australians batting of neveral of our men laat his jaded spirits in the pages of

the strong English eleven had four first rate bowlers last coming into its own. When Punch. Even literature (if litera-1

Li Yuan-heng is reported to be decisively in the first three Trumble, Noble, Jones, and the team was sent out it was ture it be) which is frankly and contemplating a pian to establish Test Matches. Their batting Howell, and in the famous eleven thought to be the strongest batting confessedly ephemeral is accepted

a University in Hupeh and is now is obviously extraordinarily of 1882 there were Spofforth, team that had over left this at its face value; and though you conferring with Heis Shou-kang, strong. It is difficult to comment Noble, Garrett, and Boyle. may condomn such an article as this for a score of reasons, you:

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