MUSIC NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1505, 27 February 1919, Page 29

MUSIC NOTES.

(By

“G” String.)

Mdlle. Antonia Dolores, the celebrated French soprano, opened a tour at the Wellington Grand Opera House last Saturday evening. Notwithstanding she had a hurried journey from Sydney to Wellington, via Auckland, the brilliant vocalist was in great form, and the applause which greeted each item in her extensive repertoire must have had a gratifying effect upon the feelings of this famous singer. At the present time she is singing at her very best, and music lovers throughout the Dominion are in for a rare treat.

A suggestion has been made in England by Dr. H. P. Allen as to the possibility of reformed barrel organs. That idea should meet with universal approval, for the barrel organ is usually an instrument of torture, and has been regarded by many as a distinct nuisance in the streets. There are barrel organs in every city and town of importance right throughout the world, and doubtless the mellifluous airs produced from them have frequently been the cause of outbursts among those have have work that requires a little bit of thinking to do. The barrel organ is worshipped by many a boy and girl whose musical ideas are crude, but as they grow older, their souls aspire to something better, and they gradually become haters of barrel organs. A reformed instrument is wanted, one that would be capable of turning out music that would stimulate the youngsters’ desire to plunge deeply into the arts. ' Having regard to the educative possibilities of the street barrel organ, it might be wise to create a fund for the distribution, among the persons whose tendencies lay in the direction of turning a handle in the streets, of organs of the best and most improved type. But the best organ in the world would not be welcomed by the man who is reckoning up a column of figures. With regard to monkeys, which are usually seen with this class of instrument, there should be no difficulty in obtaining a supply.

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