Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1911 — Music of the Drum. [ARTICLE]

Music of the Drum.

All musical authorities have agreed that when used to a proper way the drum is thoroughly musical. The common snare or side drum Is freely used In musical composition. A large number of drummers performing simultaneously out of doors produce good music. In this connection Berlioz, the composer, pointed out that a sound that was Insignificant when heard singly, such as the clink of one or two muskets at shoulder arms or the thud as the butt comes to the ground at ground arms, becomes brilliant and attractive if performed by a thousand men together.