Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-07-05
The Boston Jubilee.

THE chorus in 1869 was 10000 strong.
This year it is said to number 10000. 1t
embraces 1865 societies, led by the famous
Handel and Haydn Society of Boston,
which three years ago would take no part
in the festival and this year was the first
to offer its services. OF these 1855 socie-
ties, 104 belong to Massachusetts, and A
to the other New England States. New
York city sends one-the New York
Jubilee chorus, of which | never heard
boforv-DruUkiyn one, UuiIer parts of
New York State four; Chicago one, st.
Louis one, San Francisco one, the British
Provinces one And it is curious illus
tration of the influence of jubilees upon
the cultivation of art that nearly all these
societies have been formed since the fes-
tival of 1869. The orchestra proper, con-
sisting of $50 musicians, is drawn from
various parts of the United States and
Canada, New York furnishing nearly
half. In addition to these there are 27
brass bands, besides the foreign military
bands, the Marine Band, and the Emperor
Williams cornet quartette, making the
whole number of instruments about 2, 600,
or more than twice as many as MIR. Gil
more had before. But the audience cannot
be enlarged in proportion to the increased
force of performers. The Coliseum
which blew down last April was to have
held 100, 900 people; the Coliseum which
has taken its place will hold about half as
many. 1t is $50 feet long, and $50 feet
wide; the famous building of 1869 was
500 feet long and 300 feet wide, and held
40, 900 people, including the chorus. If
20, 900 or 30, 900 every day attend the per-
formances this year the managers will get
back the half million which thei- enter.
hoa m ha mr.
some beside. But if the new building is
very little longer than the old, it is very
much handsomer. The plan is the same
"a paralellogram, divided into nave
and two aisles, with square wooden col
umns between them. At one rise in banks
the seats for the 22, 600 performers, the in
struments in the center, the singers
ranged in semi-circles around them, the
conductor in front, the powerful organ at
the rear, with the keyboard brought for
ward halfway to the conductors stand.
From the edge of the chorus seats a
gallery runs round three sides OF
the building. The Coliseum is neatly
painted-the outside a greenish drab
with brown facings, the interior
in delicately harmoniZed neu-
trail tints, enlivened with streamers, her
aldic devices, coats of-arms, portraits of
musicians, and rich hangings. Ihere is
no superabundance of drapery to deaden
the sound, no gaudy coloring to offend the
eye. The light, from countless windows
in the clerestory and the roof, is tenn
pered by painted glass, and the whole
effect is elegant and cheerful. l cannot
spare time for the favorite Boston amuse-
ment of counting the nails, and weighing
the pounds of paint expended in the con
struction of this extraordinary ediflce,
nor can tell you how many cubic feet
of earth were required to make the new
avenues that give access to it, crossing
the steam railway tracks by substantial
carriage bridges, and bringing the Coils
cum into much closer proximity TO the
city practically than it was before.
must omit also description of the i'm
mense reception rooms, retiring rooms
press rooms, telegraph rooms, offices
firemen's quarters, etc, that surround thu
auditorium.-SpeciaI Dispatch to NeU Yori
| Tribune.