The quaint ideas which Chinese foreign-style bands used to have a few years ayo on the music appropriate to the various functions. at Which they attended will be remem-bored by old residents, though in cent yours some of the more lauyhe fable misfits have been done away with Nevertheless it was not 59
Jong' ago that a band heading a funeral procession was heard playing "Over there," While even when more sedate strains were attempted they were venerally played so badly to be almost unrecognizable. With the advent of broadcasting there is more music of a sort in the Chinese streets of this city than ever before, and some very quaint results are to be heard, Thus sometimes of a morn-
Ing practically the whole of Foochow Road loudspeaker used for advertise ug purposes will be tuned in on one. particular station and dozens of Jeannette MacDonald's will -be heard lifting up their voices in "Grenadiers" from "Love Parade." Sometimes more ambitious forays are made] upon the music of other foreign countries, and on June 10 Foochow Toad was treated to the "Volga Boatmen" in Chinese sung by a Female voice. 'The small three-men aggregations which are sometimes employed by shopkeepers to apprise possible customers of the advent of the cheap sale period, more often than not stick to the' well beaten drum, though sometimes a cornetist will deliver himself of some plaintive but unrecognizable melody. The men undoubtedly earn their money making strange noises hour after hour during the day, and they Must serve their purpose or the shopkeepers would long have ceased availing themselves of their services, There is one team which was recent~ ly operating over a shop in Canton Road which was taking its work seriously, It was playing a tune Which was ultimately identitied a8 "Lead Kindly light,"—and that over fan electrical equipment shop.
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