Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-06-21
The Boston Jubilee.

The following is the programme of thu
first days proceedings in the Boston Ju
bilee-called the american Day.:
Prayer by the Rev. Phillip Brooks.
| Address of welcome, by the Hon. VIM
| CASTOR, Mayor of Boston.
Address, by Gen. Nathaniel 2. Banks
Subject" The Day and the Occasion"
PART 1.
l. Grand Choral (Old Hundred), Franc
To be produced by full chorus of 10000
| voices, great organ, grand orchestra and
| military bands, as follows: Organ pre-
Jude; 1st verse PIP, with orchestral accom-
paniment only; I'd verse f., all the voices
and instruments combined.
,. Overture, Rienzi" Orchard Was-
ner). Grand orchestra Of 600 perform
erS.
8. Chorus, Damascus" Grand tr-
umphal march from CRATIC of &" Naaman,P
Costa. Full chorus and orchestra.
t. FOur-part song" Farewell to tie
Forest" Mendelssohn. By full chorus If
10000 voices (unaccOmpanied.)
5. Grand Concert Waltz, ION the Beat
tiful Blue Danube" BY grand orchestra,
conducted by the eminent Composer and
Director, Herr Johann Strauss, of Vienna
6. Inhammatus-Std6d Mater, ROssini
Sung by Madame krmina RudersdOrtf, q
London, with grand chorus, organ and
full orchestral accompaniment.
PART II.
By special permission of the United
States of America and the Hon. Secretary
of the Navy, the National Marine Band
of Washington will give a grand selec
ton of National Airs, led by Henry Fries
Director.
~
l. National Air, Star-Spangled Ban.
ner." The three verses to be sung as fol-
lows First verse, male voices, ending
and alto, ending with full chorus; third
verse, soprano solo and grand chorus of
10000 voices, great organ, orchestra of
1000 instruments, military bands of 200
performers, all the bells of Boston in
chime, and artillery accompaniment. (The
bells will be rung and the cannon fired by
electricity
.. Grand Fantasia, 1.-THE Skating Bal
lett" from Meyerbeer's "Prophete," by
Herr Franz Bendel.
3. SeXtette from Lucia di Hammer
moor" "Chin1j frenn," DOnizetti. Sung
by the Bouquet of Artists" comprising
$50 of the leading sOlOists Of the country,
accompanied by full orchestra.
t. Grand Scena from I'LL TrOvatOre,"
"Anvil Chorus" Verdi. TO be sung by
full chorus, with organ, orchestra, military
band, bells, anvils and cannon accom-
paniment. Zone hundred anvils will be
played upon by 100 selected members of
the Boston Fire Department..
). Finale to third act of Martha" Flo
tow. Sung by the bouquet Of Artists"
professional operate chorus, with full
chorus of 10000 voices, accompanied by
organ, orchestra and military bands.
6. Bethany Nearer My God
to Thee" DIR. Lowell Mason. Sung as fol-
lows: First verse, by Bouquet Of Ar
lists full chorus Of 20 900 voices remain
ing verses by full chorus, with organ, or
chestra and military bands, and the au
dience is requested to join i'll the same.
A correspondent of the Tribune speaks
Of the opening as follows
The opening prayer, | hope, was heard
up above ; it was certainly not heard on
earth, and the addresses were likewise in
audible at half the length of the audito-
rum. They were commercially short,
however, and the auditors, after relieving
their pent-up feelings with long round Of
applause, settled themselves to the enjoy
ment of the business of the day.
The spectacle at this moment, looking
toward the stage, was magnificent. The
tremendous chorus rose head above
head to dizzy nights, packed so closely to-
gether that individual forms were indis-
Only in the center was a
multitude of women's bonnets and fiutter-
ing ribbons, and on either side another
multitude of white faces and black coats
in the back ground was the organ, with
open, Illuminated pipes in a light frame
work of painted wood; in the foreground,
a forest of violins with the cleaning of
brass shining through them az intervals