MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 9

MUSIC.

; .(By'Treble Clef.)' "Tho;.Fallon,'Fairies.".' :. ';,- .;-."..- -; ;: " :. On '-Wednesday, last (says''-'"Public Opinion": cf December.l 7) ;a new opera was. produced at;the Savoy, Theatre.';.';.-.--'.""The Fallen..Fairies,'.-so; far. .as;.the book sis concerned, .is a new, version• of 'The Wicked World,' which- 'was.' pro-' duced thirty-seven years ago at ■ the Hay-. • market, v with Mr. and Mrs; Kendal,.Mr; J. B. Buckstone, and Miss .Amy. .Roselle: in the cast. Noiv, however, the play opens .with the.entrance of fairies■:lukifljocession from various parts,.of.-;the. stage," says'tho "Observer." ..;''..';,•.■;;•.■' Here aro somo of the.neiv.songs which Sir W. S. Gilbert has written -in i true Gilbertian style:— . ■''~',-.', : • . The 'fairies Daring"and Zoyda'sink s- ; '' "Man is a being all accuse Of every vice detestable; . '•■- ■" '.';'-- To virtuo blinded, ho pursues ■ - A course that's unarrcstable. - . ./ Yet if wo lot ono man of shame : Observe our lives immaculate, • He would (returning whence he'carnal-. ' Ecstatically ejaculate— .':' ,•'■- ■Atone, atone! .■' ' i. ' :;"<, -.'■ Kepent, repent! The, pure'alone. ■"..'.- .i ' v. Know true content!' . ;-.. , ' These tidings good,'..v. ■.".' ...... '.'■' No doubt,'he would'.;, ;,...;'' ,-Ecstatically ejaculate! ... "Man is r a- brute, oppressed by, strange-' . -TJmnteUectuaUty: ■ ■;. '-.■ ■■■{ Enlighten him,'and you. will change ■ '.;' .. His normal immorality. -. '-..''■".'■ ;-' If-we exhibited to some '■".- Our course of life delectable, .- .-. They, might in course of" time become Comparatively respectable 1 .. ■ Oh; picture-then, ■"'•-. Our joy, sublime, ~ .---...-'- . i If mortal men .... ■;.' , Became in time—, Suppose we say, . In guarded way, Comparatively respectable!" ' Hore .is a libellous "song which the Knight's henchman sings:—. ."If woman from great Nature's scheme " Wore utterly eliminated, • ' ■.->■'■' '..Unruffled' peace would reign supreme, No quarrels: would .bo propagated. •"■' But that is a Utopian dream-' Of mortals unsophisticated. ;', '"'..'' • Chorus: ' . But that is a Utopian dream Of mortals unsophisticated! "It'B true that foes Might then embrace,-.' . And earthly ivoea , apace. But where would bo tho human race With never a lady in the case? ■■•-..' Yes, that's the rub; ■ • , Wo have to face— . ..' ,It gives a snub That kills' the case ■; What would become of all our race With never a lady in.the case? - -. Chorus: Yos, that's the rub , That kills their case."... .'

. After a long musical association with the 'Williamson management, Mr. George. Hall wont to Loudon.. The hard-working Australian musician is now conductor for Bannister Howard's, "Tho Karl and tho Girl" Musical Comedy Company. Mr„ Hall ..was': commissioned to compose and arrangethemusic for. tho "Robinson Crusoe", pantomime, at-.Plymouth.- As Mr. Hall is receiving a "very fine" salary,' ho does not speak of returning' to, this paxt\>f.-the .world. ,;