New-York tribune., 1872-06-24

after the stroke. OF the Oter instruments would
not wait for II, and you know when the drum is per
peualy trying to catch up with the nddles and per
petuay doing IT, the result cannot be described
as euphonious So the drum taken away. and huns
ever the south gallery Mr. Gilmores chorus Is some
thing like his drum II has been brought from afar with
much ceremony and rejoicing. Banners have been
waved it, and the city has hOarse with shout
ing and magnificent sums OF money have been spent
getting IL here. But it slow to respond and however
vigorously he he cannot impar vibration TO all
parts OF It at the same moment
With regard ohe orchestra the case Is somewhat diff
ferent The number of instruments has been doubled
since 1862 and in some respects decided Improvement
is the consequence OF course two thousand or ono
thousand or even seven eight hundred are too many
for anything butthe coasest and cOmmonest work. but
In the gunpowder music the noise is generally lyery
grand and striking and hs part Of the performance,
barring tendency give too much of it, is almost
always completely successful The classical and miscel
aneous overures played by the orchestra proper OF
$50 instruments Che rest of the 1000 being military
bands and these, though not very good, are better
than they at the first Jubilee when believe
the orchestra numbered about 45O or 800
The proportions among the instruments think are about
the but in 1S69he balance the parts seemed TO
be imperfect, and the vi0ins sometimes entirely
inaudble. Iremember especially how weak the Tam
hatser overture sounded that year. the
house the strings were nearly lost. Now the ds
IN the Instrumental effects those Of the players
than Of the place. Nearly all the best performers from
New-York Theodore Thomas's band Of couTHe excepted
are In the company and the foremost occupied
chiefly by members Of our Philharmonic Society; |
but great many uneOmpetent musicians |
mingled with theI6 and doubt indeed |
in ell the United States thoroughlygood orchestra
OF thousand men, capable of playing with only
Two short rehearsals. oould be got together still
may call the orchestra Keasonably successful. The
three foreign lands superN and small they are,
compared with Mr.. Gimore'i hosts they are easily
neard In the softer passages o. their music, while tFe
loud music lie magnificent 1t us well worth visit ~
Boston to hear them But can we never have good mill
tary music without a JubileeG
The last question to be solved con the audience
rather than the performers So far e answer is uncer
tain There has not been that eutin islam which the
projectors of the enterprise evidently expected The
audience was no larger to-day than as yesterday
Coliseum. but for the storm which blew down the
nnished framework two months ago TO have been
building would have looked like with y 'rinking of
GS S on ne floor! The audi 9eeS tbrSe nave
.srs ago, and somewhat less demOnstratss e; though
In tSC streets ami hotels there is neveftheN great
teal OF hustle. Including the performers abU2 tnrY
cum every day. and the passing of so mnay thru sh e
arrow streets makes no little commotion in the Ie
ma the multitude concerned IN taking them in and % lOOk
aken for general popular fever With Se exSs, On
those. however, who have direct pecuatary nS et f
the Jubilee the residents OF Boston inclin6 10
odd aOO from the show. They know yshat its VI 5uo
ealiv is. They q little bit asham ed-though D. Sy
sill confess ithat Boston should beasSOeiHtFn III
ne mind OF the world with nothing better IN ~ | !
nv and cannon music and have 10 OuDtthey wa "a
eIOce in the assurance that there WIS never 70 .
mother affair OF this kind &C least in this place hn
rhlc there enthusiasm in al the httle Nsf
.ngand towns and villages; while the railways nnd P
rqbe TO run excursion trains all nSy long, and 0pCa
CIV stations al the Coliseum doors htle even Now
ork n so largely represented IN the audience, ana
hve aII while there + zeal enough the musical sOc
cs of TIN United states make tie isacrihces, spend
,e money and endure the fatigue, Wr. Gilmore never ?
eed despair. The chorus peORse are fairly aiive ~
nj tired ana dissatisfied me5imes; but D
hcr faita In the Jubilee is subint and tneir pas
ionate attachment to fayore eonep sto's is beantiul
ness They adore Strauss ana hye all the fOreign,1 81
andmast,rs To-day they all fell upon the Prnssian g
sader Herr SarO ps after he had conducted most ~
VtraOrdiuary performance by his military band or no. a.
es niece than "Tannhaer Qyertre, ana thQsst' am
or 'utograph books into his face. Hadhe been armed
10 Briarens he could not have sB ed IN week atthe
oks fans and scraps of paper that were handed hl Ca
strauss was attacked in the ss way land his ranus hs
ssrTied him of the bodily Zeruahn = tr@teu d
every day as conquerng hero, anti the hon'5s pau D ~
Gilmore are such king mighE envy some nay nope
leader viii come who may know hoy TO ptt tns as %
n6ceu enthusiasm 70 better use thAnhaNe SeV p1on
fOund fuI IT, ~'~r4~' 4 K