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Show Mieile nf tha Future. New YorU Tribune. "The music of tho future," says a composer of comic operas, "will be a blending of the German and Italian, not one, but both. Harmony is what the public demands. Wo have not at present any distinctive American music or school of music. 'The only distinctive school wo have are the negro melodies, the great, composer of which was Stephen F'ost'-r. These melodies embrace the 'Swauee River.' 'Old Folks at Home,' 'Gentle Annie' aud other well known times. Beyond these we hove developed no separate music. Our music, like our race, tnust be composite." |