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M j Crock ft, of the Si. Louis Fntelli-genefe writing from San Franclsco, givedtlie following description of music liard ar the Chinese Theater in tv:—Before the curtain was mi-• 1 , , ' • j» ‘yiwere favored with musicf rom ineire orchestra, if that can beTnuiFuTr^fiVi iy suuhoi salufd mortal ears, I cannot describe the nslrumeiits from which these sounds propelled except that one ot them was anlnmenae gong, whilst several others wiv very diminutive one stringed fid-dl|, of a peculiar shape. They had al-sO'j. pair of cymbals and a large oval ne, elevated above the floor oh a me-work, and on which they beat me with a couple of sticks. Altogether the noise was about such as would lie produced bv a dozen tin pans of different sizes, a hnil-dozen cracked fiddles, i steamboat bell, the filing of a saw. and the squalling of a cat. The musicians were placed on the after-part ol the stage instead of Hip front of it, and kept up their din during the most of the performance.
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Morgantown Monongalia Mirror
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Sat, Jan 29, 1853
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