Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-06-15
IKYsTAL PALACE Grand Musica

rKYSTAL PALACE.-Grand Musical
~ Congress on Thursday next, June l5-The
President and Directors Of "The3 Ass9ciation for
the Exhibition Of the Industry Of all Nations
have the qualification to announce! that they have
succeeded in organizing, on . scale Of magnitude
unprecedented in this country, one Of those great
Choral and Orchestral meetings which have taken
place annually for the last fifty years in England,
Germany, and France, and which have contributed
80 much to the advancement Of musical science
and art The object Of the association in erecting
the Crystal Palace was not only 10 provide
building in which the inventive Skill mechanical
genius and productive industry of America and all
other nations might be represented and exhibited,
but also temple worthy Of containing The worlds
chefs denprcs in the fine arts, as has been shown
by the collection of sculpture and by the arrange
ment Of large portion of the building as gallery
for pantings-such an appropriation for the latter
art not having been made even in the great
Worlds Fair in London. Thus far the directors
feel that they have done all that laid in their power
for sculpture and painting; but until now the OPP
portunty has not presented itself of doing justice
TO the sister art of music. AS there never has
been at any period so many talented musical ar
tistes assembled at once in America we find here
at the present moments this seems TO be tho most
proptious occasion for putting in execution the
great design Of uniting in one gigantic ensemble
the elite Of the instrumental celebrities of Europe
with those Of America, in addition 10 the great
choral societies of the several large cities Of the
United States. The directors would state, there
fore, that M. JULIEN, to whom the French gov
eminent assigned the task Of directing the first
grand Congress Musicale" given at the Gardens
ofthe Tuileries, in Paris on the LIST Of May, 1887,
and whose renown and ability in the direction Of
great musical masses stands unrivalled in Eng
land, and in fact throughout Europe, having been
prevailed upon TO delay his departure for London
and Paris, with that Of the eminent solo per-
formers comprised in his orchestra) the directors
have been fortunate enough TO avail themselves
Of his valuable cooperation in the direction OF this
vast Musical Reunion. In this long-projected
and difficult undertaking, the directors are happy
to add that their views have been met with read-
ness and enthusiasm by all those whose aid was
necessary to the accomplishment Of their project
on a scale Of splendor and completeness worthy
alike of the divine art Of music, the building in
which this vast Congress is to be held, and the
patronage of the American people.
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
A colossal orchestra will be erected in the east
nave capable of containing fifteen hundred per-
formers. A list Of the Orchestra Philharmonic
Societies Bands, Choral Societies, Italian and
German Choruses, and principal artistes from Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Gin
cnnati, Providence, Hartford, New Haven, But
fao, Albany, &c &c, will be duly announced.
The Crystal Palace will be closed on Tuesday
next, the 18th Instant until one o'clock, p. M,
and all the day on Wednesday, and until four
o'clock on Thursday, the 18th, in order 10 make
the proper rehearsals for the Musical Congress.
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