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The German band in Germany has to know its business to be listened to by a German audience. The Bavarian artisan or shopkeeper understands and appreciates good music, as he understands and appreciates good beer. You cannot impose upon him with an inferior article. THE GERMAN BAND IN GERMANY HAS TO KNOW ITS BUSINESS TO BE LISTENED TO BY A GERMAN AUDIENCE THE BAVARIAN ARTISAN OR SHOPKEEPER UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES GOOD MUSIC AS HE UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES GOOD BEER YOU CANNOT IMPOSE UPON HIM WITH AN INFERIOR ARTICLE
s that come to London are bands that have fled from Germany, in order to save their lives. In Germany, these bands would be slaughtered at the public expense and their bodies given to the poor for sausages. The bands that the Germans keep for themselves are magnificent bands. Munich of all places in the now united Fatherland, has, I suppose, the greatest reputation for its military bands, and the citizens are allowed, not only to pay for them, but to hear them. Two or three times a day in different parts of the city one or another of them will be playing _pro bono publico_, and, in the evening, they are loaned out by the authorities to the proprietors of the big beer-gardens. "Go" and dash are the chief characteristics of their method; but, when needed, they can produce from the battered, time-worn trumpets, which have been handed down from player to player since the regiment was first formed, notes as soft and full and clear as any that could start from the strings of some old violin. R IN GERMANY THE GERMAN BANDS THAT COME TO LONDON ARE BANDS THAT HAVE FLED FROM GERMANY IN ORDER TO SAVE THEIR LIVES IN GERMANY THESE BANDS WILL BE SLAUGHTERED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE AND THEIR BODIES GIVEN TO THE POOR FOR SAUSAGES THE BANDS THAT THE GERMANS KEEP FOR THEMSELVES ARE MAGNIFICENT BANDS MUNICH OF ALL PLACES IN THE NOW UNITED FATHERLAND HAS I SUPPOSE THE GREATEST REPUTATION FOR ITS MILITARY BANDS AND THE CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED NOT ONLY TO PAY FOR THEM BUT TO HEAR THEM TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY ONE OR ANOTHER OF THEM WILL BE PLAYING PRO BONO PUBLICO AND IN THE EVENING THEY ARE LOANED OUT BY THE AUTHORITIES TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE BIG BEER GARDENS GO AND DASH ARE THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR METHOD BUT WHEN NEEDED THEY CAN PRODUCE FROM THE BATTERED TIME WORN TRUMPETS WHICH HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM PLAYER TO PLAYER SINCE THE REGIMENT WAS FIRST FORMED NOTES AS SOFT AND FULL AND CLEAR AS ANY THAT COULD START FROM THE STRINGS OF SOME OLD VIOLIN
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