, 1873-06-11
THE JUBILEE.
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=, far,f*'oa,ia'1oe NJ tho ~. L.osis R<pabtican.
noltghhorln9 eo.,ntrtH snl ll'on 9elng homo agair
~ t,to bont OF good nat!!ro, nagl,iiy at tho OK
caollnE cloyornodn Of Tho Aoll, I inunt not bo
,.!!doratooa ~ Implying That, having ndvortsaod
m',n "r ssSn 0s1S" IL" ~ n!!G%gsther %gr srgon
to o MI affair of tho hlKl,cat nooial ponition,"
VIC lln' gLyo, ny = yonoral and ind!acrilnlnnto
,"brosa'tloWn:" Wo havo Indeed Ind mngo.
noa ratlor tian Of the soul and l"1, Tic braIn aa
oiInoro'a Band alonowou1d have provided ,n,t.
alcal entertainment not to bo aneorod at or tIip-
PANTY eritiolsel in fact, judging II from tfo
standpoint Of art and culture, tho Jubilee would
have boen y far, creator sncoeHu with tho
band alone, and With tho e1temporizod
choral features Of tho afrair loft out altoetlor.
nut rating It according to nolslnesB and hu,nbug,
w9nid 1 have been bottor 70 have loft ont tho
5lls aud tho blaokymths It is the effort to COM
bino tho two that las resulted III musical fall
nro. was Intensely, amused during tho por-
1ofmance OF last evening at tho frantic efforts Of
nl}uttorfiold, l} who ie Gilmore's Adjutant during
forcoB In limo. 80 to apoak. It reminded mo
vividly Of tho first yoar Of tho war, whom tho
loyal drll-Horgcant could DO Hcen on al atdos In
sstS w1esR Of Rrofq%ya % pSfsp5nt1nt qa md
awkward volunteer. rhoHo who havo
Witnessed tho first effort Of a raw rogimont Of
volunteer cavalry, mounted on stools fresh
from the plow and tho markot-wagon. to march
in column OF a4uadrons, can form pretty llyoiy
idoa Of tho waycring way IN which aome Of tho
grant choral Symphonies wero worried through
Yesterday N and Int night Tho anyl Chorus vas
S toq T. bo son h on IL liz dSa NysrY X9 I'm
aulting sound boing sinilnr to tho rattlo Of q
handful "a grayol;stonoe thrown ngatnst q vim
dow,pano., And a1l tho time tho '.musical direc-
agony Of wild despair, trying maniuiy but vain. In.
y, to restrain those who wero too previous, aud
to whoop those up who laggod bohit,d.
corrst,ondenco er thc Cincinnati Gazette.
From &C, 700 to 100000 people Lavo gatl,orod
from fur mud noar to witnoBs ono OF tlio ompti-
est fnrcos In musical point Of Wow and at tho
Same tlmo one Of tue Bhrowdeat strokes Of man.
aagot1al ability. tint Ian beon seen anywhere in
tho country. Tho musical portion of the ntrnir
could not havo boon oxpoctod to riso much abovo
. FARGO for two reasons : tho want Of time. and
tho leadership Of p. 8. Gilmore. g. IN
dependent singers and church choirs hnyo boon
easy selections. The result docs great credit to
Mr. Butteracld, who had tho place Of chorus-
mastor, but II falls fur below tho result at Gin
cinnati. But the Jubilee, although suffering
much from want Of time for preparation, ant
Gilmore aa Its musical director. Mr..
Gilmore would mako tho bost loalor Of
cisous-band in Amorica, and, II allow
Cd to mango tho grand entroe into tho tu-
lnnd towns according to his own idoas, ho would
tho rustic heart in this country. He is musical
Ualnum, SO TO speak; great apostle Of uoiae
and SHOW; most successful hulnbug. But AZ
for truo nrt, ho knows not Of it.
