Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-01
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20 THE W0R,SsTER DAILY sPx
The Boste Jubilee.
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Another Jam-GiL,ore,, Ueuee,

Another , siiLlore,s Benefit,
COLISEUM, Boston, Junea The crowd that
thronged the jubilee buildins TODAY was enor.
nous, and the heat was intenst- onnrassiv. II
was "Gilmore's day." and as ope herors-on
the presidents day-every seat iabe coliseum
was taken. The programme ananA5 IN honor
of the great protector of the jubiN yos in
some respects the most attractive onCo the
series, thus far. 1t included mainly tA,,,os,
popular selections in the several prograA nos
which have already been performed.
There was considerable band playing, GA
more on this occasion bringing out his whole
band, who played the overture to Siradella, fol-
lowing it up with the Leviathan polka, in which
the Nightingale polka, "Auld Lang Syne,'
Dixie" and yankee Doodle" Their
greeting was of the most hearty char
acter. The German band PLAYED splendidly,
conscientiously and with great vigor Mendels.
sohn's beautiful overture to "Athalie," follow.
inc it up with the prince Frederick Car
March," from which they glIded into medley
introducing "Belles of Scotland" Long, Long
Ago" and "The Last Rose of Summer" and, in
reply 10 an encore, yankee Doodle" The
French band played the overture TO "Zampa,
and then gave fantastic on Swiss airs, intro
To- 1t was brilliant performance, and ava
kened storm of applause, which was kept NJ
until the Frenchmen came back and played the
"Marseiase" in their magnificent style The
English band, who came late in the day, simply
gave pot pourr of Irish airs.
The chorus seats, though full, did not appear
to give forth the volume of sound which was
apparent on the first days of the jubilee They
sang the hymn "From Greenland's Icy Noun
tains," and the MendelsSohn four part song
Farewell to the Forest" which beautiful mu
sic they have repeated oltener than any
other chorus. They sing it well, too
though not so effectively to-day as on som,
'Stabat Mater, 'ianOther beautiful and exceed
ingly effective composition, was given, but moi
with especial success. Madame Rudersdorf
| sustained the solo. The Anvil Chorus and thu
| Star Spangled Banner were the "stunnins
| pieces" of the day. The cannon were very CT
| fectiye, as usual in these noisy combinations
| The organ behaved or was managed worse thai
usual to-day.
Madame Peschka-Leutners appearance wa
| the signal for lively applause. She was dressed
| in an elegant light purple silk of extremely
fashionable length-that is to say, very long
| and sang the polka hravoura by Muhdorier
| The polka is a brilliant thing, and the renderin.
| called forth the best efforts of the lady. In tn
| second part the phrazng is very intricate, ant
| IT introduced u great deal of the stdecat in att
| among which the lady'S voice loves so well Il
| caper. She was most enthusiastically encored
| the choristers assisting very audibly, and, il
response, Madame Peschka sang the polka owe
| again, this time addressing the cboriSterS, VIII
| again applauded most Justify
Strauss conducted his new jubilee waltz
| feature of which is that it winds up with tn
| Star-Spangled Banner. 1t is no such waltz
| however, as Blue Danube or Artist Life. He re
sponded to the encore by conducting his "Ka
serstadt polka"
| 1t was much too hot and too crowded to b.
| comfortable to-day. There were probably so 90
| persons in the coliseum. More than one hun
| dred ladies tainted during the performance, an,
| were taken to a room provided for such a
| emergency, bv the corps Of fremen.
| A noteworthy incident was the presentation
| of floral harp to Mr.. Gilmore. 1t was five fec
| in height and rested on an oval base one foe
| high, two feet and a halflong and twenty inche
| wide on one side. 1t was made of roses, hello
| trope, spirea, smilaX and geraniums. On til
| top was white dove bearing the olive brancl
| The base had interviewer with flowers Mr.. Gi
| mOre's name in full, and also the figures 1872
The Irish band has arrived lit is not the col
stabery band, by the way,) and is quarered at til
Everett house. A great reception will be give
them on Monday forenoon by the Irish societies
This band will appear on Monday-which wi
be the Irish day. Tuesday will be called tn
Italian day, and on Wednesday Horace Creole
has said he will be present.