The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-13
The Mozart Last Night.
4 FINE yoCAI. AND INSTRUMENTAL TREAT-AN
1u,sRNsE AND BRILLIANT AUDIENCE. y
EXAMINATIONS. OF SPRINGS AND WELLS


IMMENSE AND BRILLIANT AUDIENCE.
The Mozart entertainment last night was
grand affair, and in the phrase OF one
OF the orators OF the occasion, to sin
stitute the sixty-frst degree OF compari-
sociation has yet given. The fact that
our finest vocalists would sing. and
handsome programme performed, attract
ed an immense audience. Indeed, the hall
was Inadequate to hold one half OF those
who presented themselves for admission,
and, Notwithstanding the fact that both
doors were thrown open and the steps and
ante-room filed, many were forced to turn
aWay or content themselves with reserved
selts on the curbstone.
General Bradley T. Johnson, in behalf Of
the Association, presented Professor JACOB
Reinhardt with baton. 1t was q handsome
eold-mounted ebony stick, bearing the yol-
lowing inscription "To Professor Jacob
Reinhardt, Director, from the Richmond
Mozart Association. In token, May %,
1s77.'' Upon delivering the baton General
johnson said:
Mr.. Reinhardt, I am deputed by the
Mozart Association to present TO you
this baton as a token OF their regard lor
you and appreciation OF the manner IN
which you have performed the duties OF our
musical director. This rod is not, as was
said Of the adjunct Of great orator, the
club OF Hercules wreathed IN MOWERS, Dut
| it is the wand of the ehchanter when can
evoke tremors with the melodies Wnlcn
have stirred the hearts OF men In all times.
With it you can evoke from tne amplent
chambers Of the air the spirits Wnicn meVe
all hearts; that solemn anthem Wnlen lol-
lowing the sun. has circied the eartn WIN
the martial airs OF England; that trumpet
march OF France which for eighty years mas
marked the progress OF the world; that
bueIe.note which has so recently reused
Christians in the Watch on the Rhine. j, :
While this baton thus gives you command
Of those sound which arouse the nations,
| it will hereafter awaken many pleasant
memories to this audience OF beautiful
women and their manly attendants. Love
rules the court, the camp, the grove; and
the, old, old story, ever told and always
new. which they are now whispering into
willing ears; is but the same their fathers
and their sires have told before. When, In
the years to come, you WELD this emblem
Iof your authority, all who are here tonight,
L and who then see it, will recall this brilliant
scene, and recollect with pleasure how the
Mozart here presented: you this token OF
their respect and regard. -.
Mr. 10. Lane Stern: responding in behalf
of Mr.. Reinhardt, said: .s3 {. Z ..sl
President johnson aud members OF the
Mozart Association, - Professor Reinhardt
bid me thank the Assoc citation fer this beau
tiiul Hme&piece, and you, sir, its presiding
officer, for he Handsome manner In Which
you have presented it. IL the intercourse
between the Association and its director has
| - III owe r,rNfifah htp IN fhe otrJh
it,; has been. doubIy so to him To
have been the chosen guide Of this body
OF ladies and gentlemen in directing
their efforts towards the arrangement and
performance of the various programmes
with which they have sought to entertain
the Association and its friends was itself q
compliment for which he desires TO express
his great qualification; but TO SO have per-.
formed his duty as to receive the applause
with which you have seen proper 20 reward
him tonight quite surpasses his happfest
ambition. TO the members OF the hs-
sociation he also desires to- tender his
thanks "a for the courteous and COM
Fplimentary manner IN which these va
rious programmes have been received. BE
recognizes the disadvantages with which
fhe club has had Co contend OF listening to
ti,e melody Of the music, and at the same
fine compelled to watch his frantic, un-l
graceful gyrations In beating time Wild ms
hands as IL I'm pursuit OF q note eYaR Eislpie
and ever about 10 vanish. lss.,,.s 8.
In the future the roar Of the heavy altii.s gu.
|lery heard on the left in the 6 Seaittisai
RhineY shall not be drowned py the Iass.1
of his small aruas along the front ana cealIe.'
The unsishsly scenes shall give place 20 ING
poettcal motion as performed by tne ssiauS