National Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra of Vienna Concert

“The Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra, which was heard at Steinway Hall with much pleasure several weeks ago, is now playing at the Atlantic Garden. The orchestra consists of four first and two second violins, two violas, two violoncellos, one double bass and a cymbal. The conductor is a regularly educated musician, while his players are, we believe, natural musicians, who possess the faculty of catching readily and playing without notes the complicated rhythms of their inspiriting music; at least they play without notes.

The peculiarities of Hungarian music have been so fully discussed in these columns that we need not offer our opinions again. The Hungarian names are of themselves sufficient to render us speechless in regard to the programme of last evening. The garden was comfortably filled with an audience composed for the most part of Germans, who applauded vociferously after each number, especially after the Hungarian selections, which are in our opinion the most popular as well as the proper selections for this orchestra to perform.”