So fur rs tho elevation Of musical taste ia con-
corncd, this Jubiloo has boon calamity to Chi
oago equal In dcgIeo to her great fire. It has
destroyed, instcnd OF crcating or cultiynting,
muscal taste. With the single exception Of tho
S3nfS fSuSGr t$tAto f,nn,
formed IN manner to mako It pleasant, or oyon
desirable to ro,nembor. It is pleasant to adl
that Chicago iB not actively responsible FOR tlis
sho haa only endured it.,:A Alrs. 0'Leary's COW
atruotion instigatod by tho COW has boon, to
groat oxtont, obliterated by tho pooplo. 80 an
ULcarynn fond llas laid waste the rising musical
structure OF tho city. Tho peoplo Of Chicago
may he expected soon to repair tho waato. An
Immense Exposition building ia projected to bo
built this summer. 1t will not bio surprising if
next Juno shall call us all loro again to iston to
= truo mugical festival undor tho leadership Of
Thoodore Thomas, N TINT new building.
Tho Jublloo Is nothing moro tlla1 . Hhrowd
pioco Of management to fill Chicago with visit
ors,' put n handDouao sum OF money into few
pockets, and advertise o lig hotel Tile shrowd-,
Iess lies III tho choice OF q nnmo, Jubilee; In
tho sodulons iteration Of purpose to celebrate
tho rebuilding Of Chicago, end in carefully keep
ing in tho background tho new hntol. :.
Having great hotel to advertise, tho proprie-
tors simply took advantage Of tho fact TINT CHI
cago was rebuilt, to call 4 celebration. Chicago
did not call it, nor did any considerable number
OF her citizens. For obvious reasons no ono dis
couragol the achomo. Every citizen would DO
gad to hayc $4,000 visitors III Chicago every day.
Iho newspapers, though possessed Of tho fullest
wisely silent, except III giving notice that they
woro not looking for any great thing in tho wny
Of classical music. They oonsciontionBly printed
tho most eyo-catclling advertisements, md gave
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camo within the province Of news. Tho result
fB a groat aud jovial assemblage Of Hight-seors in
Chicago from a radius Of LEO miles, to listen to
thvoo Of tho droariest performances that over
bore tho ua,no Of concerts But this Ia not MI ::
the tradeAmpu and laotols of Chicago roaped q
legitimate harvest, while the hotel is advertised
at tho public oxponso, leaving i'll the hands OF
tho advertisers q sum sufficient to enable them
to retro from active business until tho whole Of
Clieago is rebuilt.
nIr. Gilmore, in making up his programmes,
found hia repertoire exhausted WHOM two con-
corts woro provided for, nul in those two thoro
woro two ,ropettiong. So the, public schools
were ea9a upon to snppy tue aodesno They
sals without accompaniment, and then wore
compelled to sing to mobt In behalf OF tho
children, whose frcsh voices dosoryo bottor au-
| dIoncc, and Of tloir thoroughly competent aud
patient instructors, we protest that such troat-
nont is little loss than barbarous. =.
!, Tho ball WAS the most glaring finaco Of tho
whole Jubilee anl yet It was exactly in accord
anco with tho policy Of it's management. That
oan keeping tho people away. ;, Tho mops rigid
mcana were used to manage tho ball on that
limo. Tickets admitting . lady and gentleman
were placed ut $40; but they woro not ofrorod
could not do 80 " buying ticket alone. liz
| could not buy till he Ind received m elegantly
| engraved invitation from somo member Of tho
| Con,nittoo on Invitation. II ho did not enjoy
the honor OF tho acquaintance Of TINT diatin-
thom ut home it ho happened to know ono, his
filthy lucro to tho extent Of thousandp
was powerlcss to give him admission. There
and so much tonafoolory that tho bottor class Of
oitizens became dlsguatod and rotusol to crawl
before tho mighty managers begging for tho
favor of paying s1o. Tho groat hall Of tho
Doard OF Trado was thinly poopled by not moro
tllan 250 latlios md gentlemen, and that number
rAniillY diminished nftar 1t nncanp al,narant that