New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-25

could be obtained was occupied numerous force Oh
Police lined the bridge and secured the most perfect
order and the external arrangements OF every KIND
were managed with skill which we could wish TO see
oftsuer displayed such occasions The immense
thropg Of omnibuses and carriages as little confused
az possible and their steady roll up Broadway for
long time after the close Of the Concert apprised the
thousands who not present. that the last song was
.unp Within the ball was the admirable arrange
ment Punctuay at o'clock, Mr. Eisfed appeared
mon his stand and directed the orchestra throughout IN
that mastery manner with which the audience OF the
Philharmonic Concerts already acquainted, and
which allowed no regret-so far as the musical direc-
,ion was concerned-,hnt Mr. Benedict was no longer
here. -,
concert. we wish to break lance with our friendly
contemporaries who during all the previous series Of
these concerts have found our enthusiasm for Madame
Coldschmidt so funny, one of them felicitousy
expresses it, We have no intention of excusing or de-
Tending enthusiasm for any person thing Ii man
does not rejoice in olfactories understand his
want of delight in Sweet odors- he Is blind, we do
not require that he should kndIe az the glory OF sun
rise the piendors of painting IT, however, ne has
the ordinary supply of sense, well as OF senses ana
remains unnoved while the finest human genius reveals
its richness TO hm-why then, We have another the
ory of that individual which would be evidently use
less to develop here. Look at this musical career as
coldy possible, and is yet the most marvellous TACT
in our history OF popular orations and enthusiasts
hitherto is unparalleled in musical annals More
curiosity explained if you WILL the throng and the ex-
element of the fret concerts. But mere curiosity
is long since satisfied. Personal feeling for
benevolent woman, explains much if you please, for
while. But personal feeling for benevolent persons
not draw crowds ticketoces to risk their garments
and patience and time, and limbs pay heavy sum
to phianthropist They are rare, we grant, but
the spectacle does notanj for that very among
othert-loosen pureestrings Besides Madame
Goldschmdt is no longer maiden philanhSopist-she
is mature artist, and as such she summons u.s. Crit
icsn, especially under French influence, has wreAked
lis dissatisfaction upon her. She decreed not to De
the thing when she first sang. She was adjudged
"peasng singer of ballads, she declared to be
ignorant of Italian pusc-to be cold:sme-incapable
of tragic or profound power-what she not said to
be that is the synonyme of nsutcieucy Still the charm
worked Still runor busy with her riumphal pro-
gress, with her prodigious The public every
where was as gu5le as in New-Yors 1t seemed. Was
it the spell of personal beauty That nsver as
serted Well, she returned. Curiosity satisfied.
Philanthropy no premium, at least to look at
But she renewed the youth of her and made
more profound impression Night after night, at Trip
Ter Hail. at Castle Garden the crowd followed her and
hung upon her voice. We grant 1t was wonderful, it
was unprecedented WIN our friends not allow that
there must have been other than those al
ready mentioned The fact was this, single woman
with her imperial voice swsyed the crowd as the wind
shakes grain field. What was the reasonl Her Eu-
ropean fame But whence, and in what founded,
that fame 1t is not enough TO have voice, nor to
sing WELL in order to enthra the miscellaneous crowds
Of eastern and western cities. No worldwide renown
has ever less than worldwide reason Grant that 1t
was curiosity. Then here was curiosity for whose
satisfaction hardly.earned money flowed like water,
and that filed the largest spaces nightly.
And that undertaking popular is the seal of
this genius Turner was voted crazy, and all the repu
table artists held up hands of horror at the "spiashes
and the extraordinary things and the insane vagares
OF his brain and brush. Very well single picture OF
Turner's is worth than six Of any other co.
temporary English artist, and his works and gs-
MUS have occasioned the most profound and mag
nifcent criticisms of art ever written. 1t may
be curiosity that pays pounds sterling by the
thousand for his picturest may be an idiosyncrasy
of trade that approves in glowing sentences
themselves noble pictures-the great works of the
ter But fact remains, and it remains with the
cess of Madame Godschmid, Our explanation of this
is simply that of genius in hitherto Unmatched
in history for its direct influence upon the of
And therefore cannot but bow 10 1t. We cannot tell
why. 1t Is lilies open to the sunrise 1t is inexplca
bic. Undoubtedly it is very funny At least
have Express authority for believing 1t so.
But, certainly, we poor, panKog critics need not
be afraid of dignity in coniessiug the enthusiasm
may chance to feel in the presence OF this stately spec
tacle. To represent fifty the power, the grace the
beauty the genius of woman is the hope of poetry, the
dreams of art. This impulse anilrstes the highest hu
man aspiration, and when, as TO uS-poor funny"
"oysterhouse critics" that are-e woman appears
in the majestic and meodous play of that genius re-
vealipg what before this time and this artist
ever saw,-a single commanding thousands
and thousands OF men, by the kindlng touch of her
power displayed in forms Of art-then we hasten to
depoy al puny and miserable of express
ion to hint at that supreme beauty Ii there
for enthusiasm, it is here If enthusiasm
was the only satisfactory expression it is here. Let it
be curiosty--call it whatever you will. We knowsaat
it Is what inspired Homer Shakspere Raphael Mozart
all the Poets all the Panters-all the Conposers-
and well afford to be funny in our oyster.house
The concert last evening had eaR from be Ginning to
end The programme excessively popular and the
reception Of Madame Godschmidt throughout the eve.
ming such, that fancy even our friend OF The
albion will confess that signor Badia admirable as he
was did not monopolize the enthu asm. We were glad
that Madame Godschmidt sang Casta Dica, for upon
that first song at the first concert 50 much good
criticism wasted. We have heard the scena
by all the most famous singers of the time, and
Madame Godschmidt is easily beyond them all
We do not say this to provoke comparison for j, would
be difficult to compare things at all in the same
range. Madame Goldschmidts conception fthe part
and OF the music Ia perfect is exquisitey lofty and
pure. The tranquility of the introd lcton,--the full
vast Understanding along the verge of silence as the
dstanty from the inland-he placid PRAYER