, 1869-06-10

any ttmidIiy On thta Potnt Notwithstanding the
brpednesa Of the aises and corr1aors. It Is nanl
fest thot ii ere uuzs be ttneotJ In Bcst1n2 and
arranging 10 vast multitude; snd It win be fur.
p.!s.ng II the tsgt dsys programme u not sono-
wr.t delayed feun toc@77csenee from this c1ase-
req different note Of pzrpA.71'nn from. thas
Of these hammers and ssws l. that which We get
by locktng In II the Music Hall Agrand reheas-
sal Is going On there tnts e1entns-zhe third, be-
Here, Of The combined rehe4ssa11 Of sae Boston
cho1uses, v h!eh have been dt1l1ng In sections Of
6ye hundred etcrJ week fot four or 1vt months
Together they nunnber three thousand, completely
nning tue Nus1c Hall, Without the nve hundred Of
the Handel md HAYDN & c4ety, who arc veterans
al this Kind Of business and do not need 10 mach
drilling. The Music Han Is one Of the largest In
the country; but, coming fresh from The coliseum
It loot1 rramped Al nrst e4anee the audience
4uzgessA Quaker meeting, the men al atttlnz IN
tie todJ OF the nouse-tenn7 and bAssos d.
yfdtd by tic nasln alsIe-and the women occupy
ing the sal'c1ieA Every ore haa book, and
sctus to sing ~ his voice alone must m the
hail 1t Is m Alray Of paaiD. honest Yankee taees
nearly ali 1o1ng, with only here and there bald
or gray head but looking rather Ike country than
city people. Evidently 1t Is not the fashionable
part Of the community Witch has tothustasm
enough for n,uaie To K1e up twenty evenings Of 50
cut Of a Ninier for the sake Of singing.
On inspection this gather!ng evidently means
business. Thetc arc no dfoues II the noisy hise,
aurss half dozen or 30 Of ailcnt journalists who
have come IN To see and hear may be classed ~
such. At the zig organ sts man In shrt. sleeres,
Gct1g Ii thoroughly for work aud not for show.
The only other instrumental guide to the voices Ls
npiaro Al the centre OF the platform stands Mr.
Cnri Zer1ahu, rho has been II this drilling busi-
less In the Interest Of the Festival siace 1s6@ came
in, but does not aaow BY any tass1tude or tnpa-
thence the fatigue be must feel A head aooye
ordinary tall men, he could onciate a conductor
without = pedestal He Is . thorough German Ii
appearance, md though hts English Is excellent,
ron long fe4tlence In this country, the 8ccent
with which he Epeaks It Is 20 marked that unless
you listen close and catch the meaning as he begins
Jou fancy that be d spestlng German. lie Is IN
earnest and SO are his cholfsters Poat,ye though
patlcnt he tells them what be thinks OF their sing
nG, and orde1 rcpetttlons un,ll he Is satisfied The
siugeH do better at eyery tx1al, aud Arc eyilenuy
Tying taru Tns rehc1sat dashes On Ut high
speed, beginning one choral u soon a another Is
rnlAhed, SKIPPING all the solo parts, the
s!nGen htsaing vigorously Il ahy Outside
call on The attention Of the Leader makes three
thousand walt for one; and soop after .
O'Clock the end = reached. the chorus me,ts m
into couples In spite OF the division Of the axes In
the unsoctA Arrangement OF the han, and eycsy
lassle has laddie TO sec her home.
