“It’s immaterial to me,”
Said F. P. A. to B. L. T.
Let it, then, go double.
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]Mr. Dubbe’s Program Study Class.
(ACCOMPANYING THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS.)
Reported by Miss Poeta Pants.
I.—THE NEAPOLITAN SIXTH.
Mr. Criticus Flub-Dubbe’s program study class began the season yesterday afternoon with every member present and keenly attentive. After a preparatory sketch of old Italian music, Mr. Dubbe told us about the Neapolitan Sixth, which, he said had exercised so strong an influence on music that, if Naples had never done anything else, this alone would have insured to the city fame in history.
“The Neapolitan Sixth,” said Mr. Dubbe, “is so called because the composers of the Neapolitan school of opera were the first to introduce it freely. D. and A. Scarlatti were at the head of the school and were well-known musicians. Bach, who was not so well known, also used this sixth.”
“Which used it first?” asked Mrs. Givu A. Payne.
“Bach, of course,” replied Mr. Dubbe. “Bach used everything first.”