New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-27
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
pRISTOws PATRIOTIC CONCERT

BRISTOWS PATRIOTIC CONCERT
In aid of the Volunteer Fund came of OF Saturday
before splendid audience, animated by common in'
pulse. The programme equally patriotic ae re-
CARDS printing and pieces. The flag, with the Dix
word of command, was embazoned in coors Twen-
ty-two pieces the most Of them Of warlke nsnonAi
temper gave many artists plenty to do In solos, cho-
ruses and orchestral pieces for some hours and not
w;tbs,aoding the number there were encores The
,;ppers did not work mechanically. Lovely women
Madsme Stoepel, Miss Brainetd, Mss Parker, Mis-
Uinklev-dressed with heart-rendng taste, swelled
their throats like mockng-brds on the Fourth-oJuiy'
trying 70 initiate the distant notes OF the bugle playing
,bs rsnsneled Banner-ss was the custom with the
Southern birds. stalwart men like BrgnoE and SUE
spi looking like two Italian heroes, decaimsd 70
proudly in their native tongue respecting liberty ana
country that the audience accepted ss 70 nu'n H'
glish. Indsed. little gnnpowder would hardly nave
ADDED more TO the amboyant iDtensues OF tne oecA'
sion The conunctons muscally speaking OF Tue pro-
orsmme were striking even in their pairiousm' "o
had that afch-gem Yankee Doodle following cnorus
from the fighting oratorio of Judas Maccabeus. bnt
. reaaet that uine-tenths of the original ladS VINO
,,or.hed N that tune borrowed their nance irom
linden. the sequence in question is perhaps na'ur~'
The original words of Yankee Doode nave PuA1'eo
a.-n.d critics "a TO their Specification. IN nence ~s
,.orId nareuthetically remark that snslyIed h0m
b;gh-art standard they are PLAIN enougn'
"Yankee Doodle came to town
s,ass feather in his hat,
And called it msccsronl'
Ths vord "maccaropi" has oeef considered non.
seuse-see n. L. Reuos ,ccve Review, vol. tx, page
a2-but the key TO il is simple. pet kind Of little
r,oan borse In the time OF the Charlesee Was called
maccaron introduced Loyalty into Virginia, It's nsme
became known even in Massachusetts. When the
gentleman aforesaid came to town, be played of his
common pony as a maccaroni. The pronoun "t"
reads strictly as referring TO hat" but poetical IL
cense takes it line higher to "pony.")
Twenty Two pieces are too many TO analyze, and We
mus, content ourselves with few notes thereon. The
audience were much indebted 10 the chorus for their
execution Of some most excellent music and to the va.
ous solosts; Messrs Doher, Wooster, Eben, and Mills,
specially distinguished themselves. Mrs Bramerd
Justly CLEANED all encore for her admirable rendering
Of a cry ITO arms" by W. +. Otten-whch is pub
lshed for the benefit of the Volunteer fund. Misc
Hnckley did better than che has done in opera in her
brilliant execution Of the great aria from Semiramie--
tert piece Of vocalzation Miss Lizzie Parker sang
"Our country right wrong" with such earnestness
that it comes under the head of love Of country de.
pendent of ethics rs well capital artistic work. Any
deficiency of devotion to the Stars and Stripes even
under doubtful or worse than doubtful conditions,
would be rectied by hearing the unqualified musical
patriotism of Miss Parker.
Mr. Bris,ow directed all these mutical forces with
good taste and skill, and really the public 10 much
obliged to him for elegant entertainment designed
for noble purpose.