Do not expect me to say NnAt the effect Is Of the
Interpretation Of music BY this big chorus, which,
though less ihxu one s1x1h that Of the Fcstyal Is
yet larger thAn ha1 ever g1ng together before In
this country. Certainly there arc passages where
the SPLENDID volume Of found thrills the spinal
/ marEow; but 10 there are tn the chn1ases Of nye
hundred which We h4ve been used to In our orato-
no pct1ormanees; and, restly. this secua no more
powerful than TINT Whether the augmentation
Of numbers Of voices beyond certain point pro-
duces any Improved eject remains to bs seen; but
| Of eourse, the augmented uumbers will be needed
70 Ill the coliseum as TIE gIuAl number have dlltd
tho Aukc Hall But walt say the enthusiasts In
the Jubilee, I'LL We get the orchesra; that ts what
| is to Produce the grind effect
When one looks oyef The LIST Of names, he Is
struck b5 the fact That whatever this great, unpee-
| ccdenied muzicN Festival may Drove IL does not
rsoye that ne are musical people, These chorus
singers, to be sure, and those who are to JOIN
them trnn the country Tar and wide, arc ALL or
nestlr all, Americana But tho tutor who drlls
] then, ZcErAhn, the Organizer who testR them
Ionr1ee. and other leaders, such u Echbers,
koppltz, AaEetxe8 aud 80 On, arc Germans; the
"prolector who originates the 11alr Is m Isaan-
! man: four-dfths Of the skilled performers II the
great orchestra, nom Ole Bull down, art Ger
1nanf, Italaus aud Frenchmeu; and In the List of
composers who ste drawn upon to III up the
programme can be found nardty an American
name. We appreciate music, perhaps, and pay
rs foandlJ for 1t II any nAt1ou On earth: We seud
pFtHia dou1aa, r0ore or less s1ccesafully to Eu-
topean capltaia; but NC hare to draw our bes;
talent In the alt generally speaking, from foreign
! maiketA
In this hsstJ glance baEa been able, OF course,
TO survey only part OF tho business OF rtepara-
| ton Tue Bureau Of Accomnodaaons'' u en-.
gagged every day assigning lodging rooms md
bosrdtng houses to visitors who apply to them
lof such aid: and Gyef TWO thousand haye al
| ready been provided for BY their agency. The
ucfet-sefess Are buster md busier every tay;
and their receipts already demonstrate that
the Festival will pay its e1pens.A And a
ecors Of committees Of the Festival and Of the c!,y
government are devot.ng their time 70 asraustn1
details Of reception, OF tran sportat1on, OF prosec-
ton xsa1nst thieves and urr, and so OIL to the end
| OF the chapter.
Then, In addition 10 the special Preparations for
the Jubilee itself, great vartcty Of rooney-makr.s
aSe Setting teafJ In many ways to entertain the
multitude whom that event Will gather together.
Nearly al cur s-gallenes, for example, arc Ret-
ting up special attr1cttouar to see when m u}-
ntsston fee VII be charged One hxa Btersradta a
"Fcs0Eius N Eruptlon'-A striking, original piece
Of work, though the critics nnd fault That tnese
lEno sentiment no soul In til Inlngltng OF red
| and black and white Another II to hare FA.
quants pictures Of ntne Of the bellies Of fashion.
AID circles tn this city ant New Tork their beauty
ret % By CLASSICAL drapery and tho collection en-
titled !" The Nine AuFea" This Is not Jet open
10 the public. stlll another has special collec-
Non made for THIS occaslou-three bold sea pieces
~ De Haas, large yleH Of "Tne Whte Moun-
sains In October" BY l. D. shattucx, tn marked
contrast with George l. browns nortd treatment
Oh the eatne subject, and q dreadful ATTEMPT at
ancgns1cA1 painting called "Tru.h T1ye,lng
Falsehood,' by LILY ~ Spencer. The fremont
Temple Is engaged for the whole month By COD.
ce1n which calls Itself Batnum Carnival, and
Which Is TO cuttninate IN a baby show, but which
noF seems to consist OF little else than hsase
oand and comic singer. The Muhc unn IL u
be opened for three concerts Z day during the
pfuR7ess. Of the Festival, that no stranger may
ieave Boston without seeing and hearing the big
organ. The theatres hlso arc doing something
anu count On making deal Of money; but 1t Is tc
be regretted that the entertainments they onc,
will not Be Of lae highest order noe such Us to do
the reputation Of Boston Justice. Actors work toc
hard to give up lightly their hriet vacat1ou; the
contracts Of uansgeis terminate With the end o
spring: tnd so our theatres win be given "
mainly To reign Of nudity and broad, shallow fun
ThcnsBoston has Aumpty DRtnpsy." with Ton.
Denier as c1own-A sort1 traressy Of the great New
To.K version seiwJnh has Ltn9ard, who exc.
out his own really clever songa and imitation!
with the undfess buriesque OF "P1uto,
which was the principal subject OF Me
nowclla' comment in late number Of the Ar
ldnhc. The CouaiQpc has "The Forty Thieves
transferred from New York, bus with only one
the beautiful blondes who formed the centra
group in lit sa1acious pictures there. The Anseuu
retains Its atock COMPANY til Independence Day
md there. with Warren, the comedian. Miss Ami!
Cla7ke, leading la.iy surpassed h5 hardly one Il
the country, and some very good minor people
the visitors 10 Boston may stand 4 chance OF zee
trg some Svod acting, Il the programmes se>ectes
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