Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1917 — SPAIN FULL OF MUSIC NOW [ARTICLE]

SPAIN FULL OF MUSIC NOW

Bands of Hungarian Gypsies Fled From France at Beginning of War to Avoid Internment. Spain is filled with music. At nearly any hour of night or day one can hear the twanging and twinging of musical Instruments. The country 18 overrun by orchestras of Hungarian gypsies. . ... , ", .—— . These bands are among the most famous in Europe. usually are located, at Paris, Monte Carlo, Nice and other centers of gay life. When the war began these players, being Hungarians, had to get out of France or be interned as enemies. If they had returned to Hungary they would have had to put rifles on their shoulders in place of violins. So they all migrated into Spain, filling the country with music. Spain already had its share of gypsies, relics of the days of the Moors. These greeted the newcomers with open arms. They play together and often hold grand entertainments, at which one of the Hungarian gypsy bands play, an Austrian-Polish gypsy sings and a Spanish gypsy dances. Pastor Imperio, the fiery queen of the Spanish gypsies who married the king of the bull fighters, Guyio, is one of the star dancers. It is said the weird, Oriental strains of the Eastern gypsies combining with the wild toreador music of the Spaniards makes strange but pleasing music. A few bars of American' ragtime is introduced now and then to give dash to the dancing of the tango and one-step. This~medley of mustc~iß- - everywhere, at entertainments, theaters, hotels, concert halls and even in the streets, for Spain is crowded with these wandering players.