The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-19
URDAY MORNING., JUNE 10. 1869.

sufficient velocity for all tie voices to reach the
ear at the same instant. This has proved to
be true, though not to such a troublesome ex-
tent as was feared. The chorus is packed
closely, yet it covers an area Of about 800 feet
square-that is to say the voices OF the rear
ranks have 800 feet further to travel than the
cisely at the same moment, one will come in q
nth Of second after the other. This interval
OF time, short as it is. can be appr eciated by
the ear: and the least Tagging on the part Of
those distant singers aggravetes the difficulty
to distressing degree. In the quicker move
ments OF the chorus, arranged ffom Mozart's
Mass. sMass. eyerythinE seemed agog. In the ''star
confusion. In the ohorals, however, no such
troubles were experienced, because the voices
awel! long enough on each note for everybody
to to catch up: There were TWO solo performances
Dy Madame Parepa- Rosa, namely, Gounoi's
Ave Maria. end Rossinl's 1nfammatus."
Her pure, sweet, noble voice came across that
vast space, through the surging Of 400 10.
voices. in the choral accompaniment, with q
distinctness at which / marvel and admire.
her Hoftest notes were distinctly heard in the
remotest corners, and the effect of such beau
tmmeasusabIe distance, was just charming.
The oveKtuIes to ..Tannhauser" and '.William
lei aeir' ~ were playsd BY about four hundred
nor produced as strong an effect as il PLAYED
by one hundred good men in an opera house.
The Coronation March, hom the Prophet"
was Detter, out 1mperfect. The features OF the
day, however, we're the 'Anvil Chorus" the
"Star-spangled Banner" and s'My Country,
Iis Of Thee. accompanied by every conoeiva-
bic device for making noise. For the first
there marched in one hundred fremen in red
shirts aud white capes, and placed themselves
with sled2e.hammer in hand, by the side Of
one hundred anvils. The enthusiasm which
this performance aroused can scarcely
describe. A typical Bos,onian beside me
jumped. up in his excitement and OPEN
ed an umbrella. At proper intervals q
battery OF twelve pieces OF artillery, sta
toned just outside the doors. and discharg-
ed by electrical wires, manipulated by mem-
Der Of the orchestra, lent sonorous voices to
the uproar, and the city bells rang by similar
scientific appliances, warned all the towne OF
what was oing on. To be sure the artillery
to US inside s0Rnded something like the clap
ping Of cellar doors, and the smoke came pour
ing IN, and the bells we did not hear at all but
1t was all very grand and noisy, and as the root
did not come off, nor the people near the stage
flee in dsmay and deafness, Mr. Gilmore may
congratulate himself upon grand success.
1t was not very good music, but it was not
meant to be that. The Jubilee is hardly under
full way yet, and tomorrow the crowd will pro-
baby be greater. There we're present to-day
about $500 singers, o select string orchestra Of
$50. grand orchestra OF 900, including the Sc
lect one, and an audience Of perphaps IL, 600 or
15, 600 persons. The natives are highly elated
with what they have done, and they really
have reason to be.