, 1873-06-06
Anvil Chorus, tho Star Bpanglod B,nnor, nnt tow
Of tho orasorio ohoruses, which mado tho stock
rcces OF every country BjIlpiur .ectnol - -

Anvil ohorns. tho S stsr spangl9d n,nnor, md tew
| ricoes Of every country slnging.acllool.
THE rnoonAMmEn.
Tors 4 sfay S e.
! number on ta,om which tho singers hnya not sung
sa"sy s p ns u
nothing Which saa for my apoc"l degree Of ,naieal
%y 4oyS fs s siSis Il As
ess9, sss t sna h e % Hannssss a1ssss, sv ss
woll-nigh beon worn throadbnrc, hut they
were well a.nsaa t. Tho eaarsts, Of ss
Ksrs, wv xere NV hsny q ll,o soral nnmbs5'
sclf, mud such numbers were quito Rnccessfll.
TIE AuD1ENoE-noom
The arrangements Of the large depot nterlo, wero
and tI,o aulienss would havo on|oyoia reasonable IL
FREQ of comfort had more attention GeGn aa to BG1 ,
tAo inll stream = sanght which poured i through
tho numerous wndowa directly upon tho faces q the
tho hardest possible description. 1ho result w. that
of the PLATFORM the people dookoi therc. and woro
dcnscly weged together, and suffered anost intolsr-
hoe hhos nnsbe se 70 onduro o aS soafor Tlo saosy
9t the north ,,. end Of tho depot was tastofuliy
rsn s5s and xs u .& Il e. ssa s
tcra arse that thoy could bo read from part It
Sona othins ose thoy 1t It'll arc 70 bo thanked for
ans not bsen made beforo - yeIy simple one ma
WHERE hnaros OF psopo sro Sten without
as Yao ocet" ho ioI ,ortro ~ e
woat aldo Of Tho building; Thia was NJ unfortunate
sss aud 5 sss
point blank againat. tho Gust wan and woro thonco
| nor. E0Uth tho Centr0 building only Drgt
yoiius and recIs. and thJ sopranps aid toner's
tue aecond strings and brasaes ani tho
altos and bassoa Thoro was no point At
nroror mue reinon S eneep IN front and that
position wns avnabe only to few. The platform
IND o o% ro a ar s~eo St
aud Ill would have heard equally so, tho ncouatiea
ot tllo bi,dnG goo, Another very serlous dtaad
suit that tho orchesrn strung Out TO . very
should ava beon compact and cfosssndin front of tho
os o s@ os sof s
lug 80 M Irregular a Of tic rs Il the .mS sopranos
wero wcdged in between tho dobo bsssos and ccllos
from teir nro1mitv 10 tr taa mi tro1o,ea To
tcnora aud bagsoa occ,,pie tho cutiro icnut In tho
ns s5 o N H aane ~ ,h @ H.
musical effect woa 1nya bean nrsnt]y onhanceI "'
r,,,
~, 1,n,oxo,, TIE r. onaAdzAIloM .3ss .,,,u
far,nc1 tho n,,ciama ~ III nrn,, eces @
nn,,. n ~. ~ I ,iIt VI " 1nu ".Ins'sn' an "as
Govern lis retnninier mi, hnld thnn wcll tnon.hcr
Much tho srgcr proportion Of Tho 1nyers beluured to
city and comprised many Of our best nunir3ans
Tho roster was about follows First volius, IA:
tromSones nnd t,baa double basses. Is ,celos 8:
clartncts, g. oboos, flutes, 4; fagotea drums,
woro ntrong In number, tho bruises dominatsI
tho tone, might hnye been expected from tho fact
S when hsva no
imposed nnon them thcro is TO telling whero shoy viii
for popular audience brass ls preferable to string
music The angcrs wcro about il tho following pro,
portion: sopra1os aoo altos l25 scnora, aoo: and
siMgers, As in every Chorus, tic eopranoa woro tho
lcafng part, and thsy yoro nlao rcunrkaby effective
| Their tone was rood aud thelr attack: uaually
sns % "
great power mud fno quality. Tho altos wcrc tho un
6gs she always nse TheF M
saScs il liz
stnr n @ @sns.sa nannesr Were tho sopranos n
!ina o ss S " 10 Of Sss Ss!sos
r you were not under ns tho Ice of tho
] ah III thoy ys's aae shs
sslyss heard without much iculty Tlo reault ef
"as, .ulss t4e Aeafcr was laFofnDy aiEnatut,
te chofnsea iacKed III clearncHa, Hnd auy attenrs At
anaalnE wofe obacnfe. Iho proc1uioo, hoWoEcs, Tsa
very good'
The matinee uns snn snnonsra aTtHEs 1or o'clock but did
not commence until quarter before g. which made
tho performance ate, AZ tho programme wns very
| long oue Tho crowds comn,onrel nourinr tnto lila
building fuy an hour and half before lis time of
commencement null by lnlf-r1ast thn long walk pon
the enst side Of tlo Gu!lttnRs was NIcd with crowd
tightly wcdged III together Of men women. aua Gill,
dren. Tho best Of good nature prevailed, however,
araduav osn9 Ssons nE n ra,at wi eto Mss no
battored, uni panier,. not wrecked. md
nearly cvory ono Ro into tho building more or less d.
lapitlatet No accidents lapnrucd. howoyer. and IA
there were no reserved Bcats cycry ono shifted for
himself When tho crowd In tlo building wsa at fta
height there Toru probnbly about I5 t5 Dcrsons in
atenpncc and theaa is GOO Ind no olhcr niternnttyn
tllau to face tho suu aud awetcr Tho rnornnrne fr
tLe Afternoon waa ns followa -oN
! n.am .,.,,.
rov f,,,c,oo 1,,,r nHME af praian raiat o,>,,.,,
| o"ty u He ]e"t " ota aHu!!0Ftat-IhoFH5, OFfheS-