The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-20
TIE CINCINNATI sRxGERFEsT.
The Eangerfest a Great Success
Concert Last Night-EVaEsYille.


CINCINNATI. June IL. 1870.
Editors Journal:
Throughout the day yesterday, the
streets were alive with strangers, as
they have been since the commence
ment of the Festival. Many of the
excursionists have combined business
aud pleasure, and our merchants, both
Wholesale and retail, are having a
trade which is unusual at this time of
the year. Every branch Of trade is
benefited by the influx of strangers
attracted here By the Musical Feast.
The hotels are full to OVERLOOKING,
and many of them have made ar
engagements with neighboring houses,
in which they have placed cots, and
these are occupied nightly by persons
paying prices for first-c class rooms and
accommodations.
81 It is useless to say the brewers are
doing q good business. They are
actually coming money. Places of
Amusement are crowded to their ut
most capacity nightly.
The street railroad cars are con-
stantly packed with sight-seers, and
hacks and carriages are in constant
demand. In fact all interests, both
public and private, are promoted by
the crowd of outsiders.
= At nine O'Clock In the morning
there was grand rehearsal at the Fest
Hall, to which an admission of fifty
cents was charged. 1t was attended
by about two thousand persons. This
number would have been greatly in
creased lift had been generally known
that outsiders were to be admitted.
Everything worked tremendously and
it resembled a concert more than a
rehearsal After it was concluded, the
strangers dispersed-some to see the
sights; many to take a social glass,
and more to form in small professions
and follow bands Of music through
the streets.
Many of the societies Of this city
gave levees to visiting societies, at
their respective halls, which were
very pleasant affairs, many of them
Terminating in dances which lasted
till day-break.
CONCERT.
Last night was the time set for the
first grand concert. and il was an i'm
mense success in every sense of the
word. Never before was there such
an immense concourse of people gath
cred together under one roof, and
rarely are such crowds congregated
anywhere. About dusk, the crowds
from all the thoroughfares of the city
bent their steps in the direction of the
Hall. and as soon as the ticket offices
were open, the long lines of people
began to pour into the spacious Hall,
and an hour before the time for the
exercises to commence, it was deemed
best to close the ticket offices, as the
space inside was already solidly filed.
Those who came late with tickets for
reserved seats, feeling perfectly secure
in the thought that their seats were
awaiting them, were not a little cha
grined to find the aisles densely packed
with people, and an utter disregard paid
to checks for secured seats. But by
far the blankest looking lot of people
/ have ever seen, were those who
were crowding toward the doors, and
were told that no more tickets were
being sold as the Hall was already
full, and a detachment of the police
force were required to convince them
that a hall capable of holding ten
thousand persons could be entirely
filled.
It was nearly half past eight o'clock
before Mr.. Walter the Director ad-
vanced to the front of the stage, signi-
fying that all was in readiness, and as
he raised his magic wand, the first |
notes Of the Ocean Symphony entitled |
Columbia, by T. 7. Albert of SUIT
CART, arose and foated in waves of |
sound, filling the remotest parts of |
the hall; each of the different parts
in turn: The DE
parture," sailors Life" IAN Eve
ming on the Ocean" Tempest"
and Sight of Land" were warm
~ applauded, and it was well mer-
tied. The different scenes were
well Interpreted by the orchestra,
and were soul stirring in their vivid /
ness. The "Sturmesmythe," vocal |
chorus, was then sung by the vast con
course of singers arranged In rows
above each other in a vast pyramid.
This is a descriptive piece, storm
Legend" and is we'll calculated to
find ft expression in a combination of
q thousand voices and an orchestra
Of one hundred and fifty pieces.
Mr.. Wenzel Kopta. q violinist of
some repute, followed in a concerto,
from Mozart. and elected hearty
applause.
Mrs. Edmund Dexter, whose finer
qualities Of voice and finished culture
of style are as we'll known in this COM
munity as is Parepa Rosa in profess
sional circles, next sang a selection
from The Marriage of Figaro" She
was greeted with storm of applause
IS she came upon the stage, and was
loudly cheered for her able rendition
Of the difficult piece.
A piano solo, by Mr.. Charles Wal
.er, was well rendered, and was ap-
olauded highly.
Mrs. Dexter was enthusiastically
lpplauded on her second appearance,
t which time she gave the shadow
Dance" from Myerbeer's opera of
linorah, and in response to a demand |
hat would take no denial, repeated a
,ortion of it.
The concert was in every way a
rand suceess. and far surpasses any.