New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-16
THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
THIRD DAY.

nearly C For fs grateful change there were several
In the rst place, the prices were reduced; in
the second place. the million were Invited To come In and
hear what the million cen easily understand; IN the
third place. the absurd preicnse OF h0DOrng me memory
of Beethoven was virtually abandoned aud there was
hardly scrap Of classical music either programme.
Tie love Of Slam Bang which seems TO be latent In the
bosom Of all Americans was relied upon 10 attract The
multitude In the afternoon while for the evening Tie
promised performance Of elijah" postponed 70
make place for repetition OF all the miscellaneous
pieces which had been most warmly praised at the pro
vous concerts. The day performance was given
up TO Mr. Gilmore and the Music OF the Present The
Anvil Chorus with red-shirts, artillery orchestra,
organ and two thousand voices; the " Infammatus'
with Parepas mighty soprano bursting 10 giorionSy
through uhe cloud Of harmony; 1.-The Star Spangied
Banner" with shouting, and waving OF handkerchief;
and end Of gunpowder ali there To the average
appetite it must have seemed that all the decaces f
may be pardoned the expression OF the Boston Jubilee
crowded into afternoon No wonder then hat
jersey and Long Island poured forth their hosts and the
suburban railways did rousng business. In all the
surrounding villages girls dubbed together took a
young man on shares, and brought him In to the
festival Families made day OF IT, retiring by squads
between the parts TO dine sumptuOsy in the refreshments
room on cake and pop. The young women who jump up
every five minutes to look for their friends and when
they have found them can't rest till they have exchanged
mods and semarticuate but totally inaudblo greeting;
the young women who think the byammGius 20 nice"
and The Messiah "swecty pretty" I'D who
always fall in love with Carl Rosa and gaia
with upon Max Maretzek; the young women
who press the American flag to Their
bosOms literally well metaphOrcaly and need %
be tied down at all the patriotic china all
the Rink in their brightest gowns and gayest ribbons
and sunnest humor and very pretty place, upon the
whole they made Of it. Nay it good for
tune riding up that pleasant afternoon in one of the
sumptuous OF the Thirdaye Railroad Company, u
be placed next living embodiment Of Hail Columbia.
fair GIRL to wit robed in the very buest Of bright blue
Silks with shaw Of blood red and white stripes Need
we say where she got outi
Upon the miscellaneous portions OF the afternoon con
cert il f. not necessary TO expend any criticism for tie
critical faculty occasions like this Is little out Of
place. Mr.. Arbucke, the Boston virtuoso cOrnc
solo, not the air from Attila" down for him
single far have the programmes been adhered
to) but an arrangement for his instrument Of a violin
fantasia of De Berot's Madame Parepa Rosa beside;
singing in the Infammatus" and 1.-The star
spangled Banner" charmed more cultivated ears
with the lovely BachGounOd AVE Maria" and
there were some effective orchestral selec
tons, led, like all the other afternoon pieces by Mt
Gilmore They went well, for Mr.. Gilmore is not mere
sensationalist people might be led to suppose
from the peculiar nature of his fame but excellent
and careful leader. The feature OF the day, however
was the Anvil Chorus About so men from the opera
choruses had been chosen 20 WELD the hammers They
were dressed in black trousers red flannel shirts, and
glazed hats. That is not exactly the costume
OF Spanish gypses Of the period Of AaR'1co
and A=ucena (whateyer that period may have
been) but it is a handy and effective uniform, and
tchles that extraordinary impulse which makes the
majority OF Americans clap their hands Whenever they
see counterfeit fireman SO when the fifty hammerers
filed upon the stage four parallel lines there first
a subdued exclamation of a" Look, look! there they
W. gl,.Kf ..al
about the word of command and let their hammers fan
at once upon the anys there another round. Then
the chorus began. As the great moment ap'
preached the leader grew more and more
excited. The young man at his side got
ready the electric wires with which he was 10 touch Oh
the artillery placed outside. The hammers rose in the
air The conductor stretched out both There
an instants pause and then Mr.. Gilmore began TO
himself like the walking-beam Of steam-engne; the
right goes down, and "cang" sound twenty-five an
wills; the left sinks and "clang" 90 the other half
As the hammers rise and fall in perfect time for they
welded by men who make the Anvil Chorus part OF the
business Of lfe), and the cannon in due order
he gets hotter and hotter, UNTIL just he
seems in danger OF bewilderment the rumpus ends
Then captain of artillery comes in from the yard, and,
ignoring the young man with the battery, sits down
proudly, who should say, Good people, fred those
guns" OF course, this quintessence of slamBang made
an immense sensation and the people apparently wanted
more successfully than it did in Boston, partly because
these chorus singers beat the anvis with perfect
regularity than the unmusical real fremen who were
employed on the former OCCASION and partly because
this building is SO much smaller than the Boston
Coliseum.
The evening concert, being made up chiefly Of pieces
we have already noticed, calls for special remark.
Miss Kellogg repeated the luce di quest ANNA and the
Miserere scena being accompanied in the latter by lie
Franc instead OF Brignoli. The nfammatus" re-
peated with Mrs. Caroline Hchngs Bernard instead of
Parepa for the solos. ALL far have heard,
either pretty well or very well.
II tho weather had been pleasant last night dare
say there would have been Overlooking house: a 1t i
think the managers must have lost money 30 far by
every performance. This partly their own raut They
announced a grand cOmmemoratiOn Of Beethoven, ana
put forth entertainment which has 10 mole 10 do
with Beethoven than with Prester John. COnnOsseurs
angry that the name Of the great mas
ter should have been stolen for common
speculation, and that foreigners should he invited
to laugh at the musical culture of Americans who keep
the centenary Of the grandes Of classical composers with
such captrap hammers and rcdshirs, and the Difd
of freedom, and certain solo singers whom not having
said much about them heretofore shall not advertise
by speaking OF them They are angry also that when
"A classical work given, like the minor symphony on
Monday il is given with little preparation that even
an accomplished master like Mr. Carl Bergman ttAe
best symphony leader Amerca) do It justice
The Germans consequently who are the best lovers ana
supporters OF music in New-York have kept away.
There are no German societies among the chorus There
are no German faces in the audience At present the
management to De drifting. Plans are changed
every few hours Advertisements and programmes are
deceptive What the rest OF the week Will bring forth 10
man can tell. The popular concerts promise TO DC
successful The "Elah" is almost certain TO be good
and we hope it may be profitable For the rest all Is
darkness II we are have jubilee Of noise, Wen ana
tf-. A., aul ,ro sball moi quarrel with