Maestro Pact will be gratified with the result of the questionnaire culated among 214 children of the Sapanese Northern Primary School, asking what they thought of the concert given for Japanese children by the Municipal Orchestra in the Kabukiza Theatre last Friday. AN but two of the children said. that they "enjoyed" the concert, while the two who qualified their approval said "that they "Uked i, but felt Dored at times." The Japanese community has been among the most vocal of the Orchestra's critics, both fon the ground of expense and because it Is supposed to cater to the tastes of only a small section of the ratepayers. Is It possible that the members of that community may. change their minds If they, too, tend a concert? The unanimous approval of their progeny is astonish-Ing, considering the wide gulf existing between the eastern and the western Ideas of music. 'That approval, it is true, have been coloured by factors Which may not appeal so forcibly to the true lover of musie—the agility of the drummer, who handled seven percussion instruments without assistance, having attracted a great deal' of favourable comment from the Jyoung audience, But the approval foxists and may easily spread to the fadulis, provided the enthusiasm for emulation does not cause Shanghai' Japanese homes to be upset by the younger generation also trying to handle seven percussion instruments without assistance.
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