THE HARMONIC SOCIETY.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1059, 13 July 1883, Page 2

THE HARMONIC SOCIETY.

♦ TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —It was with pleasure I read in yojir advertising columns that the above Society were asking for instrumentalists willing to form an orchestra. Patea, we know, contains-a good average band, some of the players having performed before Her Majesty the Queen—-that is

if you can believe all you hear ! This talent only wants some encouragement to bo brought out more prominently, and the secretary, it must be admitted, offers this encouragement. The orchestra

could consist of just five or six—two or three violins, violincello, first cornet, and ■ the indispensable piano, or any other instruments to suit. The secretary, in his report, mentions something regarding “ superior music.” It’s my candid opinion, sir, that the music placed on the boards is quite up to the mark for Patea, and what better pieces are wanted than “Pinafore,” “ Pirates” or “ Patience ?” As the latter opera has not yet been produced, and the music not difficult, but simple and captivating, though some people have designated the words “rot, - ’ still there is no reason why it should not be revived here. The Harmonic Society might think over it.—Yours, &c., Music.