The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-19

/ Here we are now III INC great fF(SftN0J pas
sage Of the thirtyscvcnlh movement, with it
MAGNIFICENT Instrumentation. This cytSccHd
is intended to illustrate the cashing of force
lthatwould PROSTATE man if his latent power
did not come to the rescue. We are listcnnl
10 the wild, dlScordant strains from those an
rrv mOuthcd brass tubes iJS feet in diameter
blown bV engines of 5000 600 horse power
while all The time the sOdnd of the Machan
! mawanT-COnSantly increasing in volume
NAV be- heard now uiar oil; nov faster and
astcr; now breaking the force of the bras,
Il rhe; again silcnccd. but now pcrsistentiy
advancing till the power 10 stop 1t is broken
and the crcSceDdo increases and our cars arc
| filled with a prolonged note from all the wind
instruments, prOclalming trumphantly that
they have conquered We do not wonder thai
the performers took nap Of half an hour
after this effort our BRAIN rcCled from the
effect of the crash, and we joined with most
! of the audience in Il dose Of waterman kindly
furnished by Horridnoisc.
This, however, is but a hint Of the cilcc,
produced further on in the composition.
From the thlrty.scycnth 10 the torty.tifth
movement We ale treated 10 Il little theme
from the great double bass jcWS'narp, touch,
ingly played by Herr MaShUmslaycr, with a
background of tWcnty.iour stcam.W worked
pyaldI was for an accompaniment, the treat
mcnt of which is IN q broad style, bordcring
on the latest form of shorthand music writ
ing, the time OF which is 50 quaint, and yet
so novel and interesting, that il Is soothing 10
the nerves after the previous measures. Hor-
ridnOise must have had ii in his mind ut this
point to relieve his band as well rs his au-
diencc and must be congratulated for his
torc,hought. The succeeding eleven move
mcnts bring US TO the end OF the ten DAYS
work II il in tho tttia,h m hut "A
feel obliged to find fault OF the termination
of the wild Caybaric march Gn twenty
flats SO abruptly--by blowing up fourteen
maLmoth boilers with glycerinc-we cannot
approve. IL seems 10 Us that gunpowder
would have served much better. We lose
much Of the enjoyment of the march rs we
suddenly and with no premOnitiOn are
brouhgt to movement in Il ma or 40 time
through the agency of ro-glyccrine. The
accompaniment OF brickbats is harsh, but
Horridnoisc informs us that the termination
Of the movement needs Just this kind of in
strumcntatiOI, and therefore we submit, Jut
must, nevertheless, protest We advise these
of our readers who have not heard the sym
phOny to go prepared for this part Of it
either to take cottonwood for the ears or buy
a strap that will secure them 10 their chairs,
as the effect produced is extraordinary
mcnt occurs the diDjHuehd0 passage OF the
composition, the idea being to portray the
gradual sinking from sight of all that is: ob
jectionabe There are To be found some very
fine tuGue passages for the patent pumpkin
tubes, and the termination OF this leads us to
the fifty sixth, with the duO for two immense
flutes, each played by twcnty-iour men. AT.
ter an intermission of four hours we are
given the fHdle, and we sigh that we can so
describe this wonderful piece of
The opening cord Of the one
hundred and titty-iourth movement trium-
phantly proclaims the superiority of mind
over matter, and bursts into three sided,
well poised strain in Q 401. time, with a run,
ming passage of extreme beauty for the steam
engine. This melody is now the theme for
innate, and Is worked up through eighty nine
different keys, with great Gclicacy of modu-
latiOn. 10 the great climatic point of the sym
phony. The little band of musicians full well
know what is expected of them, and one by
one divcs' themselves of superfuous cloth
ing. Each makes for himself space to
work in, while each one securely clamps him.
self 10 his scat. IlOrr:dnoisc has taken the
precaution to chain himself IN his stand lhe
failed 10 taSten himself the first performance,
and was in consequence blown from his 30
siton, so great was the crash, while the au.
4 -,
ul."o' Nv" H'' V'oa'i,icss' e''h H'iuluS lht
urnp, " nsod, a. oa III may ''""y iPi inc
= any, 49, W -, f" Id,,, >-.
,-,I ' VI .;u III" ,iI!"l> t'NtI
,, ieaiauu SI ~ toui "'.u,ss i'l9lnen's ~ ril
hrI 49,. n"' ~ i",,i' i"'oir va! Moulu w
a'.n ~ h, w. Ioi,iI Gu ,on'
,tI;dI,' "i,0," ,h MIa ,H niihuI' p."pIc
'nous"' 80 man an ,iin' n"H 'o.hI %
~ w. % ,'on w. L!oI, NM 'llHA'r
a. w. WIZ |,'L ,ieu tiie c'
,r ''o'i "i' Spui ~ n!ps'
'ri' -, "'o '.u ou, ~ pIln ., you 'oSt'h,
i w. a. IA ,I"i'i VIVA. gives
.ro,', ""t',S vi " "TouI"n" l'H' are
V''' t"", W Wv, 80, u''P wiz" 4">Nc"
''''" iG'' ~ NV AWFUL s,o''i
,,i Gr i;,.i' W. "'I = u Ju,'
u ,i"5 Wv" ""' '"'I' ""' ." ">'H-I' NIolih'
iu. I;I.''i. -,
id,''i I'''> n'> D'''n
.I ~ wa" ""'' -" '"' >'''tF'"'c =
u -! u zee