GOOD MUSIC FOR THE VILLAGES.
(To vas EDITOR or TILE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Forther to the matter of village concerts, &c. How very important it is that these should be properly carried out, if only from an educational point of view, is emphasized by developments of the already pitiful system of paying singers
and instrumentalists to, boost "shop music." Recently a publishing firm offered £400 a year to a singer on condition that one of their songs was included at every public appear- ance of the said " artist," and now a firm of publishers control some concerts at a quasi social-religious centre, and only their publications are, of course, foisted on " the people." God spare them, and hear ye, Israel! Music is one of the liberal arts, and although rent has to be paid, and bread obtained, I submit that its grateful ministrations need to he pure and real, not a commercial corruption.—I am, Sir, &c.,
A. N. A RT 1ST.
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