Let us simply recall again the words of Sir Edward Elgar, spoken at Birmingham: "To draw their inspiration from their own country, their own literature and their own climate. Only by doing so could they arrive at an English art." CONCLUSION Everything points to the fact that in all branches of musical art, the time has come when England should work out her own salvation. The result of a hundred and fifty years of foreign tutelage is not one of which any nation need be proud. FOOTNOTES: [21] The lead taken by Sir Henry Wood in this matter is one of his many claims to the gratitude of the country. His adoption of the French pitch, known as the "diapason normale," was an act of supreme importance, as tending to bring England in line with the rest of Europe. [22] "Music in London: Impressions of a Stranger" (p. 11). [23] L'an[c,]ienne ['e]cole de chant Italienne est une chose du pass['e], dont je suis le seul et dernier repr['e]sentant. [24] To cite a few names that come most readily to the mind--Jenny Lind, Christine Nilsson, Madame Patey, Sims Reeves, Jean de Reszke, Charles Santley and Edouard de Reszke. Added to these, the great German singers, inseparably associated with the works of Wagner--all give colour to the idea. CHAPTER VI PROGRESS OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC Former indifference to orchestral music in England--Handel and his orchestra--Difference in character to the modern--Haydn's visit--Its great influence--Philharmonic Society--Great services to England--Celebrated foreign composers identified with its history--Mendelssohn and Wagner--Richter and Wagner festival at Royal Albert Hall--Richter Concerts--Influence on public taste--August Manns and Crystal Palace Concerts--Sir George Grove and the programmes--Sir Charles Hall['e] and Manchester--The Manchester (afterwards Hall['e]) Concerts--Influence on music in the North and Midlands--Sir Henry J. Wood and Promenade Concerts--Reformation in character--His establishment of Symphony Concerts--Unique service to British music--London Symphony Orchestra--Mr. Landon Ronald and the New Symphony Orchestra--The Royal Amateur and other amateur orchestral societies--The good work done. One of the most striking features in the recent development of musical progress in England is the somewhat sudden rise into popularity of orchestral music. One might almost say that as regards this form of art, the vast majority of English people were at one time as dead to any appreciation of it, as their descendants to-day, are alive to its value, and eager to take every opportunity to extend their knowledge of it.