New-York tribune., 1872-06-20

,,,,,no o,rTsIpE, EMPTY BENCHES IN
s,nr-rHF PRUSsIAN BAND-ANOIuES tL IN
nMPH FOR MADAM PEsCHhA LhVAN
rrRAUss's wALTZEs'
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBUNkI
posroS lime 19.-The attendance at tne
-, ,b,s sfternoon for the "German Day., mas
eer much better than yesterday or the day peiore
po, ,,as nearly full and there were many peop'o II ~
s,,,os still there are awful ehasms in the rows oi
.oats and there is Disgusting the nelancnVp 80.
ma, the Jubilee from point Of view, Is usapPoiv
,,t What Is the use Of collecting the bggest onoi
N All creation getting together all the nuuie's Nu
,rcers An the United states, buildings contra oasso
hce that the performer has 70 mount STOOL 10 play
m n and making a drum vast that NOBODY can pi"S
snuat all II the people will not come !" .no sH0",
And the benches Of the Coliseum yawn LOT want
- epnantsf In 1869 the multitude Of spectators was
A. vast that on one afternoon az least the doors Were
-, md no more were admitted Restaurants In those
- we're sfrpped 70 the bare boards and visitors from
. couutrv were left without much as potato But
nov alas tickets arc drug In the market; pohceneh
sand AZ the doorways OF the big shed and peg you u
some n there s not the least hope of famine among
te houses and even the pie and the popped corn
-.em perennial in the canvas booths The people sun
.roVd the hotels and animate the streets. can fahcy
the coming 70 town upon Jubilee pleasures intent ana
getting as far as the outside pspg where they stand Ior
a. hour or two trying 10 summon enough
resolution 70 spend s.. The crowd moves
" them "''h'
ssd Jubilee fans and little packages Of seed cakes ana
tpeca biscuits: the music bursts through every door
and crack Of the Coiseum the cannon roars and the
leus neal mldy outside; and so the multitude resolve
II last having the best part OF the festival 10 save
cr g. get glass OF icewater from the tent where the
Young Mems Christian Association dispenses free drnAs
% the thirsty and 90 home. And who shall say they
al, not wisel l understand that the Committee nave
resolved 20 reduce the price tomorrow II tney hau
made the reduction to-day they would prooaDF nave
had very large gathering OF Germans TO welcome INC
hand Of Kaiser Franz Grenaders; but German paIo'-
fsru will moi stand tax Of s5 head ana tue O'r'u
le,t i'm tle audience to-day, has not been very con-
FIieuous. ,,.,,.
Tie greater part Of the assemblage as on the previous
Az was apparently composed OF people from the
p.chboring country, with somewhat meager admN-
tr of the rospectabiity Of highoned old Boston Inc
ppesrance OF the Prussian Band, with their helmets
long red pldmes and dark blue uniforms was the sgna
for an uprOar very much Ike that whlch gree'eu 'ne
British Gronadiers They played first fantasia On
ttcu,es from the prophet" and then invited COM
parison with the Engshmen by playing the overture TO
"per Freyschuz which was Mt. Dan Godfreys prinei-
nal selection yesterday. The two bands are
very different in STYLE and 1 shall not
attempt 10 decide which Is the better Inc
,one Of the Prnssan is delicate but richer stronger
and more martial than the other, while in correctness o
execution there little to choose between them Aer tne
irg,nr Of the German Union Hymn by Mr. Keller, dedl-
sed 10 the Emperor william, the Prussian oandmaser
Faro ordered his 10 put on their helmets ana ara"
themselves up parade order, and then mounting lne
srcat music stand he gave US Hail Columbia" ana
,pired version OF "Yankee Doodle" OF course there
as ven Of delight all over the house and the enthu-
,ian was almost equally great when the band after
satd played watch on the Rhine"
The other selections on the programme differed very
yueh both In merit and popular Interest. Madame
Pescbka Ieutner renewed and redoubed her
noafi in lp she
sang before have rarely more signal success
achieved by new singer, and have rarely known ap
blause 70 be more wOrthily bestowed. The immense
raeee Of the Coliseum do not absorb her penetrating
Voiee and though she seems to put forward no grea
,nrt not charm Of her beautiful vOcallzatiOn is lost
The overture 20 Tannhauser" was played under hr
81 Gumores direction with the addition Of some torpedo
dkc effects which curious il they we're not exactly
pleasant and the remark may be made OF tn
shch has been made Of all the other overtures paye'
during the Jubilee The result, in massveness o
Effect ia In no sort OF proportion 70 the numbe
Bf instruments while, under the best of circumstances
1omething must OF course be sacrificed Of grace an
ar Moreover, though the orchestra play never 81
~. 40 overture can possibly be well heard in a con
49, There passages which will always seem con
.. not on account OF defects in the playing, but il
OF acoustic laws, and the unequal caTryn1
Jowe Of different instruments There were passages IL
rannnauser where the volins were inaudable at one
suarter Of the distance from the Conductors stand q
II, end OF the auditorium and yet there 500 vion'
~ the orchestra There not the same trouble with
sae two waltzes which Strauss conducted afterward
but ths one experience Of the previous days had led
Bsto expect
on Of these waltzes given an encore piece was
no-t remarkable performance, being played entirely by
uriBes plzzicato with some charming eccentrictes Of
smpo which the orchestra observed with almost perfect
anapimity. don't know whether all Of the strings
stuay part in this pieeethere are 700 Of them in
he orchestra.
ne chorus singing Of various degrees Of merit and
somert Luther's hymn which opened the proceedings
uas the most massive and forcible of OF the vocal
selections and nearer 70 the extraordinary
result which jubilee enthusiasts have found in
Ibe singing Of these great mutitudes than
anything else have heard. But 70 tell
The truth have never been able TO appreciate the
grandeur Of such combination of voices. The Handel
and Haydn Society singing in Concert Hall, with SOC
In chorus not only produces better music but aotu
sy gives The effect Of greater numbers One chorus from
Eljan" Yet doth the Lord" was only tOlerably vel
rendered For Handels All we like sheep" was sub
tttuted MendelssOhns "Farewel 10 forest" aud the
change very happy for the MeDdelssohu sons
1. tie best thing the chorus has done this week
J. T.. O. n.
COLISEUM GOSSIP.