Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-06-16

l ~ Stall FALACEs--NrFauO NAuslCdl
w Congress on Thursday next, June 15-The
i President and Directors of "The Association for
i the Exhibition of the Industry Of all Nations,
| have the qualification 10 announce that they have
succeeded in organizing, on q 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
/ SO much TO the advancement of musical science
and art The object of the association in erecting
the Cyrstai Palace was not only 10 provide a
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 dGaUreS in the fine arts, has been shown
by the collection Of sculpture, and by the arrange
ment Of a large portion of the building as gallery
for paintings-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
portunity has not presented itself of doing justice
10 the sister art of music. As there never has
been at any period so many talented musical ar
tistes assembled at once in America as we find here
at the present moment, this seems 10 be the most
propitious 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 to the great
choral societies of the several large cities of the
United States. The directors would state, there,
eminent assigned the task Of directing the first
granda Congress Musicale" given al the Gardens
Of the Tnileries in Paris, on the LIST of May, 1887,
and whose renown and ability in the direction of
great musical masses stands unrivaed 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 appreciated
and difficult undertaking, the directors are happy
10 add that their views have been met with readi-
ness and enthusiasm by all those whose aid was
necessary to the accomplishment of their project
on 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 ARRANGE MENTS.
A colossal orchestra will be erected in the east
nave capable of containing fifteen hundred per-
formers. list Of the Orchestra, Philharmonic
Societies Bands, Choral Societies, Italian and
German Choruses, and principal artistes from Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Cit
cinnati, Providence, Hartford, New Haven, But
falo, 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 to make
the proper rehearsas for the Musical Congress.