Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1910 — Quick to Learn Music. [ARTICLE]

Quick to Learn Music.

The talent of the negro race for music is shown by the experience of the bandmaster of a regiment of native troops in Janiaica. . When he took charge not a man in the command kaew a single note. Only one or two could play an instrument even a -little. Yet in six months he had selected his musicians and taught them enough to appear in public. Two or three years later their fame had spread to England and they were invited there to give a series of concerts. Their tour was highly successful. - . " ■ J