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No. 39 (June, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Spence, Edward F.: Some leaves from Mr. Dudley Hardy's sketchbook
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Leaves from Dudley Hardy s Sketch-Book
tying ribbons, lacing shoes, &c. I believe that I have an uncomfortable feeling that I have been
France is the only country where such requests acting as showman, or analytical programme, or
could be made and carried out in good faith and
with absolute respect. Certainly, our gallantry /f^rl m ~ A
never got beyond offering bocks and sirops. We ^i^a^^v^ -
were attracted to the place by the Irish announce-
ment of "Debut tous les soirs de Mile. IrmaP
You will find her simply as Chanteuse de Cafe •3 ••'
Concert, and in the hasty note will see no little * r^^l^KEf^SSm
of the charm that made John Philip famous. One v " ~$JteStrf
of the habitues was a young lady always decked in X* mL^,/^^ X
unsuitable furs. With her was a grumpy old man, . \ ^
"chanteuse de cafe concert"
from a sketch by dudley hardy
explanatory catalogue, and yet am not altogether
ashamed if it be true. After all, people are apt to
ignore the value of sketches or notes unless some
one takes them as a text, and, seeing what a deep
admiration I have for the best
work of Mr. Dudley Hardy, I
am content to be his prophet
la belle du treport " & &r^hi —at least in the scholarly
from a sketch by dudley hardy / .. sense of the term. It is not
often that one has hold of a
bilious in tint, with murderous moustaches, and we book of genuine sketches
called her Encore un bock, because she seemed made by a man with an as-
a fair rival to the Heidelberg tun in capacity for " musique founding gift for working
holding beer. Her image was taken with a point- hongroise"
less pencil and bottle of bad ink, yet there is note-
worthy quality in the drawing. The orchestra was swiftly. I am confi-
interesting, for as an immense attraction we had dent that the qualities
some Hungarian musicians, who, I regret to say, to which I have tried
delighted the house by playing scraps from the to call attention, with-
fashionable musical " go as you please " works of out being tedious,
London, and playing them with strange orchestra- would have been duly
tion and a daring disregard of the composer's idea appreciated by the
of time. You can see the head of the chief of the careful; yet for the
band, a fellow with eyebrows a la Pinero, with ears many who see care-
such as Lambroso ascribes to murderers, a com- lessly there should be
plexion of copper modified by olive-green, and some direction, and it
always between his lips was a straw that must have seems no waste of time
come from an American drink that had been given to point out that the
to him at some prehistoric period. rough drawings must by dudley hard\
37
" espagnolle des batig-
nolles " from a sketch
tying ribbons, lacing shoes, &c. I believe that I have an uncomfortable feeling that I have been
France is the only country where such requests acting as showman, or analytical programme, or
could be made and carried out in good faith and
with absolute respect. Certainly, our gallantry /f^rl m ~ A
never got beyond offering bocks and sirops. We ^i^a^^v^ -
were attracted to the place by the Irish announce-
ment of "Debut tous les soirs de Mile. IrmaP
You will find her simply as Chanteuse de Cafe •3 ••'
Concert, and in the hasty note will see no little * r^^l^KEf^SSm
of the charm that made John Philip famous. One v " ~$JteStrf
of the habitues was a young lady always decked in X* mL^,/^^ X
unsuitable furs. With her was a grumpy old man, . \ ^
"chanteuse de cafe concert"
from a sketch by dudley hardy
explanatory catalogue, and yet am not altogether
ashamed if it be true. After all, people are apt to
ignore the value of sketches or notes unless some
one takes them as a text, and, seeing what a deep
admiration I have for the best
work of Mr. Dudley Hardy, I
am content to be his prophet
la belle du treport " & &r^hi —at least in the scholarly
from a sketch by dudley hardy / .. sense of the term. It is not
often that one has hold of a
bilious in tint, with murderous moustaches, and we book of genuine sketches
called her Encore un bock, because she seemed made by a man with an as-
a fair rival to the Heidelberg tun in capacity for " musique founding gift for working
holding beer. Her image was taken with a point- hongroise"
less pencil and bottle of bad ink, yet there is note-
worthy quality in the drawing. The orchestra was swiftly. I am confi-
interesting, for as an immense attraction we had dent that the qualities
some Hungarian musicians, who, I regret to say, to which I have tried
delighted the house by playing scraps from the to call attention, with-
fashionable musical " go as you please " works of out being tedious,
London, and playing them with strange orchestra- would have been duly
tion and a daring disregard of the composer's idea appreciated by the
of time. You can see the head of the chief of the careful; yet for the
band, a fellow with eyebrows a la Pinero, with ears many who see care-
such as Lambroso ascribes to murderers, a com- lessly there should be
plexion of copper modified by olive-green, and some direction, and it
always between his lips was a straw that must have seems no waste of time
come from an American drink that had been given to point out that the
to him at some prehistoric period. rough drawings must by dudley hard\
37
" espagnolle des batig-
nolles " from a sketch