Smyrna times., 1872-06-26
The Great Boston Jubilee.

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attending the Boston Jubilee, thus describes
that wonderful musical festival in letter to
the Wilmington Every Erening:
The International Peace Jubilee which began
in Boston on the 18th Of June, 1872 (the letter
is dated June l9thl is the legitimate outgrowth
of the magnificent success of the first Jubilee in
1867. Mr. Z. S. Gilmore a native Of Ireland,
but for many years resident of Boston, pro-
iected the good festival of 1867, and was two
years preparing for it. Immediately after its
close he began to lay his plans for repetition
| OF the feast on greater scale. The result we
see to-day in the enormous building covering
nearly five acres at the crossing Of the Albany
and Providence Railroad in this city.
| The Coliseum has an extreme length of $50 /
feet, and width of $50 feet. 1t contains a
parquet, surrounded by galleries on every side,
and one end being given up to the chorus and
orchestra. Surrounding the building, are i'm
mense retiring ante, reception, and other
rooms The height of the building to the cone
of the roof is about lis feet, and it will con-
tain 100000 persons. The arrangement for
entrance an exit, and for passages from chorus
and galleries to parquet are most perfect. The
Coliseum is beautifully decorated. The Orches-
ira is the largest ever organized 1t consists
of over 1000 musicians from every State in
the Union, and from Canada, England, Ireland,
France and Germany The chorus also repre-
sents every State in the Union, the greater
number of course, being from New England,
the whole number of societies is los and the
aggregate number of voices is full 10000.
The organ, built expressly for the Jubilee is
: the most powerful one in the world 1t fills
' space of thirty feet wide and twenty feet deep,
: and one of the pipes reaches to the height Of
= forty-three feet from the gallery base. An
q engine supplies the power for blowing. But
e figures and descriptions can give no adequate
. Al k,,,l fhn
. grand scale on which everything is prepared.
O But the gigantic chorus are nearly seated, and
q in few minutes we will be listening to the
y grandest musical combination the world ever
d saw. Amid thunders of applause Gilmore ad-
4 vances to the Directors desk: The hum OF
= voices, which for the past half hour has more
y resembled the roar of the sea, is by wave ol
lle his magic hand suddenly hushed, and out o.
re the silence rolls the grand prelude to Luther
es Glorious Choral "a Strong Castle is oul
s. Lord, and then, with one mighty sweep, the
y grand chorus rolls in. The effect in indescriba
a BILE, it causes strong men to weep and holds tn
at vast audience spell bound.
or Next follows Wagner's Celebrated Overture t
Is Tannhauser, which although faultesslI
rs, executed by the orchestra, being entirely in
al strumental, did not not awake the enthusiasm
Of Of the first piece. And then, chorus, Orches
d. ira, and big organ poured forth, the majesti
,se chorus from Elijah "Yea doth the Lord" BU
ev your space will not permit detailed notice c
re the programme, yet | cannot refrain froI
all mentioning the singing of Madame Preschk
ne Leutner. Parepa is no longer the acknowledge
-er Queen of Song. Madame Leutner to-day di
r a played power, capacity, and sweetness neve
no. before equalIed in this country except
1es Jenny Lind. Her reception and encore wei
ok most enthusias tic.
~ But this is German Day." being the day
,ot the first appearance OF the Band of the Emper'
ar. Wiam.I. of Germany. Never shall | fOrg
Ibe the scene, as they slowly emerged through Il
pnt masses of the chorus and marched towards Il
Iab front of the stage, amid a sea of waving han
Gu kerchiefs and the welcoming paudits of fit
,gs thousand voices. Their music was beyoI
,eir criticism and was met by the audience ia Il
the spirit of their reception, and when, in reply
,a; repeated and prolonged cries for an encore, tn
struck up Hail Columbia, followed by Yank
and Doodle, the enthusiasm knew no bounC
owe The very air was filled with the excitement
ort the moment. Cheer after cheer, In which ev
his the ladies joined, shook the vast auditoriu
! | am told the reception to the Queen Ba
tile (English) was nearly as enthusiastic yesterdf
a of and to morrow we are to have the "Fren
mo Day" when the "Garde Republicaine Ban
oost of Paris will make its first appearance, and I
hall immortal Hymn of France, the "Marseillaist
If )" will be brought out with greater power a
rse. grandeur than has ever been given to. t
flow lamous uylnu pelole, hsuney I"euy 1nO
and ana thoroughly trsineu voices III uuiSou
less bouquet OF arusts ihe prolesSlonSi opera
oro instruments all the military bands combine
cauS full drum corps; all the bells of Boston
and chime and several batteries of artillery fired
bion electricity
;O~ iI;Un Abt led most grandy to-day his own beav
.nin .tn;n full composition when the Swallows Hol
girl waTd ry, anu tne Anvil C.orIs was ,, L9nuo u,
hen your space permitted attempt to describe
nDo' ona chorus Words fail me; if | were to W
n lin IN what feel you would think me "Jub
;hIa mad" The day closed with that familiar t
' ;gsr' coming down to us from the ages past cove
hero all over with loved and sacred memories, '
nnon , Hamburg"
elves fhe cr0aXlngS anu ni.Ieraoie II Jealous,es
and Tue Ne" ork Press W 'ne oonei@i1 no'"
,rous seanuing 'ne I" "uDiiee 70 SuO0ooo.