Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-11
Our Boston Correspondence.


OVATION TO GILMORE.
Multitudes have gathered here this week,
to attend the second weeks performances at
the Coliseum, and all have been delighted
save few musical critics Of the New York
daily papers. These few fastidious young
men, are too wise for their day and genera
ton On Tuesday last, saw the Coliseum
crowded in every part by compact audience
of over so, 900 people, The wild applause that
followed almost every piece on the programme,
showed that the music had kindled an entbu-
siasm which was as unanimous as it was un-
paralleled The waving Of handkerchiefs, the
cheers and the clapping of hands, all over
the vast assembly, could not have been ex-
cited by ordinary means. 1t would he hard
at the moment to imagine that anyone but a
graduate of deaf, dumb and blind asylum,
could fail to yield to the influences Of the oc-
casion, but the New York critics were not
impressed In their wisdom they declared it
was not music. Much learning hath made
them mad" As against their opinion let us
take that of Strauss The whole world watzes
to bis music, and if he is not qualified to
Judge, certainly no one is, In letter just
written to the leading musical journal Of
Vienna and which he has permitted to be
made public here in advance of its publica-
ton there, he says;
When consider the grand effects of the
fresh voices of the chorus, the splendid orches-
ira and the mighty organ, | am forced to
confess that the Jubilee is superbly impress
sive enterprise And this noble impressive
ness results not only from the large masses OF
performers, but also from the talent and ad-
mirable precision with which all the music
is executed" He speaks further of the Jubi-
Ice as an " incompatible musical event, and
saws az the realization Of 80 successful an
undertaking is simply wonderful !" When
the New York critics read this letter they
should get together and sing, " All we like
sheep have gone astray,' One of these crit.
les sought to dampen the enthusiasm of a
young lady during the performance of an
overture by the grand orchestra, saying
This is not concord, -"
Certainly not" she replied "this is no
Concord, this is Boston, they don't have such
music as this up in Concord"
The young man did not finish his sentence
and the young lady remains unconverted,
The two great events Of the week have been
the concert on Tuesday and the ball on We'd
nesday. The concert on Tuesday attracted
the largest audience yet collected in the
building, notwithstanding the weather was
rainy So crowded was the building that il
was found necessary to stop the sale of tickets
and deny admission to great many persons
The entire performance gave intense satisfac.
ton, and there were numerous encores. In
the choruses the volume of sound proceeding
from the union of $1,000 voices fell short Of
my anticipation, hut the effect nevertheless
was massive. The choruses were harmonious
to degree that would hardly he expected
from such large numbers even after long and
careful training, A song composed for the
occasion, by Madame Rudersdorff was sung
by her to the accompaniment of the Band OF
the Grenadier Guards of London. The air il
very sweet one The Anvil chorus was per.
formed with the Gilmore accompaniment Of
100 anvils and the discharge of cannon, but
it did not create the enthusiasm that always
greeted it at the previous Jubilee. This veal
the overwhelming applause is reserved for the
foreign bands and for Strauss and Madame
Leutner Of the bands the French ia Garde
Republicaine, seems to he the greatest favor.
tie II played the overture to Tampa superb.
ly, and on demands for encore, gave John
Brown" Yankee Doodle, and "Marseil-
lese. g." each of which evoked tremendous APP
plause during which noticed two men throw
their hats away in their excitement The
" Malseilaise," the best of national airs,
this band. The Grenadier Guards band
PLAYED selections from Bellin in manner to
call forth the heartiest applause. They were
re called, as was also the German Band in
their turn. Strauss gave us the waltz "Artist
Life" the delicious harmonies of which made
the audience imperative for more and in re-
Spouse to their demands he played the q Piz-
zicato Polka" and the " Beautiful Blue Dan
ube" Madame Leutner sang an aria which
gave her an opportunity to display her
wonderful vocalsm and to astonish and charm
the greot assemblage The President was
present at this Concert
The ball on Wednesday was to the ladies
the brightest feature of the jubilee. The
Coliseum was lighted bv thousands Of gas Jets
and besides its usual adornmenr with statu-
airy, flags banners and streamers, it was deco =
rated with garlands of flowers and evergreens,
while massive bouquets were suspended in
the air filing it with refreshing fragrance
The galleries were crowded with spectators in
full dress and the smoothly waxed floor of
over four acres in extent was covered with
dancers, and when Strauss assembled the
mound of roses prepared for the conductor S
stand, took his baton and led the orchestra
through the Morgenblatter waltz, none could
resist the destinations Of the music and in a
moment every space was occupied with
walters The whole scene was beautiful and
animated in the extreme. There were sixteen
dances, Of which twelve were to music by
Strauss, including of course, his best known
waltzes In every respect the ball was com.
plete success and in numbers in attendance ii
is withouta parallel
To-day the genial Gilmore has had All oya-