St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-06-28
Jubilee Days.

with hint of its successes and failures.
The third day was better day than
the second in the number of the audi
ence only. This was the German dav,
So called. But we do not know that it
was because it was the German day that
more people were present but very
likely many little things contributed to
the result. The success of the jubilee
second day: the stability of the build
ing was attestcd the brilliancy and
worth of the foreign bands and singers
had been moiscd abroad, and people
generally had got up more or less ell
thuSiasm for the good thing that the
Jubilee really was.
/ The general features of the German
day were much like its predecessor,
he English day. The concert began
with fine choral by the full chorus
and orchestra. entitled. "A Strong Cas-
tie is our Lord" Then followed over
lures 10y orchestra. chOruSeS, solo for
piano. and Il song by Madame Leutner,
pronounced Loyt-ner) which was re-
ceived with the same vociterOus APP
plause as the day before. In fact from
the first appearance of this lady as she
came down through the chorus, until
after repeated encOres she returned the
same way. the enthusiasm of the audi
ence would scarcely admit of enough
utter forth her songs. In this lady's
singing nothing seemed lacking; pow
cr. compass, tieXihility and purity of
tone seemed remarkably combined and
eXemplitird III her voice.
But the most striking feature OF this
day WAS the appearance and peItOr-
nance of the crack German band. it he
ing no less than the band of the Grena-
dier Regiment of Germany. that came
to participate i'll this jubilee by special
permission of Emperor William As
these slalwart Germans came marching
down through the chorus ut the end of
part first. their reception was all that
could have been wishcd-in fact it was
simply IL repetition of the ovation given
the English band the day previous: it
could have been no more hearty: it
Was no less 81. The band consists of
about sixty five performers, giving i'll
effect two full bands-hoth reed and
brass. They arrangedat once in Il semi
circle about their leader, Herr Saro.
| who took his stand on slightly eleva-
ted platform. and at Il signal every man
DOTTED his peaked-toppcd hat with high
red plume, and placing it at his feet,
PLAYED with uncovered head. OF course
! their playing was superb. but il could
not surpass that of the English moth
ing human could, 50 it then seemed.
But the appearance and bearing of the
men, and especially of their leader,
Herr Saro, was grand. Tall, straight,
broad shuuldered. mild-cNed the trum-
peter of Gravelotte and Sedan. with
his seven medals and iron cross upon
his breast. waved his baton with as
much composure and Sang.troid as if
he had been the only man i'll that vast
house. instead of the centre of twenty
thousand eyes and the object of univer-
sal attraction.
After the band came the Emperor's
own quartet, whose very chaste and
choice performance was hardly appre
because of the insutferable confusion
caused 10y the general rush outward to
take the six o'clock trains.
| But We cannot prolong the account
of these jubilee days which to us were
full of interest and enjoyment. The
/ fourth, which was the French day, was
but II counterpart of the two preceding
someW hat more brilliant in spots. but
perhaps not more than All average as Il
whole.
Some have asked. what of the jubi-
lee! Was it not good deal of hum
bug Were the foreign bands all there
was to it Wasn't the chorus Il fail
ure etc, etc. To different persons
this appeared differently. To our
mind no monosylable will answer such
questions. The Jubilee was both a
great success, and also something of IL
/ failure. When we heard that chorus
of II 900 voices and | 900 Instruments
perform "Old Huudred,' we thought it
an immense success when it did Ham
burg" with added drums and artillery,
i'll perfect time with ajestic movement,
we hHew il was success. When the
same chorus the same day undertook
to sing that beautiful song of Abt,
when the Swallows Homeward Fly,"
they made a bad job of it and not even
the presence of the great composer him
self to direct, could make any thing
ont of it but musical hotch This is
evident from the nature of the piece.
1t Is Il nice. artistic song. and to be done
well must have light and shade, -dd
Hbitum passages, etc. Now while
chorus of seventeen thousand voices.
accompanied by one thousand brass,
reed and stringed Instruments, an or
gan of power sufficient to drown cali
ope. and park of ten-pound parrot
guns. can give choral, marked off with
50 many inches to the foot. with grand
and sublime effect. il cannot sing
song successfully. We do not wish it
inferred trnm this hnMcNer thnt OLD